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Tips Submitted from BC

What are your tricks and solutions for managing your busy household? The SCOTT® Common Sense Community allows you to share your sensible solutions and get tips from other members just like you that will help you manage your life a little more efficiently. Now that makes sense!

Below you will find a listing of the most recently submitted tips to the SCOTT® Common Sense Community.

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Everyday Sense - Just Say It

5.00 / 1 votes

Think First

Before you use bleaches, disinfectants and other chemical based cleaning products, think about where it is going to end up. Our oceans? Our drinking water? Think about the environment first. There are sorts of eco-friendly alternatives. Obviously you all here have a computer, so Google your heart out and ease your conscience and contribute to a solution.

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Dorothy
Courtenay, BC
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Dollars & Sense - Reuse / Recycle

4.50 / 2 votes

Camp Fire Starter

Left over dryer lint and candle wax make for an excellent fire starter. First melt your left over candle wax on the stove. Meanwhile, take an empty egg carton and fill each part that holds the eggs with left over lint from your dryer - push the lint down firmly. Next, pour the melted candle wax over the lint, being careful not to spill, and let cool. Take this egg carton with you when you go out camping, and use one wax egg to start a fire.

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Sharon
Port McNeill, BC
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Neat & Clean - Kitchen & Bath

4.50 / 2 votes

Eco-friendly Copper Cleaner

Use equal amounts of flour, white vinegar and table salt to create a very inexpensive, easy-to-apply paste to clean copper kitchenware and pots and pans. Gently rub it on, wait a minute, then rinse with warm water and towel dry. Don't use on decorative laquered pieces.

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Dorothy
Courtenay, BC
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Time Savers - Cooking

3.50 / 4 votes

Did you know...?

Almost all paper and plastic cardboard roll dispensers have push-in tabs on each end to make dispensing foil and plastic wrap smoother and easier. This is a blessing, considering all the frustration and wasted plastic wrap when you can't find the end.

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Dorothy
Courtenay, BC
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Neat & Clean - Kitchen & Bath

4.50 / 2 votes

Sparkling Shower Walls

I was disgusted with the filthy condition of a shower in the house I moved into, so I used car cut/wax to safely remove the grit and grime. I then applied Gel Gloss, a product used to polish fiberglass boats (and prevent salt and other build-ups). Now water beads up on my shower walls. I just give it a quick wipe with the used bath towel or SCOTT® Towels to absorb the water beads. These two steps took a bit of elbow grease at first, but it has been over a year now, so it was well worth it. The shower is spotless after a quick wipe dry.

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Dorothy
Courtenay, BC
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Neat & Clean - Kitchen & Bath

4.50 / 2 votes

Keep Stainless Steel Spotless

Tired of fingerprints and smears on your beautiful stainless steel large and small appliances? Dab some commom mineral oil on a SCOTT® Towel and wipe the surfaces. This removes the smudges and conditions the stainless steel to prevent spots from reappearing so quickly. It's very economical too, vs. store-bought polishes. It works well on any brushed nickel you have, such as coffee table legs.

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Dorothy
Courtenay, BC
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Neat & Clean

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Red Wine Spill

To get red wine spills out of just about anything, grab a box of salt and pour salt all over the spill. Pour enough salt to cover it with a thick layer - the larger the spill, the thicker the layer. The salt will absorb the wine and when it is dry, just vaccum it up.

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Nancy
Vancouver, BC
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