Household hints (cut & save)

Instead of expensive glass-cleaning preparations, mix a cup of white vinegar into a gallon of water. Old newspapers work best to clean and wipe (put on plastic gloves to keep ink from your hands). Protect your window sills if they are white.

Mix a cup of white vinegar into a gallon of water to mop ceramic floor tile-it will really shine and not leave a film.

To deodorize your carpets, sprinkle baking soda on them, sweep it in with a broom, and vacuum it out the next morning.

After you resew a button, coat the threads with glue or clear nail polish. The button will never come loose again.

Instead of a pincushion, stick pins and needles into a bar of soap. They will never rust.

After you oil your sewing machine, run a stich line through a pad of paper towels until the machine stops shedding oil.

About once a week, run a tray of ice cubes through the in-sink disposer. It sharpens the blades. Never use hot water when using the disposer normally-that melts meat fats which can clog the drain. Cold water makes the fat granulate.

When you have to mix solid butter into a recipe, shred it through a cheese grater first.

Never try to put out a stove fire with water-it can splatter the fire elsewhere. Smother it with baking soda or salt.

When you boil eggs in the shell, there are two ways to keep them from cracking, pierce the end of the shell with a pin, or add a heaping teaspoon of salt to the water.

A cup of kerosene in a gallon of water makes a great car-cleaning agent. It does not damage the paint, but removes dirt, some oxidation and road tar. It leaves no film as soaps do.