Dryer Sheets


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 when playing baseball and soccer, when working outside. It really works. The yellow jackets just veer around you.

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

2. It also repels mice. 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 & photo albums that don't get opened too often. Be sure not to place on the photos.

4. It repels mosquitoes. Tie a sheet 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 to keep
dust from resettling.

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

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

9. Put a sheet in the vacuum cleaner.

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

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

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

13. Clean baked-on foods from a cooking pan. Put a sheet in the 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 at the bottom of the wastebasket.

15. Collect cat/dog hair. Rubbing the area with a sheet will magnetically attract all the loose hairs.

16. Eliminate static electricity from Venetian blinds. Wipe the blinds with a sheet 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 at the bottom of a laundry bag or hamper.

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

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

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

POISON IVY CURE:
Brew some pine needle tea and wash with it. :D :D :D

22. Put one in the dryer with your wet clothes! :D

22. Put one in the dryer with your wet clothes! :D



now you're going too far.

We use them in Minnesota tucked into the back of your hat band to keep away black flies and gnats in addition to mosquitos.

Stuff into empty paper towel roll and blow smoke through to cover the smell... :D:D:D

22. Put one in the dryer with your wet clothes! :D



now you're going too far.



ROTFL! :D

does it repel chiggers also?? put them in your shoes , hat, bag,and pockets and bounce to a better round!!

just don't touch them if they get wet. makes hands slippery, no good.

According to the people who make them, all of this is a popular urban legend.

and the people at avon insisted that skin-so-soft doesn't repel insects... until they realized how much money they could make on it... then they partnered with OFF

sounds like a myth for mythbusters.

mythbusters did a show on Poison Oak/Ivy. Vodka does not work :)

drinking it or soaking in it? I saw the show about vodka and smelly feet.

My theory is, with enough vodka, smelly feet and poison ivy won't matter. Heck, neither will gravity, cops, or mace. Until the next morning.

Got the first confirmed case of the ivy.

WHat type of pine needles do you boil? Any particular or will anything work?

Just courious

Technu soap by Oak & Ivy works really well to wash off the oils and stop the rash. Its basically denatured mineral spirits.

It is my own experience with poison ivy that led to the original post about pine tree needles as a successful wash. I used strait pine needles, about 3 handfulls boiled in a sauce pan creating a tea like substance that i added to my bath water. This was a severe case covering most of my legs, arms,and belly. After the bath i was able to sleep all night long and awoke to no itching whatsoever. This is the first time that idid not have to get a shot in the hip and take aregiment of predisone. Please understand i"ve been highly alergic to the poison ivy family of plants in the past.I will no longer donate to a doctors bank account because of ivy.There are plenty of pine trees to provide an inexpesive remedy. :D

Bravo, I feel your pain. Did the pine needle tea just releive the itching or did it help to dry it up as well? I've been getting this stuff since I was a kid and have tried everything under the sun. The Technu scrub and cleanser are expensive but both work great. If you use them within a few hours of exposure they will usually eliminate getting any poison ivy and if you already have poison ivy they will also help dry it up a lot faster. FOUL WEED!!!

Someone(can't remember who) told me that a companion plant grows next to poison oak. It supposedly has negating/curing/prevention properties from oak exposure. Anyone know the name of this plant?

Bravo, I feel your pain. Did the pine needle tea just releive the itching or did it help to dry it up as well? I've been getting this stuff since I was a kid and have tried everything under the sun. The Technu scrub and cleanser are expensive but both work great. If you use them within a few hours of exposure they will usually eliminate getting any poison ivy and if you already have poison ivy they will also help dry it up a lot faster. FOUL WEED!!!



Tech-nu is just repackaged GOOP! Any degreaser will work to remove the oils if applied soon enough after the exposure to prevent an outbreak :cool:

Last year at the city of fountains we got samples of THIS STUFF (http://www.bujiproducts.com/products.html) I was really impressed, the course had a lot of Ivy and I didnt get any (read I was in the shule a lot) Plus it has sunscreen in it, and We all need to protect ourselfs from that guy.

A G A N i got into that nasty weed! the pine needles have given me another positive finish in an unpositive situation. the tea created by boiling the needles is exteemly soothing imeediatly cools the itch and the swelling is depreciating as i type this note . this dosnt neccesarily fix the contusions where i scatched my self raw> atleast i'm not scrathing anymore hallelua!!! :D :D :D :D

Someone(can't remember who) told me that a companion plant grows next to poison oak. It supposedly has negating/curing/prevention properties from oak exposure. Anyone know the name of this plant?


I 'think' that is a companion situation for Stinging Nettles...but I'm not positive.

Sweet, I'll give it a shot. Should I use fresh pine needles and cones or should I pick them up off the ground?

I get poison ivy a lot as well.. usually to the point where my legs are covered... i've had two bouts with it so far this year...
I have two suggestions...

1) Right after your done playing, wipe your legs arms, etc with the new windex wipes... they're like baby wipes with amonia... this will help to get the oil off of the skin before the rash begins. Make sure you only wipe your legs in one direction to be careful not to spread the oil.

2) When I have the PI rash, I use scalding hot water in the shower to relieve the pain without scratching... this works very well. By not scratching, the PI doesn't spread, but there is definite itch relief. Immediately after the scalding hot water in the shower, I wipe my legs with rubbing alcohol. This works to dry out the rash... about a week later, it is all dried up...

Avoid scratching at all costs!!!

2) When I have the PI rash, I use scalding hot water in the shower to relieve the pain without scratching... this works very well. By not scratching, the PI doesn't spread, but there is definite itch relief. Immediately after the scalding hot water in the shower, I wipe my legs with rubbing alcohol. This works to dry out the rash... about a week later, it is all dried up...



Please note that this is a horrible idea. Although it does feel AWESOME, hot water opens up your skin and lets the oil get trapped inside!!!! :eek:

2) When I have the PI rash, I use scalding hot water in the shower to relieve the pain without scratching... this works very well. By not scratching, the PI doesn't spread, but there is definite itch relief. Immediately after the scalding hot water in the shower, I wipe my legs with rubbing alcohol. This works to dry out the rash... about a week later, it is all dried up...



Please note that this is a horrible idea. Although it does feel AWESOME, hot water opens up your skin and lets the oil get trapped inside!!!! :eek:



seems that horrible idea is the only thing that works for me!! usually I do this when the PI is a few days old.

Someone(can't remember who) told me that a companion plant grows next to poison oak. It supposedly has negating/curing/prevention properties from oak exposure. Anyone know the name of this plant?


I 'think' that is a companion situation for Stinging Nettles...but I'm not positive.



Yep with the nettle's there is a fern growing right by the nettle rub on the spot stinging goes away :cool:

A G A N i got into that nasty weed! the pine needles have given me another positive finish in an unpositive situation. the tea created by boiling the needles is exteemly soothing imeediatly cools the itch and the swelling is depreciating as i type this note . this dosnt neccesarily fix the contusions where i scatched my self raw> atleast i'm not scrathing anymore hallelua!!! :D :D :D :D



Brad, my only question is when you boil the pine needles for you bath at what temperature do you run your bath water.

Hot or cold?

The BEST thing to do is to take preventative measures against the Ivy Clan. Rub down with the lotions like IVY GUARD and you stand the best chance.

And if you still get it with such "preventative" products, then the rash and everything will be considerably less.

You must outsmart mother nature. And I am skeptical of the pine needles.

Use dishwashing soap over your legs and arms after every time you play. This soap lifts off the oil great I have only had a couple of dots so far no rashes. Knock on Wood!

The BEST thing to do is to take preventative measures against the Ivy Clan. Rub down with the lotions like IVY GUARD and you stand the best chance.

And if you still get it with such "preventative" products, then the rash and everything will be considerably less.

You must outsmart mother nature. And I am skeptical of the pine needles.



I calculated out the cost of using modern day remedies and cure-all lotions. We're looking over $150 a year in michigan for ivy season. I've got a deductable co-pay of $50 so the shot is best for the immediate relief. I'm ready, however, to go holistic with this crap.
Any Accupucturists out there?

I can outsmart Mother Nature, but Brains aint cheap...

You must outsmart mother nature.



seeing as we are a product of mother nature i guess that would be like mother nature out-smarting herself? /msgboard/images/graemlins/smirk.gif

But even when we think we have out smarted mother nature, we find that mother nature is no cheap thrill. And mother nature dont't get on her knees for just anyone. Thats why it takes a brain the size of a canalope for us to *elect George W.* (*Please insert other random act of mass stupidy if you are so inclined.)

(*Please insert other random act of mass stupidy if you are so inclined.)



LMAO!!!!! :D:D

I think you nailed it the first time.

Thats why it takes a brain the size of a canalope for us to *elect George W.*



How big is a canalope ?

Ha ha ha...Hold on gnduke....let me stop laughing.

Hold on.

Yeah, okay I'm done.

Idiot.

Just curious if that's an Okie thing I've never heard of.

Ok, we tried the pine needles last night and yes, they do work. Around 10:00 last night my wife tells me she's got poison ivy and I said I had the right thing for her from the Message Board - and she was willing to try it - went outside and got some pine needles from a tree in our yard and came inside and boiled them and she put it on her arm and immediately the itching and stinging started subsiding. This a.m. it was pretty much dried up. Great job. Thanks for the info.

Well awesome. :)

Got poison ivy on both arms from wrist to shoulder on Saturday morning pretty bad...(i got some cuts from stickers and then got in the ivy). I have never had poison ivy. Went home, took a cool shower, got the poison off. Woke up Sun morning scratching in my sleep. Got some Caladryl on Sun and started coating my arms in it...it helped a lot, but only for a few hours. Sunday night i woke up scratching again, went online and started looking for help. drkoop.com and webmd.com both say that hot water is ok, along with multiple message boards on the subject. I filled the sink with the hottest water i could stand and soaked my arms for about 2 minutes each...AWESOME. The first real relief i had gotten in almost two days. Then i dried it and reapplied Calydryl, that has given me about 8 itch free hours. I have not noticed the rash spreading and it always looks better after taking it out of the water. Incedentally those same websites also said that the puss/weeping ooze does not spread the rash, and its not contaigious.

Take a hot shower, getting the water hotter and hotter gradually.(on the part of your body where the rash is, you wont be able to tolerate the heat on your entire body) Pretty soon it will be so hot it feels cold. It actually feels like its scratching it for you. What it is doing is releasing the histamines that cause the itching. It shouldnt itch for at least 10 hrs afterwards. You're right. the rash doesnt spread throught the puss/weeping, it spreads through the oil. The oil is not the same as the puss.

My 3 yr old daughter just got a case and we're gonna try the pine needle thing with her tonight, she wouldn't be able to stand the heat, and I dont feel like going to jail :DResults Manana.

along the same line as the hot water. I had P.O. about a year ago i used the hair drier on the area's to relive the itching.

WOW what a unique sensation that was...... and then it would feel like it was getting cold almost then the itch would be gone. :D