Dirty Talk

i found out that if you clean your dirty grout with lemon juice and salt and a old toothbrush and scrub with this it really does clean your dirty grout

stop slugs with salt!

use cream of tarter in a sink of hot water and vinegar let set over night then clean the electric stove pans,salt and lemon juice work well too

To clean burnt food from under the stove, try a mixture of baking soda, salt, and water. It works wonders as a cleaner, and if you make a separate batch, it can be used as toothpaste, as well!

If you have the smell of onion on your hands, dry your hands and rub table salt on them. The smell will disappear right away.

use salt, baking soda and lemon juice(or vinegar) top up with boiling water to keep your drains smelling nice .

To clean silk flowers, place a cup of salt in a paper bag. Drop in your artificial flowers and shake well. This will get all the dust off them without damage.

After you have finished sqeezing the juice of a lemon, put half in your dishwasher and put on quick wash. It's a cheap way to clean your dishwasher and get rid of nasty smells. Fill the other half lemon with salt and sit in the fridge to absorb nasty smells.

If wine is spilled on carpet, dont blot. Run for the salt and pour as much as possible wait a while then vaccum the mess away.

Question : I have an cast iron with enamel pot that is very badly stained on the bottom (inside). I have tried scrubbing with coarse salt, soaking with dish soap, boiling with cream of tartar, and lots of elbow grease with just about every kind of scrubbing tool that I could find. If anyone knows of something that will remove very ugly stains from enamel please, please, please let me know. I would hate to have to throw the pan out!

For the bonfire dog pee dilemma-- try a urine remover with enzymes, or a laundry detergent with enzymes (also called biological powder) --mixed with a bit of water, so it's like paste. Leave it overnight, then wet-vac it up (or blot it up with a lot of papertowels or old rags). Also, I've heard piling salt does well on fresh stains, for soaking up the liquid (let dry, then vacuum up the salt crumbles). Good luck. --I just found runny poo on our white carpet. ;o;

Inker's tip -- to clean motor oil from your skin (even after a good scrub with soap), rub your hands with vegetable oil and salt (at least a tablespoon). Follow up with oil soap, then regular soap --or follow up with a liquid soap containing exfoliants.

Puppy urine accidents on carpet, blot with paper towels to remove as much as possible then cover the spot with table salt. Make the salt pile pretty thick, 1/2" to 1" thick. Salt will draw out moisture that has gone deeper than the towels wil reach. Let the salt dry completely, it will be hard and crusty. Pick the salt off the carpet and then vacuum.

Puppy urine accidents on carpet, blot with paper towels to remove as much as possible then cover the spot with table salt. Make the salt pile pretty thick, 1/2" to 1" thick. Salt will draw out moisture that has gone deeper than the towels wil reach. Let the salt dry completely, it will be hard and crusty. Pick the salt off the carpet and then vacuum.

Louise - I saw an absolutely FILTHY tub cleaned with a halved grapefruit and some salt! Just spinkle the salt on the grapefruit, wipe all around the tub ring, let sit then use a nylon scrubby to finish the job-the filth just disappears, and it smells great too!

RED WINE STAIN: Pour kitchen salt on, leave for a few minutes, then pour white wine on to your stain, and then leave for 5 minutes, then soak the affected fabic in cold water, the longer the better. Leave to dry naturally.

To shine stainless steel sinks generously sprinkle either table salt or baking soda into the sink then use the cut end of half a fresh lemon as a scrubby-pad. Rinse with hot water and the sink will gleam

if you want to clean tea stains from your cups, sprinkle a handful of salt into them and rub.works like a charm and no need to worry about chemical residues. just rinse withhot water.

To get rid of basically any liquid stains (best works fresh or near to fresh) on carpets simply sprinkle some salt down, leave it and the stain will go into the salt, then vacume the salt away!

My Gran sprinkles her carpet with a mixture of salt and oatmeal before she hoovers it - she says it makes it the carpets fresher