Clever Clarissa’s Household Tips & Advice

Just mix in half a crushed aspirin in the water, and repeat the process every time you change the water.

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Fill the vase with warm water and add one or two Alka Seltzer tablets (denture cleaner also works). Once the seltzer has dissolved, let it work for 30 minutes or more. Rinse well and air dry.

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Hide scratches and small nicks by delicately working a matching color crayon into them. Remove tar spots by soaking them with raw linseed oil until soft; wipe with a soft cloth dampened with the oil.

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You have the choice of using nail polish remover, lighter fluid, lemon extract, salad oil or hot vinegar. Saturate, let set a while (if needed) and then gently scrape with a razor blade or a knife.

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Sprinkle baking soda onto a damp sponge to remove dirt and grime from windows, headlights, chrome accessories and trims; rinse and dry. To remove dead insects from your windshield, rub it with a ball made from plastic net bags (the kind onions come in).

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