Yahoo!7 Answers Australia

Let’s be honest – housework isn’t exactly something that many of us relish. Some love a tidy house and religiously put Saturday mornings aside to vacuum the carpets, wipe out the cupboards and put the clean sheets on the line. Others put it off until there’s a fusty scum around the bath and you’re down to your last pair of hole-ridden underwear that lost its elastic sometime last century.

Whoever you are, you’d probably agree that there’s nothing more annoying than going to all the effort of cleaning to find some sort of stubborn stain that has somehow escaped detection. No matter how much you scrub it or how many washes it goes through, it still sits there, almost taunting you. Fortunately that’s where Yahoo!7 Answers comes in! There’s a whole network of people who have been in your situation and have a resolution at hand.

Here’s a list of common stains and their tried and tested solutions:

How do I get a red wine stain out of carpet?
Pour white wine on it – honest it neutralises the red wine. More

What’s the best way to clean yellowed shirt collars?
1. Spray grimy collars with WD40 (solvent) or rub with orange oil . Then
2.Soak and / or wash with general laundry powder (warm water), followed by two cold rinses. More

How do I remove wax off a corduroy jacket?
Use a warm iron! Place a paper towel between your jacket and the iron and watch the wax melt off your jacket and soak into the paper towel. More

Anyone know how to remove food dye from skin?
Lemon juice is very good for removing stains on the skin just rub a lemon over it and just give it a good wash after. More

Is there an organic or earth friendly way to kill mould?
Use White Vinegar undiluted on Mould/Mildew. Pour on stains and leave overnight then clean with Baking Soda and a little more vinegar applied to the stains. Scrub with a old brush or toothbrush, wait about thirty minutes then rinse with hot water and allow to dry. More

How can i get rid of a pen stain on my jeans?
Spray hairspray on the stain and then let it dry. Wash them as you normally would. The stain should come completely out. More

How to remove a 2 day old blood stain?
The traditional method is to soak the item in a strong salty COLD water solution (make by dissolving a cup of salt with a little warm tap water then top up with cold water). Do not use any hot water on this as heat will set it. Soak it over night. More

Got a pesky stain? Just ask it in the Home & Garden > Cleaning & Laundry section!

Caitlin
Community Manager

Wow the US Election Day is finally here. It seems we’ve been forever reading about the merits and foibles of John McCain and Barack Obama. And with so much current debate about Sarah Palin, Hillary Clinton‘s involvement in the campaign seems like a distant memory.

Why has this US election gone on for so long? According to Alex G, there were many additional factors that weren’t in play in other elections. Things such as:

For one, no incumbent is running (the VP doesn’t want to), so both parties are holding their primaries.
2nd, the primary season has been moved up to early January and February, before it used to run late January until June.
3rd, the President is so incredibly unpopular that the campaigns wanted to start the “bashing” early to build interest and momentum. More

Even if this election is considered to be more important and did gain more publicity, the process of electing an American President is a long and complicated one. If you haven’t quite grasped it, there are some great explanations on Yahoo!7 Answers, including this one from yeahimhawt.

Although we Aussies don’t get to vote in the election, the outcome still has a considerable impact on us. According to Australian zucchinisyoucantkeepagoodonedown, the election is important because:

The world’s economic system, and therefore ours, is all bound up with US government policies.
It’s also important because the US (as some on here arrogantly boast) wields great military power and has far more nuclear bombs than anyone else. This affects Australia and every other country on Earth. More

So us Aussies will have to sit tight and hope that the best man for the job wins.

Caitlin
Community Manager