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HELPFUL HINTS
By HELOISE
This article was published March 19, 2010 at 1:56 a.m.
LITTLE ROCK — DEAR HELOISE: Please tell me what sweet oil is, and where do I find it to make your furniture-polish recipe? - Sheila, via e-mail
DEAR READER: Sweet oil is olive oil without odor or color, and usually is sold in the pharmacy or cosmetics sections of grocery stores or drugstores. This homemade furniture polish is simple,safe and cheap. Just mix 3 parts sweet oil/olive oil to 1 part vinegar, and voila! You should use this polish only on finished surfaces, noton unfinished wood.
Vinegar is a favorite cleaner of mine, and it works great on chrome faucets. Just spray undiluted vinegar on the surface and let it stand for a few moments, then wipe off. Vinegar can help eliminate the smell of cabbage or fish. Just add a bit of vinegar to the cooking water.
DEAR HELOISE: This is my hint about how not to lose small items in the refrigerator. I use a plastic, two-layer spice-rack turntable. I put it on the top shelf, put all the small containers, jars and packages on it, and you can spin it around, and you have everything right before your eyes. I love it!
- Lorraine Price, Williamsburg, Va.
DEAR HELOISE: As a frequent traveler and a grandparent, I always have my camera with me. I have found that it fits very nicely into a cell-phone case. This is compact, light and adaptable, with options of a wrist strap, belt clip or neither.
- Jean Milici, Torrington, Conn.
DEAR HELOISE: Thanks for the advice to clean a plastic shower curtain by placing it in the washer with a couple of white towels. I didn’t have any white towels, so I used a light blue and a green one, and they got the job done.
- Doug Johnson, Watson, La. Send a money- or time-saving hint to Heloise, P.O. Box 795000, San Antonio, Texas 78279-5000; fax to (210) 435-6473; or e-mail
MovieStyle, Pages 40 on 03/19/2010
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