Salt, It's Not Just for Food!

Again, we find other functions for a common household item!

Uses for Salt:

•Sprinkle salt on your shelves to keep ants away.
•Soak fish in salt water before descaling; the scales will come off easier.
•Put a few grains of rice in your salt shaker for easier pouring.
•Add salt to green salads to prevent wilting.
•Add a little salt to your boiling water when cooking eggs; a cracked egg will stay in its shell this way.
•A tiny pinch of salt with egg whites makes them beat up fluffier.
•Rub salt on your pancake griddle and your flapjacks won't stick.
•Boil clothespins in salt water before using them and they will last longer.
•Clean brass, copper and pewter with paste made of salt and vinegar, thickened with flour
•Add a little salt to the water your cut flowers will stand in for a longer life.
•Pour a mound of salt on an ink spot on your carpet; let the salt soak up the stain.
•Clean you iron by rubbing some salt on the damp cloth on the ironing surface.
•Adding a little salt to the water when cooking foods in a double boiler will make the food cook faster.
•Use a mixture of salt and lemon juice to clean piano keys.
•To fill plaster holes in your walls, use equal parts of salt and starch, with just enough water to make a stiff putty.
•Mildly salted water makes an effective mouthwash. Use it hot for a sore throat gargle.
•Dry salt sprinkled on your toothbrush makes a good tooth polisher.
•Use salt for killing weeds in your lawn.
•Eliminate excess suds with a sprinkle of salt.
•A dash of salt enhances the taste of tea.
•Soak your clothes line in salt water to prevent your clothes from freezing to the line; likewise, use salt in your final rinse to prevent the clothes from freezing.
•Rub any wicker furniture you may have with salt water to prevent yellowing.
•Freshen sponges by soaking them in salt water.
•Add raw potatoes to stews and soups that are too salty.
•Clean your greens in salt water for easier removal of dirt.
•Gelatin sets more quickly when a dash of salt is added.
•Fruits put in mildly salted water after peeling will not discolor.
•Fabric colors hold fast in salty water wash.
•Sprinkle salt in your oven before scrubbing clean.
•Soaked discolored glass in a salt and vinegar solution to remove stains.
•Clean greasy pans with a paper towel and salt.
•Cover wine-stained fabric with salt; rinse in cool water later.
•Sprinkle salt between sidewalk bricks where you don't want grass growing.
•If a pie bubbles over in your oven, put a handful of salt on top of the spilled juice. The mess won't smell and will bake into a dry, light crust which will wipe off easily when the oven has cooled.

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