My "works for me wednesday" is all about Bounce dryer sheets. I found this list at www.wackyuse.com
Repel mosquitoes.
Tie a sheet of Bounce through a belt loop when outdoors during mosquito season.
Eliminate static electricity from your television screen.
Since Bounce is designed to help eliminate static cling, wipe your television screen with a used sheet of Bounce to keep dust from resettling.
Dissolve soap scum from shower doors.
Clean with a used sheet of Bounce.
Freshen the air in your home.
Place an individual sheet of Bounce in a drawer or hang one in the closet.
Prevent thread from tangling.
Run a threaded needle through a sheet of Bounce to eliminate the static cling on the thread before sewing.
Eliminate static cling from pantyhose.
Rub a damp, used sheet of Bounce over the hose.
Prevent musty suitcases.
Place an individual sheet of Bounce inside empty luggage before storing.
Freshen the air in your car.
Place a sheet of Bounce under the front seat.
Clean baked-on food from a cooking pan.
Put a sheet in the pan, fill with water, let sit overnight, and sponge clean. The antistatic agents apparently weaken the bond between the food and the pan while the fabric softening agents soften the baked-on food.
Eliminate odors in wastebaskets.
Place a sheet of Bounce at the bottom of the wastebasket.
Collect cat hair.
Rubbing the area with a sheet of Bounce will magnetically attract all the loose hairs.
Eliminate static electricity from venetian blinds.
Wipe the blinds with a sheet of Bounce to prevent dust from resettling.
Wipe up sawdust from drilling or sandpapering.
A used sheet of Bounce will collect sawdust like a tack cloth.
Eliminate odors in dirty laundry.
Place an individual sheet of Bounce at the bottom of a laundry bag or hamper.
Deodorize shoes or sneakers.
Place a sheet of Bounce in your shoes or sneakers overnight so they'll smell great in the morning.
I also found one other use that was odd enough I thought it should be included with the above. I found it here
A friend at work swears that Bounce dryer sheets work to keep the mice out of her basement. She places them around the basement perimeter and has had no mice problems. She used to have a lot of rodent problems before using Bounce. I’ve never tried this trick since (knock wood!) I don’t have mice in the house.
7 comments:
Lots of great ideas, who knew, eh??
Oh. My. Goodness. I never knew there were so many more uses for those sheets. (The trash can one I knew, but not the others.)
Thanks for the tips!
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LOL Those are great. I love the one about baked on food. I'll totally have to try that because my mom scrubbed all my nonstick pans with steel wool. (Go Mom!)
Okay, I am jumping up right now and putting Bounce sheets in the trash cans, the hampers, all the drawers, under the seats of the car...absolutely EVERYWHERE! How great is this.
Well, everyone's in bed but me. Maybe I'll wait until morning.
Oh man, where to start. Maybe since we have mice from time to time I'll start there.
I can't beleive you'd never heard of all those before. The trashcan one is the best!
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