Aggie MacKenzie’s Top 5 Cleaning Tips
Hands up anyone else who’s looking around the house at all the tough cleaning jobs we’ve put off, unsure how to tackle them?
It’s Aggie to the rescue! These tips will restore your sparkle in no time. Find more of her expert advice at www.aggiestips.com
- If there’s limescale on the loo bowl, enamel bath and sink, dampen a pumice stone and rub until it’s gone. Don’t worry – it won’t scratch, because pumice is harder than limescale yet softer than porcelain and enamel.
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- Don’t bother scrubbing away at a pot or roasting dish that’s covered in baked-on grime. Fill it with enough hot water to cover the stains, add a handful of biological washing power, bring to the boil and simmer for 15 minutes. Then leave it to soak for a few hours and all will come off easily.
- Scrub your wooden chopping board after use with hot soapy water; rinse with hot running water. Never leave to soak – it’ll crack. Dry with paper towels to avoid adding germs from a used tea towel. Then leave it to air, resting edgeways.
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- If you ever spill nail polish on your clothes, leave it to dry and then rub gently with an emery board.
- A shower curtain soon attracts soap scum and mould at the base. Put in the washing machine, with a couple of towels, at 40ºC, using biological detergent. Hang directly from the machine. If the mould is very bad, pre-soak overnight in a bleach solution – half a cupful to a bucket of water – then wash as above.
Look out for more tips from Aggie next week!
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