| RE: Butter vs. Margarine: You Decide |
I totally agree! Margarine is hideous stuff!
For me it's butter, or this:
http://www.laemunns.com/rapeseed.html
Sorry if you're outside the UK and can't get it. I'm lucky and can buy it in town. It's great stuff, doesn't have a strong taste or burn like E.V. olive oil can, and it's even better for you! ... View related article. |
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| RE: Headphones Shocking My Ears |
If you're already wearing them when you plug them in, try plugging first, then putting them in your ears.
Maybe even try plugging, then touching them onto your hand or the frame first to earth them. Or touch them together.
Never experienced this, but I do know you need to earth them somehow.
My pet peeve is getting shocks off a car door when you get out. Happens all the time. I blame it on wearing fleece jumpers! ... View related article. |
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| RE: Preparing a Home for Someone With Cat Allergies |
I'm allergic too, and asthmatic, and I moved into a flat where the previous occupants had cats. And you could tell from the smell. :-(
I had to be very thorough in cleaning and vaccuming all the carpets and stuff, but I've been fine. It's a while ago now, but I think I just took Benadryl (the only allergy tablet that works for me, you can't get a generic) for a while until it was clean enough.
If you really want to do it properly, wipe down every surface you can. Do a room at a time so you don't get overawed with the task, start with the ceiling and work down, and keep the door shut.
You could build this in with decorating which would make sense as often you use a sugar soap solution to wipe down all surfaces before painting.
If you can afford it, rehome the carpets and buy new or varnish the floorboards and use rugs that you can stick in the washer. Give the old carpets away on Freecycle, there's always someone who will gladly rehome that type of thing. Then you don't even have to feel that guilty about throwing good stuff out!
Seven years here, and I've had more trouble with hayfever! (As I'm pretty much in the countryside) Don't give up hope! ... View related article. |
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| RE: Dachshund with Skin Problems |
*For skin infections
Bath your dog and then rinse him with a solution of 1 part cider vinegar to 3 parts water.
*Removing and preventing fleas
Adding cider vinegar to drinking water discourages fleas from setting up home on dogs (and cats). Start with a few drops so that he gets used to the taste, then build up a little, to a teaspoon per bowl for a small animal, to a tablespoon for a larger one.
Or, dip your pet in a bath of cider vinegar and water. This is, apparently, suitable treatment for puppies that are too young for commercial chemical treatments. Avoid getting vinegar into its eyes.
For cleaning pets ears the advice is much the same as the vinegar instructions from wacky camper, but to add to that, if you apply it daily for 3 days, and he's still scratching or rubbing his ears, see a vet because he may have mites or a bacterial infection.
Vinegar, and especially cider vinegar, has very wide ranging uses and properties. It's worth getting a book on it if you can. You'd be amazed at what it can do, not to mention the money it can save you. ... View related article. |
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| RE: Make Your Own Lip Gloss |
Vaseline or any petroleum product will actually dry your lips and you will have to keep putting more and more on to get it to work. Of course the big companies don't want you to know that!
If I were you I'd try something with natural ingredients in, like hemp oil. You may have to shop to get hold of it, but believe me, your lips will thank you for it!
I can recommend yaoh.co.uk Their balms are incredible, totally natural and you will find you need to use it a lot less than anything made with vaseline or equivalent. They smell divine too!
No, I'm not vegan, and I don't work for them, I just know a wonderful product when I use it! ... View related article. |
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| RE: Deodorize Musty Couch? |
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You could hire a steam cleaner. Or you could buy a bottle of upholstery cleaner and follow the directions. You might want to air it as much as possible by taking the cushions off and leaving the windows open as much as you can, that will help. Even one of those fabric sprays (fabfresh/febreeze) for removing smells may work because they have odor neutralisers in them. The mustyness is caused by damp, so you'll want to dry it out as much as possible afterwards. ... View related article. |
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| RE: What to Do with Pine Cones? |
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You could try selling them on the internet! If you have loads, you could package them up and sell them to crafters on Ebay for example. You wouldn't have to charge a lot, but I bet they'd sell. ... View related article. |
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| RE: Cleaning Cloudy Mirrors |
Have you tried using a scraper? It may be a paint-like residue. Get one of those tools from the DIY store that you use to get paint off windows and try that. They normally have a 'Stanley' knife blade in them and look a bit like a big flat disposable razor. If you use this tool with a new blade in it shouldn't scratch the glass at all.
If this works and the mirrors are not heated you might then want to use a product called 'Anti-fog' which you can buy from car accessory shops. It's a liquid that you wipe on, then off and it stops your mirrors from fogging up for weeks - till you clean it, then you have to reapply. (It's wonderful used inside your car in the winter!)
Hope this helps.
Chicky ... View related article. |
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| RE: Why is My Wallpaper Coming Loose? |
Yes, it could be too dry. Sometimes on plaster walls you need to coat them in a very watered down PVA (wood glue) solution to stop the plaster from sucking all the moisture out of the paste till there's nothing left to hold the paper up. The PVA seals the plaster but (when totally dry) still allows the paste to stick the paper to the wall. The quick solution (it doesn't always work if your plaster is new, but should if it's older), is when papering, paste the wall AND the paper. Do not use the pva to stick the edges back down as it would be a nightmare to peel the paper off when you next come to decorate.
Hope this helps.
Chicky ... View related article. |
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| RE: Save Money on Fabric Softener |
" Use white vinegar in the rinse cycle of your wash in place of expensive fabric softeners. "
Just don't do what I did and use the ready-spiced white pickling vinegar by accident!!! ... View related article. |
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