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Unusual uses for ordinary things : 250 creative solutions using everyday items / Instructables.com ; edited and introduced by Wade Wilgus.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York, NY : Skyhorse Publishing, [2021]Copyright date: ©2021Description: 121 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781510768499
  • 1510768491
Subject(s):
Contents:
From the refrigerator: 10 unusual uses for butter ; 6 unusual uses for eggs ; 9 surprising uses for mustard (that don't involve a sandwich) ; 5 great lemon tricks ; 9 unusual uses for mayonnaise -- From the kitchen: 28 unusual uses for aluminum foil ; 4 vinegar mysteries solved! ; 5 ways baking soda can help you get a date ; 11 unusual uses for coffee ; 5 ways tea could help you survive a zombie outbreak ; 16 unusual uses for cheap vodka -- From the bathroom: 10 uses for your old toothbrush ; 9 unusual uses for aspirin ; 12 unusual uses for baby oil ; 9 unusual uses for toothpaste ; 6 ways medicated chest rub will save your relationship -- From the vanity: 10 unusual uses for moustaches ; 8 incredible eye makeup remover hacks ; 10 unusual uses for nail polish ; 6 underappreciated things about petroleum jelly ; 13 unusual uses for a hair dryer -- From the closet: 11 unusual uses for tennis balls ; 7 unusual uses for barf bags ; 25 unique uses for pantyhose ; 11 unusual uses for diapers -- Conversion tables.
Summary: "Did you know that tennis balls can protect your floors, fluff your laundry, and keep you from backing too far into (and thus destroying) your garage? How much do you know about aspirin? Sure, it may alleviate pain, but it can also be used to remove sweat stains, treat bug bites and stings, and prolong the life of your sputtering car battery. These are just a few of the quirky ideas that appear in Unusual Uses for Ordinary Things"--Page 4 of cover.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Most people use nail polish remover to remove nail polish. They use coffee grounds to make coffee and hair dryers to dry their hair. The majority of people may also think that the use of eggs, lemons, mustard, butter, and mayonnaise should be restricted to making delicious food in the kitchen. The Instructables.com community would disagree with this logic--they have discovered hundreds of inventive and surprising ways to use these and other common household materials to improve day-to-day life.

Did you know that tennis balls can protect your floors, fluff your laundry, and keep you from backing too far into (and thus destroying) your garage? How much do you know about aspirin? Sure, it may alleviate pain, but it can also be used to remove sweat stains, treat bug bites and stings, and prolong the life of your sputtering car battery. These are just a few of the quirky ideas that appear in Unusual Uses for Ordinary Things .

Readers of Unusual Uses for Ordinary Things will learn how to:
Remove odors from clothes using vodka Shine leather belts, wallets, purses, and jackets using butter Remove scuffs from sneakers using toothpaste Locate small objects once thought to be gone forever using pantyhose And much more!

Originally published in 2013.

"Did you know that tennis balls can protect your floors, fluff your laundry, and keep you from backing too far into (and thus destroying) your garage? How much do you know about aspirin? Sure, it may alleviate pain, but it can also be used to remove sweat stains, treat bug bites and stings, and prolong the life of your sputtering car battery. These are just a few of the quirky ideas that appear in Unusual Uses for Ordinary Things"--Page 4 of cover.

From the refrigerator: 10 unusual uses for butter ; 6 unusual uses for eggs ; 9 surprising uses for mustard (that don't involve a sandwich) ; 5 great lemon tricks ; 9 unusual uses for mayonnaise -- From the kitchen: 28 unusual uses for aluminum foil ; 4 vinegar mysteries solved! ; 5 ways baking soda can help you get a date ; 11 unusual uses for coffee ; 5 ways tea could help you survive a zombie outbreak ; 16 unusual uses for cheap vodka -- From the bathroom: 10 uses for your old toothbrush ; 9 unusual uses for aspirin ; 12 unusual uses for baby oil ; 9 unusual uses for toothpaste ; 6 ways medicated chest rub will save your relationship -- From the vanity: 10 unusual uses for moustaches ; 8 incredible eye makeup remover hacks ; 10 unusual uses for nail polish ; 6 underappreciated things about petroleum jelly ; 13 unusual uses for a hair dryer -- From the closet: 11 unusual uses for tennis balls ; 7 unusual uses for barf bags ; 25 unique uses for pantyhose ; 11 unusual uses for diapers -- Conversion tables.

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