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Sweeping Up Stubborn Dirt
To sweep up stubborn dirt, spray your broom’s bristles with furniture polish.
Unfreezing Locks
Frozen locks? Squirt a little hand sanitizer on them. The isopropyl alcohol that kills germs also lowers the freezing point of water, and can melt the ice inside the lock within seconds.
Easy Egg Clean Up
Break an egg? Pour salt all over it, wait ten minutes, then sweep up easily.
De-icing Sidewalks and Driveways
Beet juice makes an excellent non-toxic de-icer for driveways and sidewalks.
Prevent Ice Scraping
Lay a tarp or drop cloth over your car’s windshield before a snowstorm and you won’t have to scrape.
Preserving Bars of Soap
Buy soap bars on sale in quantity and store them unwrapped in your linen closet. They will harden and last longer.
Removing Bumper Stickers
To easily remove paper decals or bumper stickers, wipe them repeatedly with white vinegar. Let the vinegar soak in. After a few minutes, the stickers should peel off easily.
Screw-top jar lids.
A rubber band wrapped several times around a stubborn screw-top jar lid provides a nonskid grip.
