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Household Tips: 27 Unusual Uses for Milk (WWII Series)

October 14, 2013 by Robin Leave a Comment

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About 34 weeks ago I began the WWII frugal living series with a tip my grandmother had for removing ink from fabric, which works great by the way! Looking back over the old posts from this series I realized that the ink remover post only highlighted a single use for milk. This week I wanted to expand on that list so I decided to revisit it and come up with more than just one use.

Household Tips
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We’ve been told that “Milk does a body good”, but what we haven’t been told is all of the other wonderful uses that milk provides. I can’t keep milk in my house as it is and now with this list it’s going to be even harder.

Health
Always consult a doctor before using milk as a treatment.
  1. Bug Bites – to relieve itchy skin, apply a paste made of dry
    milk and water to the bites.
  2. Hangover – to relieve, drink a glass of milk.
  3. Mouth – to soothe burning, from hot, spicy food, drink a glass of milk.
  4. Poison Ivy – to soothe itching, dab a paste made from powdered milk and water on the affected area.
  5. Sunburn – to soothe, apply a paste made of dry milk and
    water to the burns.

Beauty

  1. Appetite – to suppress, drink a glass of milk 15 minutes
    before eating.
  2. Face – to hydrate, apply a paste made from powdered milk and
    water to your face. Leave on your skin for 10 minutes and rinse.
  3. Hair – to shine and condition, apply milk to freshly washed
    hair. Allow the milk to remain on hair for several minutes before rinsing.
  4. Hair – for deep conditioning, comb a paste made from
    powdered milk and water through hair. Allow the paste to remain on hair for
    15-20 minutes before washing.
  5. Hands – to clean and moisturize, rub your hands with a paste
    made from oatmeal and milk. Rinse well.
  6. Hands – to relieve dryness, rinse your hands in milk a
    couple of times a day.
  7. Makeup – to remove, scrub your face with powdered milk and
    water.
  8. Shaving – to make your own shaving cream, apply a paste made
    of dry milk and water to your face before shaving.
  9. Skin – to hydrate, add powdered milk to your bath.
  10. Skin Discoloration – to reduce the appearance, apply a paste
    made from powdered milk and water to face. Allow the paste to dry before
    rinsing.
  11. Wrinkles – to minimize the appearance, blot face with milk
    and allow it to dry before washing.
Cleaning
  1. Furniture – to polish and moisturize wood, wipe furniture
    with a rag dipped in a mixture of sour milk and lemon juice.
  2. Ink Stain – to remove from clothing, soak item in milk
    overnight. Rinse well before washing.
  3. Ink – to remove from fabrics, dip an old toothbrush in
    boiled milk and lightly scrub the area. Rinse well.
  4. Patent Leather – to shine, apply milk using a rag to the
    item. Once milk dries buff the dry milk away.
  5. Silver – to remove tarnish, soak silver in sour milk for a
    couple of hours. Remove, wash and dry.

Miscellaneous

  1. Buttermilk – to make your own, mix 1 cup of milk with 1
    tablespoon of vinegar or lemon juice.
  2. China
    – to repair hairline cracks, place china in a heavy pot and cover with milk.
    Bring the milk to a boil and then reduce heat and let it simmer for an hour.
  3. Corn – to make it taste sweeter, add a ¼ cup of powdered
    milk to 4 cups of water, bring to a boil and add corn. Cook until desired tenderness.
  4. Garden – to fertilize, water your plants with a mixture
    using 1 part milk and 4 parts water.
  5. House Plants – to clean leaves, wipe the leaves with skim
    milk. Rinse leaves well with clean water.
  6. Pills – to help large pills go down easier, take them with a
    glass of milk.
What kind of household tips can you come up with using milk?
** If, by some small miracle, you worked at Amway in Ada, MI in the 1980;s and were the person my mother loaned the notebook to, please contact me. The notebook is a small (approx 6×9), black leather, 3-ring binder, and contains hand drawn patterns (teddy bear), recipes, and household tips and tricks. It would mean so much to my family to have it back.

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