Astounding cleaning products

What would clean a gold and diamond ring btw? no Domestos suggestions thanks.

Ice cubes are good for indents on carpet.

Fairy liquid and toothbrush cleans my gold rings.

I just Googled Opaque Window Film. Seems there lots of varieties and places you can get them. They look great to me

Ice cubes didn't work on my carpet indents.

You could soak your gold and diamond ring in a drop of gin, roses - it makes the diamonds sparkle.

White vinegar for loos. Even if it's a yucky brown colour, it's actually limescale (stained with bile pigments from your poo) and the vinegar dissolves the calcium and magnesium deposits. I impressed my daughter's student buddies by sorting out a disgusting loo in their shared house some years ago. Told them they should have paid more attention to their Chemistry teacher! However, to stop it getting that far, give it a good brushing every other day with a little squirt of nothing more offensive than washing-up liquid; that stops the build-up.

FarNorth thanks for that. I had been googling eg Homebase and Wickes which had never heard of it. My addled brain totally forgot about my old friend Amazon and I have found plenty there to think about. I may go for the non stick variety because I can see the sticky back stuff sticking to everything but the window.

Spray carpet indents with water and leave overnight. Has always worked for me.

At least the sticky or non sticky stuff will be cheaper than buying a new blind, especially having just shelled out to have most of my windows replaced, the purse is a tad empty.

You can clean the worst off venetian blinds wearing woollen gloves. Just pop your gloved hand in a strong solution of washing up liquid and run your fingers through and along the slats. It's not as good as immersing the blinds in the bath, though and you need a towel under the blind to catch all the drips.

stillhere the minor problem is that I do not have a bath. That sounds a good idea though using gloves.

Alea

I lived in Oz where the word stove was in common use in 1950s.

Kerosene, not paraffin was also commonly used

Re stoves:
There is a British firm which makes cookers, ranges etc, called Stoves

What happened to Star Drops? Haven't seen it in the shops for some time.

What is it? I have never heard of it and I thought that I was aware of all cleaning products known to man.

roses Gin! seriously, my Mum didn't wear much jewellery but always put her diamond and platinum engagement ring in a eggcup of gin. I've used it in the past with gold and now do my silver earrings that I wear all the time. Sterilises 'em before I put them back in too.
I suppose any white spirit would do but don't know for sure. The jewellery only needs covering and then leave it for an hour or so where NO ONE can throw it away by mistake.

I have half a bottle of Star Drops in the cupboard under my sink, Daisy. I must have bought it at least a couple of years ago and wasn't impressed - can't find it on any of the supermarket websites now!

(I am open to bids...)

Pusser's Rum used to work well on jewellery too, although if DH caught me he wasn't impressed ...

Zoflora disinfectant is brilliant for washing floors, there's a range of scents - I like the Bouquet one.

Smells much nicer than Dettol too.

You can by a spray-on opaque covering too Charleygirl. We used it to cover the glass in our front door because I hated seeing someone peering through it - it was even worse at night!

Thanks loopyloo I did not think of a spray but that I think would be easier.

It was easy to apply but you might like to check if it's easy to remove, should you change your mind in the future.

I have googled it and the reviews were very mixed- the majority hated the spray on type. Some had to be scraped off, others could hardly stay on the window. I think if I buy a can I will try it on my shed window first- it does not really matter what that looks like!

Any tips on cleaning a greasy cooker hood? Ugh, it's a job I hate!!

I cleaned mine a few weeks ago, tried to clean the grease off a fan thing that was inside and it now isn't working .