Posted on 01/22/2018 11:38:05 AM PST by Leaning Right
Save yourself a trip to the store by taking a look at what you have at home. You might be surprised what you can do with common household items.
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The link I provided should give you a "view all" screen - all 100 ideas should load. If you should get the "Slideshow" screen, just click on "View as a List".
The bread tabs for labeling cords is ingenious. Wish I would have thought of this. Definitely doing that this weekend.
Does it include turkey basters?....................
pinging TIK!
Thought you might find this interesting!
> Does it include turkey basters?.................... <
No. That will be in their next article, “100 Weird Uses for Common Household Items”.
“Rubber band Paint Brush Drip Stopper”
Worth the scrolling right there. Appreciate it.
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Good ideas. I like the bobby pin nail holder.
So many of those are forehead slappers! Why didn’t I think of those!
Thanks for posting!
Some great ideas in there. Thanks for posting!
That tub and shower is not often used and we have pretty hard water, so I’m guessing my problem is that hard water sediments have settled there.
So far, I’ve used WD40, small engine oil, lock ease and nothing dislodges this sucker!
Yesterday I carefully applied a lime, calcium, rust stuff remover but couldn’t leave it on long lest it etch my pewter faucet, that still looks brand new! Didn’t budge either.
Any suggestions anyone?
Is it a Moen? Does it pull out to turn on? Could be the cartridge. Other brands do, too. Simple enough to replace, once you figure out the tricks, like the little clip on a Moen cartridge.
Let me say that some of these are very clever ideas. Others, like the plastic clothes hangar used for a bathroom magazine rack? Well, I’ll just leave those ideas to the good folks living in a van down by the river.
Try vinegar. Since the “lime, calcium, rust stuff remover “ didn’t work in whatever time you left it on, you might need several applications of vinegar. I don’t believe it will hurt the pewter faucet.
I do a lot of electrical repair. While Christmas shopping at Wal-Mart I saw some miniature wood clothes pins in the craft section. I bought them to hold wires and connections together while soldering. They don’t conduct heat and solder doesn’t stick to them. At $1.79 for fifty of them you don’t worry much about losing a couple.
Some are really good, others should have Redneck in front of them.
LOL. A lot of these look like they’re out of the Redneck home companion.
WD40 is NOT penetrating oil. I think that they do make one called “penetrant” however. Whatever, there are several brands of penetrating oil out there.
Try lemon juice. The citric acid will eat away hard water deposits, but it might put a patina on the pewter if you leave it on for too long. You can mix it with borax to make a paste that is easier on metals than lemon juice alone, but you still want to rinse it off pretty after a couple minutes.
My husband used to use something called “Liquid Wrench” for things like that.
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