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17 years ago

I received this in an email yesterday and felt it worth passing on

I thought this worth sharing. I received it in an email yesterday.

Hope it helps

> Bounce This Along

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> My mail carrier told me that the U.S. 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.(cockroaches?)

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> Use them all the time when playing baseball and soccer. I use it when I am working outside. It really works. The insects just veer around you.

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> All this time you've just been putting Bounce in the dryer!

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> 1.It will chase ants away when you lay a sheet near them. It also repels mice.

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> 2.Spread sheets around foundation areas, or in trailers, or cars that are sitting and it keeps mice from entering your vehicle.

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> 3.It takes the odor out of books and photo albums that don't get opened too often.

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> 4.It repels mosquitoes. Tie a sheet of Bounce through a belt loop when outdoors during mosquito season.

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> 5. Eliminate static electricity from your television (or computer) screen.

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> 6. Since Bounce is designed to help eliminate static cling, wipe your television screen with a used sheet of Bounce to keep dust from resettling..

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

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

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> 9.Put Bounce sheet in vacuum cleaner.

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

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

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

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> 13. 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 and the pan..

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> 14. Eliminate odors in wastebaskets. Place a sheet of Bounce at the bottom of the wastebasket.

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> 15.Collect cat hair. Rubbing the area with a sheet of Bounce will magnetically attract all the lose hairs.

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> 16.Eliminate static electricity from Venetian blinds. Wipe the blinds with a sheet of Bounce to prevent dust from resettling.

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> 17.Wipe up sawdust from drilling or sand papering. A used sheet of Bounce will collect sawdust like a tack cloth.

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> 18.Eliminate odors in dirty laundry. Place an individual sheet of Bounce at the bottom of a laundry bag or hamper.

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

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> 20.Golfers put a Bounce sheet in their back pocket to keep the bees away.

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

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> 22.Wet a Bounce sheet, hose down your car, and wipe lovebugs off easily with the wet Bounce.

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kayjones
17 years ago
last modified: 11 years ago
Here is the site that refutes some of these claims and supports others:

Here is a link that might be useful: Snopes on Bounce fabric sheets
pawsitive_gw
17 years ago
last modified: 11 years ago
That would be great except I can't stand the smell of Bounce. I have to have unscented everything laundry related! When I am forced to buy something with a fragrance, I try to get the least offensive smell and even then I hate it. It's all I can do to go down the laundry aisle at the store. I try holding my breath, but having to sort thru all the different options I'm afraid I'd pass out if I held it too long! Those are smells that are guaranteed to give me an instant headache!
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jaybird
17 years ago
last modified: 11 years ago
Thank you for posting!! I will be glad for any that work, and appreciate your time to share!
patti43
17 years ago
last modified: 11 years ago
I'm willing to try anything to keep bugs away. Some of those things I've tried and they do work.
Pieonear
17 years ago
last modified: 11 years ago
Thanks for the tips. I can testify that a dryer sheet and water in a baked on food pan works wonders.
stargazzer
17 years ago
last modified: 11 years ago
I never believe this kind of stuff, nothing is that easy. I had ants one day and wiped off the counter where they came in with a bounce sheet and guess what, no ants. They came in the patio door, wiped there and you guessed it no more ants anywhere. I was dumbfounded. BUT 2 weeks later I read in the paper: to stop ants from coming in all you have to do is wash the scent trail away. Yup, a wet rag would have done the same as they bounce.
Back to being a non believer. I do use soda for musty doll clothes, put soda and the clothes in a paper bag, shake and leave closed for a couple of weeks, that really really works. I don't keep musty books in my home anywhere. I hate that smell and the smell spreads all through the house.
joyfulguy
17 years ago
last modified: 11 years ago
When we achieve an advanced age ...

... most of us have little Bounce left!

o j
jannie
17 years ago
last modified: 11 years ago
I buy Bounce and use them as intended, in my clothes dryer (except not for loads of towels). Gives my laundry a nice scent so I enjoy folding. I use the used Bounce sheets to wipe the dust off my TVs and computer minitor screens. Have tried them as bug repellent and to clean pots, didn't work for me.

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