Name Brand Products Can Make Your Summer Easier

Do you ever find yourself camping or on a picnic needing a certain item but not having it with you? You may well be able to use another item you do have instead. Even around the house you can make one product work for several different tasks. If you are one of those people who hate to throw anything away here are some ways to reuse some common household products.

Joey Green has written several books giving little known uses for brand-name products. His first book on this subject was "Polish Your Furniture With Panty Hose", published in 1995 by Hyperion. I have picked some tips from this book especially relating to summer and summer activities to share with you.

BOUNCE - Repel mosquitoes. Tie a sheet of Bounce through a belt loop when outdoors during mosquito season.

Deodorize shoes or sneakers. Place a sheet of Bounce in your shoes or sneakers overnight so they'll smell great in the morning.

CLAIROL HERBAL ESSENCES - Wash dishes. If you run out of dishwashing soap, wash your dishes in the kitchen sink with Herbal Essences. It's perfect for camping because it's biodegradable.

COLGATE - Deodorize smelly hands. Squeeze an inch of Colgate into your palm and wash hands under running water.

Remove Kool-Aid mustaches from kid's faces. Rub on Colgate and rinse thoroughly.

DANNON YOGURT - Soothe sunburn pain. Spread yogurt on the sunburn, let sit for twenty minutes, then rinse clean with lukewarm water.

EFFERDENT - Clean a Thermos bottle. Fill the bottle with water, drop in three Efferdent tablets, and let soak for an hour or longer if necessary.

ELMER'S GLUE-ALL - Remove a Splinter. Coat the splinter with a drop of Elmer's Glue-All, wait for it to dry, then peel off the dried glue. The splinter should be stuck to it.

HEINZ VINEGAR - Grow beautiful azaleas. Occasionally water plants with a mixture of two tablespoons Heinz Vinegar to one quart water. Azaleas grow best in acidic soil.

Kill unwanted grass. Pour Heinz White Vinegar in crevices and between bricks.

Relieve itching. Use a cotton ball to dab mosquito and other bug bites with Heinz Vinegar straight from the bottle.

Soothe sunburn pain. Apply undiluted Heinz Vinegar to the burn.

Remove perspiration stains from clothes. Apply one part Heinz White Vinegar to four parts water, then rinse.

Condition dry hair. Shampoo, then rinse hair with a mixture of one cup Heinz Apple Cider Vinegar and two cups water. Vinegar adds highlights to brunette hair, restores the acid mantel, and removes soap film and sebum oil.

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