Spring Cleaning Hacks You'll Wish You'd Found Out Years Ago

Hairdryers Remove Water Rings

Applying direct heat to a water ring from a cup you let sit on a wooden surface for too long is the easiest way to preserve the varnish. Anyone who owns nice wooden furniture knows water is its worst enemy. You won't make that same mistake twice.

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  • Air fryers don’t always produce that golden hue we crave. You can fix that, though! The secret to that perfect golden color is giving your foods a quick spritz of cooking spray before popping them into the air fryer basket.
  • Most cutting boards don’t come with any kind of rubber surface on the bottom to prevent them from sliding on a countertop, but with a couple of rubber bands, you can stabilize your cutting board and keep it from moving around during use.
  • Garage floors are puddle prone: springtime floods, melting ice from tires, you name it. You can keep that water away from your tools and toys with a dam made of expanding foam.
  • Instead of hanging unsightly fly paper, take a cup, fill it with an inch of red wine vinegar, seal the top with plastic wrap, and poke a few small holes in it with a pen. The flies will be attracted to the scent of the vinegar, but won't be able to get out.
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Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.