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mositt

Thanks for all the brill tips! I agree that vinegar is the wonder liquid, use it all the time, (got 10% proof off the internet and since it is stronger than store bought ones I can use less) Coke is great too, I use it to clean my stainless steel sink. My favourite cleaner is in-wash cleaning crystals - Vanish if on offer or cheapie ones - great for cleaning items with hard to reach nooks & crannies eg metal sieves, fork tines, and any utensil that is washable, incl stained cups etc. I put a scoop in a big bowl, add really hot water then steep items for a while and hey presto! If you have time you can amuse yourself by watching the grime float to the surface! M

givememoney

For stains I find damping them then rubbing them with green bar soap, then letting it dry in before putting in the machine can often get out stubborn stains or even ones that have been through the wash.

Cambrinus

A fishy smell means that gas has escaped; no cheap repair possible.

Treasurequeen

I make up a mold spray using vinegar and tea tree oil, it works wonders and is cheap to make. You just need a good spray bottle, vinegar, distilled water and a few drops of tea tree oils. Much cheaper than the mold sprays stocked at the supermarket and online and there is no nasty chemicals in it.

Boodedoo

Hoping someone can advise.
Have recently bought (but not yet moved into) a flat as we are downsizing.

Its lovely, the lady who was the previous owner proudly told me she 'cooked a lot', Good for her!
Now that we have the keys, I have poked around the kitchen a bit more effectively. She must have been so busy cooking that cleaning took a back seat :-)

I took out (with difficulty) one of the two metal (?? aluminium ??) metal filters in the cooker hood. They are almost solid grease :-(
They are dishwasher safe but really are SO clogged I think I'd need to try to eat through the layers of grease before the dishwasher could do anything significant.


( I did look at just binning them and buying new but its at least 10 years old and the cost of replacement metal filters makes a new cooker hood look more cost effective, given its age - though I'd rather not spend the extra at the mo)
If anyone has any suggestions that will help cut through the grease I'd be happy to know about them.

Thanks

suki1964

For the fans in work we have to be harsh

Caustic soda bath over night, the a good blast out with a pressure washer


Do use gloves and very old clothes and leave them to soak outside. Any large plastic container will work


Not envoiremently friendly but saves time and effort

Boodedoo

suki1964 wrote: »

For the fans in work we have to be harsh

Caustic soda bath over night, the a good blast out with a pressure washer


Do use gloves and very old clothes and leave them to soak outside. Any large plastic container will work


Not envoiremently friendly but saves time and effort

Thanks, sounds a bit aggressive but will have a word with my eldest daughter who is a chemist - I'm not too keen on using something like caustic soda at home !

suki1964

Caustic soda is fine to use as long as you follow the instructions

Gwendolyn

Has anyone found anywhere good to buy a decent quantity of bicarbonate of soda. It works wonders on my bath but the small tubs are expensive for the purpose I'm using it for.
I'm also going through a lot of white vinegar.
I had a huge success recently - my children's plastic bath toys had scratched the bath with brown marks. No product I could find would get the marks out. But a bicarb scrub followed by vinegar lifted them off. Though I would advise caution. This is an old tub and I wasn't too worried if it were to go wrong and I were to stain it. And yes there was a nice little chemical reaction!

Slowly57

I buy from the Astonish range - from 99p a go in our hardware shop - cruelty-free and all that good stuff and baby wipes clean most things lol