Some nice useful stuff

To remove lipstick stains from clothes, soak the stain in methylated spirit. Spread a little glycerin to soften it and finally wash with soap and warm water.

If playing cards stick together, sprinkle some talcum powder over them, you can have a smooth deal.

To prevent the pages of books from turning brittle and brown, sprinkle vibhuthi or grey ash in between them. The pages will retain their shine and strength.

Oily vessel cleaning

It seems used tea powder can be used to clean oily vessels....I am going to try this right today

Longer use of joss stick

A joss stick will burn longer if it is wrapped in a wet cloth for five minutes before being lit.

Remove odors

To remove food odors from the refrigerator, ad 4 tsps of mustard seeds to ¾ cup of water and keep it in the refrigerator. The smell will go away within 2 hrs.

To remove odor from a flask, put half cup vinegar in it and wash with cold water after half hour.

Making silver shine

Most of the times we have silver items at home that become blackish. To make them sparkle again you can try this.
Fill a vessel with water. Put aluminum foil pieces into the water and immerse the silver item in this water for a few hours.
When you take it out, you will find it nice and sparkling.

Garlic!!A 1:many problem prevention!!

Recently mom was telling me that she watched a clip on TV. It was about how Garlic can be used to prevent many problems.
Method is very simple....
use about 2 to4 garlics with 1 glass of milk.
peel off the outer scales of the garlic. boil it along with a glass of milk till the milk becomes thick (you can keep it on low flame so that the milk does not overflow from the vessel).
Then drink the milk along with the garlic.

the best part in this is that the garlic does not have the typical smell and taste ( many of them have a problem with it). Once it is boiled in milk...the smell goes away.
This must be taken every night before going to bed.

It helps in the following:
1. gastric problems
2. acidity
3. indigestion
4. weight reduction
5. Keeps you young and glowing
and many more...i forgot the full list..

I am yet to try it. Will buy garlic on the way back home today.

Kitchen Electric Chimney

Mom wanted a nice way to clean her kitchen chimeny herself...she once called in a guy to do this. He did a good job...but after that we feel that the suction power is not too good...reason is...
initially we bought a chimney because we wanted perfect ventilation...without which all the steel boxes in the kitchen were catching up stickiness. when we got the chimney this condition was not there...we were very happy...but after the first cleaning by this guy...we found the stickiness back..

i tried searching throughout the internet...was unable to find a good tip..

finally found one at yahoo india answers. yet to try it and check if it works......

STEP 1: Turn off the power to the fan at the fuse box.
STEP 2: Remove the cover and soak it in hot water with dishwashing liquid. You can use an old toothbrush to scrub the hard-to-reach places.
STEP 3: Unplug the fan unit and pull it out. Set it on some newspaper or cardboard.
STEP 4: Wipe the fan unit down with dry paper towels. When you get the dust cleared away, you may need to spray some window cleaner on a soft cloth and wipe the blades down.
STEP 5: Vacuum out the enclosure with a vacuum crevice tool, then wipe it clean with a dry cloth.
STEP 6: Put the unit back together and replace the cover.

Tips & Warnings
Some fan units can't be removed. If this is the case with yours, simply clean the filters by soaking them in hot, soapy water.
Don't use abrasive scouring powders to clean the fan's parts.
Never spray liquid into the fan itself or onto electrical parts.

Store clothes well

Protect your clothes. Take care of them so that they last longer
wrap silk clothes in muslin cloth or dhothis
do not keep on plastic or newspaper
Take few black pepper balls. Tie it in a small piece of cloth and place it in the cupboard.
place tracing paper between zari
Place naphthalene balls in a tied cloth.

Natural soap

Preparing natural soap:
Methi powder 1 tbsp
Shikhakai 3 tbsp
Moong powder 3 tbsp
pudina extracted water
Make a liquid out of the above. Your soap is ready.

Prepare your own natural soap

Preparing natural soap:
Fenugreek (Hindi: Methi , Tamil: vendhayam, Kannada: Menthya)powder 1 tbsp
Shikakai (you can buy it from the shop. I would prefer to use Rose brand)3 tbsp
Green gram(Hindi:Moong, Tamil:Payaru, Kannada: hasiru bele) powder 3 tbsp
pudina extracted water
Make a liquid out of the above. Your soap is ready.

Soft towels

To make bath towel more absorbent and soft, put a handful of salt in a bucket of water and soak the towel for 2 hrs. Wash and dry.

Sparkling clothes

Dry lemon peels in the shade and grind them into powder. Mix one tbsp of this powder in your ordinary washing powder and wash your clothes as usual. They will come out sparkling clean.

Household tips - tight shoes

To ease tight shoes, keep a piece of cut potato in the shoes overnight.

Household tips

If you keep a few camphor tablets in the cupboard in which you keep your silverware, your silver will not tarnish