Look what you can do with a lemon (besides cooking)

1 servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
*To remove scratches from wooden furniture, mix equal amounts of lemon
Juice and salad oil. Apply with a soft cloth and rub until the
Scratches disappear.

Directions

*Make your own furniture polish by mixing lemon juice with two parts olive oil or vegetable oil. *To renew the sparkle and brightness inside a glass decanter, skade a small piece of frshly cut lemon and a little water inside. Rub cloudy glasses with cut lemon or saok them in lemon juice and water, and dry with a lint free towel. *When the finish on bathtubs and sinks looks dull, rub them with half a lemon dipped in borax to regain the shine. * Polish copper or brass with lemon juice. For heavy corrosion, use a paste oflemon juice and salt. Rub, wash with clear water, and dry. *To clean ivory (including piano keys), rub with half a lemon or with a paste made of salt and lemon juice. Wipe with a clean, wet cloth. *Bleach pastry boards and rolling pins clean by occasionally rubbing them with a cut half lemon. *If you slop paint on the glass when you're painting windows, let the paint dry. Then rub gently with hot lemon juice. Leave until almost dry and wipe off. *Bring hardened paint brushes back to life by dipping them in boiling lemon juice in an enamel or stainless steel saucepan. Lower the heat immediately and leave the brush in the hot juice for 15 minutes, then wash in soapy water. *After washing woodwork, rinse it with the juice of one lemon to a quart of water to maintain the gloss. (This will also work on any painted or enameled surface or linoleum.) *Use lemon juice in the rinse water to remove soap film from the interiors of ovens and refrigerators. *Remove spots from kitchen and bathroom faucets by rubbing them with lemon peel. Then wash and dry with a soft cloth to restore their shine.

*Use full strength lemon juice on white washable fabrics to remove lipstick stains; use diluted juice on colors. *Take wine stains out of washable fabrics with a paste of salt and lemon juice. Rinse, then wash in soapy water. *A drop of lemon juice rubbed on insect bites or stings instantly relieves the irritation. *Mulch rose bushes with used lemon peel and pulp. *Gargle with lemon juice and warm water two to three times, daily for fresh, sweet breath. (Lemon is a local antispetic and internal alkalizer.) *Add lemon juice to a few teaspoons of hot clover or alfalfa tea to relieve headaches from hangovers or other causes. *To alleviate coughs, roast lemons until they crack open. Mix their juice with brown sugar and fresh pineapple juice and drink it. The pineapple juice adds its powerful digestive enzymes to those of the lemon to help disintergrate mucus in the throat. *If you want to stop smoking or chewing tobacco, carry a lemon with a hole in its top, wrapped in wax paper. When you have the urge to smoke or chew, suck a mouthful of lemon juice. You may need several lemons to kick your habit. - Courtesy of Sunkist Inc.

and Sunkist Growers, Inc. Origin: Hearth and Home Companion for 1994.

Shared by: Sharon Stevens

Submitted By SHARON STEVENS On 03-04-95

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