Tracy Lim Butterflies
Friday July 6, 2007, 4:21 AM
back in grade school when one of my classmates vomitted on the cement floor, the janitor would come in with soil and put some on the vomit then sweep the mixture away and the smell too also went away
Ann Jay B. Butterflies
Friday July 6, 2007, 6:46 AM
An amazing odor remover when you can't find the source is a shallow dish of ammonia placed under something where it can't be spilled or reached by pets.
Anne Schaefer Butterflies
Friday July 6, 2007, 10:00 AM
Brk Brk....mothballs. I once found a tip to put mothbally smelling books in a sealed garbage bag with absorbent kitty litter (which I put in a paper bag to prevent it from spilling over) and it seemed to work out.
Pam Klopfenstein Butterflies
Friday July 6, 2007, 10:26 AM
Soaking clothes in powdered milk and water will also remove many odors. Something about the enzymes in the milk does it.
Mary Kloss StarsButterflies
Friday July 6, 2007, 3:47 PM
To absorb paint fumes place hay in a bucket,,,,pour 1 cup vinegar on it and allow to stand for 1 hour,,,,then fill with water,,,,I was amazed with how well this worked,,,if painting more then one room have more buckets,,it even absorbed the paint fumes when I had to have my car repaired..
Georgeann Grubham Butterflies
Friday July 6, 2007, 6:04 PM
I have heard Hair spray removes ink also milk.Peroxide or lemon juice work for lightening or removing stains.
Ann E Stickel Butterflies
Friday July 6, 2007, 7:49 PM
As a nurse I have had a lot of success with hair spray for ball point ink. But todays pens we use have a different make than the old ball point pens, e.g. gell pens. Plus I don't know about hairspray on leather.
Vineger, baking soda and lemons are wonderful cleaning and refreshening agents. I use baking soda in place of Comet,etc. all the time. Baking soda & vineger have a perminent place by my kitchen sink.
Linda Isun Butterflies
Monday July 9, 2007, 9:42 AM
When your shoes stink, it is time to get rid of them. It means they are bacteria laden and past their prime. Stinky feet can be helped by soaking them in a strong solution of black tea daily. Oil stains can be removed with corn starch. Cover the spot with corn starch and let sit over night, then bruch off and launder. You can also use baby poweder, but talc is a carcinogen.
Val B. Butterflies
Friday July 20, 2007, 11:50 AM
For Sharon on removing the oil, grease, and gas. My hubby gets diesel and grease on his clothes all week long. I tried everything I could come up with. I finally tried an orange citrus degreaser/cleaner. One little cap full added to the wash does the trick. No stain, and no nasty smell left!
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Laurella W. StarsButterflies
Thursday August 23, 2007, 2:11 PM
To get rid of cigarette smoke smell, wash the fabric using baking soda. For carpeting, sprinkle with baking soda, sweep in, and let sit over night or longer.
Gloria I. Butterflies
Thursday July 5, 2007, 5:37 PM
Living in Japan, I use charcoal sticks as home deodorizer, now very popular in all sizes, set around the house, and especially in the refrigerator.
Cat Magick Butterflies
Thursday July 5, 2007, 7:38 PM
I have added white vinegar to a small rug I was washing that the cat had peed on more than once. It came out smelling great!
debby k. Butterflies
Thursday July 5, 2007, 9:21 PM
When i rent a car sometimes, the awful smoke smell is there...place a bowl of white vinegar in it over night, and wipe everything down with wv, its quite magic! debby keller
Lorretta Heidt Butterflies
Thursday July 5, 2007, 12:15 PM
great ideas. Also for an inexpensive air freshener use vinegar dilluted with water and pickling spices heat on low. Makes the house smell great.
Linda Warnock Butterflies
Thursday July 5, 2007, 1:17 PM
Baby power is a great to repel ants. I sprinkle a line of it it around the back door, inside and out, when ants try to come in in the summer time. It smells like a baby (what a sweet fragrance)and is non-toxic to pets and children. I understand the talc smothers the ants. Our cats won't play in it and of course, it is best to not let children play in it either.
Rosemary Bell Butterflies
Thursday July 5, 2007, 1:47 PM
For a candle dripped on the carpet, use a brown paper bag and a warm iron and iron the wax and color right out of the carpet.....works as I've tried it...
Marjorie Rosenfeld Butterflies
Thursday July 5, 2007, 2:04 PM
Another air freshener idea: boil up some chai tea or a herbal tea whose smell you like. For paint odor, I've heard that cutting an onion in half and leaving the cut onion halves around will soak up the smell. Of course, I assume this is a workable solution only if you don't mind the smell of the onion.
Holly Troubetzkoy StarsButterflies
Thursday July 5, 2007, 2:12 PM
Nie to read and imagine. I remember my gym teacher telling us about vinagar in the arm pits of our gym suits so they would not stink.
Baking soda is the frig/freezer unstinker of the last century. Febreze, sold here for fabrics can unstink kitty litter and strange unid able smells.
Iron with paper between for removing wax-- may melt some synthetic fibers (carpets-mats)Holly T