Household

Caz · 18-10-2003, 09:41

Any household tips or money/time/effort saving ideas welcome.

ANNE · 19-10-2003, 02:13

Use plastic pegs to seal bread,tea cakes,frozen food etc.
Flat coke very good for fetching a sparkle to your Loo and sink.
Got a spot then in an emergency dab on a spot of toothpaste and let it dry. Works a treat.

Mik Dickinson · 28-10-2003, 13:33

Salt on spilt red wine brings the mark out of any carpet.

janet · 28-10-2003, 13:46

Also salt poured on to slugs kills the little buggers.

Tealeaf · 28-10-2003, 13:57

ground coffee & garlic keeps the slugs away, to.....they won't cross the line.

janet · 28-10-2003, 16:35

Hope it's used coffee grains tealeaf,otherwise what a waste of good coffee.

ANNE · 28-10-2003, 18:51

Use cheap lemonade in a vase instead of water flowers last longer.
Warm water with sugar works well but remember to cut the stems a little each day and top up.

Tealeaf · 29-10-2003, 07:56

Use plastic flowers - they last longer still

ANNE · 29-10-2003, 15:49

Plastic floweres not quite the same some how but your not wrong. lol

lettie · 01-11-2003, 15:14

 Believe it or not, babywipes are excellent for cleaning patent leather shoes and handbags. Discovered this by accident. They are terrible for cleaning babies bottoms.

ANNE · 01-11-2003, 20:24

Baby wipes have many uses Lettie. Brilliant for cleaning trainers.
Good for cleaning paint work. Infact they have a multitude of uses round the home.
Wipeing the phone etc.

star gazer · 03-11-2003, 15:29

to remove greast marks from clothes,place a brown paper bag over mark,and iron,the paper picks up the grease,leaving the item spotless

star gazer · 03-11-2003, 15:30

any good tips on cleaning windows,,coz no matter what i try(and thats almost everything) they still look streaky!!

ANNE · 03-11-2003, 17:19

Have you tried a solution of warm water and vinigar applied with scrunched up newspaper or a soft cloth and then dry with newspaper.
Leaves them smear free in theory at least. I to am useless at cleaning windows.

ANNE · 05-11-2003, 21:02

Old vynle records make brilliant plant pot holders.
80s records seem to melt better. lol
They make unusual potholders and keep your window sill clean.