Our long involvement in home cleaning has helped us to discover many tried and tested tips, which we hope you will find useful around the home.

Removing Chewing Gum from Carpets and Fabrics: Place an ice cube on the gum for ten minutes, then break it up by scraping it with a table knife.

Removing Candle Wax from Carpets and Fabrics: Fold a paper towel, or a sheet of toilet paper, two or three times and place it over the wax. Gently iron it with the iron set on low (synthetics) and the wax will melt and be absorbed into the paper. Replace the paper and continue ironing until all the wax has gone

Removing Ball Pen Ink: Wet the ink with methylated spirits or aftershave, taking care to wet only the small area where the ink lies. After a few minutes press a dry paper towel or toilet paper onto the area. Repeat the whole procedure until all the ink has been absorbed by the paper.             

Cleaning Bathrooms: After a steamy bath or shower bathrooms and their fittings are much easier to clean, as the steam has already softened and loosened the dirt.   

Keeping baths clean: To avoid rings around the bath do not use oily preparations. Use bath salts or liquid water softeners (sold for their relaxing properties) and rinse the bath after draining out the water.

Stainless steel surfaces: Stainless steel sinks, work-tops and equipment can be made to sparkle by wiping with a vinegar soaked cloth.