Strange Cleaning Tips

Many household products can function well in areas quite different from their initial intended uses. Here are a few examples:
Icy Steps?
If you live in an area that freezes during the winter, here's a tip for keeping your front steps from getting icy. Just take a bowl of hot water, add a few drops of Dawn dishwashing liquid to it. Once you've poured that mixture over the steps, they won't freeze again. (Of course, this trick may work with other dishwashing liquids, as well. You'll need to do some experimenting to find that out for yourself.)
Is your roof growing?
Sprinkling powdered laundry detergent on your roof can kill moss, but it won't kill other things, even when the next rain leeches it down the downspout during the next summer sh View the rest of this article