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Brillo Pads

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Humbug_2
Humbug_2 Posts: 36 Forumite
in Old style MoneySaving
Here's a quick tip to make your Brillo Pads go further. How often have you used one to just spruce up a couple of pans, yet when you need to use it again a couple of days later it is just rust? Simple. Cut them in half. Half of one is still enough to clean up a couple of pans, and you can just bin it when you are finished. Couple of days later, use the other half.
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  • 16011996
    16011996 Posts: 8,313 Forumite
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    top idea. never thought of that.

    thanks
  • Caterina
    Caterina Posts: 5,919 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker I've been Money Tipped!
    Ever more savings if you buy the stainless steel pads and add a drop of washing up liquid - they last forever and do not rust.

    A very good way to make your own scrubbing pad is to save all the nets that come with packs of oranges, lemons and mandarins, and when you have 3 or 4 you can scrunch them together and stitch them - voila, homemade scrubbing pad!

    Caterina
    Finally I'm an OAP and can travel free (in London at least!).
  • 16011996
    16011996 Posts: 8,313 Forumite
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    like that idea with the fruit bags never thought of that either. :-[
  • Caterina
    Caterina Posts: 5,919 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker I've been Money Tipped!
    Not mine, read it on the Complete Tightwad Gazette by Amy Dacz... whatever, you know who I mean?

    Caterina
    Finally I'm an OAP and can travel free (in London at least!).
  • 16011996
    16011996 Posts: 8,313 Forumite
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    Not mine, read it on the Complete Tightwad Gazette by Amy Dacz... whatever, you know who I mean?

    Caterina

    no, but thanks for posting it here, ;D
  • Caterina
    Caterina Posts: 5,919 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker I've been Money Tipped!
    I found her name and the details of the book on Amazon.co.uk:

    Amy Dacyczyn
    The Complete Tightwad Gazette: Promoting Thrift as a Viable Alternative Lifestyle  

    http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0375752250/qid=1097509610/ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i1_xgl/026-9555847-4180451

    Thise book is not always relevant to the UK as it is written from an American perspective but it has a lot of nice tips and it is very entertaining too!

    Caterina
    Finally I'm an OAP and can travel free (in London at least!).
  • 16011996
    16011996 Posts: 8,313 Forumite
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    thanks caterina., will have a look there. ;D
  • rushnowt
    rushnowt Posts: 24,749 Forumite
    what great tips, its amazing what you find when you go further back in the posts ;D ;D
    Nobody can make you feel inferior, without your permission ;)

    Love doesn't make the world go round, it's what makes the ride worthwhile

    ya still freezing :p



  • 16011996
    16011996 Posts: 8,313 Forumite
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    i have been using the fruit bags, they work really well. ;D forgot about this thread. :-[
  • Caterina
    Caterina Posts: 5,919 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker I've been Money Tipped!
    I am glad that the tip was useful to you, 160! Hopefully to others too.

    The only thing to keep in mind is that fruit in the nets is sold in supermarkets, which are more expensive than the market, so only buy netted fruit when it's reduced, to use the nets as brillo pads!

    Ciao

    Caterina
    Finally I'm an OAP and can travel free (in London at least!).
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