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 😂

Does your washing machine not have a Delay Start or similar where you programme in the time you want your washing to be finished, then switch it on the night before and it will automatically start itself so that your washing is finished at X o’clock? All mine have had that and I find it very useful.

Can I ask what type of paint you used please?

Same principle but we use a hairdryer. The rings disappear from our coffee table like magic!

Opening jars - give the side of the lid a sharp thwack with a wooden spoon

They won’t go smelly within one day.

I use the timer on my machine. We’re on cheaper night time electric tariff.
Ready to hang up when I get up in the morning.

@Lougle so the milk is left out of the fridge overnight? Is that….ok?

Put the duvet cover sheet and pillow cases inside one pillow case so its all together ive done it for years just means you grab one "package" and everything is in it ready to make the bed

I've never understood this quilt in pillowcase thing.

I fold my kingsize quilt cover and when I'm on the last fold, I put in the pillowcases and it's done.

I use any colour sheets so they don't go inside.

Or you can just make overnight oats and mix leave in the fridge soaking with milk, then it requires no cooking at all.

I use a rubber glove on stairs too, great for dog hair, I think that was an Aggie and Kim tip!

Mine is if you have glass or a mirror that has a sticker stuck on it, rub some olive oil over the sticker & it will miraculously be easy to remove!
My original favourite hack was taught to me by my mother: if you spill candle wax on your clothes, put a piece of paper bag over the wax stain, iron on top of it, and the wax will magically transfer to the paper bag! However I no longer really encounter candle wax as often as I used to. Nor irons. Still, maybe a tip for the holiday season.

Does this work with old oil stains?? Just noticed some on a favourite top 😩

Oh no, I put it in the fridge and then heat it up in the morning. It's no different to using milk from the fridge in the porridge in terms of milk heating speed but because the oats have soaked up the milk overnight, it's much quicker to turn into porridge.

I like it warm.

My sheets get all mixed up and separated in the airing cupboard so I can never find matching pillow cases to duvet covers etc. unless I keep the whole set packed neatly together in one pillow case.

Or just the morning before so it's finished by the night? 😁

Niche for teachers. Child scribbled all over my whiteboard with a sharpie. Tried everything to remove in a blind panic. Colouring over it with a whiteboard pen worked! Just came straight off.

Should black mould marks ever appear on the grouting or sealant around the bath/shower, make up a paste of bleach and bicarbonate of soda. Dip in shredded lengths of cotton wool. Place sodden cotton wool strip along length of sealant or grouting to be treated and leave overnight or 24 hours (depending how bad it is & make sure everyone knows to avoid it, so it doesn't get on their clothes etc). When you peel cotton wool off miraculously it is all white underneath! (best to patch test just incase first).

I put hot water from the kettle that makes my morning cuppa into rolled oats. They are ready when I get back from walking my dog an hour later.

Mine is that you can unstuck a picture from a glass by putting it into a freezer for a couple of hours! Worked with some old family photos just fine.

I’d try it. Put washing up liquid on the stain & really work it in. (If not delicate, I then pour really hot water on to the area & rub, or brush with stiff brush, like on jeans) spray with stain remover, Then put liquid laundry soap directly on the stain & wash as hot as fabric allows

If you get tomato stains on clothes, wash as usual & dry in full sunlight, stains disappear

I think 'hack' is just a new name for a tip. I agree with your tip but I'm glad I sleep alone in my standard double bed with a double duvet. I couldn't cope if I had to wrestle with anything bigger!

if you have fairly low tog single duvets you can wash them in their covers, they don't tend to come loose I've found.

Nice one!