Hints From Heloise

Mon., July 1, 1996

King Features Syndicate

Dear Heloise: Please print the instructions for getting the water out of the toilet bowl in order to clean it. - B. Mason, Durham, N.C.

Just turn off the water, using the valve located behind the commode. Flush the toilet one or two times and watch the water level drop. Use your favorite toilet bowl cleaner or good old vinegar, then turn the water back on, wait until the tank fills and then flush. (This is also good to know if the toilet starts to overflow.) - Heloise

Dear Heloise: Do you have trouble with paint building up in the groove at the top of the paint can when you are painting?

Take a piece of aluminum foil about 2 inches wide and long enough to wrap around the top of the can with an inch of the foil above the top, then turn the extra foil toward the inside of the can and crease it down. When you are finished painting, peel off the foil and the groove is free of paint so the lid fits fine again. - Art Glidden, Brookfield, N.H.

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