VODKA- removes mold and mildew from the caulk in your shower and gets rid of residue on the bottom of flower vases

TANG - put some in your toilet and let it sit for 20 minutes, swish and flush. SPARKLE!!!

OLIVE OIL - one cup with 1/4 cup white vinegar to make a great furniture polish

Massengill Douche - great when a your dog is sprayed by a skunk.

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VODKA- removes mold and mildew from the caulk in your shower and gets rid of residue on the bottom of flower vases

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Originally posted by Nessa:
Massengill Douche - great when a your dog is sprayed by a skunk.

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Originally posted by sassyllama:
gosh, I don't know if he'd sit still for that...

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Originally posted by pixiestyx:
So I bought these cheapy glazed ceramic tiki mugs at Linen$ and Thing$ the other day...they came with little bottles of drink mix stuck inside - stuck with Foam Tape. I scraped as much as I could out with a chop stick, then ran them through the dishwasher, but there's still some stuck in them. Any suggestions for soaking it off, or will I just have to find a narrow brush & scrub scrub scrub?

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Originally posted by kellyrae:
So, we just bought a brand new light tan sofa. One of the cats apparently started bleeding last night, I don't know if they got in a fight or one of them stepped on something, or what (they all look fine today), but now the top of the sofa is covered in many little speckles of cat blood. HELP! We paid for the stain cleaning plan, but blood is one of the things it specifically doesn't cover.

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I managed to get blood out of my light grey/beige sofa by using a paste of baking soda with water. Of course you have to spot test it for colourfast first.

Question: what's a stain protection plan for if not for blood? it's a fairly common stain I would think.

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Originally posted by Melissa55379:
Does anyone have any suggestions to make my pans shine again?

Most of my cooking pans have gotten pretty dark from baked on cooking spray and I would like to try and get the residue off them.

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I just read an article, "Table Talk, Stocked with the Worn & Unreplaceable"
from April6, 2004 Burlkington Free Press. It mentioned possession of "warped 44-year old aluminum
cookie sheets [that] have blackened undersides." I felt an urge to share with
you how I have discovered to remove this old baked-in blackness. "CHORE BOY"
makes a new sponge/cloth called Golden Fleece Scouring cloths. They are in 2
packs for a reasonable amount of money. Most groceries should have them in
stock by now. ANyway, I have used these babies on my old toaster pans with
those black baked-on stains and I have used them on the metal rims encircling
my stove burners. I can proudly say that with a little elbow grease, I can now
see the original metal underneath! Here's the kicker for me: I used my
boyfriend's prized large new stew pot from Costco to burn the heck out of a
chowder I was making. He was very upset, and sure the pot was ruined. Two
cloths and several drops of sweat later, I was redeemed by getting rid of the
seemingly permanent marks on the bottom of the pot. I should think therefore,
that you'll be able to keep your tried-and-true pans, and not have them sport
perma-dirt, either. Good luck!

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Originally posted by Dewgirl:
Sorry for the graphic nature of this one, but...

vinegar gets the smell of... uh... reintroduced meals out of clothes if you pour a cup or two into the load of laundry.

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http://www.flylady.net.

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Originally posted by kellyrae:

...I wonder if that works for cat pee... hmm...

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i currently live in the basement of my parents house, and occasionally, the foundation leaks. this past weekend, we had a pretty good rain storm and i got some water in the basement. not alot. just enough to wet the carpet along one wall.

problem is that where it leaked in, is where the cats litter box is. there was litter on the floor around the box, and it got all soaked. i didnt know it had leaked until a couple hours after the rainstorm.

now, the bits of litter on the floor have "melted" into the carpet. theres a bunch of little grey spots where the litter had dissolved.

i decided it'd be best to not try to scrub up the litter while the carpet was wet, figuring it would just grind it into the fibers.

so now its all dry and the carpet is all dirty. i vaccuumed, and sprayed on some kind of carpet foam cleaner thats supposed to make the dirt particles release and able to be vaccummed up. it didnt work.

the carpet is a very low pile and tight woven (think: industrial, kind you'd find in an office building)

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Originally posted by natalie:
*bump* because I'm looking for a way to stop my dishwasher from redepositing mulched up food remnants and cr@p on my dishes and then drying them on... grrrr..

Do I need to get in there and take the thing apart and clean out the trap? Or am I doomed to a cr@ppy dishwasher until the landlord replaces it in 2070 or I move out?

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I had one that did this, and cleaning the trap is what I finally had to resort to. I've heard a shop vac makes doing so a *lot* easier, but I've never tried it that way.

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Originally posted by Drea D:
I spray my (NOT non-stick) pans liberally with EZ Off Oven Cleaner, seal them in a garbage bag, and leave them outside overnight. The next day, the crud rinses right off!

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I washed a lipstick. Again. Went through washer AND dryer. I checked all my pockets and everything, it was a little trial-size dealie that I carry sometimes when I wear tighter pants, so it you can't see it in my pocket. Apparently, you can't feel it in there either, if you're checking your pockets quickly.

I got one of those Sta!n Dev!ls things from the supermarket that's supposed to be for lipstick and grass, but I don't have high hopes for it, since the dryer basically cooked the lipstick on there.

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Originally posted by bekkaboo:
Lipstick out of clothes???

I washed a lipstick. Again. Went through washer AND dryer. I checked all my pockets and everything, it was a little trial-size dealie that I carry sometimes when I wear tighter pants, so it you can't see it in my pocket. Apparently, you can't feel it in there either, if you're checking your pockets quickly.

I got one of those Sta!n Dev!ls things from the supermarket that's supposed to be for lipstick and grass, but I don't have high hopes for it, since the dryer basically cooked the lipstick on there.

Dammit, I already was desperately in need of winter work clothes, and there I go destroying them. I was being esp. careful to get everything out of my pocket, too, so as not to f*** up MIL's washer & dryer! Rrrr! Stupid tiny lipstick!

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I cooked lipgloss onto some of my clothes the same way. What got MOST of the stain out (enough that I could wear the clothes again) was this:

Originally posted by MammaBear
Subletter posted 11-02-2004 01:18 PM

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I have been a lurker, not a poster, but last week I called the True Value store that carries the Cushy shelf liner and ordered one roll to see if I liked it. The lady said it was going to be on sale this week, so I am going to call in an order and thought I should share this tip. I just looked at the website and it doesn't look like the sale started yet. The number I called is 949.888.5200 ext. 107 and talked to Jo. She said they are even sending it to Canada and England. I just wish I didn't have to pay shipping!

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