Uses for table salt

Posted on August 12, 2008. Filed under: Tips |

60 Uses for Table Salt
1.      Remove offensive odors from stove with salt and
cinnamon. 
2.      A pinch of salt improves the flavor of cocoa. 
3.      To remove grease stains in clothing, mix one part
salt to four parts rubbing alcohol. 
4.      Salt and lemon juice removes mildew. 
5.      Sprinkle salt between sidewalk bricks where you
don't want grass growing. 
6.      Polish your old kerosene lamp with salt for a
brighter look. 
7.      Remove odors from sink drainpipes with a strong,
hot solution of salt water. 
8.      If a pie bubbles over in your oven, put a handful
of salt on top of the spilled juice. The mess won't
smell and will bake into a dry, light crust which will
wipe off easily when the oven has cooled. 
9.      Soak wrinkled apples in a mildly salted water
solution to perk them up. 
10.      Rub salt on your pancake griddle and your
flapjacks won't stick. 
11.      Soak toothbrushes in salt water before you first
use them; they will last longer. 
12.      Use salt to clean your discolored coffee pot. 
13.      Mix salt with turpentine to whiten you bathtub and
toilet bowl. 
14.      Soak your nuts in salt brine overnight and they
will crack out of   their shells whole. Just tap the
end of the shell with a hammer to break it open
easily. 
15.      Boil clothespins in salt water before using them
and they will last longer. 
16.      Clean brass, copper and pewter with paste made of
salt and vinegar, thickened with flour. 
17.      Add a little salt to the water your cut flowers
will stand in for a longer life. 
18.      Pour a mound of salt on an ink spot on your
carpet; let the salt soak up the stain. 
19.      Clean you iron by rubbing some salt on the damp
cloth on the ironing surface. 
20.      Adding a little salt to the water when cooking
foods in a double boiler will make the food cook
faster. 
21.      Use a mixture of salt and lemon juice to clean
piano keys. 
22.      To fill plaster holes in your walls, use equal
parts of salt and starch, with just enough water to
make a stiff putty. 
23.      Rinse a sore eye with a little salt water. 
24.      Mildly salted water makes an effective mouthwash.
Use it hot for a sore throat gargle. 
25.      Dry salt sprinkled on your toothbrush makes a good
tooth polisher. 
26.      Use salt for killing weeds in your lawn. 
27.      Eliminate excess suds with a sprinkle of salt. 
28.      A dash of salt in warm milk makes a more relaxing
beverage. 
29.      Before using new glasses, soak them in warm salty
water for awhile. 
30.      A dash of salt enhances the taste of tea. 
31.      Salt improves the taste of cooking apples. 
32.      Soak your clothes line in salt water to prevent
your clothes from freezing to the line; likewise, use
salt in your final rinse to prevent the clothes from
freezing. 
33.      Rub any wicker furniture you may have with salt
water to prevent yellowing. 
34.      Freshen sponges by soaking them in salt water. 
35.      Add raw potatoes to stews and soups that are too
salty. 
36.      Soak enamel pans in salt water overnight and boil
salt water in them next day to remove burned-on
stains. 
37.      Clean your greens in salt water for easier removal
of dirt. 
38.      Gelatin sets more quickly when a dash of salt is
added. 
39.      Fruits put in mildly salted water after peeling
will not discolor. 
40.      Fabric colors hold fast in salty water wash. 
41.      Milk stays fresh longer when a little salt is
added. 
42.      Use equal parts of salt and soda for brushing your
teeth. 
43.      Sprinkle salt in your oven before scrubbing clean.
 
44.      Soaked discolored glass in a salt and vinegar
solution to remove stains. 
45.      Clean greasy pans with a paper towel and salt. 
46.      Salty water boils faster when cooking eggs. 
47.      Add a pinch of salt to whipping cream to make it
whip more quickly. 
48.      Sprinkle salt in milk-scorched pans to remove
odor. 
49.      A dash of salt improves the taste of coffee. 
50.      Boil mismatched hose in salty water and they will
come out matched. 
51.      Salt and soda will sweeten the odor of your
refrigerator. 
52.      Cover wine-stained fabric with salt; rinse in cool
water later. 
53.      Soak stained hankies in salt water before washing.
 
54.      Sprinkle salt on your shelves to keep ants away. 
55.      Soak fish in salt water before de-scaling; the
scales will come off easier. 
56.      Put a few grains of rice in your salt shaker for
easier pouring. 
57.      Add salt to green salads to prevent wilting. 
58.      Test the freshness of eggs in a cup of salt water;
fresh eggs sink; bad ones float. 
59.      Add a little salt to your boiling water when
cooking eggs; a cracked egg will stay in its shell
this way. 
60.      A tiny pinch of salt with egg whites makes them
beat up fluffier.