Comments on: 25 Vintage Household Tips: Timeless Wisdom http://tipnut.com/vintage-household-tips/ Creative Homemaking Ideas & Household Tips Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:38:05 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: rose mestre http://tipnut.com/vintage-household-tips/#comment-62164 rose mestre Tue, 26 May 2009 21:39:29 +0000 http://tipnut.com/?p=6512#comment-62164 So what is calcined magnesia? So what is calcined magnesia?

]]> By: Kitchen Tip Tuesday « Chaotic Peace http://tipnut.com/vintage-household-tips/#comment-61543 Kitchen Tip Tuesday « Chaotic Peace Tue, 05 May 2009 13:19:29 +0000 http://tipnut.com/?p=6512#comment-61543 [...] really enjoyed this section on Vintage Household Tips. While, I couldn’t find too many that applied to modern day homemaking - it was interesting [...] [...] really enjoyed this section on Vintage Household Tips. While, I couldn’t find too many that applied to modern day homemaking – it was interesting [...]

]]> By: TipNut http://tipnut.com/vintage-household-tips/#comment-60673 TipNut Fri, 27 Mar 2009 22:35:25 +0000 http://tipnut.com/?p=6512#comment-60673 You should see the plethora of tips for using kerosene around the house, they even used it to wash their windows! Looney these tips are simply what I've said: tips from decades ago. No one's advising to run out and pick up some benzine. You should see the plethora of tips for using kerosene around the house, they even used it to wash their windows! Looney these tips are simply what I’ve said: tips from decades ago. No one’s advising to run out and pick up some benzine.

]]> By: Looney http://tipnut.com/vintage-household-tips/#comment-60669 Looney Fri, 27 Mar 2009 18:47:01 +0000 http://tipnut.com/?p=6512#comment-60669 5. Cloths for cleaning windows without the use of water can be made with a semi-liquid paste of benzine and calcined magnesia. Because you can't truly keep a modern home without using highly carcinogenic solvents. All kidding aside, who the hell keeps all these chemicals around the house? Sure, you can buy most of them at Home Depot if you really want to, but why not just buy commercial cleaning products? It's not like you have any use for this stuff besides the function described in this article. Oh, and if you really want to try out this crap, toluene is an adequate (and relatively safe) substitute for benzene. 5. Cloths for cleaning windows without the use of water can be made with a semi-liquid paste of benzine and calcined magnesia.

Because you can’t truly keep a modern home without using highly carcinogenic solvents. All kidding aside, who the hell keeps all these chemicals around the house? Sure, you can buy most of them at Home Depot if you really want to, but why not just buy commercial cleaning products? It’s not like you have any use for this stuff besides the function described in this article.

Oh, and if you really want to try out this crap, toluene is an adequate (and relatively safe) substitute for benzene.

]]> By: Allison http://tipnut.com/vintage-household-tips/#comment-60609 Allison Tue, 24 Mar 2009 17:23:23 +0000 http://tipnut.com/?p=6512#comment-60609 #25: The birth of the Swiffer. Not such an original idea after all. #25: The birth of the Swiffer. Not such an original idea after all.

]]> By: Janice Bradford http://tipnut.com/vintage-household-tips/#comment-60607 Janice Bradford Tue, 24 Mar 2009 14:50:48 +0000 http://tipnut.com/?p=6512#comment-60607 Very interesting. I use to clean house with my Grandmother back in the 50's and she used some of these homemade things to clean with plus she collected rain water to wash her hair. Very interesting. I use to clean house with my Grandmother back in the 50’s and she used some of these homemade things to clean with plus she collected rain water to wash her hair.

]]> By: Soyun http://tipnut.com/vintage-household-tips/#comment-60570 Soyun Mon, 23 Mar 2009 07:00:11 +0000 http://tipnut.com/?p=6512#comment-60570 What brilliant tips~ It seems we can do a lot more things better when we are more deligent. What brilliant tips~ It seems we can do a lot more things better when we are more deligent.

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