Tips from experienced housewives. Useful tips and tricks for putting things in order at home. Caring for glassware and crystal

Even if we know everything about housekeeping and cooking, we never miss an opportunity to learn something else. these tips are a note to the hostess who wants and can become perfect!

1. If you did not remove the foam from the broth in time and it sank to the bottom, pour a glass of water into the pan. The foam will rise and can be removed.
2. Do not put any seasonings in chicken broth, only onions and carrots. Otherwise, it will lose its taste.
3. Never leave bay leaves in your soup. It is good when boiled, and then only spoils the taste.
4. Chops will be softer if 1 - 2 hours before frying, grease them with a mixture of vinegar and vegetable oil. Do the same with grilled meat.
5. To prepare delicious juicy cutlets, add equally finely chopped raw and lightly fried onions and a little raw potatoes to the minced meat.
6. The fire should be strong for the first minute of frying cutlets so that the crust seizes and prevents the juice from flowing out. But then you need to bring the fire to medium and, turning the cutlets, increase it again for half a minute.
7. The fish will not fall apart and acquire a golden crust, if 10-15 minutes before frying it is wiped with a towel and immediately salted.
8. A few fresh chanterelles added to any soup will make it tastier. Mushrooms in dishes are tastier, the finer they are cut.
9. Stir the grated raw potatoes immediately with a little milk, otherwise it will turn blue.
10. Old potatoes will become tastier if you add a spoonful of vinegar, 2-3 cloves of garlic and bay leaf during cooking, or boil them in broth. The older the potatoes, the more water is required.
11. Mashed potatoes are best beaten by hand. Whipped in a mixer becomes lush, but quickly loses its taste.
12. Yeast dough will be soft and airy if you add cooled boiled potatoes, grated on a fine grater.
13. Butter does not darken during frying if the hot frying pan is pre-lubricated with vegetable oil.
14. The dough will rise faster if you stick a few sticks of tubular pasta into it. 15. To get a light and fluffy cream, when whipping with a whisk, you need to describe eights and from time to time circles along the walls of the dish.
16. Products from unleavened dough will be crumbly, airy, if you add a spoonful of cognac to the dough.
17. If you want the beans not to darken when cooked, cook them in an open pan.
18. Sprinkle the bottom of the pan lightly with salt before frying to avoid splashing oil.
19. In a sauerkraut salad, instead of apples, you can put slices of oranges or tangerines.
20. Vegetable oil should be added to the salad only after the salad has been salted, vinegar and pepper have been added (salt does not dissolve in oil).
21. Salad with mayonnaise and vinaigrette will get a particularly pleasant taste if you put a lemon peel in them for a while before serving.
22. If you want the vinaigrette to acquire a delicate and pleasant taste, pour a tablespoon of milk into it and pour a teaspoon of granulated sugar.
23. To obtain a clear meat broth during cooking, put washed eggshells into it. Ready broth should be filtered.
24. A decoction of onion peels can be used to color broths. This increases their nutritional value, enriches them with vitamins and improves their appearance.
25. An old chicken will cook faster if, after it has been cooked for 20-30 minutes, immerse it for 5-6 minutes in cold water.
26. So that the meat does not burn and does not become dry, a vessel with water is placed in the oven.
27. To eliminate the strong smell when frying fish, put 1 raw potato, peeled and cut into slices, in vegetable oil.
28. To quickly cool the hot compote, you need to put the pan with it in another, large bowl, fill it with cold water and pour a little coarse salt into the water.
29. When preparing jelly, diluted starch should not be poured into the middle of the pan, but closer to its walls.

Use vinegar for cleaning

Vinegar can be used only in the kitchen. He can also serve when cleaning the house. If you add vinegar to water that you wipe the furniture dust does not appear for a long time. BUT furniture after such processing also glitters.

Getting rid of excess odors in the refrigerator and in the kitchen

A very effective way to get rid of smell in the refrigerator glass you need to pour soda and put in the refrigerator. On the the next day the smell will disappear. Checked on own experience! From the smell to kitchen: you need to boil the milk and throw some cinnamon in there. There will be a wonderful aroma at home.

Pipe blockage prevention

For 3 liters of boiling water, add 3 tbsp. spoons of soda ash, stir and pour into the riser, you can also into the drain hole of the sink. This method perfectly dissolves the "fat" build-up in the pipes.

Lemon against scale

How to clean the kettle from scale? Easily! You need to pour citric acid into the kettle and boil several times. Scale can be easily removed with a dishcloth.

Wash glass without streaks

Wash the glass with clean water, then dry cloth pour about a tablespoon of hydrogen peroxide (sold in pharmacy), wipe the glass, then wipe dry with a clean cloth. All! Simple, fast and very clean. So clean that it seems like glass in no frame. You can also use the "old-fashioned way": wash the glass with clean water, and then prot e wipe dry with crumpled newspapers. No costs, no allergies.

Restoring kitchen cabinetry

The corners of the oilcloth are always twisted, and this is ugly. From the inside, you can stick a piece of wide double-sided tape. Approximately 3 × 3 cm in size. And that's it, the corners are no longer twisted. So that the oilcloth does not crack, from time to time it is rubbed with a mixture of vinegar and milk.

Getting rid of spots with using soda

You need to take soda ash and laundry soap and boil this thing. There will be no trace of grease stains.

We clean jewelry

To make gold jewelry shine and looked more elegant, take 0.5 l of water, 20 drops of ammonia, 1 h. l. soda or liquid soap and boil in decoration solution 3 minutes. Then rinse well.

Removing stains from greens

It is quite difficult to remove a green stain, but it is possible. Sprinkle the stain from brilliant green with soda, then pour with vinegar and, while the reaction is underway, rinse the solution thoroughly.

Removing sticky labels from new things

Now many things (a frying pan, a kettle, a cutting board, a double-glazed window in plastic frames) have self-adhesive labels that are difficult to remove. Lubricate them with vegetable oil and remove them easily in a day.

Remove stains from oil paint

The paint hardens quickly, so you need to act immediately. Scrape off the paint as much as possible. Mix equal amounts of turpentine and ammonia solution. Rub this mixture into the stain. Apply the mixture each time with a clean piece of cloth so as not to contaminate the item. Rinse well.

An easy way to clean a cast iron battery

To wash and To paint cast iron batteries, use a used toothbrush. Slits are painted over with a brush badly, and brushed well.

Remedy cockroaches

Two tablespoons of boric acid, one raw yolk, 1 medium boiled potato, 1 tablespoon of vegetable oil. Mix everything well, roll into balls and spread in places where cockroaches accumulate. After some time, the procedure can be repeated. Keep out of the reach of children and animals.

Getting rid of fungus with using potassium permanganate

If in a fungus has appeared in the cellar, try using this advice. Needs to be bred in water potassium permanganate (the solution must be saturated) and lubricate. If you use potassium permanganate, then the fungus will go away.

Getting rid of the smell in the washing machine

So that the smell does not appear in the washing machine, once a month we put the wash on the “boiling” mode with the addition of the following solution: for 1 liter of water - 1 tablespoon of vinegar (70%) and 1 sachet of citric acid (you can without it). We drive away without underwear.

How to remove marks from adhesive tape

On furniture (chipboard) they can be removed with alcohol, no traces remain. Take a cotton pad soaked in alcohol and rub until completely removed. On plastic windows (and any plastic surface), baking soda will help remove marks. Pour a little soda on a cotton pad well moistened with water and rub it. Everything is easy to remove!

Getting rid of paint smell

Put in water sliced onion rings.A few hours later in A freshly painted room will stop smelling like paint!

What to do in order to jar with no paint film formed

If after painting work in jar left paint, then, so as not to a film has formed, you need to close the jar with a lid, turn it over on the few seconds. Filling all the gaps and by blocking the access of air, the paint inside will remain, and film does not form.

How to stir paint open jar

During painting work in an open can is difficult to stir the stagnant paint. Do in cap a small hole, insert into him a curved rod, holding its upper end in drill chuck. a few minutes and the paint is mixed.

These useful tips will come in handy for every housewife when preparing various dishes.

If the soup is too salty, a piece of sugar is dipped into it on a spoon. As soon as the sugar begins to dissolve, the spoon is removed - the sugar absorbs the excess salt. You can also wrap some flour or rice in a rag and boil it in the soup. Flour and rice also absorb salt. You can put a raw whole potato in the soup, and take it out after a few minutes.

To prevent the cookies from burning, sprinkle some salt under the molds.

To avoid lumps, dilute the flour for pancakes and sauces in salted water.

To keep the cheese from drying out, wrap it in a clean cloth soaked in salt water.

The food that you are steaming will cook faster if you add salt to the water in which the pan is standing.

When cleaning slippery fish, dip your fingers into the salt - this will make your work easier.

To keep the salt dry, put some rice grains in it.

It is best to store an opened bottle of mineral water, well corked, upside down. Water will retain gas and freshness longer.

To prevent cabbage rolls from burning in the pan during stewing, put a lid of a smaller diameter than the pan with the handle up on the bottom of the pan. Lay cabbage leaves on the lid, and cabbage rolls on them.

Grease the grater on which you are going to grate the cheese with vegetable oil. From this, the cheese will not stick together, and the grater is easier to wash.

Poultry is plucked from top to bottom, and forest birds are plucked from bottom to top.

Not only a knife, but also a grater is suitable for removing fish scales.

It is much more convenient to remove the scales if you lower the fish under water. Then the scales do not scatter to the sides and do not stain anything around.

If during cooking several times add a little cold water, the fish will be tastier.

Soaking in vinegar, kvass, sour milk, cucumber, cabbage or beetroot brine is a reliable way to soften tough meat.

To get a beautiful fried crust, you need to grease the entire surface of raw meat with vegetable oil.

If flat pieces of meat are rolled up, they will fry more evenly.

If the yolks whipped to prepare the dough are salted, then the finished products will acquire a pleasant yellow color.

Semolina will be tender and lump-free if you wash the grits in several waters. Milk will not "run away" if the edges of the pan are greased.

And to make the milk boil faster, you can put a little sugar in it.

Do you want to make raisin dough? Rinse the raisins in hot water, and then sprinkle with flour. Then the raisins are evenly distributed in the dough.

If the yeast dough has come up, and you don’t have time to immediately cut it and bake it so that it doesn’t fit anymore, cover it with well-moistened paper, just shake it off the water first.

If you add a little milk to sour cream, it will not curdle in the gravy.

Proteins whip better if they are pre-cooled, and yolks are more quickly rubbed if they are heated. Rice will be white and crumbly if citric acid crystals are added to the water.

The broth will be tastier if the meat is held in a hot oven before cooking.

To get a clear broth with dumplings, they need to be dipped in hot water for a few seconds to wash off the flour, and then transferred to a boiling broth.

Milk will not turn sour if you put a leaf of horseradish in it.

So that the peeled apples do not darken, you need to dip them in slightly salted cold water.

To quickly whip foam or cream, add a pinch of salt to protein or cream.

The larger the vegetables are cut, the less nutrients they lose during cooking.

The beans will become tastier and more nutritious if the water is drained immediately after boiling, then pour cold water and add 3 tablespoons of vegetable oil to it.

Beets are cooked for a very long time - 3-3.5 hours. And you can cook it for only an hour, then remove from heat and put for 10 minutes under a stream of cold water. The candle will be ready.

So that the pieces of fish do not fall apart during frying, you need to salt them, roll in flour and let them lie down for 10-15 minutes, then put them in a frying pan in hot oil.

Put the frozen fish in a plastic bag, tie it up and put it in warm water. The fish will thaw faster than just at room temperature.

Boiled potatoes will turn out snow-white if you add a little lemon juice to the water.

Onions will turn golden and tastier if you sprinkle them with powdered sugar when frying.

A piece of bread placed in a pot in which cabbage is boiled will absorb an unpleasant odor.

If the mayonnaise starts to sour, add a spoonful of cold water to it.

If the potatoes are cooked in their “uniform”, pierce the skin in several places - it will not crumble.

Fried potatoes will get a piquant taste if you add 1 teaspoon of mustard to it during cooking.

Sprinkle the chicken, duck or turkey with salt water 10 minutes before the end of frying to keep the roasted bird crispy.

To grind boiled potatoes, it is better to use not a meat grinder, but a hair sieve.

Unpleasant sensations are caused by an onion smell in the mouth. Drink some milk - it will disappear.

To prevent the soup with homemade noodles from turning cloudy, dip the noodles for a minute in hot water and discard on a sieve, and then put in the broth and cook until tender. The same advice can be given regarding rice soup: put the washed rice in boiling water for 3-5 minutes, put it on a sieve, and then pour it into the broth.

If you boil eggs over high heat, the protein becomes hard, and the yolk becomes softer. And if you cook over low heat, the yolk will become hard, and the protein will remain loose. Therefore, it is better to cook eggs on moderate heat.

To prevent the eggs from cracking during cooking, pour a little salt into the water or put them in a pot of cold water and boil over moderate heat.

If you need only protein, and the yolk needs to be stored for several days, you should pierce the egg with a needle from both sides - the protein will flow out, and the yolk will remain in the shell.

The acid dries out the layers of dough during baking, and the sour cream gives the products a delicate taste and makes the biscuits crispy.

If the cake is difficult to separate from the baking sheet, you need to hold the baking sheet over the steam or put it for a few seconds in cold water, poured into a shallow bowl.

If it is not possible to open a glass jar with canned food, it is dipped for several minutes with a lid down in hot water, after which the jar opens easily.

If you are tormented by barley, take a spoon with a metal handle - and as soon as the eye starts to itch, slide along the edge of the eyelid 3 times back and forth.

If you cut your finger and you don't have hydrogen peroxide or other necessary means to stop the bleeding, sprinkle sugar on the wound, the bleeding will stop immediately.

Children often bump and fall. To reduce pain and bruising from a bruise, immediately apply a wet piece of newspaper crumpled in your fist to the bruise.

You can make an ointment for burns. Take a tin jar and melt an ordinary wax candle there, and add 2 tbsp. spoons of sunflower oil. Cool and lubricate the burn.

So that the refrigerator door seal does not wear out and does not allow heat to pass through, it must be handled with care. Clean the rubber from time to time with warm soapy water. After that, wipe dry and sprinkle with talc or starch.

In order not to take soap with you on the road, you can prepare sheets of soap paper for one-time use in advance: soak porous wrapping paper with shampoo or liquid soap, dry, cut into small napkins.

Bad odors in your kitchen sink drain are easy to fix. At least once a week, flush the pipe with a boiling solution of 2 tbsp. tablespoons of soda ash per 1 liter of water.

Mildew odor can be removed from wooden utensils by washing them with vinegar and water and then with soap and water.

Do not pour out the water in which the jacket potatoes were boiled. It will wash glass, earthenware and earthenware well.

Don't throw away raw potato peels. Chop them finely, mix with hot water, vinegar and salt. Get an excellent tool for washing bottles, decanters.

A strong salt solution will help clean frozen window panes.

A dull knife is easier to sharpen if you hold the blade in a weak saline solution for half an hour.

The smell of oil paint, which is kept in the apartment after the repair, will quickly disappear if you put plates of salt in several places.

Car windows will not fog up if they are wiped with wet salt wrapped in gauze.

Do not throw away the water in which the vegetables have been boiled. Cool and pour indoor flowers with this decoction.

So that the edges of the carpet lying on the floor do not bend or fray, take BF-6 glue and glue a 20 mm wide braid around the entire perimeter on the back of the carpet. This simple operation will greatly extend the life of your carpet.

With the help of an old stocking, a loose screw can be strengthened. Stuff finely chopped pieces of nylon stocking tightly into the hole from the fallen screw. Heat a nail of a suitable diameter on fire and stick it deeply into the capron. You will get a hole with strong melted walls. Screw in the screw here. Such "stocking" plugs will never dry out and fall out.

To dry clothes in the bathroom, it is convenient to use plastic cords from unnecessary children's jump ropes. After a slight sag, the cord easily returns to its original position.

To remove gum from upholstered furniture and carpets, place ice on the area. The gum will freeze and crumble.

Rust from the stove will disappear if you wipe its surface with hot vegetable oil.

Wipe a new oilcloth with a mixture of vinegar and milk (in half), this will prevent it from cracking.

Before washing a knife after eating herring, onion or garlic, hold it over a hot burner and then wash it with cold water and soap.

The grater will become sharp again if you "rub" sandpaper on it.

The head of garlic glues glass and plastic well, you just need to anoint the parts with a crushed clove. The gluing area will remain transparent.

Unpleasant smell in the kitchen will disappear if you burn dry orange or lemon peel

With a cloth soaked in milk, you can remove fresh ink stains, clean the mirror, keys of musical instruments, picture frames.

Rusty stains from bathtubs and sinks can be removed with a 5% solution of oxalic acid, hydrogen peroxide with the addition of ammonia or hot vinegar, in which a little table salt is dissolved. Work with gloves!

If you want the ironed linen not to be shiny, add a little milk to the starch.

Clean dirt on jewelry with pearls, turquoise, malachite and amber with ethyl alcohol and soapy water (1:1). After that, wipe the amber dry with a flannel, and dry the rest of the stones with a soft cloth moistened with ethyl alcohol.

A gold ring can be restored to shine by soaking it in sugar water and then brushing it with lipstick.

Metal brooches and pendants often leave dark spots on clothes. To prevent this from happening, coat the back of them with colorless nail polish.

Silver items can be restored to their original luster by immersing them in water for 2-3 hours, in which chopped potatoes are placed. Then rinse them with clean water.

You can remove plaque from silver items by washing in warm soapy water and cleaning with a soft cloth dipped in a mixture of ammonia and tooth powder or chalk.

The crease on the trousers lasts longer if it is wiped from the inside with dry soap, then ironed.

To pick up trash from the floor without a dustpan, dampen the edge of the newspaper and stick it to the floor. After that, with a broom, you can sweep all the garbage on it.

If the ashtray is difficult to clean, rub it with salt and rinse with water.

To properly sew on a button, you need to insert a match between the button and the material, and after finishing work, get it out.

When ironing a tie, insert a piece of cardboard between its top and bottom layer, then the seams will not be imprinted.

If your shoes get wet during rain, stuff your shoes with newsprint and let them dry away from a heat source.
The scissors are dull - it is enough to cut the sandpaper with them.

Many troubles around the house can be fixed very easily and quickly. The main thing is to apply the right methods. The article contains tips on the house, which in any case will help you sooner or later.

1. Odorless bag

Need to get rid of bad smells in your bag? Put an unused tea bag in it for one day.

2. Pipes without blockage

Use salt to clean sewer pipes. Pour it into the pipe and rinse with boiling water.

3. Traces of sunburn

Often artificial skin tanning is the cause of uneven skin lightening, that is, the presence of spots. To avoid this, you need to use baking soda, a small amount of which is applied to problem areas with a sponge.

4. Clean iron

The soot on the sole of the iron is easily removed with a mixture of ammonia and vinegar. Soak a soft cloth in the solution and wipe the iron.

5. Vegetable soup

Do not put spices in soups from fresh vegetables - bay leaf, black pepper and others. It is better to sprinkle the finished soup with herbs - it is healthier and tastier.

6. Hygiene in the kitchen

Be sure to treat wooden kitchen boards with a vinegar and water solution. It is necessary to cut products on a perfectly clean surface.

7. Salad with butter

Vegetable oil should be added to the salad only after salt, vinegar, and pepper have been added to it. Remember that salt cannot dissolve in oil.

8. Cold compote

To quickly cool hot compote, place the pan with it in a larger bowl with cold salted water.

9. Delicious buckwheat

To cook delicious buckwheat porridge, there should be twice as much water as cereals. Cover the pot in which the porridge is cooked. Cook the porridge first on high heat, and then on low heat.

10. Odorless fish

When cooking such types of fish as flounder and cod, an unpleasant specific smell is released, which can be eliminated by adding parsley root, celery to the dish. Onions added to the dish will be useful.

11. Flowers in the room

Wildflowers will last longer if you add a couple of drops of detergent to the vase. The main thing in this matter is not to overdo it, as the opposite effect is possible.

12. Cleaning to shine

In order to obtain a snow-white bath, it is necessary to prepare a special solution for cleaning it: soda ash (2 tablespoons) + baking soda (2 tablespoons). Next, rub your bath with this mixture. The bath must be damp. Wait 5 minutes (important - do not wash off the layer) and apply the following mixture: vinegar (50 g) + bleach (50 g). It remains to wait half an hour and wash off the layers.

13. Snow-white curtains

If the windows in your home are equipped with white synthetic curtains, then after washing during the drying process, exclude direct sunlight from entering.

14. Clean entrance hall

The floor of the hallway is characterized by rapid soiling. To eliminate this undesirable phenomenon, you need to get a stand for shoes. As a stand, a tray and a cork substrate are perfect. You can buy them at almost any building materials store.

15. Laundry bags

They are indispensable when washing delicate fabrics. However, you should not rush to buy them in the store, as they can be made with your own hands. For this purpose, a regular duvet cover is suitable.

16. Economical cooking

If you decide to treat your loved ones and relatives with small pasta, then do not strive to cook them until they are fully cooked. As soon as the water boils, throw in the pasta, stir, turn off the gas and be sure to cover with a lid. In 10 minutes they will be ready.

17. TV in place

Place your computer monitor and TV in evenly lit areas to optimize brightness and contrast adjustments to a lower level. At the same time, savings in electrical energy will be achieved - up to 5% monthly.

18. Air freshener

If you suddenly run out of perfume, then do not rush to throw out the bottle from them. Remove the dispenser, pour plain water into a bottle (1/2 the volume of the bottle) and release the wooden sticks there. They will absorb flavored moisture and distribute it throughout the home.

APARTMENT REPAIR

The nail will easily be driven in if its tip is dipped in vegetable oil.
If sugar is added to the cement solution, it will become much stronger.
Alabaster, diluted with milk, hardens longer - it is easier for them to seal cracks with a brush.
If the oil brush is very hard, dip it in boiling vinegar for 1 minute.
A room that has just been wallpapered cannot be aired for several days, otherwise the wallpaper will begin to bubble and peel off.
Tiles are easier to cut when wet. In this case, it is less likely that it will break.
Imported tiles are more expensive than domestic ones, but when laying them, you do not have to align the edges of the tiles so that they lie close to one another.
Dropped tiles can be firmly fixed on zinc white, thickly rubbed with natural drying oil. But it will take a long time to dry.
Washable wallpaper should not be pasted over a sunny room - under the influence of sunlight, such wallpapers emit substances harmful to health.
Using wallpapers and paints of light colors, you can visually increase the volume of the room. Dark tones visually reduce its volume.
For finishing cold living quarters, it is better to use "warm" colors: pink, pastel, etc. For finishing excessively warm rooms, you can use "cold" colors: white, blue, marble, etc.

CLEANING OF THE APARTMENT

Scratches on polished furniture can be removed with a matching shoe polish.
You can wipe mirrors with cotton wool soaked in cologne or alcohol (vodka). You can use cold water with an admixture of linen blue - this will give the mirror a pleasant shine. For the same purpose, a diluted infusion of tea is suitable.
It is recommended to clean a yellowed enamel bath with salt and vinegar.
It is recommended to wipe the tiles in the bathroom with vinegar and water (1: 5). You can use a soap solution with the addition of ammonia.
What is painted with light oil or enamel paint is recommended to be washed with water without soap and soda (they make the paint dull). You can add ammonia to the water (a teaspoon per liter) - it removes dirt and adds shine. After washing, wipe with a dry cloth so that yellow spots and streaks do not appear.
It is not recommended to clean enamelled baths with acids, as well as abrasive powders - the enamel is damaged.
A new broom, mop, broom will last longer if soaked in hot soapy water before use.
A white mark on a polished surface caused by a hot object can be removed by wiping it with alcohol and vegetable oil.
It is necessary to rub with a woolen cloth in a circular motion.
Do not wash windows with soap, as it forms a film on the glass that is difficult to clean.
A strong solution of vinegar removes stains from glass and mirrors (1 tablespoon per glass of water).
A brush dipped in salt water will help restore the golden color to straw products.
The color of the carpet will become brighter if you sprinkle it with fine white salt in the evening, and the next day you remove the salt with a soft, clean, damp cloth.
Linoleum floors should not be washed with hot water or water with the addition of soda or ammonia - linoleum tarnishes and deteriorates.
You can wash with warm water with the addition of laundry soap, then rinse and wipe dry.
About once every 3 months you need to wipe the linoleum with natural drying oil, and then carefully wipe it off with a soft cloth. You can rub linoleum with a mixture of wax, paraffin and turpentine (1:1:5), which must be mixed while heated.
It is good to wipe parquet floors with a damp cloth soaked in cold water with the addition of glycerin (a tablespoon per glass of water). Washing parquet with hot water is not recommended.
From time to time you need to wipe the sides of the sideboard with vinegar to remove odors.
Chrome-plated surfaces can be wiped with a cloth dampened with soapy water.
Nickel-plated surfaces are cleaned with pastes and liquid cleaning compounds. For example: a slurry of ammonia and tooth powder. When such a mixture dries, the product must be wiped with a dry cloth and polished with a cloth.
Do not wash pottery with a pattern in hot water - the glaze may deteriorate. Moreover, you can’t wash it with soda - the pattern is erased. For this purpose, you need to use barely warm water and good soap, and even better - mustard powder.
To make serving knives shine, they need to be peeled with raw potatoes. A few drops of lemon juice will also work.
Porcelain dishes should be washed with ammonia and water.
Crystal dishes cannot be washed with hot water - this makes them cloudy and covered with a grid of small cracks. If, after washing, wipe it with a woolen cloth with starch blued with blue, the dishes will shine more strongly.
Dark plaque from silver and silver-plated products can be easily removed as follows: wash the product in warm soapy water, then clean it with a soft cloth moistened with a mixture of ammonia with chalk or tooth powder. Then rinse with warm water and dry thoroughly.
Silver, silver-plated and cupronickel products can be refreshed by washing them in warm water with baking soda (50 g per 1 liter of water) or in warm soapy water with ammonia (1 tablespoon per 1 liter). After this, the product should be rinsed with clean water and wiped dry with a soft cloth.

Useful kitchen tips

Peeling potatoes darkens the skin on the hands. To avoid this, it is necessary to moisten your hands with vinegar before work and let them dry, and after work immediately wash with soap and grease with cream.
All glassware - glasses, vases - can be washed without special means. To do this, add a little vinegar or coarse salt to warm water. The dishes will become cleaner and more transparent.
Aluminum pans will shine again when boiled with potato peels, apple peels, rhubarb peels, or a vinegar solution.
Darkened enamel pots should be boiled with any dishwashing detergent, and then rinsed with hot water. But if you boil them twice a month with a solution of vinegar, they will not darken.
If something is burnt in a saucepan, you can pour cold water on the bottom and pour salt. After a few hours, food remains can be easily removed. For enameled pots, this method is suitable: pour the pan with hot water with the addition of a spoonful of soda, leave to stand, and then boil - the food remains will go away perfectly.
Frying pans can be cleaned easily as follows: slightly warm them up and rub them with salt, and then with parchment (in extreme cases, with plain paper).
If the runaway milk spilled on a hot stove, you need to fill the flooded place with salt and cover it with wet paper - then the smell will not spread throughout the room.
So that the mold with water for ice does not freeze in the freezer of the refrigerator, you must first rub it with a candle.
Cereals and starch are best stored in jars with a ground-in lid - tin, glass or faience. So that bugs do not start in the cereal, before falling asleep in jars, the cereal must be calcined in a frying pan or in the oven, and gauze bags of salt should be placed in jars for storing it.
To remove the larvae of the raspberry beetle, the berries need to be poured for 15-20 minutes with a two percent solution of table salt. The larvae float to the surface. After that, the berries should be rinsed with clean water.
So that bugs do not start in the flour, you need to put a few cloves of garlic in the bag where it is stored, without peeling the top skin.
Flour should be sifted periodically and poured from a clean bag.
To make knives, scissors, etc. easier to sharpen, you can put them in a weak saline solution for half an hour and sharpen without wiping.
Washing the meat grinder is much easier if you skip raw potatoes at the end.
Do not dry the meat grinder near a heat source - this will dull the knives.
New glass beakers will not break if placed in a vessel of cold water, heated slowly to a boil, and left to cool in the same water.
Metal foil for baking will last much longer in the refrigerator - it does not stick together.

ODOR REMOVAL

An unpleasant smell on the hands (from fish, garlic, etc.) can be removed by rubbing the hands with salt, and then washing them with soap.
The smell of garlic from the mouth can be removed by chewing parsley.
The smell of fish from pans and pots will disappear if they are rubbed with warm salt and then rinsed.
If the spoons and forks have a fishy smell, you need to wash them with cold soapy water, grease them with vegetable oil and dry them gently with a soft towel.
The smell of onions can be removed by rubbing kitchen boards, cutlery with dry salt.
You can get rid of an unpleasant smell in the kitchen by boiling water with vinegar in an open container and ventilating the room after a few minutes. For the same purpose, you can put an orange or lemon peel on a heated burner, or pour a little salt on a hot stove.
The smell of runaway milk spilled on a hot stove can be localized by filling the flooded place with salt and covering it with wet paper - then the smell will not spread throughout the room.
To remove the smell of paint from the room, you need to rub the head of garlic and leave it for a while in the room.
The smell of oil paint in the apartment will disappear faster if you put plates of salt in several places.
The smell of tobacco from the room is poorly expelled even by a draft. But this can be done like this: open the windows and put 2-3 wet towels in different places in the room. They absorb tobacco smell well. For the same purpose, you can light a few candles in the room where you smoked.

JEWELRY

After wearing jewelry, wipe it dry with a cloth to avoid sweat stains.
Store jewelry in a dry place.
Amethysts, topazes, pearls, turquoise lose their color intensity under the influence of ultraviolet rays - they should be stored in the dark.
Gold-plated items can be cleaned by wiping their surface with a cotton swab dipped in cologne, turpentine, or egg white.
A golden item will shine more if you hold it in sweetened water for a while.
You can restore shine to gold and silver jewelry by washing them with the following composition: ½ cup of soapy water and 1 teaspoon of ammonia. You can use a soft toothbrush for this. After processing, rinse the product with water and wipe dry.
To clean silver items, you need to lower them into a solution of hot water and ammonia (1: 1). When the solution has cooled, remove the products from the water and wipe gently.

SHOE CARE

Unpleasant odor from shoes can be eliminated with hydrogen peroxide by wiping the inside of the shoes with a cotton swab moistened with it. For the same purpose, a solution of potassium permanganate is used.
Formalin is used to disinfect shoes: the shoes are wiped inside with a cloth moistened with formalin, and placed in a plastic bag, tied and left for a day. Then the shoes are taken out and aired.
Suede shoes clean well if they are held over steam and then brushed with a special brush. If suede shoes are heavily soiled, then they are cleaned with soapy water with the addition of ammonia. After cleaning, it is desirable to treat suede with a water-repellent preparation.
If the shoes are tight, you need to pour a little cologne, alcohol or table vinegar into it. After that, the shoes will take the shape of the foot, and the skin will become softer.
If the shoes are tight in a particular place, it should be dripped with heated wax or paraffin and pulled over the block for several days. The desired dough will stretch noticeably.
If the shoes are too big and "pop" on the feet, you can glue a strip of foam rubber on the heel.
New, just bought leather shoes should be smeared with cream, allowed to soak in, dry, and then polished with velvet.
If the shoes cannot be made shiny, you need to wipe it with a slice of lemon and polish it with velvet.
So that the shoes do not creak, you need to soak the sole with hot natural drying oil or grease with linseed or castor oil.
If in hot weather new shoes "burn" your feet, you can wipe them from the inside with three percent vinegar.
So that the shoes do not get wet, you can treat them with the following solution: dissolve 40 g of fish oil, 10 parts of wax, 3 parts of turpentine in a water bath. Apply the cream in liquid form.
Dry sports shoes can be soaked in warm water until the leather is soft. Then you need to wipe it inside and out, dry it, grease it with glycerin and stuff it tightly with newsprint.
In warm weather, it is better to use emulsion creams for shoe care, which dissolve well and allow air to pass through, and in winter - organic solvent creams (they provide an air- and waterproof film).
Dried shoe polish can be restored by adding a few drops of turpentine to it and gently warming it up.
Shoe brushes are useful to wash with water with the addition of ammonia.
To soften the leather of shoes that have not been worn for a long time, you need to generously rub it with castor oil and let it soak in.

FUR AND LEATHER

Leather goods can be refreshed by rubbing them with beaten egg white. Contaminated skin can be washed with warm unboiled milk.
Skin color will be restored if you lubricate it with glycerin.
Leather goods will give shine to coffee grounds. Thickness should be wrapped in a woolen or flannel cloth and wipe the skin with vigorous movements.
Leather products can be cleaned with soap and water and ammonia, and then wiped with a cloth soaked in castor oil (or petroleum jelly or glycerin).
Worn places on leather products are tedious to wipe from time to time with a cloth moistened with glycerin or fresh orange peel.
This will help bring them back to their original look.
A soiled leather bag can be cleaned by rubbing the leather with a cut onion. As the onion gets dirty, you need to make a new cut.
After completing the procedure, wipe the bag to a shine with a clean soft cloth.
A dark leather handbag will get a shine if you wipe it with a cotton swab dipped in lemon juice.
You can also update a leather handbag like this: gently wash in warm soapy water, to which a little ammonia is added. Then dry and wipe with a cloth soaked in castor oil.
For cleaning sheepskin coats, a soapy solution with the addition of ammonia is used. After that, the product should be treated with another solution: 20 g of glycerin, 20 g of ammonia, 5 borax per 0.5 l of water. Then the sheepskin coat needs to be dried and washed by hand.
Suede jackets and coats should be cleaned with the following solution: 1 tablespoon of ammonia to 5 tablespoons of water. Then things must be gently wiped with a cloth moistened with a composition of 1 teaspoon of vinegar per 1 liter of water.
If new leather gloves turned out to be tight, wrap them in a wet towel, and after 2-3 hours put them on and dry them on your hands.
To restore the shine of tarnished fur, you need to grind the walnut kernel into powder, tie the resulting powder into three-fold gauze and rub the fur through the hair with this swab. After the nut oil has been absorbed, the fur will acquire a beautiful, long-lasting sheen.
Goat products are washed with cold soapy water and then rinsed.

STAIN REMOVAL

A greasy stain on the wallpaper can be removed by applying to it for 2-3 minutes a piece of soft thick cloth moistened with pure gasoline and slightly wrung out. The fat dissolved in gasoline will be absorbed into the fabric. Tooth powder impregnated with gasoline is used for the same purpose. When the powder dries, it must be brushed off the wall with a brush. An old stain will have to be treated twice
A dark mark from hot on furniture can be removed as follows: rub with half a lemon until the stain turns pale. This operation must be repeated until the stain disappears completely.
Light liquid stains on furniture can be removed by soaking a sponge in vegetable oil and gently running it along the grain of the wood. You can also use a paste of mayonnaise or vegetable oil mixed with salt (apply, leave for two hours, then rinse). A mixture of linseed oil with turpentine (1: 1) is also suitable (similarly).
Paint stains on glass can be removed with vinegar.
A stain on leather shoes can be removed with gasoline or onion juice.
Fresh grease stains from cotton, woolen, silk fabrics can be removed by pouring tooth powder on both sides of the fabric.
From above you need to put a sheet of white paper, press it with a heavy object and leave for a day. Clean off the powder with a dry brush.
Grease stains on silk fabrics can be removed with a pinch of salt diluted in ammonia.
Grease stains from a fur coat can be removed in two ways: 1) wipe the fur in one direction with a cloth moistened with refined gasoline or a special stain remover; 2) wash the stains with a solution of washing powder or foam from soap chips. At the same time, rub the solution or foam into the fur so as not to moisten the leather base. After such treatment, wash the place where there was a stain with water, dry the fur (but not in the sun!), And then knock out the fur coat with a beater.
Fat from canned food will be removed with chalk or tooth powder left in a contaminated place overnight.
If you need to urgently get rid of a greasy stain, you can sprinkle it with tooth powder and iron it through paper.
Tea stains on table oilcloth are easily removed with lemon juice.
Yellow stains on clothes from the iron can be removed with a solution of borax (2 teaspoons per 1 liter of water), after which you need to rinse the item and dry it.
If yellowness remains, wipe this place with an onion cut in half and rinse with soap and cold water.
To remove the stain from iodine, you need to moisten it with water at room temperature and rub with starch. You can also soak the item in a solution of ammonia and water (1 gram per glass of water) and then wash in soapy water.
Iodine stains are easily removed with ammonia.
Lipstick stains can be cleaned with alcohol.

MISCELLANEOUS TIPS

Very spectacular snow-covered spruce or pine branches can be obtained by lowering them for a day in a supersaturated solution of table salt (1: 1), and then drying them. If you use the same solution of copper sulfate, the branches will be covered with blue crystals. You can also dip the branch several times in molten paraffin - it will turn out like a branch just covered with snow.
If, before lighting the candles, dip them in salt water (and it is better to keep them in it for about an hour), they will not melt and will burn much longer.
In each cell of the ice bath, you can put a berry from jam or compote, fill it with water and put it in the freezer. It turns out spectacular ice cubes that will decorate any festive cocktail.
If water flows into the padlock and it rusts, you can put rubber rings on its darlings.
Windows can be sealed with old sheets using soapy water instead of glue. These strips are easy to remove, wash and reuse.
A ballpoint pen that has not been written for a long time will begin to write immediately if the tip of its metal rod with a ball is first dipped in alcohol or cologne.
So that the matches do not get damp during the campaign, you need to lubricate their heads with nail polish.
To make raw firewood flare up better, sprinkle it with salt.
Charcoal or chalk placed in a box with metal objects (tools, for example) absorb moisture and thereby protect them from rust.
Wool for knitting can be made whiter by boiling it for 2-3 minutes in a soda solution. Dyed wool will become lighter.
A felted woolen thing will be easy to dissolve if you hang it outside for several hours on a damp cloudy day or hang it over a boiling kettle.
A pleated skirt will not wrinkle if stored in a nylon stocking.
It is better to cut synthetic fabric with heated scissors, then it will not crumble, and you will not have to overcast the seams.
To save a wet book, you need to sprinkle the pages with talc, close and put under pressure. When they dry, wipe the sheets with a soft cloth and, lightly hitting the book, shake off the talcum powder.
If you put soap before use for a day or two on a central heating battery or stove, it will give twice as much foam.
To prevent the glass in the sideboard from rattling, you can stick a few pieces of adhesive plaster on the top edge.
To remove small blisters on the surface of plywood furniture, you need to pierce the bubble, let glue in there, put a few sheets of paper on top and iron it.
The surface of the iron, to which something is burnt, can be wiped with a cloth with fine salt.
To sharpen the scissors, you need to cut the sandpaper with them, making 6-8 cuts.
To prevent the legs of the chairs from scratching the floor, you should glue pieces of felt to them.
To collect glass fragments, you can use cotton wool soaked in water. You can also make a ball out of window putty and roll it around where the pieces are. It will absorb even invisible particles.