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After the hoyer lift break down the other day, see the video for that story here. Unfortunately, dear Leeann ended up with a lot of very black grease on her shoulder from supporting the boom part of the lift while Craig was disconnecting the hydraulic cylinder. We felt bad about it (didn't know it was greasy up there). Knowing what a great laundry guy Craig s, I told her to leave it to him and he can get the black grease out. The Next Video shows how he did! Here is the vlog for that fun day. 

There are more details below the video about Craig's laundry tools and my DIY formula ingredients.

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DIY Talk

It's that time of year when crawly critters start returning into our home. I usually nag Craig to keep the bugs at bay with RAID. He will spray the front door threshold, up and around the door cracks. Living on the ground floor means creepy crawlers work their way in. Concerned about him breathing in RAID fumes, I have been trying to create DIY critter repellents. DIY sprays are so easy to make for countless purposes. Never being someone to follow recipes, I just look for ideas on the internet and then wing it from there. I like to over do the amounts of everything just to make it strong.

Here are some notes on the loose recipe for my DIY Spray Formulas:

Bergie Critter repellent spray:

You do not need to use all the oils. I have them and used them. I am using ones that were mentioned in various recipes. Peppermint oil is a key main ingredient- just using one or 2 more will keep them at bay.

A Spray bottle

Rubbing Alcohol - fill bottle %50%

Distilled or Tap Water - fill bottle 50%

I just Add a lot od drops or pour what I think is enough of these oils:

Peppermint Oil (deters a lot of crawlies)

Lemon or Orange Oil

Tea Tree Oil

Cinnamon Oil

Should be some cayenne pepper but we used a bit of fine ground black pepper.

Wintergreen Oil

Spray ever 7 days or after rain also. 

Peppermint and shaved Irish Spring soap will help repel rodents also like, skunks, rats and mice. Safer than moth balls.

Laundry Guy:  stain removal tools

And Craig used (to work out all kinds of stains)

Method Laundry Stain Remover (Craig discovered that the stain remover is really just method laundry soap inside a bottle that has a little special brush like a toothbrush to work out stains)

So if you don't have any of that just use the laundry detergent or Dawn dish soap apparently works really well too and a used soft toothbrush.

Method Laundry detergent

Soft used tooth brush