Article: Numerous uses for old dryer sheets.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)

A gold mine of household helpers may be filling your laundry room wastebasket.

Used dryer sheets can get a second life doing a number of chores, according to innkeeper Gary Blankenship of the Walnut Street Inn in Springfield, Mo., whose tips come via the organization Bed & Breakfast Inns of Missouri. According to Blankenship, used dryer sheets can be used to:

_Repel mosquitoes when tied to a belt loop.

_Dust TV and computer screens to eliminate static electricity.

_Clean shower doors to remove soap scum.

_Remove animal hair from furniture and ...

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