Extraordinary Uses for Ordinary Things
Reader's Digest (Australia),Ela Bayliss
Language: English
Published by Reader's Digest, 2006
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: Book Express (NZ), Shannon, New ZealandBook Express (NZ)
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384 pages. spine faded, writing on inside coverDiscover ingenious ways to use or reuse more than 250 common household items to replace, restore, repair, or revive almost anything in your household--includ ing yourself. When you have a household problem, don't run to the store and wast e good money, just open your pantry door--and EXTRAORDINARY USES FOR ORDINARY TH INGS. You'll be amazed at what you can do with baby oil, bleach, duct tape, tea, rubbing alcohol, and dozens of other handy items. This book will open your eyes to over 2,300 creative and helpful uses you can make of familiar household prod ucts. You will discover how to save time and money with items in your pantry, me dicine cabinet, wastebasket, and recycling bin that you can use to solve common household problems or to substitute for products that you would otherwise buy. T he over 2,300 extraordinary uses includes: - Aspirin can revive a dead car batte ry and a coating of petroleum jelly will keep the battery's terminals from corro ding - A dab of shaving cream can keep your bathroom mirror from fogging and can remove juice stains on carpeting - Petroleum jelly makes a great lip balm, make up remover, and moisturizer - A turkey baster is the perfect tool for watering C hristmas trees and hard-to-reach plants - Beer can be combed through your hair a s a setting lotion, used as lure to trap insects, and polish gold jewelry - Sand paper can be used to sharpen needles and scissors, roughen slippery soles of new shoes, remove ink stains and scuff marks from suede, and remove stains on grout lines - Wax paper will prevent a cast-iron skillet from rusting, restore the no nstick surface on your iron, and use on the bottom of a microwave when cooking m essy foods If you hate to throw things away or if you delight in dreaming up new.…
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- Extraordinary Uses for Ordinary Things
- Author
- Reader's Digest (Australia),Ela Bayliss
- Publisher
- Reader's Digest
- Publication year
- 2006
- Condition
- Very Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1921077298
- ISBN 13
- 9781921077296
- Dimensions
- 27.0cm
- Seller catalogs
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Book Express (NZ)
Shannon, New Zealand
AbeBooks seller since February 10, 2021
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