Great Tips... one liners

apprentice_tycoon

If you have tiny chips and scratches on your fridge, washer etc you can cover them with Tipp-ex it's much cheaper than a touch-up pot

june2rose

try cutting through a piece of sandpaper several times, you'll find it gives the scissors a nice edge.

Marigold123

snake666 wrote:

if keys like a yale key is sticking when you put it in and out rub pencil lead on the key and the carbon acts as a type of lube
snake

This also works well if you have a metal zip that tends to stick after you've washed the garment it's in. A few rubs with a pencil and it should move freely again. - Am I right in thinking they use graphite as an industrial lubricant?

Marigold123

birch wrote:

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.

I've done this - it works! And it DOESN'T take ages to get the oil out, as you might think.

squeaky

Marigold123 wrote:

Am I right in thinking they use graphite as an industrial lubricant?

Yep. Depends on the application... working speeds and temperatures and things - but it still has a place among the many technological wizard things available to the modern engineer

FLEX24

just as good is to rub dry-ish soap into your hands before you start. Sort of cheap barrier cream

squeaky

Hiya,

Welcome to MoneySaving. And I'd like to add to your post and say that it's especially helpful if you can work some soap under your fingernails before starting a mucky job.

TDWalsh13

apprentice_tycoon wrote:

If you have tiny chips and scratches on your fridge, washer etc you can cover them with Tipp-ex it's much cheaper than a touch-up pot

Not if you've got a stainless steel fridge!

squeaky

Don't forget that most mobiles have a calulator function, so you could add up your shopping as you go along or, alternatively, calculate the price per pound/gram/item for the various similar products on offer.

apprentice_tycoon

You can get infinite use out of your freezer bags by putting the food into the free flimsy supermarket bags - and then into your freezer bags - they will stay clean and nice forever, you can pass them on to your children who can then pass them on to their children