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cjomomma 03-05-2011 08:46 PM

I found this interesting enough to pass along. Enjoy!


Bounce This Along

My mail carrier told me that the U.S. Postal service sent out a message to all letter carriers to put a sheet of Bounce in their uniform pockets to keep yellow-jackets away.

Use them all the time when playing baseball and soccer. I use it when I am working outside. It really works. The insects just veer around you.

All this time you've just been putting Bounce in the dryer!

1. It will chase ants away when you lay a sheet near them. It also repels mice.

2. Spread sheets around foundation areas, or in trailers, or cars that are sitting and it keeps mice from entering your vehicle.

3. It takes the odor out of books and photo albums that don't get opened too often.

4. It repels mosquitoes. Tie a sheet of Bounce through a belt loop when outdoors during mosquito season.

5. Eliminate static electricity from your television (or computer) screen.

6. Since Bounce is designed to help eliminate static cling, wipe your television screen with a used sheet of Bounce to keep dust from resettling..

7. Dissolve soap scum from shower doors. Clean with a sheet of Bounce.

8. To freshen the air in your home - Place an individual sheet of Bounce in a drawer or hang in the closet.

9. Put Bounce sheet in vacuum cleaner.

10. Prevent thread from tangling. Run a threaded needle through a sheet of Bounce before beginning to sew.

11. Prevent musty suitcases. Place an individual sheet of Bounce inside empty luggage before storing.

12. To freshen the air in your car - Place a sheet of Bounce under the front seat.

13. Clean baked-on foods from a cooking pan. Put a sheet in a pan, fill with water, let sit overnight, and sponge clean. The anti-static agent apparently weakens the bond between the food and the pan..

14. Eliminate odors in wastebaskets. Place a sheet of Bounce at the bottom of the wastebasket.

15. Collect cat hair. Rubbing the area with a sheet of Bounce will magnetically attract all the lose hairs.

16. Eliminate static electricity from Venetian blinds.. Wipe the blinds with a sheet of Bounce to prevent dust from resettling.

17. Wipe up sawdust from drilling or sand papering. A used sheet of Bounce will collect sawdust like a tack cloth.

18. Eliminate odors in dirty laundry. Place an individual sheet of Bounce at the bottom of a laundry bag or hamper.

19. Deodorize shoes or sneakers. Place a sheet of Bounce in your shoes or sneakers overnight.

20. Golfers put a Bounce sheet in their back pocket to keep the bees away.

21. Put a Bounce sheet in your sleeping bag and tent before folding and storing them. It will keep them smelling fresh.

22. Wet a Bounce sheet, hose down your car, and wipe lovebugs off easily with the wet Bounce.

Quick, bounce this on within the next 5 minutes! Nothing will happen if you don't, but your friends will be glad to hear these hints!

frugalfabrics 03-05-2011 08:59 PM

I put a bounce sheet underneath my car seat...makes the car smell so fresh without having to hang one of those trees on my rearview mirror

Colorful Quilter 03-05-2011 09:03 PM

WOW!! thanks for the info

frugalfabrics 03-05-2011 09:05 PM

My sister always puts bunches of them in her camper when they close it up for the winter...she swears by it...keeps all the mice out.

grammysews4u 03-05-2011 09:10 PM

does any one know if it has to be bounce to keep away bugs, or could you use a generic?

cjomomma 03-05-2011 09:21 PM


Originally Posted by grammysews4u
does any one know if it has to be bounce to keep away bugs, or could you use a generic?

I was wondering the same thing because I don't buy bounce.

sueisallaboutquilts 03-05-2011 09:56 PM

Thanks, Carrie!
But number 15 would put me in the poor house lol :D

pojo 03-06-2011 01:25 AM

Thank you.

SueDor 03-06-2011 04:36 AM

Good suggestions, Thanks!

emerald46 03-06-2011 04:50 AM

Thanks. I knew some of these but always glad to get more ideas.


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