Household Tips From Sticky Zippers to Removing Pressed Creases

Posted by Eileen | Mar 1, 2011 | Home & Garden | 0 |

No more sticky zippers, photo courtesy bigstockphoto Remove Creases….

Got a Sticky Zipper?

Try rubbing a lead pencil over the zipper teeth.

Got a permanent crease you need removed?

Use white vinegar and a hot iron to steam it right out.

Got a kink in a necklace?

Dab some petroleum jelly on the knot and use 2 straight pins to wiggle it free.

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Eileen

Raised in Concord, CA, Eileen found her home in Westwood, CA in the late 1970's where life included 18 years of heating only with a wood stove, lots of deep snows, cooking on a wood stove and plenty of homemade recipes to save money and feed well two growing boys and husband, a hard working timber faller. Their little family lived life as an adventure. Eileen learned how to make do and in fact, make things pretty nice around the house in the tiny town surrounded by lakes and streams. Her life long desire to write has turned into her dream job after a long career in newspaper and radio.

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