Things used for other than the original design??

keeping on the kitchen theme. A sprinkle of bi-carb soda in water and soak your silver. They come up a treat. Don't be too enthusiastic with the bi-carb or done too frequently, it can lift the silver plating off the base metal. Found out the downside the hard way, sorry mum.

Having spent over 20 years working in or hanging around commercial kitchens I'd be surprised that vanilla essence has any cleaning qualities save to make the fridge smell better.

I never knew that a pool noodle had so many applications.

MLD

Up in FNQ, Clove Oil is used to wipe down furniture, and walls to kill mould. Works a treat. It is a shame I can't find it in large containers, because it would be great to add some into the laundry to kill mould on clothing.

Ken

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I recently rebuilt our kitchen and included a stainless steel Smeg Oven, my partner was complaining to the plumber who was fitting the gas line to it about keeping the stainless clean. The plumber said " WD40, spray it onto a paper towel and wipe with the grain". We tried it and it works really well. Since then We have used this to keep the BBQ, Rubbish bin & other stainless steel objects in the home clean.

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I remember seeing an e-mail about all the things that WD-40 is useful for. Must be somewhere on the net.

Ken

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Having spent over 20 years working in or hanging around commercial kitchens I'd be surprised that vanilla essence has any cleaning qualities save to make the fridge smell better.

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We only ever used it to cover any smells. Never noticed and cleaning properties either.

PVC pipe as a air reciever
PVC pipe as a potato cannon
Lemon Juice as a cat repellant
Irrigation solenoid as a Air Valve
ARB Compressor to charge cannon
Lemon as a cannon ball
Walking stick as a cannon ball rammer
IR Light switch as a Red Dot laser sight
Cat as a target (oops that IS their intended use)

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Hi,
We needed a door bell.
I hate the usual door bells!

Ended up using a reversing beeper running from a 12V wall wart plug supply and used the 240V side on the bell button.

We have a unique decaying beep sound which doesn't annoy the sheet out of me.

cheers

Hp brown sauce is a brilliant brass cleaner.

If the brass is really tarnished the smear the sauce over it and leave for 5 mins then clean off and the brass will be shiny as new. No hard rubbing or polishing.

Urine as a tool of revenge:wasntme:
Most of the workshop peed in the bosses fenders radiator one exercise as he was being a dill! Started to suspect after complaining that his fender smelt 'tangy' on long patrols!:D:twisted::twisted::twisted: I'm also sure some of the guys deliberately didn't aim.:angrylock:

Ralph

my old stainless steel washing machine tub became a fire place

I have converted a Hills Hoist into a Gyprock lifter when I re-did the ceiling in the lounge room.

Scott

Another one that comes to mind is the use of Round up or similar to write long lasting and rude comments on to nicely manicured lawns, have seen the results at place where I worked for a while when a disgruntled employee who visited during the night with a small spray bottle left a message describing his ex boss in no uncertain terms.

Got a lot of laughs impossible to fix until the grass grew back!

Andrew