Great Tips... one liners

stressedoutmumof1

To clean leather sofas etc - buy some saddle soap - you'll be amazed at how clean cream leather sofas can become!! I was!!

Quasar

Before you throw away an old toothbrush, cut the head off and keep it in your handbag. Useful as a nailbrush when out and about and notice a nail or two got a bit mucky. Happens to me all the time.
Toothbrushes are useful to clean around taps, grouting, and items of jewellery.

When you boil potatoes, do not throw away the water. Use it to clean your cutlery. Even silver comes up nicely.

apprentice_tycoon

As well as the usual vegetables to cut for crudites like carrots, celery and peppers you can also cut sticks out of the big central ribs of summer cabbage

Curry_Queen

innovate wrote:

Dissolve some Calgon (powder or tablets) in hot water, either in a glass bowl or in the sink. Place a sheet of aluminium foil in the water, put your silver on it and leave for approx 30 mins. Then polish with a dry tea towel or other cloth. The cloth can get black marks, so reserve one of your cloths just for this purpose.

One of the nice things of this method is that all the nooks and crannies get sparkling clean, without much effort.

For stubborn patches, use a bit of toothpaste and rub with paper [kitchen roll] until shiny. Wash off any residue under the tap and dry with tea towl/dry cloth.

Cheap washing soda crystals also work very well with this method

Gingham_Ribbon

Buy milk when it's marked down because it's going out of date and freeze it. It lasts ages. Just defrost and shake before use.

Use any water you've cooked veg in to add flavour and nutrients to soup or rice.

Plan your meals before you get your shopping.

Make double what you'd eat and freeze the rest for a quick meal.

Don't food shop when you're hungry.

When reheating food, keep the lid on while you're bringing it up to the boil. It'll get there quicker and stop the flavour escaping. (You'll still need to take the lid off to stir it though or it'll stick.)

If you are always in a rush in the morning, prepare a pack up in the evening.

KK

a t!aspoon of oil and a t!aspoon of granulat!d sugar !xfoliat!s and cl!ans your hands - brilliant!

KK

a bottle of cheap conditioner (Boots Basics @ around 30p) mixed with 10 drops of tea tree oil and 10 drops of lavender oil is the same as commercial head lice conditioners - who knows whether it works?!!

KK

an easy way to stop your mobile sliding around on the dashboard of your car - wrap a postman's elastic band around it!

KK

a few drops of lavender (or wahtever fragrance) oil in your water you put in the iron fragrances your clothes - cheaper than ironing water.

amazon_spice

dchurch24 wrote:

Save money on expensive binoculars, simply move closer to the object you are trying to view!

Thankyou for making me :rotfl: