Keep Tool Box Dry

[jfsmith]

This afternoon, I put some of those frabic softener sheets in each draw of my tool boxes. This was on who evers advice, I am giving it a try.

Jerry

[Arbo]

jfsmith,

Let us know how it works. I have been considering trying it, but am leary to do so.

[Artpro]

Oh my! Your tools stink so pretty. Is that morning blush?

[Al Messer]

Jerry, "Old Fashioned" Moth Balls will do the same thing and last longer. If you try them, be sure and read the label as the fumes of some of the "new fangeled" ones will melt plastic.

[Dangf]

Somebody emailed me this:
My mail carrier told me that the US 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 yellow jackets just veer around you.

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

It will chase ants away when you lay a sheet near them.

It also repels mice.. spread them around foundation areas, or in trailers, cars that are sitting and it keeps mice from entering your vehicle.

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

Repels mosquitoes. Tie a sheet of Bounce through a belt loop when outdoors during mosquito season.

Eliminates static electricity from your television (or computer) screen.

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

Dissolve soap scum from shower doors. Clean with a sheet of Bounce Freshen the air in your home. Place an individual sheet of Bounce in a drawer or hang in the closet.

Put Bounce sheet in vacuum cleaner.

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

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

Freshen the air in your car. Place a sheet of Bounce under the front seat.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Put a Bounce sheet in your sleeping bag and tent before folding and storing them. Keeps them smelling fresh.

Dan

[panchula]

I use camphor blocks. A block per drawer in the tool box seems to do the trick. My local drugstore didn't have them on hand, but ordered them for me. Now they stock them.

-Mike

[darryl]

Wow! on the bounce sheets. About the one under the car seat, shouldn't that be mostly under the driver's seat, and maybe two of them? Just in case

Oh, yeah, got any driveway deicer? Put some in a paper bag in the toolbox.

[teddy]

with that many uses...wonder what macgyver could do with it???

[Paul Alciatore]

Can't believe all that about Bounce. Is it really proven or just suburban legend? Is it just Bounce or do other brands work? Store brands?

Paul A.

[Carl]

In dry old Colorado the best way to keep your tool box dry is to keep the lid shut when it rains(this is assuming the tool box is outdoors of course)