What are your old-fashioned cleaning tips?

What are your old-fashioned cleaning tips?

From baking soda to white vinegar, grandma's tried and test cleaning remedies have stood the test of time. What are the old-fashioned cleaning tips that work in your house? Tell us now.

 

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  1.  
    dor from hampshire says:
    Jul 22, 19:11

    run out of brass polish? use tomato ketchup. rub over item, then off. this works a treat.

  2.  
    goubo from paisley says:
    Jul 5, 15:51

    polishing your bathroom mirrors with shaving foam/gel stops the mirror from steaming up during a shower or bath!

  3.  
    Marie from Glasgow says:
    Jul 5, 15:31

    To clean burnt pots and pans Fill immediately with COLD water and leave to steep at least for half an hour then wash in hot soapy water pots will come up like new.
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  4.  
    Roger from Luton says:
    Jul 5, 14:59

    1 To remove limescale from your shower door use WD40
    2 To remove limescale form your Taps wrap them in white kitchin towel and soak them in vinegar and leave overnight. The kitchin towel will hold the vinegar againts the limescale.

  5.  
    andrew from london says:
    Jul 5, 12:35

    to descale your kettle,put 1/2 a cup of white vinager and 1/2 a cup of cold water in to the kettle at night,leave it or night,give it a good rinse out in the morrning and your element will be free from limescale

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