From the key to clearing up foggy mirrors to airport luggage you’ll never lose again, we count 20 real life hacks that may solve a few of the problems you didn’t even know you had.
20 – Whiten Laundry with Egg Shells,
- This is a nice alternative to bleach when you whack all your dirty clothes in the washing machine – not AS effective, but free and all natural
- You put some of the empty shells in a muslin cheese cloth bag and put them inside the machine, then follow up with all your white clothes and they should come out visibly whiter
19 – Hair Brush,
- It’s the hardest thing in the world to untangle hair-ridden brushes, but there is a method using something you might not expect – a toothbrush
- After you snag out the clumps with tweezers or scissors, you put the brush in a bowl of soapy hot water, scrub with a toothbrush, let soak and it’ll turn out as clean as the day you bought it
18 – Hiccups,
- It’s the age old question of how to get rid of hiccups – most claim scaring the person works, or holding your breath – but doctors will tell you, actually, drinking from a bottle of vinegar tends to work quite well
- However you choose to ingest it is up to you, some prefer apple cider vinegar or a shot of malt vinegar or even just swig from a bottle of pure vinegar – your hiccups should disappear guaranteed
17 – Phone,
- We’ve all had that problem where you forget to take your phone out the pocket before you put it in the washing machine, or you go for a dive into a lake and you come out with a broken phone
- The solution, apart from letting it dry over a while, is to soak it into a ziploc bag of rice for 24 hours, where it’ll absorb all the moisture inside the phone and dry it out ultra fast – fantastic if you really, really need to use your broken phone and you can’t wait a week
16 – Painting,
- If you happen to be painting a house and don’t have any sticky and duct tape handy, there’s an easy cheap alternative you might never have considered
- Use aluminium foil to wrap wall objects so they’re paint free while brushing every square inch around it – with the bonus that you don’t get any leftover stickiness or risk of the object burning because it’s, y’know, aluminium foil