Clean off any residue with the damp rag(s).
Add some food colouring (not too much) and you have something that’s perfect for a preschool messy play day – slimy, squishy, stringy and messy, but washes out like a charm.The Old Sailor’s Brass PolishHardware: a saucer or small pottle and at least two rags, one (or more) damp with fresh water.-half a cup of salt-enough white vinegar to make a paste (less than you think – salt dissolves readily)Mix the salt and vinegar to make a paste. Apply the paste to the brass, bronze or copper to be cleaned, and coat whatever it is thoroughly. If you’ve never tried making your own cleaning products for everyday round-the-house work, give these a go. The soap will melt, combine with the water and create a slimy goo. Either buy something meant as a plant mister, or rinse out and reuse a bottle that formerly contained a commercial cleaning spray.-2 parts plain white vinegar (let’s say 400 ml)-1 part ordinary tap water (200 ml)-20+ drops essential oil of tea tree or lavenderPut the liquids in the bottle and shake well to combine. Leave the paste on for at least five minutes. Chop up or grate the soap and put in the plastic container. Instead, these household cleaner recipes use everyday ingredients that you probably already have in your cupboards.Super spray:Hardware needed: a spray dispenser. This worked a treat to clean a brass candelabra that had been neglected for years (tarnish, dust, fly spots…) and left it gleaming like gold. If you save soap scraps, collect the scraps in a plastic mesh bag (the sort oranges are often sold in) and keep this permanently in the container. The bag help you strain lino flooring out the lumps from the gel, and you just pour in boiling water when the container has more unmelted scraps than goo.Soap slime can be used for washing floors, especially tiles, vinyl or lino, washing the paintwork of cars, cleaning toilet bowls, spot-cleaning carpets, cleaning toys cleaning rugs and for handwashing woollens.