Keep your money in your pocket, old school remedies.

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msouth468

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Well, since I got my dog in January I've been combating against a skin infection she has had since a pup. Well, needless to say that the overall vet bill is kinda pricey. Given I don't really care since she is my dog and all, I always look for a way to save money.

So, anyway I was sitting at the local bar and grill for lunch talking to an old farmer (80+) an was telling him about my dog and her infection and such. When he turns to me and says (albeit with all 4 of his teeth...heh). Just get some Goldbond and powder her ***. Well, sure why not, or I could just shoot her he said with a raspy laugh. Needless to say I did not shoot her and bought some Goldbond. That crazy old koot was right, that stuff worked like a charm.

So, the moral is, if your dog has a skin infection refered to as a "Hot Spot" that she has not rubbed and scrached raw then powder her *** with some Goldbond about every 3rd day until she clears up. It works really well.

And if anyone else has some Old School Remedies. For anything at all, say it here.
 
gross! But interesting. Visine on blemishes will reduce redness. Have a sticker on your car window? Or any other sticky residue on glass and other slick surfaces? Use lighter fluid and a razor to remove! Clean rust off of metal with Coca cola (soak metal). That's all I can think of for now....
 
Listerine works on hot spots, too...clip the fur around the area short so it can dry out and dab some on.

A small hole in a car radiator can be temporarily sealed by adding some ground black pepper.
 
A small hole in a car radiator can be temporarily sealed by adding some ground black pepper.
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Or some coffee grounds or a raw egg. They will flow to the hole, sweel up in the heat and plug it.

And the best thing about it, 20 miles down the road you have breakfast!

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*Baking soda and vinegar are good for helping a drain flow a little faster.

*Toothpaste, just regular ol toothpaste, not the whitening or gel kind or anything like that, works really well at getting rid of pimples. If it has any whitening or other things in it, you can irritate your skin.

*Vinegar and a razor work very well at getting rid of hard water stains on aquariums

Hints from Heloise is the best book for these kinds of things. I need to go buy one!
 
I use regular old crest toothpaste to remove tarnish from anything silver. I have also found that toothpaste will take the itch right out of mosquito bites.
 
toothpaste works really well on scratched CDs that skip as well,

let's hear it for toothpaste.!
 
dougall said:
toothpaste works really well on scratched CDs that skip as well,
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Really? It doesn't end up scratching the CDs?

My only toothpaste remedy is my mom said she used it to fill holes in her walls when she was in college. It was her cheap version of spackle, I guess :D
 
The point is using it sparingly enough that it's only smoothing the 'business' side of the CD to allow light to apss through it.

Normally the issue with scratches is the way that they refract or block the laser light from going into the pits within the CD. because the light doesn't get through the CD cannot be read, smoothing it out, kind of like scratch removal on an aquarium, llows the light to pass through normally.
 
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