Rubbed Right

Ah, the wonders of alcohol! ... No, not that kind -- rubbing alcohol.

Obviously, the stuff will clean and sanitize. But did you know it will also:

• allow you to easily scratch off a sticky price sticker from metal or glass once you've soaked the price sticker (try this on plastic at your own risk)
• help you pull off a band-aid, painlessly, using the same soaking method
• make a soft ice pack -- use three parts of water and one part rubbing alcohol in a Ziploc bag. Once frozen, it turns to slush, not ice
• as a pre-treatment, remove ink stains from clothes if you soak the stain in rubbing alcohol for about 10 minutes, then throw in the washing machine
• remove marks from counter tops and walls. Try on a test area first and, if there is no damage, you can try scouring the more obvious spot