Clean it, Fix it…

What is ‘rubbing alcohol’ that was used on yesterdays programme? I’ve heard about it before but never worked out what it is or where to get it from. Is it like surgical spirit?

Ref white vinegar. Read somewhere that larger amounts can be bought in Wilcos. Also son got some for me from Amazon.
Also use a little toothpaste to clean/shine small silver objects and jewellery.
Oil plus bicarbonate mixed and put on glass where gungy label had been put on works . Leave on for a few minutes..
Hand sanitizer gel takes ball point from clothes/cloth.

My rice thingy. Shock horror: look how dirty my grouting is! I did make a mistake of shaking it to reactivate the smell and, having made the holes a bit big the rice went all over the place. I’m luck in that we do have a village handyman who will come out and do a day worth of little jobs. When you’ve used him a few times he’ll come out and do smaller jobs. He’s pretty much rebuilt my garden: in fact I looked round the house and garden the other day and realised how many jobs he’d done for me including putting up new fencing and replacing a shed roof. Next week he’s going to put up a bathroom cabinet and some shelves and move a BT wire. My cousin, when he retired, did similar work. It’s a case of finding someone by word of mouth. I never appreciated the fact that my ex could fix anything until he left!

Hellogirl1

My camera isn`t co-operating right now. The item is on the NRS website, it`s called the Hydrant bottle. It`s just the thing for Lynne, but I worry about the hygiene aspect.

I did look and I can see the problem but unfortunately don’t have a solution. I’ve always worried about how unhygienic those curly straws are the my grandchildren used to have.

PinkCosmos

Can anyone tell me how to make the rice and rosemary air freshener?

I just got a jam jar, filled it with some old rice and put a few drops of rosemary oil in it. I cut up some old cotton knickers to make the top. I save nice shaped glass jars anyway so it’s nice to find a use for them. You do have to add the oil quite frequently. I guess you could use pot pourri oil as well. I can’t believe I missed all of the previous series. I think the editing is very good.

Hellogirl a feeding tube cleaner is what you need for your daughter’s straw I think. You can buy them cheaply online, they are basically just long thin pipes with fibres on and a wire through the middle which makes them stiff, which will feed through the straw.
I watch this too, but retrospectively because the first few minutes is always the same spiel. Maxine has some really clever tips for cleaning I think, which save time.

Can anyone tell me how to make the rice and rosemary air freshener?

Purely by chance, I watched an episode of this programme this morning. I had never seen it before. It was the one with the single dad in a flat in London.

I liked the way the lady cleaning used mainly natural ingredients rather than bought products

I used to like Tommy Walsh when he was on TV years ago. He looks quite a bit thinner now.

I intend to watch more programmes as they give sensible, practical advice

My father was really good at DIY. My DH is rubbish at it, even though he has every tool going. I find this very frustrating. I do as much as I can myself but don't have confidence with a drill or with electrical stuff.

It is so hard to find a tradesman who is prepared to come out to do small jobs.

Gosh , I looked online , the tube is very long for my home spun ideas - sorry .x

Hellogirl1, would a fizzy Steradent tablet or Milton whoosh through the straw to clean it ? Or maybe a wire wrapped in thread like a homemade giant pipe cleaner then pulled through or maybe a bootlace threaded through ?

I’ll look it up. I’m just about to watch todays episode which I missed because I was watching Parliament….

My camera isn`t co-operating right now. The item is on the NRS website, it`s called the Hydrant bottle. It`s just the thing for Lynne, but I worry about the hygiene aspect.

Hellogirl1

It may seem trivial, but my disabled daughter has a drink bottle with a long, bendy plastic drinking tube, how do I clean the tube? Bottle brushes only go so far, so it`s clean for about 8" at each end, but the rest looks disgusting, despite me soaking it twice a day. I`ve written to the suppliers, NRS Medical supplies, but no reply.

Could you put a photo of it up? I’ve always wondered about things like that.

MerylStreep

MayBee70
I can’t be the only one who’s wondering how a toilet can get so dirty that it takes 2 hours to get clean.
If you clean a toilet every day there’s nothing to clean, if you see what I mean.

That was gross wasn’t it! I’m pleased with my new clean toilet, though. I don’t know why it’s always been smelly other than the fact that it was a nasty cheap one. I even tried shaving foam on it which I’d read about but that didn’t work. I didn’t realise about upvc windows having to be cleaned with something non abrasive though. I’ve made note of that because I’m having one fitted soon.

It may seem trivial, but my disabled daughter has a drink bottle with a long, bendy plastic drinking tube, how do I clean the tube? Bottle brushes only go so far, so it`s clean for about 8" at each end, but the rest looks disgusting, despite me soaking it twice a day. I`ve written to the suppliers, NRS Medical supplies, but no reply.

MayBee70
I can’t be the only one who’s wondering how a toilet can get so dirty that it takes 2 hours to get clean.
If you clean a toilet every day there’s nothing to clean, if you see what I mean.

I buy white vinegar in bulk from Amazon - it really is bulk, 4 x 5lt plastic containers. We buy 8 x 5lt and it lasts us most of the year for cleaning and a few other things.

I’ve got lots of essential oils that I’ve bought from Holland and Barrett over the years ( there was a recipe for something to help my hair from which, I think included rosemary, peppermint and something else and I use lavender in my bath). I just buy white vinegar from the supermarket but I’d buy it in bulk if I could. I can’t use conkers because they’re poisonous to dogs and my dog eats everything, the more dangerous the better! I washed a Hug Rug the other day, They’re supposed to be machine washable but this one was too big to put in the machine so I washed it in a tub and it was so hot it dried in the garden!

I once saw Maxine pressure wash a rug, something I'd also seen on YouTube but by someone in California. I didn't do it because our weather just wasn't hot enough to quickly dry the rug but I might give it a try now while it's hot - if I can get my pressure washer to work 🙄

Franbern

When I was in my house I always used conkers, freshly collected each year and liberally scattered around window cills and door entrances, and these definitely deterred most spiders from the house. Think Lakeland doe a chestnut anti-spider spray

Since I have lived in this flat (three and half years now), only ever seen two spiders. Perhaps it is because I am onthe first floor.

I find that if I get rid of all spiders, I get more flies. Actually prefer spiders to flys in the fly season.

Where do you buy the essential oils?
Do you buy white vinegar in bulk? If so, where from please?

I’ve just realised that I thought Maxine was called Lorraine. Where did I get that name from?

When I was in my house I always used conkers, freshly collected each year and liberally scattered around window cills and door entrances, and these definitely deterred most spiders from the house. Think Lakeland doe a chestnut anti-spider spray

Since I have lived in this flat (three and half years now), only ever seen two spiders. Perhaps it is because I am onthe first floor.

I love everything about it. I’m someone that has a junk filled cluttered house but I’ve always been obsessed with keeping the parts that other people don’t see clean and organised! The living room can be a mess but I’ll go and clean my cutlery drawer or put my cd’s or dvd’s in order! I like the dynamic between the three presenters as well: it wasn’t as good when Tommy wasn’t on the programme last week. I’ve always saved spray bottles that have contained anti bacterial etc and I’m going to use them for Lorraine’s tips eg using peppermint oil to deter spiders. I had a house fly on my compost caddy the other day and realised it was laying eggs which was a bit gross (it was because I’d had the back door open): the contents were in a green bag but the fly didn’t realise that because she could smell what was in it, but I’ve realised I can put some rosemary or peppermint oil on the carbon filter.

It is one of the programmes I have got ready to watch.
Have watched a few episodes but plan to watch more.