Ordinary Household Item Will Fix Dent In Your Car

I would have never thought to even try to fix a dent on my own car myself.  And I sure would have never thought that a common household plunger would do the trick.  Just wet the edges and pull the dent out.  It only works on small dents, of course.  For the major body repairs you'll have to take it to a professional.

 And there's more...  

Sharpen your scissors with sandpaper.  You thought I was going to say aluminum foil.  Hopefully I've got some new tips.  Plus, I never have been able to make the foil work for sharpening a thing.  Cut through a sheet of fine-grit sandpaper to finish off the edge and keep cuts clean.  

 

Poking your sewing needles through a piece of fine-grit sandpaper keeps them sharp.  Or you could twist that sewing needle in a folded piece of sandpaper and make it sharper than ever.  

Make a conformable, slushy ice pack by mixing 1 part rubbing alcohol with 3 parts water in a zipper type plastic freezer bag.  Your choice size, just adjust the ingredients accordingly.  When needed wrap your ice pack in a cloth and apply it to the area in need.  Your ice pack won't be stiff and cause more pain as it conforms to the shape where applied.

*Confused about denatured alcohol versus rubbing alcohol.  Denatured alcohol is ethanol (drinking alcohol) to which poisonous and awful-tasting chemicals have been added to make it unfit to drink.  Rubbing alcohol is made of chemicals safer for your skin and it most often is labeled 70 percent isopropyl alcohol and 30 percent water.

 

Rubbing alcohol is perfect for cleaning and disinfecting your phone.  But you probably already knew that.

Okay, just one more for now...

Rubber bands don't get the attention they deserve.  

1. Wrap a rubber band around the handles of cabinets to keep the little ones from getting into something they shouldn't.  
2. Use as a bookmark by wrapping around the part you've already read from top to bottom.  The rubber band stays in place even if you drop your book.  
3. Secure bed slats under your mattress.  They will stay in place by wrapping rubber bands around the ends.
4. Oh, you can also have make a ball with rubber bands.

Did I say one more? 

I need more, please tell me more, more ideas, tips, tricks, hints, shortcuts that I have not heard about yet.  Someone out there somewhere has got the juice.  Lay it on us in a comment, please. thanks !