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Category Archives: Cleaning
Phonebook Window Cleaner
Here’s another great idea from Debbie Yates of Echo’s Voice. I love this idea because its a two-fer. This practice uses a recyclable item and saves you from using a chemical cleaner that would normally be used.
Instead of tossing out your outdated phone books use the pages to clean glass and mirrors. It used to be you could use newspapers, but they changed the ink and that is no longer the way to go. Now if you want a spotless window use sheets from the telephone book. There is something about the ink in the paper that makes it so you don’t even need to use Windex to end up with sparkling windows and mirrors.
Toolbox Keeper
Place a couple little silica gel packages (that come inside new shoes and other things you buy) in your toolbox to keep your tools rust free.
Jewelry Saver
I’m always looking for ways to reuse those little silica gel packages that come inside new shoes, vitamins and other items. Place them in your jewelry box and they’ll absorb any moisture and thus keep your jewelry from tarnishing.