Love the smell and authenticity of a fresh Christmas tree but hate the pesky mess of dropped needles to clean up?
A Mythbusters 6 week study investigated the best household item to add to the water in which the trunk was immersed, to prevent a freshly cut tree from shedding its needles. The 8 materials studied were fertilizer, bleach, lemon lime soda, pain reliever, nitric oxide from Viagra, hairspray, urethane and plain water as a control.
Hairspray was declared the outright winner for being…
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Posted on December 2, 2009 at 10:21am — 3 Comments