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What's the best home cleaning tip you've learned?

(23 Posts)
Silvershadow Fri 17-Jul-26 14:38:19

Bar Keepers Friend is the answer for stainless steel sinks. Somebody on here recommended it once, I bought it and it was every bit as good as she said it was. I also bleach the sink out every weekend with a scourer pad.

NotAGran55 Fri 17-Jul-26 14:36:24

Watch a man do it.

AuntieE Fri 17-Jul-26 14:36:05

Put things back where they belong when you have finished using them.

Or in Grandma's words, "Have a place for everything, and everything in its place."

This saves time, prevents stress, and makes it unnecessary to run around like a hen with its head off tidying up just before the visitors arrive.

Cossy Fri 17-Jul-26 14:34:37

kittylester

Get a cleaner

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Cossy Fri 17-Jul-26 14:33:22

BlueBelle

Read a book, play a game, do a jigsaw watch TV 🤣🤣🤣

Exactly my thoughts 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Gwyllt Fri 17-Jul-26 14:33:08

My stainless steel sink gets everything down it including unsupervised builders never used anything other than dishwasher. Not a stain to be seen and it must be at least twenty years old. It is scratched though but just taken on a mat finish

MayBee70 Fri 17-Jul-26 14:31:16

butterandjam

loopyloo

Seriously though, what's the best thing with which to clean a stainless steel sink?

If you haven't worked that out by now, it probably doesn't matter.

Not a very nice response to a genuine question? Imo I don’t understand why people respond to threads that they obviously have no interest in sad.

loopyloo Fri 17-Jul-26 14:28:55

Butter and Jam.
I live in hope that a new better solution becomes available!

Gran22boys Fri 17-Jul-26 14:24:45

Soda crystals dissolved in hot water cuts grease. I use it to clean brushes. Works a treat.

nanna8 Fri 17-Jul-26 13:59:56

Oh and ants don’t like disinfectant if you follow their trails with it - poof, they disappear.

nanna8 Fri 17-Jul-26 13:58:25

Buy stainless steel cleaner, spray it on and wipe it off. Good for fridges,too.

butterandjam Fri 17-Jul-26 13:56:59

loopyloo

Seriously though, what's the best thing with which to clean a stainless steel sink?

If you haven't worked that out by now, it probably doesn't matter.

MayBee70 Fri 17-Jul-26 13:41:45

Dylis

Not owning an iron.
Smooth and fold when getting off the line. Put shirts on a hanger and hang straight not the line.
My lovely neighbour showed me how to do this many years ago.

I put everything in the tumble dryer for just a few minutes then hang them up. If clothes are creased from packing I hang them in the bathroom and run a bath of hot water. I haven't ironed anything for years either.

kittylester Fri 17-Jul-26 12:51:01

Get a cleaner

Smileless2012 Fri 17-Jul-26 12:42:43

Bicarbonate of soda works well loopyloo.

loopyloo Fri 17-Jul-26 12:34:55

Seriously though, what's the best thing with which to clean a stainless steel sink?

Shinamae Fri 17-Jul-26 12:29:43

Dylis

Not owning an iron.
Smooth and fold when getting off the line. Put shirts on a hanger and hang straight not the line.
My lovely neighbour showed me how to do this many years ago.

This is exactly me…

Astitchintime Fri 17-Jul-26 12:28:22

Meet friends for coffee/lunch/afternoon tea………if I’m not there to make a mess it won’t get any worse will it?

Dylis Fri 17-Jul-26 12:28:19

Not owning an iron.
Smooth and fold when getting off the line. Put shirts on a hanger and hang straight not the line.
My lovely neighbour showed me how to do this many years ago.

Jaxjacky Fri 17-Jul-26 12:24:02

Remove glasses.

henetha Fri 17-Jul-26 12:20:23

After four years the dust doesn't get any worse. Quentin Crisp.

BlueBelle Fri 17-Jul-26 12:19:04

Read a book, play a game, do a jigsaw watch TV 🤣🤣🤣

hazelrosed Fri 17-Jul-26 12:12:46

Everyone seems to have one cleaning trick that makes life easier. What's your favorite tip or hack that actually works and saves time?