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Q: What’s happening to my tomatoes. I planted tomatoes this year and the plants are looking great. However, the tomatoes reach a size and the bottom start to turn black and spoil. Can you tell me what’s the problem? -- Negron Reply (Ref:0052)
Q: Mothball Odour in furniture. I just bought some used dressers and they smell of moth balls. I cannot stand the smell and wondered if you had any suggestions about how to safely remove the odour. If you can answer that, do you know how to remove mothball odour from clothing? I would appreciate any advice. Thank you. -- “Tammie” Reply (Ref:0053)
Answer Mothballs Smell:
The smell is what protects the clothes from the larvae of the moths and other insects. You can buy odorless moth balls however. By the way never kill spiders, if you make your house unfriendly to spiders then insects will multiply and ruin clothes, books and so many of your
possessions. Mothball smells will eventually go of their own accord.--
McGlitchie
That a moth eats cloth is a myth for a moth has no mouth - Anon
Q: Oil stains. I have oil stains from my car leaking oil. Is there anyway to get the stain out. Thanks -- “Denis!” Reply (Ref:0056)
Q: re-using soap bars. has any body any ideas about re-cycling soap bars that have become too small to use? can you re-make them into bigger bars? Thanks –- Mustafa Askari Reply (Ref:0057)
A: Utilising these little pieces of soap that are always left over. Add a little glycerine and mash them up with a little warm water and you will have a liquid soap that is gentle and economical -- Reply
Q: Car odour. Please give me some advice on how to remove the chicken odour from a car, it was left in the car several days and it also stained a jacket with the blood from the chicken.-- "Steve Thoreson" Reply (Ref:0058)
Q: Blood on fabric and carpet. Pour, full strength, hydrogen peroxide on the stain and let it bubble. Then, blot with damp cloth. Reply Caution!! Full strength is a rocket fuel!!! Full Strength should read 5%. Ed.
Q: Ink Removal from Leather. Trying to find out if anyone knows how to remove ink stains from a leather purse. Tried hairspray but it did not work. -- "Annie Herron" Reply (Ref:0059)
A: Ink on Leather. We use Premium Leather Care-"Ink and Stain remover." A product distributed by Stainsafe Companies, Riviera Beach, Fl. 33404. Try to find it at at good leather store or contact Riviera. It works great. jcoburn3 Reply 14 Dec 2002
Q: paint on shirt. I urgently need advice on how to remove paint from one of my husband's shirts. It looks as if he walked past something that was newly painted and it smeared on a brand new shirt. It is a 100% cotton shirt. Please help me with a possible solution to my dilemma. -- "Megaboats" Reply (Ref:0060)
Q: Foul odours from sink. My kitchen sink has foul odours coming up from the drain, which is attached to the garbage disposal. (The other side of the split kitchen sink is fine.) If I run water down the drain for 30 seconds or so, the odours will decrease for a short period of time, however they do return. Is there anything that I can put down the drain, on a periodic basis, to eliminate or reduce these odours? Thanks much. -- "Craig Kasseckert" Reply (Ref:0061)
A: I replied to a question that the woman asked about stinky sinks. I went to www. google.com to ask about getting a grease stain out of carpets and I found your site. Great site! I told the lady that if she puts chicken bones in her disposal and runs it real good that will keep her blades sharp and take a lot of the odors out and then run cut up lemons in the disposal and that the acidity in the lemons will take a lot of the odor out and keep it out. A butcher told me this years ago and it works. Thanks again for this terrific site you have. Nonie Conklin -- Reply 21 Oct 2002
A: Query ref:0061 foul odor in sink Try orange peels. Leave for about an hour then turn the disposal on -- Reply 11 Oct 2002
Q: Dried latex paint on denim. How do you get dried latex paint from a pair of denim paints? Thanks, -- "Jon Soltis" Reply (Ref:0062)
Q: Sterling silver. Do you have a trick for polishing sterling silver without using "polish"? Thanks! -- Reply (Ref:0063)