The Best Home Repair Hacks from Your Local Repairman

Scuff Be Gone

This should take you back in time to the good ol' days in grade school. To clear up scuffs on your hardwood flooring, simply take a tennis ball and put it on the end of a broom or mop handle. Use that end of the ball to buff out scuffs on the floor. The material that the tennis ball is made from helps pick up any rubber transfer that is on the ground.

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The More You Know

  • Bill Murray and Dan Aykroyd dusted off their Ghostbusters costumes to visit a terminally ill child who was a fan of the film and wanted to meet them.
  • Organize each matching sheet set by folding everything and storing it inside one of the pillowcases.
  • Tossed onto a hot grill, fresh onions are great for more than a savory kebab. The pungent bulb can also help clean the grill itself.
  • Those tea cups you inherited from your great aunt have seen better days, but you don't feel good about throwing them away—so what should you do? Drill a drainage hole in the bottom, fill them with dirt, and use them to plant succulents.
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