3. Dry your clothes faster
If you
don’t have a dryer and need to dry your clothes quickly, here’s what
you can do. Place your wet clothing on a dry towel. Roll the towel with
the garment inside. Pick it up, and twist it as tightly as possible
to squeeze out the excess water. After you’ve drained the excess water,
hang your garment on a hanger to fully dry.
4. Smelly shoes
If you
have bad-smelling shoes, place a few dry tea bags inside each shoe
to absorb the smell. If your shoes are not just smelly but also wet,
fill them with a mixture of rice and baking soda and leave for a few
days.
5. Tight shoes
If your
new shoes feel too tight, here’s a way to stretch them. Stuff each shoe
with wet newspaper as tightly as you can. Let the shoes dry, and then
remove the newspaper.
6. Start a fire
Chips
are not just a tasty snack. Fat, oil, and the chemicals in potato
(or other) chips make them a perfect fire-starting material.
7. Find small lost items
Use
your vacuum cleaner to find tiny items you’ve lost, such as earrings.
Just cover the end of a vacuum cleaner with a stocking or pantyhose, and
start your search. Check from time to time to see if the object you are
looking for is already there.
8. Time-marked water bottle
Here’s
a great way to keep track of your daily water intake. Draw lines
on your water bottle with a marker pen, and then write the time beside
the marked level. The marking will serve as a visual reminder for you
to drink water, and it will help you achieve your daily water intake
requirement.
9. Remove toilet bowl stains
Pour a can of Coca-Cola into the toilet bowl, and let it sit overnight. Then wash it with soapy water, and flush clean.
10. Unclog drains easily
Run
hot water down the drain for a minute, and then sprinkle 1 cup of baking
soda down the drain. Slowly pour 1 cup of vinegar down the drain. Flush
one more time with hot or boiling water.
11. Clean the shower head
To clean
your shower head or bathroom faucets, fill a plastic bag with white
vinegar and secure it to the shower head with a rubber band. Allow
it to soak in the vinegar overnight, and remove the bag. It will
be as good as new!
12. Keep buttons from falling off
To keep your buttons in place, simply paint a bit of clear nail polish over the threads.
13. Body odor
If you
forgot to put on deodorant and you don’t want to smell like you’ve been
at the gym, cut a fresh lemon or orange into two halves and just rub
it onto your skin. The body odor will disappear.
14. Amplify your phone’s speakers
Put your phone into a drinking glass or a bowl to boost the volume of its speakers.
15. Make ice last longer in a cooler
When you go to the beach and take your cooler with you, sprinkle salt on the ice so that it stays frozen for much longer.
16. Fresh breath
If you left home and forgot to brush your teeth or you ran out of toothpaste, chewing an apple can help with bad breath.
17. Citrus candles
Do you
want your house to smell good for hours? Make an orange or a lemon
candle, and its light and aroma will last a long time. Learn how
to do it here.
18. Open a stuck lid
You’ve
probably heard numerous ways to open a stubborn jar lid. One of the
most well-known and effective methods is to remove the lid using duct
tape. But here’s what you can do if you don’t have duct tape on hand.
Try running hot water over the lid for a minute or two, wipe down, and
then open. You can also soak the lid in hot water to get a similar
effect.
19. Wooden spoon trick
This
old trick never fails. To keep your pot from boiling over, put a wooden
spoon over the top of it. If it starts to boil up too high, the spoon
will pop the bubbles and keep it from overflowing quickly.
20. Open a SIM card tray when an ejector tool isn’t around
Insert the small paperclip you bent earlier into the small pin hole opening in the SIM tray.
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