Thrifty Tips From Readers 5/24
Mending Holes in Screens
To fix holes and tears in a screen door or window screen, mend it
just like you would mend a piece of clothing. Stitch the hole
shut using fine nylon thread or wire that matches the color of
the screen. If it is a large hole, you can cut a small patch to
fit, stitching around where the screen is missing or replace the
entire screen.
–unknown
Use Cheap Coffee For Hand Scrubber
I keep a crock of cheap coffee by the sink and use it to dip some
out to scrub my hands after cutting onions and garlic. It really
works to eliminate the odors!
–By Pattie from Bridgton
Vinegar to Remove Smelly Cooking Odors
After cooking fish, broccoli or anything with an odor, simply set
a bowl of vinegar in the room overnight and the odor will be
gone.
–By Debra from Hampton, Tennesse
Acrylic Remover for Dried Paint on Leather Sofa
To remove old dried up paint from my leather sofa, my husband
suggested I try his Acrylic Remover and Brush Cleaner. I dabbed
it on the old stains, and voila! The stains are gone and leather
in perfect condition. (The olive oil didn’t work very well for
me.)
–By Katie from Orlando, FL
Stretch Eggs With Powdered Eggs
As expensive as a dozen of eggs have gotten over the recent
months, a good way to extend them is to add some dry powdered
cafeteria eggs or Army powdered eggs or other if you can get
them! Sometimes you can find them at the Mennenite stores if you
are lucky enough to have one near you!
Mix a little and add it to regular scrambled eggs to make them go
farther and they taste really good!
Here is a farmers Market FINDER so you can check them out!
http://www.localharvest.org/farmers-markets/
–By melody
