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Hack Of The Day! (Or am I just tight?)

Cheeznmite
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edited 26 November 2024 at 4:00PM in Old style MoneySaving
I just realised that when an emery board goes bald along the edges, you can cut it in half lengthways and use the middle! 😉

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  • Brie
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    I was told by a chiropodist that I should only use an emery board once on my toes and then throw it away.  Instead I cut it into short lengths so I would get a few uses out of each board.  Easier for me to hold too!!
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  • If you buy one of those glass ones it lasts for years and can be recycled....
  • I also cut sheets of kitchen roll into 4 (6 or 8 for the bigger thicker stuff) to have a little pile for small spills…

    and snip washing up sponges into 2 or 3. If you are washing up after a curry you don’t write off a whole one!
  • If you buy one of those glass ones it lasts for years and can be recycled....
     Well I’ll be… just looked them up… never knew they existed! When I have run out I may have to invest in one ! 👍
  • If you buy one of those glass ones it lasts for years and can be recycled....
     Well I’ll be… just looked them up… never knew they existed! When I have run out I may have to invest in one ! 👍

    I have no idea how long I have been using mine for, it must be at least 8 years! It doesn't ever seem to blunt.
  • Blimey! Seems like they vary a lot in price… are the cheap ones just as good as the more expensive?
  • annieb64
    annieb64 Posts: 670 Forumite
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    I will try cutting the scouring pads in half, Jackie, thanks for the tip.

    My soap slivers go in a sisal bag that I bought from a wholefood shop years ago.It hangs on a hook in the shower. 

    Have just made a draft excluder from the old sitting room curtain. The curtain came from my Mother's house. She died in 1996. We still have a full length curtain from her house over the front door.
  • Nelliegrace
    Nelliegrace Posts: 899 Forumite
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    edited 27 November 2024 at 3:41PM
    I keep an earthenware pot of small clean rags, mainly cut up old cotton socks, for all sorts of cleaning jobs, spills on the cooker hob, mopping up grease, spot treating stains, a quick rub of shoes, etc. instead of kitchen roll. Old T-shirts cut up for dish cloths and dusters. 

    I have an assortment of inexpensive vintage cotton and linen napkins in a wire basket on the kitchen table and have got back into the habit of using them. It is much easier to get food stains from those than from clothes. 
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