Make Do and Mend

MrsBartolozzi

I did post a reply to cjmarcantonio, but it has been lost when the thread was moved.

What it said was I am always wary of posters who offer unsolicited advice of a particular company. This is the internet and everyone should be careful when relying on any information they find there - it's just common sense.
When a poster recommends a company 3 times in their 6 months of membership and another company with the same contact address another couple of times in only 26 posts, surely YOU can see how it might look as though that poster was related to the company in some way?

Anyway, if you have had good service from repaircare then the place to say this is the "praise vents and warnings" board not just by name dropping in a thread.

thriftlady_2

cjmarcantonio wrote: »

Mending!!!! Not Buying!!!! Perhaps the best way of late I've found to save money. Well... I say of late, once - my dishwasher broke, i figured if i could get a decent price i'd get it repaired :T

Job done!

Thank you for pointing this idea out:rolleyes:

Another great money saving tip is 'don't buy things you can't afford'

cjmarcantonio

thriftlady wrote: »

Thank you for pointing this idea out:rolleyes:

Another great money saving tip is 'don't buy things you can't afford'

Perhaps the greatest and wisest money saving tip ever!

Louba

Just thought I would share this incase it is useful to anyone! My current favorite thing is black nail polish that cost about £1 - not to wear but to fix things! The heels on my black boots scratch really easily and they are white under the surface which looks terrible. Polish won't stay on the heels as they are plasticy but black nail polish covers up the scratches and you can't tell they've ever been damaged. I'm delighted because the rest of the boots were in great condition. I also used it in OH's high polish leather shoes where the surface had come away a little on the piping - worked a treat.

ceridwen

Now that comment re black nail varnish has got me wondering whether there might be white nail varnish and whether that would be one way to deal with a couple of rust marks on my otherwise passable looking white washing machine - as I'm a bit concerned as to whether these rust marks could "spread" if left and I'm going to end up having to junk an otherwise perfectly serviceable washing machine (reluctant to do this - as its YEARS old and was made by Zanussi back when they were under original ownership - Swiss I think?). Think it must be about 20 years old and never even had to have a repair - hence the reluctance to see any rust mucking it up - as I doubt anything is made to the same standard now - including any current Zanussi ones....(judging by the worse-quality cooker I bought from them since they changed ownership....)

Patchwork_Quilt

Couldn't you give it a little scrub with some fine sanding paper and apply a small amount of enamel paint? It would be a shame to lose it if there is nothing else wrong with it. I wonder if car paint would do the same thing?

Louba

ceridwen wrote: »

Now that comment re black nail varnish has got me wondering whether there might be white nail varnish and whether that would be one way to deal with a couple of rust marks on my otherwise passable looking white washing machine - as I'm a bit concerned as to whether these rust marks could "spread" if left and I'm going to end up having to junk an otherwise perfectly serviceable washing machine (reluctant to do this - as its YEARS old and was made by Zanussi back when they were under original ownership - Swiss I think?). Think it must be about 20 years old and never even had to have a repair - hence the reluctance to see any rust mucking it up - as I doubt anything is made to the same standard now - including any current Zanussi ones....(judging by the worse-quality cooker I bought from them since they changed ownership....)

Ceridwen - I got the nail polish idea from another tip that suggested using correction fluid to cover marks on white appliances. I haven't tryed it but it might be worth a shot - I'd try an inconspicuous bit first though!
I used to work in a shoe shop and we sold lots of white scuff coat to electricians and joiners - they used it to cover dents in white roof tiles - the chips show up the brown colour underneath so they used the white to cover any damage. It's relatively cheap and much less messy than white paint! I guess the same principle should apply to the correction fluid?

Hepburneyes

I have used white nail polish from a french manicure set onmarks onmy microwave it was fine just applyitinseveral thin coats.

zara*elise

I was thinking about a comment I saw earlier about how back during wartime people were literally told to make do and mend. Rationing to me means buying only gala melon, not gala and honeydew a week! I really think that the generation of twenty-somethings today (which is where I fall btw :rolleyes: ) is spoiled. Spoiled spoiled spoiled, most would prefer to 'be famous' than learn a trade or skill.

Do you think as a society today if we were to face the hardships many did during WWII we would survive... survive is the wrong word, but as it's the only word I can think of that fits... as graciously as our grandparents/parents did?

If you went through it, what did you do to make it more bearable? And how did you survive on one egg a week?

xxxxx

Seakay

Have a look at these threads:

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=68418&highlight=wwii+diet

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=379&highlight=rationing