Handy household tips UTC handbook

[Sarum]

With way too much time on our hands for a few weeks some of us might be having a crack at some long overdue odd jobs around the house.

Please add your tips/handy hints, plus any old wives tales that somehow seem to work like magic.

Here's one to get us started: Bring back the sparkle to kitchen and bathroom taps:
soak an old facecloth in a small bowl of white vinegar then wrap the facecloth closely around the tap and leave overnight. In the morning remove facecloth and wipe clean. If the taps haven't been cleaned in half a century or more then you may need to use an old nail brush or similar. Then polish off with a soft cloth. Hey presto, sparkling taps, good as new. Rinse out facecloth in soapy water and open the windows to get rid of the smell of vinegar. A big plate of fishnchips may be a good alternative.

[wilks_bfc]

Remove residual "sticky-stuff" from plastic containers by rubbing crunchy peanut butter to the area

[Herts Clarets]

If your child is choking on an ice cube, simply pour boiling water down their throat to melt the ice cube. Problem solved

[cricketfieldclarets]

If your child is choking on an ice cube, simply pour boiling water down their throat to melt the ice cube. Problem solved

[Wile E Coyote]

if you have problems with odour from a wet dog, dont let it get wet.

[IndigoLake]

Got crumbs on the counter? Just wipe them onto the floor and kick them under the counter. Problem solved.

[ClaretDiver]

If your child is choking on an ice cube, simply pour boiling water down their throat to melt the ice cube. Problem solved

I'm sorry but was it wrong to nearly choke on my breakfast reading that!!!

[Vintage Claret]

Spending too much on printer paper?
Simply photocopy one blank sheet of A4 paper 100 times and save yourself a fortune.

Oven gloves cut horizontally into strips and stitched at one end make excellent inexpensive sleeping bags for mice.

Don't spend money on expensive binoculars, simply move closer to whatever it is you wish to view.

[Bin Ont Turf]

Use fizzy lemonade on red wine spillages on carpets to prevent stains.

Got to be pretty quick though.

[IndigoLake]

Use fizzy lemonade on red wine spillages on carpets to prevent stains.

Got to be pretty quick though.

What about if I just pour the lemonade on the floor in advance? Prevention is better than cure, surely.

[Bin Ont Turf]

What about if I just pour the lemonade on the floor in advance? Prevention is better than cure, surely.

No good, you'd just attract wasps and bees to your carpet and red wine stains.

[hampsteadclaret]

For a cut price address book, get hold of your telephone directory and cross out the names of all the people you don't know.

[iluva64]

can recommend

[iluva64]

For those topiary queens among you

[Newty]

No good, you'd just attract wasps and bees to your carpet and red wine stains.

To keep wasps and bees away from your pre-emptive red wine spill carpet lemonade, simply replace all of the glade air fresheners in your home with wasp killing spray.

[minnieclaret]

With way too much time on our hands for a few weeks some of us might be having a crack at some long overdue odd jobs around the house.

Please add your tips/handy hints, plus any old wives tales that somehow seem to work like magic.

Here's one to get us started: Bring back the sparkle to kitchen and bathroom taps:
soak an old facecloth in a small bowl of white vinegar then wrap the facecloth closely around the tap and leave overnight. In the morning remove facecloth and wipe clean. If the taps haven't been cleaned in half a century or more then you may need to use an old nail brush or similar. Then polish off with a soft cloth. Hey presto, sparkling taps, good as new. Rinse out facecloth in soapy water and open the windows to get rid of the smell of vinegar. A big plate of fishnchips may be a good alternative.

WD40. spray on, leave a spell. Wipe off.

[MACCA]

Baby oils is good for getting finger prints and such like off chrome appliances.
( Great excuse to introduce it to the household to boot )

[Spike]

don't bother doing any of these jobs to accumulate Brownie points.
you know that at some point in the very near future your balance will be brought down to zero whether its your fault or not

[Herts Clarets]

[Foshiznik]

ALWAYS put a Toblerone in your basket or trolley in case there are no dividers at the checkout.

[CnBtruntru]

If your child is choking on an ice cube, simply pour boiling water down their throat to melt the ice cube. Problem solved

Sick, my kind of funny.

[Foshiznik]

Give your weekly big shop a more holiday feel by taking off your belt and putting your phone and wallet on the checkout conveyor belt.

[Dark Cloud]

I cut up the old asbestos from my garage roof into 6 inch squares and made excellent, genuinely heat proof coasters for my brew.

[Vintage Claret]

Feel like you are an extra on the set of Michael Jacksons 'Thriller' video by walking into a Wetherspoons at 10.30 a.m.

[cricketfieldclarets]

Its like viz this. .Bloody brilliant keep em coming!

[cloughyclaret]

Turning into a classic

[ElectroClaret]

Feel like you are an extra on the set of Michael Jacksons 'Thriller' video by walking into a Wetherspoons at 10.30 a.m.

Knighthood for Vintage.

[Funkydrummer]

How do you keep flies out of the kitchen ?

Put a heap of sh!t in the lounge.

[No Ney Never]

To avoid your partner from drowning in the bath, simply take your foot off their head.

[gawthorpe_view]

Stuck for a £1 coin for your supermarket trolley? Simply punch out the middle of a £2 coin.

[MACCA]

Avoid unnecessary discussions with the Mrs about peeing on the seat or the lifting/closing the seat, by just p1ssing in the sink.