To clean stains off cups sprinkle salt in them and rub with a damp cloth.

When cleaning stains off cups, try using baking soda, – works a treat! You could also try bleach for those incredible stubborn stains.

To rid the inside of cups from tea and coffee stains use some bleach neat. Then wash thoroughly.

Try Chux Magic Eraser Hard Surface Cleaner to clean stains from cups. There are eight disposable blocks in the packet and they can be bought at the supermarket.  You can also buy them as a block and cut to the required size. It’s amazing also for cleaning around light switches, removing crayon, scuff marks off […]

I have just cleaned my kitchen copper pans. Instead of buying copper cleaning powder ($29!!). I read the label and saw that the main ingredient was citric acids. I mixed a teaspoon of citric acid ($1.15 a packet) with 1 Tblsp of cream cleaner (Jif) in a small glass bowl.  Works a treat. Wear rubber […]

To clean oil from concrete, place wood ash on the affected area and leave for a couple of days. You wouldn’t know there was any oil spilt when you clean it up.

Never, never, never pour anything into caustic soda! You can add it to a liquid, but you must not add a liquid to it. The reaction is exothermic & serious burns are likely, as well as giving off toxic fumes!

Use baking soda as a carpet deoderizer. Sprinkle on and leave for 1- hours to absorb odours. Vacuum off.

The easiest way to clean a burnt pot is to add water after the pot has cooled, then simmer on low heat.  Use a wooden ladle to stir and scrap the pot now and then until all the burnt bits come off.

To clean burnt pots, cut a lemon in half, squeeze the juice and rub the lemon on the burnt area, then scrub with goldilocks or the steel pot mitts which are a lot cheaper. I find the burnt-on food comes off easily.