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[BunSnoop]

Please share your favorite household hints:  

One I heard of today that works great is: 

 How to Make Your Shower Curtain Rings Slide Easier Over the Rod...............wipe a fabric softner sheet or wax paper to the rod and the curtain rings will slide more smoothly.    I tried it today and it works great - what a difference - it slides smoothy and quietly.

What hints would you like to share? 

[vegan4ever]

Platex kitchen gloves are the perfect way to open jars learned this many years ago from hints of ? Can't recall her name. The hint works every time.

[Snowpuppy]

How to put Merry Maids on Speed Dial.

[KBEANS]

@vegan4ever  Heloise! We were talking about her today at work. 😂 

Back in the day, I read that you could polish wood furniture with Avon's Skin So Soft.  I did it, but the scent lingered a bit too much for me.

It was a thing...100 uses for Skin So Soft or something like that.

[jlkz]

Use white vinegar in your laundry instead of fabric softener...no clogging parts, no perfumey scent....no scent at all, just softness for a few pennies.

[LizzieInSRQ]

To get rid of garlic or onion smells on your hands, "wash"them with water while you rub them on your stainless steel kitchen faucet, sink or bowls. It really does work.( there is also a stainless steel item shaped like a soap bar that I own that i use).

[LizzieInSRQ]

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@jlkz wrote:

Use white vinegar in your laundry instead of fabric softener...no clogging parts, no perfumey scent....no scent at all, just softness for a few pennies.

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This 100 %. 

I also keep vinegar mixed with water in a spray bottle and clean my kitchen and bathroom with it. 

I use vinegar and water for cleaning my Pergo floors ( it doesn't attract dirt like floor cleaners can) No rinsing. 

[on the bay]

I use vinegar for everything too-cleaning and also a mouthrinse is great too!

To get rid of unmentionables, is what we call them, or deter them from coming (and I'm not talking about the cute mice), but the ones we wonder why God why?!

In addition to the black roach traps, for non toxic things use oregano, bay leaves, cloves. There are other herbs too but I've found especially the oregano really works. I use that outside on the deck and haven't seen one for many months!  Cloves smell really nice and so do bay leaves inside. 

Great thread @BunSnoop!

[pdlinda]

@jlkz   How much white vinegar?  I never heard of that before but I use white vinegar in a lot of other ways!

[pdlinda]

@LizzieInSRQ   I do the same!  I love white vinegar!