These household tricks over a 100 years, but many still have not heard about them

You probably already noticed that we are in the Website are very fond of various tricks to simplify everyday care. Fortunately, these tips you can find a great variety.

This time we tried the tricks that have passed the true test of time: they were published in 1900-ies. The most compelling advice we gladly share with you.

How to detect the flammable gas leakage location



Gas leak — something deadly, so it's important to notice and fix. If you feel the characteristic smell put on a gas pipe a soap solution. The location of the leak immediately betray themselves, as around him begin in large numbers to form bubbles.

Cloth is easier to clean up the broken glass



Even the cleaner is ableto leave on the floor small particles of glassthat can hurt anyone. Much betterto wipe the floor with a damp cloth that you throw away.

The sand will add a vase of sustainability



Not every vase purchase only to be put in her flowers. Many of these ceramic products are beautiful but fragile interior decoration. That vase was sustainable, it could justsand fill. However, if the vase is still broken, you already know what to do.

How to pull out a splinter



Is there a more efficient way to pull out a splinter than a needle or tweezers. Fill a glass jar with boiling water almost to the edge and firmly press to the neck place pain. Gradually, the skin pulled away and the pain will fall.

Quickly chill wine without a refrigerator



Simply wrap the bottlewith a towel and put it in a container of cold running water. It is desirable that during the cooling process, the water continuously flowed into the bottle. So the liquid cools down much faster than in the fridge.

How to thinly slice fresh bread



Have delicious fresh bread there is one obvious drawback: it is difficult beautifully cut, because the crust under the pressure of the knife crumbles and disintegrates. Will simplify the task a jug of boiling water, standing next to a loaf. The steam will soften the crust, and cut bread as thinly as possible will be possible.

Split the match harder to blow out



Light a match is not difficult, difficult to hold her flame. To accidental draughts or the wind extinguished the fire, before lighting of the cut chips toward the sulphur head. The flames will be stronger and harder to extinguish.

A fire extinguisher of ammonia



Fascinated by experiments with matches? It doesn't matter. Now you can try to make a fire extinguisher. To do this, mix 700 grams of salt, 350 g of ammonium chloride (ammonia) and about 1.5 l of water. The resulting mixture pour into glass bottles that should be thrown into the flames.

How to get long nails



Someone who has already tried to pull a long nail cutters, knows how difficult it is to do it. Metal products bend and get stuck halfway. However, it's much easier this task will become ifput under the cutters a small bar.

How to separate stuck glasses



The cups are stored is inserted into each other, very often clumped. To simplify the separation process, pour in the top glass of cold water, and bottom at this time, put over a bowl of boiling water. From the steam the bottom of the glass will expand slightly, and can be separated from the upper.

How to preserve a flower without water and light



To keep flowers fresh without water for a week or more is possiblewith the help of potatoes. For this purpose the ends of the stems needto stick to the tuber. In this form the flowers it is possible to pack in the parcel.

How can you distinguish butter from margarine



Butter differ from margarine to nearly impossible. However, to do this with the help of smell. To do this , RUB a small amount of product in paper and light it on fire. The smell of burning oil delicious and sweet, but margarine is nasty and a bit like the smell of fried bacon.

Illustrator Victor Senin specifically for the Website
For content Digital Public Library of America


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