Cola:

Cleaning

Wet a cleaning rag with cola and use it to wipe fingerprints and grim off of stainless steel appliances.

Soak a sponge in cola and use it to clean off your cars wind screen. Or more fun, shake it up and spray on

the windshield and wipe off. Bug guts be gone!

Soak burnt pans in cola for a half an hour then rinse off. For really bad stains, boil cola in the pan instead.

Pour into the toilet and let set. It gets rid of all those hard water.

Other neat tricks

Set a bowl outside for a pest free yard or garden. The sweetness will attract slugs, wasps and bees.

Can be used to neutralize jelly fish stings.

Add a can every other week to the compost pile. The acid and sugars pump up the micro-organisms and speed up composting.

Gargle a mouth full of cola. No more hiccups!  

Vinegar:

Cleaning

Keep brightly dyed clothes from running by soaking them in vinegar for 10 minutes before washing. No more pink socks and undies!

Unclog a steam iron by filling the chamber half full with water and adding a couple tablespoons of vinegar. Leave the iron on full steam for 10 minutes. Unplug and let cool. Any debris should come out when you empty the water chamber.

Soak a cloth in vinegar and leave it on hard water stains (such as the bathroom or kitchen faucet).

Cut thru grease on dishes by adding a couple table spoons to soapy water when hand washing.

Freshen a stinky lunch box by soaking a sponge or piece of bread in vinegar and leaving it over night in the closed lunch box.

Clean the microwave by boiling ¼ cup vinegar in 1 cup of water in a bowl in the microwave. The steam loosens the cooked on gunk and the vinegar deodorizes.

Add 1 part vinegar to 3 parts water in a sealable garbage can to throw cloth diapers into. When it’s wash time just upend the container into the washing machine. The vinegar helps get rid of bacteria and keeps the diapers from holding bad smells.

Other neat tricks

Remove skunk odor from pet. Rub into fur and rinse.

Soothe a bee or jelly fish sting.

Relieves sunburn. Soak a paper towel or face cloth in vinegar and cover sunburn. Leave until the vinegar is evaporated.

Remove berry stains from hands  

Tea tree oil

Cleaning

Add a couple drops of oil to the humidifier. This gets rid of the bacteria in the water and helps keep the humifier clean and freshen the air.

Other neat tricks

Add a few drops to shampoo to get rid of dandruff.

Carry it with you when camping or hiking for use on scrapes, bug bites, stings, or poison ivy.  

Baking Soda

Cleaning

Add a half a cup to laundry to help remove oil and grease stains.

Wash out thermoses and Tupperware with baking soda and water to get rid of smells.

Polish silver with dry soda and a cloth. Rinse clean.

Add a half a cup to an empty dish washer and run it thru the hottest cycle to remove odors.

Keep drains clear and odor free by pouring about 4 table spoons of soda down them and flushing them with hot water.

Sprinkle on a smelly carpet and let set for a half an hour before vacuuming. It removes odors without leaving that horrible flower smell of commercial de-odorizes.

Other neat tricks

Keep an extra box of baking soda in the kitchen to put out fires without causing damage

Add 2 table spoons to baby’s bath to help relieve diaper rash. ½ a cup in mommy’s bath with help soften her skin.

**Hope you all enjoy, and maybe pick up a couple useful tips!**

~Charity