Unexpected life hacks you stumbled across

[Janboree]

I’ve just discovered that my body mist cleans my spectacles brilliantly. As good as my opticians cleaning spray and a lot cheaper. Added bonus it makes my glasses smell nice too and I didn’t like the smell of the glasses spray. I only used it as it was to hand and my other spray had run out.
Have other mumsnetters stumbled across any life hacks unexpectedly?

To find a whole new wardrobe of clothes turn the ironing pile over.

Tie microfibre cloths over your shoes and dance in the kitchen to clean the floor.

If you get beetroot juice on your clothes, tablecloth (if anyone still uses these) etc rub salt into the stain and it will wash out. My mum’s tip.

Someone on another forum shared this - open painkiller boxes the end that doesnt have the date in- should avoid getting the end that has the leaflet wrapped around it

A friend told me she uses hand sanitiser to cure athlete’s foot. Luckily not had to try it myself.

@OvenChick I have been told that if you microwave a butternut squash for a few minutes it makes it very easy to peel. I have not tried this myself.

I keep hair bobbles and sellotape in the kitchen to reveal packets and hold them closed. Especially pasta.

In my defense I had re-typed that bit so many times trying to describe what I meant, but it is rather a good one isn't it😂

Yes or you can use a teaspoon to do the same thing.

😁 made us smile!

Baby oil easily removes chewing gum from hair

Glad to have been of service 😁

Thanks P John.

Oh no! That must have been very panic inducing.

That's got to be one of life's great mysteries?
Why is is easy to take something apart
But not to put back together.

My laundry basket for carrying wet washing into the garden lives in the kitchen, so I use clothes pegs for the same thing - and they're right there!

We finish our bottles of wine, so I put 1tbsp apple cider vinegar, 2tbsp water and a drop of washing up liquid in a jamjar next to the fruit bowl and that does the same job.

Which way? Against the segs or with them?

Against them. So around the equator, rather than north to south.

This has the added benefit of pre-cutting them in half too. It's so beautiful I can't believe I didn't know about it for 4 decades

make a paste of bicarbonate of soda and washing up liquid and paint thickly onto grease marks on clothes, leave for a bit then run through the machine on a normal wash. Works an absolute treat.

To stop eggshell from cracking make a pinprick hole in one end using....a pin!
Then put the egg(s) in cold water in a pan and bring it up to the boil. Then put a lid on the pan and switch off the heat. Leave for ten minutes before rinsing in cold water: perfect hard boiled eggs.

And also works to remove odours from stinky trainers/shoes/boots. Spray liberally inside and leave to dry fully The alcohol kills any bacteria/fungi and the effects last ages. Use at least 70% isopropyl alcohol.

Tell them it's called "Toad in the Hole" and let them use Google translate....

That's my tried and tested method also. Except I don't pinprick the eggs and leave for 9 minutes after turning the heat off. Never fails.

I suspect it depends slightly on the size of your eggs.

I make a quick version of egg mayo by cracking the eggs in a non stick pan, mixing them with a spatula similar to scrambling, leave them on the heat a tad longer than I would for soft scrambled. Put on cold plate, cool down completely. Tip into bowl and add mayo, spring onions etc. mix with fork. Done in under ten minutes and no boiling, cooling down under running cold water, shell removal, mashing etc.

I prefer it that way myself as I'm not a lover of hard cooked egg white. This way it's all mixed up and end up mostly yolky! Just my method..