Obvious tips

Loadsabob

Bogof_Babe wrote:

Incidentally, is there a polishing thread on here, as I don't believe either vinegar or bicarb would quite fit the bill on this matter! ??

I'm sure I've seen somewhere on here - and it's something I do myself - using olive oil on a cloth, on wood. I used it for a dining table and it came up a treat. I used some orange EO, too, and it was just perfect! I'll never buy polish again. I guess it didn't shine, like wax or something would, but it left a sheen, and made any scratches match the rest of the tabletop.

elona

Bogof babe

I use a mixture of lemon juice and olive oil (equal Parts of each) in a glass jar with a stopper for good furniture. Just shake it up before use. You only need a little and it really nourishes the wood.:j

Bossyboots

Bogof_Babe wrote:

I hate dusters (they need washing - and by hand, as the dye comes out), so treated myself to a pack of disposable Mr Sheen wipes, of which I use one a fortnight, and make it go round most of the house!
In between times, for small areas that need a quick going over, I spray an aerosol of cheap supermarket own brand polish onto a piece of kitchen paper, or directly onto the surface and use the kitchen paper to polish with. No nasty dusters to deal with .

Incidentally, is there a polishing thread on here, as I don't believe either vinegar or bicarb would quite fit the bill on this matter! ??

The dye only comes out of dusters at first. I bought several and put them unused in the washing machine with floor and dish cloths. The latter two come out yellow but at least it saves washing the dusters by hand and it really doesn't matter what colour the other cloths are.

Mado

Dusters????

I use flanellette cot sheets that are no longer in use. I'm sure they are easy enough to find in charity shops or else in the sales. And the color really does not run out.

Old tights are perfect to shine just polished shoes.

And my most indispensable kitchen accessory is a spray pump. I fill it with olive oil to spray frying pans or cake tins. You use very little which means healthy cooking and it is refillable so lasts for ever.

Rebob

Dilute cooking oil with water in your sprayer and you will end up using less oil so more healthy and economical. Very like fry-light in the shops.

BWZN93

Mado wrote:

Dusters????

I use flanellette cot sheets that are no longer in use. I'm sure they are easy enough to find in charity shops or else in the sales. And the color really does not run out.

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I still have some clothes from the 1980's that have been used as dusters for years!! Same goes for old towels (cut up pieces that are a bit bigger than your shoe, so when youve mopped the floor and want a cup of tea, you can dry the floor whilst walking to the kettle, and dance around the rest of it whilst the kettle is boiling).

I always keep a spare newspaper in the magazine rack too - for cleaning windows and glass with.

My most forehead slapping moment was probably realising that vaseline is more than a lip balm, its brill for polishing shoes as long as you buff properly (and one tub does every colour of shoe under the sun), I use a little on a cloth and give the sinks a little buff after they have been cleaned (stops grime sticking so quickly), and a multitude of other purposes.

Jo xx

SnowyOwl_2

When emptying the dishwasher empty the lower tray first. This means that if any water is trapped in upturned cups or bowls on the upper tray then it won't splash your clean dry dishes below when you put the tray out. OK I plagarized this from the dishwasher manual, but it works...and who reads manuals anyway (other than me)?

Trow

Rebob wrote:

Dilute cooking oil with water in your sprayer and you will end up using less oil so more healthy and economical. Very like fry-light in the shops.

How do you get it to emulsify?

16011996

SnowyOwl wrote:

When emptying the dishwasher empty the lower tray first. This means that if any water is trapped in upturned cups or bowls on the upper tray then it won't splash your clean dry dishes below when you put the tray out. OK I plagarized this from the dishwasher manual, but it works...and who reads manuals anyway (other than me)?

talking of manuals i have to say that in my ironing manual it says "don't iron clothes whilst wearing" made me smile for days.

squeaky

SnowyOwl wrote:

When emptying the dishwasher empty the lower tray first. This means that if any water is trapped in upturned cups or bowls on the upper tray then it won't splash your clean dry dishes below when you put the tray out. OK I plagarized this from the dishwasher manual, but it works...and who reads manuals anyway (other than me)?

I do

I don't think tip was in mine all those years ago - but I got so fed up with things getting a second soaking that I habitually empty from the bottom first. It has never occurred to me to tell anybody because it's so obvious. Duh <--- to me