Five spring cleaning bargains to help with the January household chores
HOW are those household New Year’s resolutions holding up?
If your post-Crimbo clean and clear didn’t exactly get off to a good start last week, there’s still time to recover your resolve without forking out.
And the chore of cleaning feels a whole lot better when you’re not splashing out on expensive products.
SPILL THE CLEANS: For alcohol stains on wood, pop a few drops of cooking oil (£1.10, Asda), on to a cloth and rub in.
For red wine spillages that have dried on a carpet, mix Asda’s 69p bicarbonate of soda with water, spread a thick layer over the mark, cover with a cloth and weigh down overnight.
Much cheaper than Vanish’s Gold Oxi carpet spray, £6.
SAVE: £5.31 on carpet spray
OVEN AND OUT: Oven Pride’s Deep Cleaner is £3 at Tesco, so I’ll be taking Mrs Hinch’s advice and using The Pink Stuff, £1 at Sainsbury’s.
Apply with a scourer and leave for five minutes. Then, soak your racks in washing up liquid and warm water, apply more Pink Stuff and rinse.
SAVE: £2 on oven cleaner
TREE-MENDOUS: I can’t be the only one who’s thrown away Christmas lights because they’ve got too tangled.
Now I wrap them around an old kitchen roll tube while packing up. I also pop small baubles and ornaments in an egg box to keep them safe.
SAVE: Around £10 on lights
COOL IDEA: Cheese and turkey can create a lingering pong in your fridge.
Open your pot of Asda bicarb and leave it in on a shelf — it should soak up odours within three days. A steal compared to Croc Odor’s fridge deodoriser, £3 at Sainsbury’s.
SAVE: £2.31 on fridge deodoriser
PRO-SECCO TIP: To get your champagne glasses gleaming give them a wipe with a drop of white vinegar.
Stardrops’ white vinegar spray is 89p at The Range, cheaper than Restaurant Crystal Clean’s glass cleaner, £23.05 at Amazon.
SAVE: £22.16 on glassware cleaner
- Prices correct at time of going to press. Deals and offers subject to availability.
Deal of the day
YOU can now send flowers with Home Bargains.
This bunch of 20 roses is just £12.99 and all flowers come with free delivery.
Cheap treat
UPDATE your lunchbox with a yummy strawberry Activia yoghurt.
You can grab a four pack at Asda for just 95p, down from £2.
SAVE: £1.05
Sun Savers fiver
MAUREEN JEEVES, from Sudbury, Suffolk, says: “I’m collecting my Sun Savers fivers towards a holiday for my husband, who has been ill.”
- Share your Sun Savers fiver stories at sunsavers.co.uk/fivers and get 28 codes worth £5 if your tip is used. Please include your name and town.
Top swap
INSTEAD of paying £4 for Method all-purpose floor cleaner, try Tesco’s own version, for just £1.
It’s a big saving and it works just as well in my view.
SAVE: £3
Reader's saving tips
ALISON HARRISON, from Norwich, says: “When peeling veg for your Sunday roast, put all the peelings in a saucepan and boil up for a cheap stock to make gravy.”
- Send your cash-saving ideas to sunsavers.co.uk/tips and you will get 28 codes worth £5 if your tip is used. Please include your name and town.
Shop and save
TESCO Clubcard members get 30 per cent off a range of Vileda mops this month.
Tap or scan card at the checkout to get the discount.
SAVE: 30 per cent
Sun Saver's Show on Facebook
FOR more saving tips and deals, see this week’s Sun Savers Show on Facebook.
- You can watch at 5pm at www.facebook.com/TheSunSavers
Your paper could be worth £50,000
Every month YOU could win the super cash giveaway in our Sun Raffle just for reading this paper.
Entering could not be easier – simply download the Sun Savers app or sign up at sunsavers.co.uk.
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With every code you enter you will earn a Raffle ticket into that month’s £50,000 Raffle.
There is no limit to how many tickets you can collect per month, so make sure to enter as many codes as you can to give yourself the best chance of winning. Remember, you have got to be in it to win it.
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Our brilliant new rewards club will pay back our most loyal readers.
Just pick up the paper each day to collect your Sun Savers codes and we will GIVE YOU £5 when you have collected 28.
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Britain’s favourite getaways are back
WE are celebrating an awesome 30 years of sending the great British public on Hols From £9.50.
The Sun is the UK’s biggest short break provider having sent more than 55 million people on holiday throughout the last three decades.
This time around you can take your pick from 309 holiday parks all over the UK and mainland Europe.
For details on all the parks available just check out thesun.co.uk/holidays.
From relaxing luxury spas to stunning golf courses and top evening entertainment there is something on offer for everyone.
Breaks are available from March all the way until November. Choose from a three-night weekend break or, for those who can go Monday to Friday, try our midweek offer of four nights for the price of three.
By choosing to holiday with The Sun, you can save up to 80 per cent on the usual price of trips.
To book a holiday simply collect TEN tokens or codewords (today’s is on page 28 of Saturday’s paper) or TEN Sun Savers codes (Page 20) from those printed daily until Tuesday, January 28.
Once you have your tokens, codewords or Sun Savers codes follow the steps in the table below to book your break.
If you collect for your hols with Sun Savers, you can pay or part-pay using the cash saved in your Sun Savers wallet.
To find out more on our rewards club, Sun Savers, see Page 20.
The best holidays do go quickly, so make sure you start collecting today if you haven’t already.
Terms & Conditions: Price is per person based on four sharing. Multiple token/code collect. Subject to availability.
Terms and conditions, date restrictions apply. Full T&Cs at thesun.co.uk/holidays.