Great Tips... one liners

MarcGJ

Label the little 'uns favourite bear/dolly with an iron-on tag, and write your phone number on it in waterproof pen. That way when their best friend goes walkabout, some kind person can return them safe and sound.

If anyone finds Teddy, lost in the Internnational Supermarket Sittingbourne, Kent sometime in early 1972, please PM me.

apprentice_tycoon

You can disguise a scratch on dark wood by rubbing a cut brazil nut over the mark, the oil colours it naturally

jojofrog

put old or odd socks too good use, wear as if a mitten, run your 'mittened' hand along your Venetian blinds. use dry for dust or damp for dirt!

Silver_Lilly

Comb olive oil though your hair and pop on a shower cap from saved from a hotel (or buy cheap ones) and wear over night! or in the bath or shower (less laughter).Shampoo off in morning or later and have shiney soft hair.

squeaky

Old credit cards make useful non-scratch scrapers.

MrsMW

I cut old tights into strips and use as ties in the garden, much better than string.

apprentice_tycoon

squeaky wrote:

Old credit cards make useful non-scratch scrapers.

To enlarge Squeaky's tip a little - an old plastic ruler is good to scrape flour off your baking worktop. Dishcloths with flour in are a pain to get clean

Galtizz

apprentice_tycoon wrote:

To enlarge Squeaky's tip a little - an old plastic ruler is good to scrape flour off your baking worktop. Dishcloths with flour in are a pain to get clean

I use a big paint brush specifically for dusting the worktops, straight into the dustpan/bin/ back in the flour bag :eek:

KTFrugal

Don't buy shaving cream/lotion for your legs - conditioner works just as well and softens up the skin too.

apprentice_tycoon

A film canister makes a perfect short spaghetti /linguine measure. It holds enough for 2 portions