The Best Home Repair Hacks from Your Local Repairman

Remove Excess Paint

Need to remove excess paint. Yep, there's a hack for that, and yes, it does involve another rubber band. Wrap a rubber band around a paint can or paint tray. Use it to wipe off excess paint back into the receptacle. Simple!

Furry Friends

Have any furry friends in your house? That means you also have fur all over, sorry. One way to get that pesky hair up and out is by using a squeegee. It works better than the countless lint rollers and is almost half the cost!

The More You Know

There's such a thing as a fear of buttons.
Half an hour before serving time, adorn the table with bowls of lemon halves topped with cloves to ensure a pest-proof party.
A wet-dry vacuum slurps clogs out of plugged drains. Even plumbers use this trick sometimes. If you need to increase suction, seal around the nozzle with a wet rag.
The Nobel Committee declined to award the Nobel Peace Prize in 1948 because "there was no suitable living candidate." This was meant as tribute to Mahatma Gandhi, who was assassinated earlier that year without receiving the Prize.

Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.