Detergents and cleanersMostard powder is an excellent detergent for dishes.
- If you add a little mustard powder when washing items made of wool and silk, they wash much better.
Toothpaste (powder) - cleans the metal.
- With the help of an old toothbrush and powder, you can successfully clear off darkened silver and nickel silver jewelry, metal buttons and buckles on belts.
- White deposits on the chrome-plated surfaces of taps in the bathroom and in the kitchen can be removed by sprinkling sponge with dental powder.
- The piano keys that have become dull with time can be cleaned with a damp cloth with tooth powder, and then polished.
Iodine - using a cotton swab dipped iniodine solution, scratches on oak, walnut and mahogany furniture can be removed. Scratches will be subtle. Lavender - Sachet with lavender - an old remedy. Lemon juice is an excellent grease dissolver (squeeze lemon juice on dirty surfaces and leave for half an hour, then scrub the surface with baking soda), fragrance.
- If you mix olive oil and lemon juice in a ratio of 2: 1, you get a polish for wooden furniture.
- To freshen up the white color of the cloth, soak it in boiling water with lemon slices.
- Rust stains removes metal paste from salt diluted with 1 teaspoon of lemon juice.
Chalk is an excellent cleaner added towater - removes dirt from glass and mirrors. Soap - soap solution is used to clean gold-plated objects and bronze products. Potaty alcohol is a cleaning agent.
- For washing windows added to the water.
- Removes matte plaque from a tile, giving it a lost shine.
Hydrogen peroxide - whitening andantibacterial agent. Baking soda is a non-abrasive detergent that removes grease, dirt and plaque from porcelain, glass, silver and nickel silver cutlery, and also kills the smell.
- Fat spray on the washable wallpaper in the kitchen canclean the paste from the soda. Mix a quarter cup of soda with a small amount of water (to the consistency of toothpaste). Use a soft cloth to wipe off any dirt with a circular motion and wipe the wallpaper with a clean cloth.
- Silver can be returned to the originalshine, if you fold it into a large saucepan (you can in the sink, first stopping the stopper and covering the bottom with foil), pour boiling water and add 1 incomplete cup of soda. The dullness will come down, and the stains on silver can be rubbed with soda paste and it will shine like new.
- Sprinkle baking soda on the bottom of the tray before pouring it into the tray to neutralize unpleasant odors.
- To get rid of unpleasant smells of old furniture, sprinkle it with dry soda, leave for 1-2 hours, and then carefully vacuum.
- White bloom in flower vases can be removed by wiping it with a sponge and soda from the inside.
- The black crust of burned fat outside the cast iron pan can be removed by placing the pan for 2 hours in a large container with a solution of soda ash (100 g per 1 liter).
Beeswax - natural furniture polishfrom soft breeds of a tree. Pastive oil - a tree polish. They can grease creaking door hinges. Aromatic sunflower oil, besides, frightens off ants. The rubber eraser - erases traces from rubber nabok from a wooden floor. Salt - the cleaning and bleaching means.
- on light T-shirts, if you soak them before washing in brine.
- To "soften" new jeans, add to the powder when washing 1/3 cup of salt.
- Get rid of dark raids on domesticthe walls of the Turks can also be using salt. To do this, put in a Turk 4 teaspoons of salt, 1 cup of ice chips (crush ice cubes in a blender) and 1 cup of water. Shake the mixture in a circular motion, then wash the pot with a regular sponge.
- Fresh wine stains are easily removed by sprinkling with salt and then soak for 30 minutes before washing.
Dried orange peels - a remedy for moths.Talc - if, over time, the drawers of wooden furniture began to bind, sprinkle a little talc on the rails. Vinegar, vinegar essence - dissolves scum, eats away grease, deposits, cleans wood and glass, adds shine.
- The joints between the tiles are well cleaned with an old toothbrush moistened with acetic acid.
- Lacquered leather can be polished to a shine with a soft cloth soaked in vinegar.
- Acetic solution is used to clean the mirrors,window panes and windows of the machine: fill the 1.5 liter plastic bottle with water, add 1 tablespoon of vinegar to it and put on a cap with a spray bottle.
- You can, rubbing the polluted place on the floor with a solution of vinegar and water (1: 1 ratio).
- To clean the carpet, rub the grout into the stain, then wipe off any excess liquid with a dry cloth.
- Yellow bloom from the toilet can be easily removed by pouring vinegar on it and leaving it overnight without washing it. In the morning there will be only a walk along the walls of the brush, and the toilet again shine white.
- To remove limescale from the bottom of the kettle or saucepans, pour a glass of vinegar in them, then add water to the maximum mark and boil. Scale easily come off.
- Use vinegar to soften used brushes. Heat an incomplete glass of vinegar in the microwave, soak the brushes in it overnight. In the morning you can use them again.
- Place the clogged shower spreader for a few hours in hot water with vinegar, then brush with a brush - the water will flow with the same pressure.
Essential oils - placed in oil burner, serveair fresheners. Some, such as eucalyptus oil, can be used as an insect repellent. Others have disinfectant properties (tea tree oil, lavender).