What hack has blown your mind?

[MindblownMia]

On the weekend I burnt some black felt onto my iron and it was impossible to get off. I tried spraying it with cleaner, scrubbing it with a sponge and scraping it when hot but nothing worked.

I was about to give up when I learnt that if you pick up a piece of paracetamol or ibuprofen with some tweezers and then wipe it all over the hot iron, the marks literally disappear.

My mind has been blown.

My mind was also blown when I learnt on Mumsnet that the stripes on a super king duvet go horizontally not vertically 🤣 I just thought none of my duvet covers fit 💀

What other things like this have blown peoples minds? I can’t keep living without all these amazing hacks 😂

NEVER do this on silver plate, only solid silver (I guess). Disaster 😣

I don’t know why this makes me feel so uncomfortable, but I definitely couldn’t do this!

Glad it’s not just me😂

I do this. With scissors

ooh - a metahack combining the bean tip AND scissors-for-everything tip upthread. Beautiful ❤️

It looks like it takes two though. Gonna try next time.

Oh I have a lighting fires hack too... Assuming you use logs:

• Place two logs horizontally across the bottom of your grate, with the bark edge of one facing you and the other with its back to the back of the fire - so it creates a valley between the two logs
• Put a firelighter at either end of the valley, each one poking a tiny bit over the end of each log so you can see it when you come to light it
• Lay kindling vertically across the gap between the two logs, like you're laying a train track. It will bridge the gap.
• Now lay kindling the other way across - you normally need two rows
• Put a third log on top
• Light each firelighter.

I have never had a fire do anything other than get off to a roaring start - it heats the chimney superfast and starts drawing the smoke up, rather than the horrible smoky starts you can get. No need for newspaper.

Someone bought me this but I have tried and tried and can't work it

I wear my peg bag. It's always exactly where I need it. 😋

That one changed my life and the tidiness of my airing cupboard, just grab a ready filled and sorted pillow case on the dreaded bed changing day, makes a tedious task so much more straightforward

So weird that people are worried about losing their stuff but not burning in their beds!

There is a video of Jamie Oliver doing this partway down this article. By the look on his face when he was sucessful I don't think he believed it would work ....

https://www.devonlive.com/news/real-life/jamie-oliver-blown-away-easy-10009563

Use a paint heat gun up the chimney on a cold day before you light the fire-warms up the chimney and you don’t get smoke billowing in the room.

Same here. The powder goes into the drum, never the dispenser. My washing machines used to get mouldy and smelly despite cleaning. The current one is as fresh as when it was new.

Also instead of using fabric conditioner put a squirt of white vinegar in the drawer. It does the same thing, prevents static and helps keep limescale at bay.

😂😂😂

Try 'pink stuff' or 'bar Keepers friend', both of these get some ghastly stains out of our white quartz worktop...

No need to whack a jar, just lever athe bottle opener on a tin opener under the lid and gently lift-the ffft means the vacuum is broken and the lid will turn easily.

A dehumidifier keeps the room warm for longer/using scissors for ‘chopping’ coriander and other herbs, ironing school shirts from wet gives them dry cleaner finish/feel, adding ground nuts to sauces to up the kids protein intake without forcing them to nibble on nuts, using coconut oil as a body moisturiser, that the Costco washing up liquid is the same if not better than Fairy liquid and the 5L gallon is so much cheaper

This could be life changing! If only someone else transferred it to the airer/put it all away when dry……. 🤔

This 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 I hate this 'hack' nonsense with a passion! While we're at it, can we go back to saying 'series' instead of 'season' too. Thank you 👍🏻

Can we also say "I feel for you" instead of "I feel you".

This is brilliant 👏🏻 I have a mental image of a Wallace and Gromit type set up here... Can he arrange it so it goes straight into the machine then back into your drawers when done? And something that makes your morning toast and slides you straight into a pair of trousers too? 😁😁💙

@Bulletproofmama2021 and @Seaside3 thank you so much. Which “pink stuff” do I choose? There seems to be various types.

@BluntAzureDreamerI think those modifications are beyond his abilities but it would be cool if he could. 😂

I don't own an iron because I still think humans are stupid for inventing the whole concept of ironing and fabrics that need ironing in the first place. But on the rare occasion I stumble across something that needs ironing - I only have three things I use - I just use my hair straighteners - done in a flash, particularly when it comes to the collars of shirts.