How To Keep Away Flies, Test Baking Powder And More!
| Miscellaneous Keep away flies - Grow Basil on your windowsills Test if your baking powder is still fresh - Add a teaspoon of the powder to half a pint of hot water, if it bubbles rapidly then it is still fresh. Stone an apricot - Cut in half with a sharp knife lengthways following the lines of the fruit, the twist the two halves in opposite directions and pull apart - the stone should now be easily removed. Test if your fridge door seal is working effectively - Shut a piece of paper in the door. If you can pull the paper out easily then your seal is not working properly and you should replace it. Undo the end of a sellotape roll - Over over the steam from a kettle for a few seconds. Clean a burnt aluminium saucepan - fill with water, add an onion and boil. Remove animal hair from upholstry - Wrap sellotape around your hand sticky side up then stroke the furniture! Minimise the smell of ashtrays - Put a thin layer of bicarbonate of soda at the bottom of the ashtray Stop the bathroom mirror steaming up - Rub the mirror with a few drops of shampoo Mend books - Torn pages can be repaired by brushing with egg white and leaving to dry. A hole can be mended by chewing a piece of paper until it is soft, pressing it into the hole then ironing it with a cool iron. Grease spots on the pages can be removed by sandwiching the page between two sheets of blotting paper and ironing with a warm iron. Surface dirt can be removed by rubbing with fresh bread kneaded into a ball. If a book has become damp, sprinkle talcum powder between the pages the weight it down until the powder has absorbed all the moisture, then brush off the powder. This will also improve the smell of damp. Make candles last longer - Put them in the freezer for a few hours before use. Avoid car sickness - Place a sprig of parsley on your stomach and fix with a plaster. Drink a cup of sweet tea before setting off.
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