These are the "greatest" tips. You'll be pleasantly surprised :)

*Budweiser Beer will condition your hair.

*Pam cooking spray will dry finger nail polish.

*Cool whip will condition your hair in 15 min.

*Mayonnaise will KILL LICE. It will also condition your hair.

*Elmer's Glue -- paint on your face, allow it to dry, peel off and
see the dead skin and blackheads.

*Shiny Hair - rinse in brewed Lipton Tea.

*Sunburn -- empty a large jar of instant Nestea into your bath
water.

*Minor burn -- Colgate or Crest toothpaste

*Burn your tongue? Put sugar on it!

*Arthritis? WD-40 Spray and rub in; kills insect sting pain, too.

*Bee stings - apply meat tenderizer

*Chigger bite -- Preparation H

*Puffy eyelids -- Preparation H (avoid eyes)

*Paper cut -- crazy glue or Chapstick (glue is used instead of
sutures at most hospitals).

*Stinky feet -- Jello!!

*Athletes feet -- cornstarch

*Fungus on toenails or fingernails -- Vicks vapor-rub

*Kool Aid to clean dishwasher pipes. Just put in the detergent
section and run a cycle, it will also clean a toilet.

*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!

*Peanut butter -- will get scratches out of CD's! Wipe off with a
coffee-filter paper.

*Sticking bicycle chain -- Pam no-stick cooking spray

*Pam will also remove paint, and grease from your hands! Keep a
can in your garage and shop.

*Peanut butter will remove ink from the face of dolls.

*When the doll clothes are hard to put on, sprinkle with
cornstarch.

*Heavy dandruff - rinse scalp with vinegar!

*A Slinky will hold toast and CD's.

*To keep goggles and glasses from fogging, coat with Colgate
toothpaste and wipe clean.

*Wine stains -- pour on the Morton salt and watch it absorb into
the salt.

*To remove wax - Iron a paper towel over the wax stain, the heat
will cause the wax to absorb into the towel.

*Body paint -- Crisco mixed with food coloring. Heat the Crisco in
the microwave, pour into an empty 35-mm film container and mix
with the food color of your choice and allow to cool.

*Tie-dye T-shirts -- Mix a solution of Kool Aid in a container,
tie a rubber band around a section of the T-shirt and soak.

*Preserving a newspaper clipping -- large bottle of club soda and
1/2 cup of milk of magnesia -- soak for 20 min. and let dry, will
last for many years!

*Remove labels off glassware etc. -- rub with peanut butter! WD 40
works good on this one too.

*Baked-on food - Fill the container with water, put in a Bounce
static remover and softener sheet. Soak overnight. The static from
the Bounce towel will cause the baked on food to adhere to it.
Also you can use 2 Efferdent tablets, soak overnight!

* Crayon on the wall -- Colgate toothpaste and brush it!

* Dirty grout - Listerine

* Stains on clothes - Colgate toothpaste

* Grass stains -- Karo Syrup. Rub in, let soak and wash. (Molasses also works...F)

* Grease Stains- Coca Cola, it will also remove grease stains from
the driveway overnight. We know it will take corrosion from
batteries!

* Fleas in your carpet? 20 Mule Team Borax: sprinkle and let stand
for 2-4 hours. Maybe this will work if you get them back again.

* To keep FRESH FLOWERS longer, add a little Clorox or 2 Bayer
aspirin in the water. Or just use 7-up instead of water.



With acknowledgements to Ron Foster

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