Good GOD Mumsnet tips actually work!

or rub a drop of essential oil onto all your lightbulbs, then when they come on and warm up, lovely smell wafts through house.

OMG that is genius - does it really work?

Cover your cheese sauce with cling film pressed onto the surface and it won't develop a skin if you need to leave it a while.

This also works for Custard when making trifle

I have a really good product for sauce making (sweet or savoury) it's not money saving but it is sauce saving if you tend to get lumpy gravy or white sauce. McDougalls thickener, it is ace and quick and lazy.

Cover your cheese sauce with cling film pressed onto the surface and it won't develop a skin if you need to leave it a while.

It is surely the difference between washing up a bowl and a spoon, vs a pan and a spoon?!

The only time I tried it was when I was using all the rings on thehob, but don't think I'll bother again!

My microwave sauce was flouryand lumpy, it never is when I make it on the hob, and I am really not a very skilled cook!

I think the vit C hair tip only works on dyed hair, sadly.

I use harpic limescale buster loo cleaner to remove watermarks/scale off bathroom tiles and the shower screen. Nothing else touches it (and even then it takes leaving it an hour or so in our chalk area). Just have to rinse everything well, open windows and wear rubber gloves.

Light hearted - cling film on top of cupboards works too...

And cling film over the toilet bowl provides endless mirth.

I agree, Tossed- I can make (nice, lump free) cheese sauce in minutes with a pan and a whisk.

Because it means you can have macaroni cheese in ten minutes flat with no washing-up?

Microwave white/cheese sauce is minging! Plus, why bother when it is so easy to make with the normal method?! Don't get that one!

Mommybird, are they the effervescent vitamin c tablets, or the ones you swallow?

The spring onions - I keep about 1 inch of water in and top up.

I sometimes boil a pan of water with orange peel and a cinnamon stick in - makes the house smell lovely. (Can add cloves, ginger etc - anything that smells nice and is strong)

When you have finally got your oven clean, then wipe round it with a paste of bicarb and it will be easier to clean next time.

My grandmother used to do this and I used to think at her smeary oven, but it does work, even on my oven, which I clean....eventually :D

Off to soak my beloved shrunken jumper in hair conditioner.

These are great! I'm going to try the hair lightening with vit c as well as several others.

My contribution is: if you spill nail polish on a non-porous surface (eg tiles, upvc, glass), neat perfume removes it more effectively than nail varnish remover. It doesn't work on fabrics or grout though.

If you have smelly shoes, then fill a pair of old socks with (cheap) loose tea. Put in shoes and leave overnight. Repeat after each wear. My father keeps them permenantly in his revoltingly stinky golf shoes.

Half an onion next to your bed helps keep your nose unblocked when you have a cold. Vicks on your feet helps too.

A shallow dish of vinegar helps absorb nasty scents from the air after for instance a party with smokers (DH and his bloody poker nights which involve cigars!) or after cooking. Place a slice of white bread in your fridge to get rid of smells.

Oh dear x posts!

Roller you can pull the washing machine drawer all the way out (there's usually a button in the middle you have to press down).

Put it through the dishwasher and you're sorted.

I haven't read the whole thread, but the sunshine bleaching stains out thing excites me way more than it ought to.

the dashboard/fule pump one doesnt work on a Citroen ime

If you have a washing machine that jitters across the room, put a rubber welcome mat type thing on the top under your counter. It deadens the noise and stops it vibrating quite so much!

If you find you have stale ends if bread, or no one will eat them then blitz in a blender ( or grate if you don't have one) and freeze. Breadcrumbs don't stick together so when you need them, you can just grab a handful and use straight out the freezer. This is particularly good for ends of French bread.

It was me nom with the gas hobs...thanks!!

The best way to get mould off the bath seal is the use cotton wool. Get one of the long cotton wool concertina things and cut off a slice down end so you have a long thin concertina. Soak in bleach (toilet bleach will do) and place on the seal. Leave for a couple of hours then remove and rinse.

I find this gets all the mould rather than the spray. It's also stronger. You can put the cotton wool down then saturate with bleach after, whichever you find easiest.

Now I must get to work my house is a tip!

BuzzardBird. I have the same problem. I used to put them in the dishwasher but DP complains that they could get ruined. I just use a washing up brush and a large blob of washing up liquid.

A couple of times a year, after I've cleaned them, I use Black Grate Polish. It used to be called Zebo which I use, as I still have some, but this is no longer available and this is now supposedly the same stuff.