Home Tips

*While washing silk sarees add a little lemon juice. The colour won't fade and it will give a glossy finish.

*Cleaning the furniture with shoe polish will lend an excellent sheen to it

*Apply some wax or soap on the sides of the drawer for easy movement.

*The furniture becomes more shiny if it is cleaned with mixture of olive oil and vinegar.

*The gold will become more brighter if it is cleaned in pumpkin juice.

*To remove the stain of wine from cloth clean that portion with the cloth dipped in soda.

*To remove the stain of henna from the cloth, dip the cloth in warm milk for half an hour and wash with soap.

*To remove ink stain from clothes, rub the area with a cotton bud soaked in eau-de-cologne.

*To remove stains from utensils, add bleaching powder in a tub of water and dip the utensils before washing with detergent.

*To keep a vaccum flask clean and odour free, fill up half the flask with vinegar, hot water and pieces of egg shell.

*If two stamps stick together, keep it in a freezer for some time and peal them out.

*Vinegar is an excellent cleanser for glassware.

*To prevent silver fish from attacking your clothes, keep a few 'kalonji' seeds tied in a muslin cloth in your cupboard.

*Soak your silver articles in tamarind water for 30 minutes and wash off with fresh water, if you want them to shine like new.

*To remove mud and mud strains from clothes, rub the affected area with potato stock and wash it with water.

*To remove the tea stains from the vessels, take some water and add 2 teaspoon sodium bicarbonate and boil it. After some time, wash the vessel with detergent.

*To remove lipstick stain, apply Vaseline on that portion and wash it with soap after some time.

*To sharpen a sewing machine needle, stitch through a piece of sand paper.

*Keep the water in your flower vase odourless for along time put a piece of charcoal in it.

*Rub toothpaste over the fine scratches on glassware. It acts as a slight abrasive and smoothens out the area.

*Soften hardened shoe polish with a few drops of white spirit.

*Instead of scratching off candle wax from an object, hold the object close to a flame or some source of heat for a few seconds till the wax melts away.

*'Agarbatti.' ash can be used to clean silver and brass articles.

*In order to keep away the termites and insects from your bookshelves, keep few pieces of sandalwood.

*Hardened glue becomes soft and useable again if you add some glycerin and warm water to it .

*To remove the stains from white foot wear, soak a small cotton wool in nail polish remover and rub briskly on your foot wear.

*Use a few drops of after shave lotion to get rid of a stubborn dirt from shoes.

*Clean the silverware with dry ash or common salt for shiny appearance.

*Put some bits of lemon peels in the pressure cooker while cooking, the cooker will remain white inside.

*To remove the chewing-gum stuck to the floor, clean it with a little kerosene or ice cube.

*To remove stains from vessels, rub it with a wet cloth dipped in baking soda.

*To remove stains from brassware dip it in tamarind water for some time and wash it and then polish it using brasso.

*To remove tea or coffee stains from steel cups clean it with salt water.

*To clean non stick pans easily, pour some warm water into it and keep it for some time and then wash it with any detergent.

*To remove the smell of masala form mixi, put few pieces of dry bread and powder it.