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Monday, November 19, 2007

Stop Drinking Cola...Or Use It As a Cleanser

I can't remember where I got these from, will have to google search for references, but check this out:

1. In many states the highway patrol carries two gallons of coke in the trunk to remove blood from the highway after a car accident.

2. You can put a T-bone steak in a bowl of coke and it will be gone in two days.

3. To clean a toilet: Pour a can of coca-cola into the toilet bowl... Let the "real thing" sit for one hour, then flush clean.

4. The citric acid in coke removes stains from vitreous china.

5. To remove rust spots from chrome car bumpers: Rub the bumper with a crumpled-up piece of Reynolds Wrap aluminum foil dipped in coca-cola.

6. To clean corrosion from car battery terminals: Pour a can of coca-cola over the terminals to bubble away corrosion.

7. To loosen a rusted bolt: Applying a cloth soaked in coca-cola to the rusted bolt for several minutes.

8. To remove grease from clothes: Empty a can of coke into a load of greasy clothes, add detergent, and run through a regular cycle. The coca-cola will help loosen grease stains. It will also clean road haze from your windshield.

9.The active ingredient in coke is phosphoric acid. Its pH is 2.8. It will dissolve a nail in about 4 days.

10.To carry coca-cola syrup (the concentrate) the commercial truck must use the Hazardous material place cards reserved for Highly Corrosive materials.

11.The distributors of coke have been using it to clean the engines of their trucks for about 20 years!

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Tuesday, July 3, 2007

Cleaning Out the Basement

More pics from our recent basement clean-up. Sadly, most of this stuff was truly trash; very little could be re-used because the water and mold damage was too great. We had to wear face masks and use the dreaded bleach to clean out the basement. We had to throw a great deal out. I learned a big lesson from this...either make sure our storage is really adequate or make use of, sell, or give away items we don't need. As most of this stuff was mementos of Mercury Man's family, I'm going to suggest to them to make use of it now.

Mercury Man Cleaning Out the Basment S-bop Cleaning Out the Basment Trula Cleaning Out the Basment Cleaning Out the Basment Cleaning Out the Basment Old-school Watering Can June 2007

The last pic is another item I actually was just about to buy! An old school watering can I can use for my balcony garden.

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