The Best Home Repair Hacks from Your Local Repairman

Candle Carpet

If you somehow get some candle wax melted into your carpet, there's a way to get it out, but it won't be easy. First, you need to put a paper bag on top of the wax. Next, you should go over the area lightly with a steam iron. The wax will cling to the bag instead!

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The More You Know

  • The next time you host a barbecue or a patio party, pull out a muffin tin. Rather than using it to bake muffins, fill the cups with various condiments and barbecue toppings.
  • A German and British aeroplane shot each other down in Norway during WWII. The crew met and helped each other survive. Two of them later visited each other many years after the war was over as friends.
  • Put some aluminum foil in the bottom of your fireplace before you lay down your logs.
  • The space between your eyebrows is called the glabella.
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