Isn’t it funny how you can JUST barely be thinking about something, and it seems like everyone else is thinking/talking about the same thing?
I was just discussing with my husband how so many household items have so many other purposes. As well as how we can make out money go even further. We got on the discussion while talking about watering down our shampoo to make it go further. You take out 1/4 of the shampoo out of the bottle, and fill the difference with water. Then once combining the two, your shampoo will be slightly watered down, but you will not notice a difference in your wash.
While searching one of my favorite savings blogs, Couponing to Disney, she just postsed a similar post!! She talked about dryer sheets and their multiple uses after being used in the dryer.
One of her readers commented that their was another site with some great tips on how to use your dryer sheets other than in the dryer.
Here’s their list:
1.A sheet will repel mosquitoes on your patio. Hang a sheet when outdoors during the mosquito season.
2.Eliminates static electricity from your television and computer screen. Fabric softener sheets are designed to help eliminate static cling, wipe your television and computer screen with a used sheet to keep dust from resettling.
3.A sheet can be used to dissolve soap scum from shower doors, and the tile walls. Clean the surfaces with a sheet.
4.A fragranced sheet can be used to freshen the air in your home. Place an individual sheet in a drawer, hang one in the closet, locker at the health club, locker at work or under the seat of your car or truck. Leave several in the RV or camper while it’s in storage.
5.A sewing needle run through a sheet prior to sewing, can prevent the thread from tangling.
6.A sheet left inside suitcase luggage or travel baggage can prevent musty odors. Place a single sheet inside the empty luggage before storing.
7.Fabric softener sheets are claimed to clean baked on foods from cooking pots and pans. Place a sheet in a pan, fill with water, let sit overnight. Next morning sponge it clean. The antistatic agent apparently weakens the bond between the stuck on food between the pot or pans surface. The fabric softening agents helps to soften the baked on food.
8.Placing a sheet at the bottom of the wastebasket, helps eliminate odors found in wastebaskets. Placing an individual sheet at the bottom of a laundry bag or hamper will accomplish the same results.
9.Collecting pet hairs. Rubbing the area with a sheet will magnetically attract all the loose hairs.
10.Eliminating static electricity from venetian blinds and window coverings. Wipe the blinds with a sheet is said to prevent dust from resettling.
11.Wiping up sawdust, on the shop workbench, from drilling or sandpapering is easy. A used sheet will collect sawdust like a tack cloth.
12.They will take the odor out of books and photo albums that don’t get opened too often.
13.Placing a sheet in your shoes or sneakers overnight, will help to deodorize them and as a result they will smell much better in the AM.
(List courtesy of Doityourself.com)
What do you do to reuse items around your house to help you save some money?
~Get your thrift on!
Great tips! My favorite one with a dryer sheet (pre-dryer) is to lighly swipe your hair with it if you have flyaways or static in your hair. Works like a charm! Go easy though or it can leave a residue on your hair.
Wonderful information! Thank you for sharing it.
I confess I never really left the “hippie” era when it comes to being green and people used to give me some good-natured teasing. It is great that so many are back on track.