Home Improvement Wonder: Your Toiletries Bag can Double as a Tool Kit

If you think beauty, health and fragrance are all that your toiletries bag can offer, there is a whole lot more. The tips below will reveal how much of a problem- solver that bag can be.  

1.       After sanding a piece of work, use a narrow make up fan brush to remove dust from the crevices before applying the primer and paint.

2.       Use lipstick to mark the edge of the plastic boxes to know where to make the cut-outs for the electrical outlets when installing drywall or panelling.

3.       Eye liners, which come in different colors, can be used to touch up small, shallow scratches on wood as well as to fill in those nail holes in furniture, doors, panelling and trim.

4.       Remove remaining paint globules from paint brushes after you soak them in mineral spirits (for oil) or water (for latex) by raking them with a nylon comb.

5.       Dab a small amount of nail polish on surfaces that are of gloss finish to cover small scratches.

6.       You may use a thin and strong dental floss to work glue into those splits and cracks in your woodwork.

7.       Use a nail file to remove sharp burrs after cutting a pipe with a hacksaw.

8.       Apply a small beeswax balm on the wooden glides to pull a drawer that has been stuck.

9.       Hate those squeaking sound on the floor? Load a squeeze bottle from a hair dye kit with baby powder and inject it in between two floorboards so they will not rub at each other.

10.   Rub a drop of baby oil into a soapstone countertop to conceal a scratch and to make the stone's natural darkening process faster.

11.   Use an old nail clipper to snip wires by cutting off the outer insulation through its tiny pointed ends. You may also use the tweezers when wrapping the exposed wires around the contact point and when tightening the screw.

12.   Apply some nail polish remover on a rag to remove the insulating foam sealant before it dries up permanently.