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I have a few household tips I think are good but I'd really like to know of more, lets share 'em !! Here are mine:
Know when you burn something or have food caked on a pan and you just don't feel like scrubbing it? Soak the pot overnight with water and a bounce sheet in it. Works like a charm, the food just comes right off. Make sure the dish is washed well after with hot soapy water to get any film off. This one's thanks to Martha Stewart!
Another tip is how to clean those yucky brown stains off your coffee pot and coffee maker. Toss a few ice cubes in the coffee pot (when its cold), add some vinegar, and swish it around for a few moments. It creates a chemical reaction and the stains disappear, the glass is like new. Dip the rag into the ice/vinegar mix and wipe the outside of the pot and the coffee pot too. When I waitressed I worked for such a jerk, I left the coffee pot on (industrial restaurant machine) and it burned the pot so bad almost looked like the glass was affected. He freaked out at me and I did the ice vinegar thing in front of him and made the pot like new. It felt SO good doing that and giving him the “lookâ€!
Then there's the red wine on the carpet one: I've shared this already on another post – pour a massive pile of table salt right on top of the spill. Leave it for 10 min or more until you see the salt isn’t getting any redder. (The red wine gets sucked up out of the carpet and goes into the salt). Then scoop off the salt carefully w/ a spoon, and you’re usually left with just a faint pink spot, just finish cleaning/dabbing the carpet with soap, cleaner or however you normally do it. People tend to look at you like your nuts at a party when you do this but they get it later “ )
Know when you burn something or have food caked on a pan and you just don't feel like scrubbing it? Soak the pot overnight with water and a bounce sheet in it. Works like a charm, the food just comes right off. Make sure the dish is washed well after with hot soapy water to get any film off. This one's thanks to Martha Stewart!
Another tip is how to clean those yucky brown stains off your coffee pot and coffee maker. Toss a few ice cubes in the coffee pot (when its cold), add some vinegar, and swish it around for a few moments. It creates a chemical reaction and the stains disappear, the glass is like new. Dip the rag into the ice/vinegar mix and wipe the outside of the pot and the coffee pot too. When I waitressed I worked for such a jerk, I left the coffee pot on (industrial restaurant machine) and it burned the pot so bad almost looked like the glass was affected. He freaked out at me and I did the ice vinegar thing in front of him and made the pot like new. It felt SO good doing that and giving him the “lookâ€!
Then there's the red wine on the carpet one: I've shared this already on another post – pour a massive pile of table salt right on top of the spill. Leave it for 10 min or more until you see the salt isn’t getting any redder. (The red wine gets sucked up out of the carpet and goes into the salt). Then scoop off the salt carefully w/ a spoon, and you’re usually left with just a faint pink spot, just finish cleaning/dabbing the carpet with soap, cleaner or however you normally do it. People tend to look at you like your nuts at a party when you do this but they get it later “ )