What tip have you heard about and been incredulous when it actually works?

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I saw on Twitter that filling a ziplock bag with water and a few coins and hanging it in a doorway/placing it on the doorstep will keep flies out. It seemed such a bizarre suggestion that I thought I would try it and can confirm it works. I've also hung one near the bins and there hasn't been any flies around for a week.
Are there any other tips that I should know?

@WelshMoth

Any tips for oven doors?

Use a whole dishwasher tablet dipped in water, worked on mine. Or a paste of bio washing powder left overnight.

Using a shoe horn.

Always thought they looked like a wind up until I used one with my pregnancy feet. Now I carry one in my handbag

These are brilliant

A teaspoon of vinegar cures hiccups

Look in shop windows when reversing. Pre cameras in cars

Sorry if said already but cleaning windows and mirrors by wiping with a sponge and v soapy water (washing up liquid fine) then rubbing off with newspaper. They gleam and no smearing. I was taught this by a professional cleaner as a student working in a pub with lots of mirrors. Friends notice my clean windows all the time.

Opening pesky jars by slamming them on the ground flat, lid down, hard. It breaks the seal but be careful to do it flat so the jar doesn’t break.

@morriseysquif Adrianne is a you tube yoga teacher, very calming, has lots of videos at different levels inc complete beginners. Encourages you to go to the level you can manage. Probably the very best you tube yoga videos.

Yoga and weights are the way forward to all round health and wellbeing

Any particular coloured flesh that one would need for this TIP?

referring to the red and white knickers tip . . . it's it helpful for all flesh colours???

I have just done the taps with a 2p coin....OMG! That is the most satisfying 15mins I have had for a long time! We have hard water and the bathroom taps were really crusty. Nothing properly shifts it and I have tried every product out there and soaked in white vinegar etc etc. The 2p coin just had big chunks of scale falling off. It's all gone!
Off to do the drive with a kettle now

Thank you mumsnetters
I have spent the morning cleaning my taps and shower heads with a 2p piece
I can’t believe it !!

Stop hiccups by making yourself sneeze - you tickle the nose hairs inside your nose with a matchstick or similar 😊

@AnnPerkins

Drying stained white clothes in the sun. Even tomato stains will vanish completely.

The fly one is fascinating. I need to try it.

Yaaas!! I didn’t believe this but spaghetti sauce a Stained baby clothes are white again!!

@Pinkchocolate
Do you put the vicks all over or just on temples?

Oven doors - use a dishwasher tablet. If it has film on it then you need to unwrap it. Dip it into some water and then rub it over the oven door. Keep re-wetting it. You might have to use a couple but it loosens off all the crap really well. Also works on burnt marks on saucepans and hobs.

If you've burned food into a saucepan then fill with water and simmer with a teaspoon of bicarb or washing powder - lifts it straight off with no scrubbing.

If blue-tack has left an oily mark on your wall, then apply some lighter fluid onto a clean pale tea-towel or cloth and very gently rub at the mark.

If you have small scratches or muddy marks on your painted walls, then use a small amount of cream cleaner on a pale cloth or tea towel and gently rub the mark. Leave to dry and then brush the wall off with a clean dry cloth or tea towel.

Small scratches in glass can be buffed out using toothpaste.

A squirt of WD40 will remove all sticky label residue.

If you store seasonal clothing in boxes or bags, then stick a tumble dryer sheet in with them - stops them smelling musty.

If your washing machine smells and is a bit gungy and mouldy then get some washing soda crystals - usually in the same aisle as cleaning or laundry products. Put a cupful straight into the drum of the empty machine and run it at 90. Then when it's finished, put a cupful of white vinegar straight into the drum and run it again at 90. Cleans all the gunk out and deodorises the machine as well.

Slices of cucumber before bed after a few alcoholic drinks prevents a hangover

@Covert19

Burying a cat in the foundations of a new house brings you luck.

Not for the cat.....

Thank you for the tip about putting fabric softener in the window washing water IT WORKS, no smears and shiny windows.

Table salt is really good for cleaning up any spilt cooking oil, or raw egg if you've accidentally dropped one. Just cover with salt and leave for a minute or two so it absorbs the liquid, then scoop up.

Use shampoo to pre-treat shirt collars and cuffs before washing as usual. Brings them up like new

If you push a fine needle through the stem of a tulip to make a small hole exactly where the flower is attached it will prevent them drooping in the vase.

Use black tea to clean windows works like a treat

@tellmewhentheLangshiplandscoz I smear a line across my forehead, temple to temple.

Any tips for getting nail varnish off a leather sofa?

To get brown water marks out of toilets, remove all the water(I use a hairspray cap) and the last drops an old flannel or dry cloth. Do this last thing at night when hopefully it will not be used. Pour a whole bottle of white vinegar home bargains 79p down the loo and I leave the empty bottle in the loo so the family know I'm treating this toilet! in the morning
it will be gleaming clean and fresh. no scrubbing, odours or brown discolouring.