Aches - flu Achy muscles from a bout of the flu?  Mix 1 tablespoon of horseradish in 1 cup of olive oil.  Let the mixture sit for 30 minutes, then apply it as a massage oil, for instant relief for aching muscles.
Arthritis Arthritis? WD-40 Spray and rub in
Arthritis - hands   2 cups of Quaker Oats, 1 cup of water in bowl in microwave for 1 minute. 
Athlete's feet Athlete's feet - cornstarch
Bee stings Use meat tenderizer
Bees / wasps Formula 409 kills bees, wasps, hornets, yellow jackets.
Bicycle chains Sticking bicycle chain - Pam no-stick cooking spray
Blisters Put Listerine on a broken blister.
Blemishes - skin Honey remedy for skin blemishes.. Cover the blemish with a dab of honey and place a Band-Aid over it.  Honey kills the bacteria, keeps the skin sterile, and speeds healing. 
Body paint Crisco mixed with food coloring. Heat the Crisco in the microwave, pour in to an empty  film container and mix with the food color of your choice!
Boils Hunt's tomato paste boil cure.. cover the boil with Hunt's tomato paste as a compress.  The acids from the tomatoes soothe the pain and bring the boil to a head.
Bread - buying fresh Bread is delivered fresh to the stores five days a week Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Each day has a different color twist tie. Plastic clips are the same way. They are: Monday = Blue, Tuesday = Green, Thursday = Red, Friday = White, Saturday =Yellow.
Bruises   Heinz vinegar to heal bruises.. Soak a cotton ball in white vinegar and apply it to the bruise for 1 hour.  The vinegar reduces the blueness and speeds up the healing process.
Burned tongue Burn your tongue? Put sugar on it!
Burns Colgate toothpaste makes an excellent salve for burns.
Burns Minor burn - Colgate or Crest toothpaste
CD's - scratches Peanut butter - will get scratches out of CD's! Wipe off with a coffee filter paper
Chigger bites Chigger bite - Preparation H
Crayon - removal Crayon on the wall - Colgate toothpaste and brush it!
Cuts - papercuts Paper cut - crazy glue or chap stick (glue is used instead of sutures at most hospitals)
Dandruff Heavy dandruff - pour on the vinegar
Dog odor Use a Bounce sheet on your wet dog on a rainy day for the doggie odor removal.
Doll - clothes When the doll clothes are hard to put on, sprinkle with corn starch and watch them slide on
Dolls - ink Peanut butter will remove ink from the face of dolls
Ear mites Wesson oil (a few drops) in your cat's ear, massage, and wipe clean with Q-tip will rid of ear mites.
Eyeglasses Easy eyeglass protection.. To prevent the screws in eyeglasses from loosening, apply a small drop of clear nail polish to the threads of the screws before tightening them.
Eyes - puffy Puffy eyes - Preparation H  
Facials Elmer's Glue - paint on your face, allow it to dry, peel off and see the dead skin and blackheads.
Fingerpaints - homemade Kool Aid can be used as a dye in paint also Kool Aid in Dannon plain yogurt as a finger paint, your kids will love it and it won't hurt them if they eat it!
Fleas - on dogs Dawn dishwashing liquid kills fleas on dogs.
Fleas - on carpets Fleas in your carpet? 20 Mule Team Borax - sprinkle and let stand for 24 hours. Maybe this will work if you get them back again.
Flowers - keep fresh To keep FRESH FLOWERS longer Add a little Clorox, or 2 Bayer aspirin, or just use 7-up instead of water.
Food - BAKED ON Baked on food - fill container with water, get a Bounce paper softener and the static from the Bounce  towel will cause the baked on food to adhere to it.  Soak overnight. Efferdent tablets work too.
Foot - odor Stinky feet - use Jello 
Fungus - toenail Fungus on toenails or fingernails - Vicks Vapor Rub
Grease - remove f/hands Pam cooking spray
Grout - cleaning Dirty grout - Listerine
Hair Budweiser beer conditions the hair 
Hair Cool whip will condition your hair in 15 minutes
Hair Shiny Hair - use brewed Lipton Tea
Headache    Drinking two glasses of Gatorade can relieve headache pain almost immediately -- without unpleasant side effects caused by traditional  pain relievers
Insect stings Insect stings WD-40 Spray and rub in
Label - removal Remove labels off glassware etc. rub with Peanut butter 
Lice - head Mayonnaise will KILL LICE, it will also condition your hair
Nail Polish - to dry Pam cooking spray will dry finger nail polish
Newspaper - preservation Preserving a newspaper clipping - large bottle of club soda and cup of milk of magnesia, soak for 20 min. and let dry, will last for many years
Paint - removal Pam will also remove paint, and grease from your hands!
Stains - rust Coca-Cola on an abrasive sponge will remove rust stains.
Slinky A Slinky will hold CD's!
Sore throat    Sore throat?  Just mix 1/4 cup of  vinegar with 1/4 cup of honey and take 1 tablespoon six times a day.  The vinegar kills the bacteria.
Splinters Elmer's Glue on a splinter in your finger. Let dry. Peel the glue and remove the splinter.
Stains - clothes Stains on clothes - Colgate tootpaste
Stains - grass Grass stains - Karo Syrup 
Stains - grease Grease Stains - Coca Cola , it will also remove grease stains from the driveway overnight. We know it will  take corrosion from car batteries!
Stuffy nose     Before you head to the drugstore for a high-priced inhaler filled with mysterious chemicals, try chewing on a couple of Altoids peppermints.  They'll clear up your stuffed nose.
Sunburn Sunburn - empty a large jar of Nestea into your bath water
Tie-dye shirt Tie Dye T-shirt - mix a solution of Kool Aid in a container, tie a rubber band around a section of the T-shirt and soak
Toenail fungus Listerine therapy for toenail fungus.  Get rid of unsightly toenail fungus by soaking your toes in Listerine mouthwash.
Toilet / dishwasher pipes Kool aid to clean dishwasher pipes. Just put in the detergent section and run a cycle, it will also clean a  toilet. 
Urinary infections Cure urinary tract infections with Alka-Seltzer.  Just dissolve two tablets in a glass of water and drink it at the onset of the symptoms. Works immediately.
Wax - removal To remove wax - Take a paper towel and iron it over the wax stain, it will absorb into the towel.
Wine stains - removal Wine stains, pour on the Morton salt and watch it absorb into the salt.

 

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