Pencil Erasers

If you've just inherited a rather grimy coin collection from your uncle, but you'd like to see it with more luster, try an eraser to shine up the coins. But don't do this to rare and valuable coins -- you can erase their value along with their surface patina.

A box is not the most handy place to keep sewing pins. What if the box spills? What if you have a hard time grabbing just one when you're laying out pattern pieces? Here's the solution: Stick pins in an eraser. They won't fall out, and it's easy to grab the ones you need. This is also a good tip if you're storing several small drill bits.

Your toddler has gone wild with the crayons, but he drew on the walls and not on paper. You've tried everything to get it off, but not this: an eraser. Try "erasing" the crayon marks to get the wall back to a clean slate.

Those new shoes of your husband's have left black streak marks all over the kitchen floor. An eraser will take them off in no time. Give him the eraser and have him do it.

Whether it's a baby grand piano that fills the corner of the living room, a more conventional upright, or just a fold-away electronic keyboard, cleaning the keys can be a nightmare project of dust and finger marks. And when you clean it, it's hard to reach some spots to remove dirt. The sides of the black keys are especially difficult to clean. Find an eraser that fits between the ivories and the black keys and you'll have 86'ed the dirt on the 88s. This works well whether you have a piano with real ivory keys or the more common plastic ones.

Don't you hate it when that heavy mirror or picture frame gets slightly crooked? Tired of worrying about the black marks and scrapes the frame is making on the wall? Glue erasers to the bottom corners of the frame. The pictures will now hang straighter and not leave their mark.

That gray gummy substance on the new picture frame you just purchased is a sight to behold and not coming off with plain soap and water. Rub the residue with an eraser and watch the stuff just peel away.