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It will absorb the liquid from coffee, tea or wine spills, making it easier to remove the stains. This solution will also remove food stains from your hands, such as beet juice or food colorings. Simply sprinkle some into your pan and rub it with a dry cloth.  After rubbing on the paste, rinse and dry the objects; they’ll look shiny and new again. The solution loosens grime and will even keep ice from forming on your windows when the temperature drops below freezing.  Let the liquid stand in the cups for a few hours, then wash and rinse—the coffee and tea stains will be gone.
Sprinkle salt on spills. Mix a little salt with vinegar to clean your hands after you’ve handled raw onions to remove the odor of the onions. Use salt to clean your cast iron pans. Remove stains (and deodorize) your cutting boards by rubbing them with salt and a little lemon juice. Form a paste with salt and vinegar and use it to polish brass, copper and silver. Add several tablespoons of salt to a gallon of warm water and clean the windows in your house and car with it. Clean and refresh your silk flowers by putting several cups of salt and your flowers in a paper grocery bag and shaking them for several minutes. Put 1 tablespoon of salt and 1 tablespoon of vinegar in your stained tea and coffee cups.