How school chalk can be useful in everyday life

The familiar white or colored chalk is most often associated with school life or with children's drawings on the asphalt. But when children grow up, they stop using multi-colored blocks. And a useful thing unnecessarily lies first in the closet, and then moves to the trash. However, chalk has long become an excellent assistant for any housewife, and it will also come in handy for the owner.

Why chalk is good for clothes and shoes

A white piece is quite capable of tidying up your wardrobe.

Cleans collars and cuffs

It will do a great job of removing dirt on collars and cuffs, where sweat and oily secretions accumulate. Yellow-gray color hopelessly ruins clothes. It is very difficult to remove such stains, since fat reliably protects dirt from washing powders.

Advice. It is recommended to rub the dirty area with chalk. It will perfectly remove oil stains and provide access to contaminants that can be cleaned off.

Removing greasy stains

The school block will also help to deal with greasy stains on clothes. Simply rub the place where the butter sandwich fell on your trousers, skirt or shirt.

Advice. You can apply the crushed pieces to the stain and wait until they absorb excess oil and liquid.

After this, the items must be washed as usual and safely worn again.

Cleaning suede

Chalk will also cope with cleaning suede. In order to give suede items their original appearance, it is necessary to apply crushed pieces to the suede and leave for several hours or overnight.

In the morning, you just need to remove pieces of the substance and wipe the suede with a brush.

Repair and restoration using chalk

White bars will also help during repairs.

• With their help you can repair minor damage to a whitewashed ceiling.
• They can also handle cracks in paint. You just need to purchase a block that matches the color of the finish. Of course, this measure is temporary, but quite effective.
• It will become easier to plan the arrangement of furniture in the room. It is enough to simply draw small lines in the places where the furniture will be located and evaluate the resulting composition. If necessary, the lines can be quickly and painlessly erased and re-drawn, without laborious moving of cabinets and sofas.
• Using the same lines on the walls, you can plan the placement of new interior items, so that it is not difficult to fit in what is impossible.

Other uses for chalk

A box with school attributes should be at hand at all times. You can use it very often.

Will help a woman

• Very often, chalk is used when cutting fabric. It is advisable to make thin lines so that the markings can be easily removed.
• It will help well in cleaning silver jewelry. Very often, this metal becomes dull and dark during long-term storage, so you have to take the products to a workshop. Regular school supplies can help you avoid unnecessary expenses.

Advice. It is enough to cover the silver with a thin layer of chalk dust. It will perfectly absorb excess moisture and preserve the beautiful appearance of jewelry.

Before wearing, you can simply rinse or wipe the jewelry with a soft cloth to restore its delicate shine.

• School chalk is also useful for all other metals that are subject to darkening. You just need to put a piece in a jewelry box, and the beautiful appearance of the jewelry will remain for a long time. Items will not darken or change color.
• Some housewives go further and put the bar in a box with rarely used cutlery. Thanks to this simple action, forks, knives and spoons look beautiful and elegant without much effort, even if they are only taken out for the New Year holidays.
• It is possible to restore the shine of door handles made of metal or brass. Moreover, such work will not require much effort. You just need to crumble a piece, apply the resulting dust to a rag and wipe off all dirt. The item will quickly restore its former attractiveness.
• Chalk will successfully block the path of ants. These insects cannot stand such paths. Either their ability to communicate with each other is impaired, or for some other reason, but the ants try not to cross them. So you can safely draw lines on the ground, fencing off a picnic area, or near doorways and window sills, protecting your home from unwanted invasion.
• Chalk copes with the musty smell. Therefore, very often its blocks are placed in shoe or clothing closets.

Reference. Chalk absorbs moisture well. This allows you to eliminate the smell of incipient mold and reduce humidity, maintaining a fresh aroma.

• Similarly, the smell in the basket with dirty laundry, which is waiting for its turn to be washed, is eliminated.
• It will also make your nails white.To do this, apply it to an old toothbrush and treat the nails from the inside, under the tips of the nails.

Useful for a man

• A thrifty owner often leaves a piece of chalk in the toolbox. This helps protect them from moisture and rust. Especially if the tools are stored somewhere in a garage or unheated room. And in the summer, such a procedure will not be superfluous.
• Use a white block to perfectly sand almost any surface.
• If the screwdriver spins or slips, the same piece of chalk can help. It is enough to simply apply a little on the tool, and the problem of non-screwing screws can be considered solved. You can rub the screw head in the same way.
• You can also use the student attribute when repairing locks. You just need to rub the sticking key with a piece of chalk and insert it in and out of the lock several times to lubricate the entire mechanism. And you won’t have to buy expensive WD-40, especially since school supplies have virtually no expiration date.