Please or to access all these features

Housekeeping

Find cleaning advice from other Mumsnetters on our Housekeeping forum.

Tell me your tips (I hate the word hacks)

9 replies

beebee25 · 19/04/2026 20:07

So I only have two sadly which is why I need more.. put HP sauce in cottage or shepherds pie and wear red underwear under white clothing

OP posts:
Tortephant · 19/04/2026 20:08

Surely you mean Worcester sauce and Nude.

beebee25 · 19/04/2026 20:12

No.. as well as the Worcestershire sauce add HP sauce. I've got a white top on today and a red bra and it is invisible. Something to do with the tone of your skin. I asked my partner what colour bra he thought i was wearing and he said nude and couldn't believe I had a bright red bra on!

OP posts:
Turnitoffnonagain · 19/04/2026 20:19

I put HP sauce on my cottage pie before I eat it. Have I been doing it wrong?

My tip is to clean your windows with a soapy cloth, the put a rolled up towel on the bottom and squeegie them dry. (I don't have a special window steam cleaner thing, sadly).

Tortephant · 20/04/2026 08:51

Why would you put HP Sauce, which is sweet, on a savoury dish?
Why would you put HP sauce, which is tomato based, on a dish that is designed to be earthy and not fruity?
Don't get at all, sorry. Are you somebody that likes all their meals to taste the same so no matter what it is always use this?

Nat6999 · 20/09/2026 05:36

Tomato ketchup to clean brass.

MissMarplesGoddaughter · 20/09/2026 05:51

Before having a long chatty telephone conversation at home, dampen a couple of e cloths. Then as you chat, wipe down paintwork, around light switches, cupboard doors etc it’s amazing how much gets done.

BatshitCrazyWoman · 20/09/2026 05:55

beebee25 · 19/04/2026 20:12

No.. as well as the Worcestershire sauce add HP sauce. I've got a white top on today and a red bra and it is invisible. Something to do with the tone of your skin. I asked my partner what colour bra he thought i was wearing and he said nude and couldn't believe I had a bright red bra on!

I also wear red, or pink, under white clothes. I cannot abide that horrible beige-y cardboard colour. It works for me!

WarriorN · 20/09/2026 05:58

MissMarplesGoddaughter · 20/09/2026 05:51

Before having a long chatty telephone conversation at home, dampen a couple of e cloths. Then as you chat, wipe down paintwork, around light switches, cupboard doors etc it’s amazing how much gets done.

Now that’s a good tip!

Mine is ikea bags for laundry.

WarriorN · 20/09/2026 05:59

I’ve very recently worked out the pink and red thing too.

New posts on this thread. Refresh page