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Vinegar, Duct Tape, Milk Jugs & More: 1,001 Ingenious Ways to Use Common Household Items to Repair, Restore, Revive, or Replace Just about Everything in Your Life (Yankee Magazine Guidebook) Paperback – February 21, 2004

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With his trademark folksy wisdom, Earl Proulx tells you how to recycle those things we all have lying around the house into ingenious solutions without spending money on fancy cleaning solutions, or pricey gadgets. Some of Earl's particular favorites are kitty litter (as a cleaner for oils pills and as a base for a soothing facial mask) and, of course, vinegar (to clean just about anything, unclog showerheads, as well as trap fruit pests), duct tape (as both tick remover and a protection against blisters), and milk jugs (bird feeders and clothespin holders). His fun and inventive ideas also include:

Ant-proof your home with lemon juice
Cover up furniture scratches with a dab of iodine
Use powdered milk to soothe sunburn and remove makeup
Make an earring holder out of window screen
Recycle bubble wrap for a toilet tank insulator

Organized by location inside and outside of the house, Vinegar, Duct Tape, Milk Jugs & More will make you pause each time you start to throw something (old blue jeans, ice cube trays, coat hangers, egg cartons) out in the trash.

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Throw out a candle stub, some sour milk, that leftover bag of cat litter?

Not on your life!

You might think of these things as waste that's headed for the trash can, but there are hundreds of practical ways you can save money, time, and natural resources by reusing these and other common objects around your house. Follow Earl Proulx and the editors of Yankee magazine as they show you how to:

* Make soothing facial mask from cat litter
* Cover up furniture scratches with a dab of iodine
* Turn an old teacup, a sandwich bag, and some sugar into an elegant pincushion
* Clean car grease off your hands with olive oil
* Unstick a window with the stub of an old candlestick
* Clear a clogged showerhead with vinegar
* Ant-proof your home with lemon juice
* Make an attractive country picture frame from an old six-pane window
* End static cling with hair spray
* Stop foot blisters with duct tape
* Keep bait worms fresh with coffee grounds
* Make an earring holder out of window screening

More Than 1,000 Creative, Fun, and Ingenious Tips

Clever to the core, Earl Proulx has been coming up with ingenious ways to reuse things since his career as a handyman started nearly 70 years ago. Every month, he shares his solutions and home hints with the more than two million Yankee magazine readers who enjoy his "Plain Talk" column.

About the Author

Earl Proulx died in March 2003. He was 88 years old and had edited Yankee's "Plain Talk: column for 22 years. He will be missed.

Series: Yankee Magazine Guidebook
Paperback: 400 pages
Publisher: Rodale Books; Reprint edition (February 21, 2004)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 089909385X
ISBN-13: 978-0899093857
Product Dimensions: 6.4 x 1.1 x 9.1 inches
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Average Customer Review: 55 customer reviews
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Mary R. Cowley

I really enjoy reading about what folks have discovered and can do ...

November 14, 2015

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I really enjoy reading about what folks have discovered and can do with ordinary household items. Many of the ideas work great for folks like me who would like to eliminate a lot of the harmful chemicals around the house.

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Very interesting. The copyright is 1999, but I find that some of these older solutions to problems work a lot better than newer things that you have to purchase or order.

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Great Book for Our Economic Times!

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This book is very handy as we all try to cut back on spending and retain our money. Even if you don't use every suggestion, it is fun and educational just to know about some new ways to use things we all have around the house. I was mistakenly sent the wrong book from the reseller but they handled the situation quickly and at no expense to me-therefore I would give this reseller 4 stars!

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THIS BOOK WILL REALLY ASSIST THIS MOUNTAIN MAN IN MY QUEST

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My mom has a copy of this book and started telling me about all of the good, cheap ideas. I had to have a copy seeing as I'm a college student trying to save as much money as possible. I think this would be great for anyone looking to save money or anyone who just needs some creative ways to use household stuff. I have it in my kitchen next to my cookbooks for quick tips

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Duct tape, milk jugs and more

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I found many uses for the items in this book. I hate to throw anything away and this helped me reuse stuff longer.

I have this book in my reference library for anything else in the future I need to fix.

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There are so many many good tips. I keep my book handy because it has so many things that you can use every day.

Amazon has the best book prices that I find on the internet.

I would recommend it to my friends

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