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 😂

If you get caught in the rain, does it make your hair thicker?!

@sladtheinkaler I use a tupperware box as a butter dish and hate cleaning it out, so I shall try this!

It's not a tip really it's just a product, but the thing I have found brilliant for tea stains on the sink is these sponges from Must Have Ideas. I'm not sure how they work, must be something to do with the wavy surface but you get them wet and they get the sink really clean. They also work on my vinyl kitchen flooring where nothing else has succeeded

The post about the bubble wrap bath blanket has blown my mind 😂 I’m now wondering why we don’t have baths with hinged, insulated lids that come down to keep the heat in (with a semicircle gap for our body/head to pop out of).

Use a scrubbing brush to clean shower screens and tiles in the bathroom, not a cloth. I got an Addis one with nylon bristles from Sainsburys. It doesn't scratch the tiles - it does clean the grout MUCH faster (like brushing your tiles teeth!), and makes cleaning the soap and water marks off the shower screen because no one could be arsed to squeegee a positive breeze.

I use Method Bathroom Spray and since starting, haven't seen any mould at all appear between cleans.

I was never in the Guides, but reading that I instantly feel like I could join NOW.
Either that, or the Chalet School on an expedition. I don't know when I'll next need to light a fire, maybe never, but by God I'm now armed with all the knowledge I need. Brilliant.

This sexy little beauty is a thing...

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Bathtub-Shutter-Style-Soaking-Keeping-Folding/dp/B0CTMMD7PP?th=1

Nothing makes me feel more capable than the facts that I can light a fire, and catch and gut a fish. Comforting in these darkening days.

Oh my god

My husband will happily stay in the bath for hours (I know). I'm feeling some research into bath insulators may save us a lot of hot water.

It's not a hack, but buy a small travel clothes steamer (I have the Tefal Pop), never iron again and works on delicate fabrics. I'm actually going to get rid of my ironing board.

Yes- we got the idea from holidays in Europe! We use 2 slightly smaller duvets (double duvets on a king size bed) so they still look nice layered on top of each other when the bed is "made". But I've seen single duvets side by side on a double bed, too.

I have a super king bed with two single duvets. A 15 tog for DH and a 4 tog for me. I don't really care what they look like but they sit alongside each other and I find they are big enough. An advantage of using single duvets is that most fit in the washing machine.

Not great on solid silver either..

At least no one seems to have suggested toothpaste yet (thank goodness)

If it hasn’t already been mentioned, then the best ‘hack’ I’ve ever been told was: when someone asks to borrow an item from you, take a picture of them holding it.

No more forgetting who borrowed my things several months later, and no more well-meaning friends telling me they never beheld that item before in their life, no sir, scout’s honour - because I now have the evidence of them posing for a picture with it!

For fellow sinusitis sufferers, reusable hand warmers are the perfect temperature to hold against your face to relieve sinus pain. Much less messy than hot flannels.

There'll be more squares going across than down, just count them

thank you! going to try this NOW

Not RTFT so don’t know if this gem has been mentioned. I have quite fine hair and I like to hold my fringe back with a thin hair grip. It tends to slide about so I’ve roughed up the grip with an emery board to improve the hold.

OMG -I've been telling people about this Generation Game programme for years. It used to be my job to change the beds with mum when we had sheets and blankets. Duvets then came in - I watched this programme and it made it all so much easier to change everyone's beds. IIRC they had chambermaids from the top hotels demonstrate it first.
I also used the technique for a student cleaning job in hotels in the 80's and use it to this day........

The European way is to use 2 single duvets. When you make the bed you fold each one in half through the middle, short ends together, and then place the two folded duvets next to each other on the bed. I’m not explaining it very well!

I learnt recently, that I can wash my fringe, without washing the rest of my barnet! Life changing 😆

Even better then put it in the night before and set the timer so it’s done just when you get up - then you can tumble dry while getting ready

I think the washing sheets are even better

Oh so it’s like putting a saucer on top of your cup to keep your coffee warm whilst eating your lunch.

Oh My God!! I have tried this tonight on 2 lunchboxes, and it works! Amazing, thank you