• Mix equal parts Corn Starch and plaster of Paris. 
• Sprinkle the mixture in cracks and crevices. 
• Cockroaches will eat the mixture and "petrify."

    Cure athlete's foot.

• Sprinkle  Corn Starch on your feet and in your shoes to absorb moisture and reduce friction.

      Relieve sunburn pain.

•  Add enough water to  Corn Starch to make a paste, and apply directly to the burn.

    Clean a carpet.

• Sprinkle Corn Starch on the carpet, wait thirty minutes, then vacuum clean.

    Clean blood stains.

• Immediately cover the spot with a paste of Corn Starch and cold water. Rub gently, place the object in the sun until dry to draw the blood into the corn starch, then brush off. Repeat if necessary.

    Make spray starch for clothing.

• Mix one tablespoon Corn Starch and one pint cold water. Stir to dissolve the corn starch completely. Fill a spray bottle and use as you would any starch. Be sure to shake vigorously before each use.

      Substitute for baby powder and talcum powder.

• Apply Corn Starch sparingly when diapering a baby. Corn starch is actually more absorbent than talcum powder, but apply lightly since it does cake more readily.

    Help rubber gloves slip on easily

• Sprinkle Kingsford's Corn Starch inside the gloves.

    POLISHING YOUR CAR:

• When buffing your car, sprinkle a tablespoon of Corn Starch on the wipe rag to remove excess polish easily

    SHAMPOO:

• Corn Starch can be used as a dry shampoo. Work into your hair, then brush out.

    Prevent or kill mildew in damp books.

• Sprinkle Corn Starch throughout the book to absorb the moisture from damp pages, wait several hours, then brush clean. If the pages are mildewed, brush the corn starch off outdoors to keep mildew spores out of the house.
  

    Detangle knots.

• Sprinkle a stubborn knot with a little Corn Starch.

    Make finger paints.