Thursday, September 16, 2010

Alternative Uses for Lemons!!

http://www.walletpop.com/blog/2010/09/16/30-alternative-uses-for-lemons/

1 - Clean pots and pans, using the cut side of the lemon.
2 - Clean kitchen sink, sprinkle table salt around sink and scrub like a sponge using the cut side of the lemon.
3- Mix lemon juice or rinds with water and cooking on high for five minutes in a dirty microwave. Then just wipe stains away.
4 - Clean chrome fixtures (ex: shower, etc)
5 - Clean up that tarnish on brass door handles and locks using a paste of Lemon juice and Baking soda.
6 - Place lemon wedges by the Guinea pigs cage or by the kitty litter box to help eliminate odors.
7 - Don't like the smell of cooked cabbage? add a lemon slice to the pot.
8 - Put lemon juice and water in a spray bottle to use as an all natural air freshener
9 - Get rid of odors in the fridge by soaking a sponge in lemon juice and leave in the fridge overnight.
10 - get rid of odors from the garbage disposal and cut up slices of lemon or old lemon rinds and grind in disposal.
11 - Put lemon rinds in humidifier to elicit a clean, fresh scent.
12 - For dry, winter days, simmering lemon rinds mixed with cinnamon sticks, cloves, and apple skins on a stove top to create a fragrant, do-it-yourself humidifier.
13 - Sniffing lemons just might make you smarter... and thinner?
14 - Get rid of garlic, onion or fish smell on your hands by rubbing fingers into a lemon. (the acid in the lemon also works as a disinfectant)
15 - Deter your roaches, fleas and ants: add the juice of four lemons mixed to a gallon of water and wash the floor.
16 - Use Lemons as a flea repellent for your dog.
17 - Highlight your hair with 1/4 cup of Lemon juice and 3/4 cup water applied to hair and dry in the sun.
18 - Lighten age spots.
19 - Get rid of itching from poison ivy or bug bites by applying a slice of lemon to the affected area.
20 - Shrink warts with lemon juice, applying for several days.
21 - Disinfect cuts, scrapes and stopping bleeding by pouring lemon juice to the area.
22 - Use as invisible ink.
23 - Make lemon bars!