Set Yourself Free With These Spring Cleaning Life Hacks

Clean Your Glue Gun With Aluminum Foil

Aluminum foil will provide the scrubbing power you need to clean off your glue gun. However, you can only use aluminum foil on your glue gun if it's still hot. As long as your glue is still heated, you'll be able to pry it off of your device. 

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  • To make it easy to stow and reuse plastic bags, make a dispenser from a discarded 2-liter soda bottle. Cut off the top and bottom with a razor knife. Then screw the dispenser to a cabinet door or closet wall (or attach with hook-and-loop tape).
  • If you accidentally got permanent marker on a piece of furniture, don't lose hope just yet. Using a small dab of non-gel toothpaste, rub the marker stain in a circular motion with a soft cloth and it should buff right out.
  • To keep cookies and other baked goods soft after baking, add a slice of store-bought white bread to an airtight container.
  • As trash bags start to fill up, the bag slithers into the bin and you have to dig it out. To keep handled or drawstring trash bags in place, all you need are two medium or large self-adhesive command hooks.
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