Pecos Enterprise in Pecos, Texas

Polly Pointers on Household Tips and Do It Yourself Tricks

A readers’ page of quick home hacks covers removing hard water deposits with cream of tartar, preserving sterling silver in camphor scented jars, choosing folding furniture and portable hacks for mobility, patterning quilts with plastic milk cartons, lining paint pans with foil, standing on tip toe to ride sway, hemming garments with thread cards, reusing gift wrap, carving needle threaders from copper wire, placing pockets for security, and other practical tips from multiple contributors including Virginia, Mrs D.A.M, Evelyone, Mrs GY, Mrs CW, Karen, Nal ia, Loretta, and Gertrude F.