Hints From Heloise

Wed., May 1, 1996

King Features Syndicate

Dear Heloise: Here’s an easy way to remove marks on carpet where your furniture sits. Before you run your sweeper, use a spaghetti fork to lift the carpet fibers up. - Pat Rodehan, Monticello, Ind.

You are right on the spot! Another favorite Heloise hint to help remove the furn-a-dents is to place a small ice cube in the middle of the dent and let it soak up overnight. Jim Townsend in Houston likes this one! - Heloise

Dear Heloise: Our shower curtain always seems to leak in the front corner of the tub because it doesn’t fit tight against the wall. The result was a puddle on the floor.

We now put a sponge on the ledge of the tub in that corner. It soaks up the water before it hits the floor. Then we squeeze out the sponge after each shower.

No more puddles! - A Reader, Dallas

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