The Accidental Smallholder Forum
Community => Coffee Lounge => Topic started by: tizaala on April 27, 2012, 02:40:55 pm
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1. To remove a bandage painlessly, saturate the bandage with vodka. The stuff dissolves adhesive.
2. To clean the caulking around bathtubs and showers, fill a trigger-spray bottle with vodka, spray the caulking, let set five minutes and wash clean. The alcohol in the vodka kills mold and mildew.
3. To clean your eyeglasses, simply wipe the lenses with a soft, clean cloth dampened with vodka. The alcohol in the vodka cleans the glass and kills germs.
4. Prolong the life of razors by filling a cup with vodka and letting your safety razor blade soak in the alcohol after shaving. The vodka disinfects the blade and prevents rusting.
5. Spray vodka on wine stains, scrub with a brush, and then blot dry.
6. Using a cotton ball, apply vodka to your face as an astringent to cleanse the skin and tighten pores.
7. Add a jigger of vodka to a 12-ounce bottle of shampoo. The alcohol cleanses the scalp, removes toxins from hair, and stimulates the growth of healthy hair. Straight vodka gets rid of nits too.
8. Fill a sixteen-ounce trigger-spray bottle with vodka and spray bees or wasps to kill them.
9. Pour one-half cup vodka and one-half cup water into a Ziploc freezer bag and freeze for a slushy, refreshing ice pack for aches, pain or black eyes.
10. Fill a clean, used mayonnaise jar with freshly picked lavender flowers, fill the jar with vodka, seal the lid tightly and set in the sun for three days.
Strain liquid through a coffee filter, then apply the tincture to aches and pains.
11. To relieve a fever, use a washcloth to rub vodka on your chest and back
as a liniment.
12. To cure foot odour, wash your feet with vodka.
13. Vodka will disinfect and alleviate a jellyfish sting.
14. Swish a shot of vodka over an aching tooth. Allow your gums to absorb some of the alcohol to numb the pain.
15 use for cleaning jewelery
And silly me...........!
I used to drink the stuff!!
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also dip used needles in vodka to sterilize far better than boiling them in water :farmer:
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If you drink enough of the vodka you couldn't care less about the other issues ;D ;D
These are some interesting tips though. I might just have to buy myself a bottle.
Sally
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Adding a few measures to car washer bottles during winter - keeps the water un-frozen till in some cases -40
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Amazing stuff :thumbsup:
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Definitely something to add to my boy scout survival kit then!
1: Duct tape
2: Leatherman
3: Vodka
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If you drink enough of the vodka you couldn't care less about the other issues ;D ;D
Sally
;D ;D ;D
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what a waste! ;) :D
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Aways keep a little bottle in your lambing pack, it's useful for sterilising your hands (if there's any left :D)
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what a waste! ;) :D
criminal isnt it tut tut. :thumbsup:
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Aways keep a little bottle in your lambing pack, it's useful for sterilising your hands (if there's any left :D)
and for celebrating the birth.
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me, personally I like to drink it with cola, ;) ;)