Support the dummy with a spoon handle and rub it with table salt. Rinse thoroughly with water, and your baby dummy will be clean and hygienic again.

Rough spots on the iron can be cleaned with water and salt.

Strew some water softener on the blood stains, then wash them in saltwater. Blood stains on upholstered furniture can be removed by mixing potato starch with some water and spreading the paste over the stain. Rub it in, put some more on and then rinse with saltwater.

Clean your frying pans with salt and newspapers.

If you treat your wicker furniture with a solution of SALT and warm water, they will look brand new.

You can prevent annoying grease splatter on your stove by putting a little SALT in your frying pan, before you add the fat.

If you rub your glasses and tableware with salt before washing them, lipstick marks are much easier to remove.

Rub your matt crystal with a damp cloth and some salt.

Breathe new life into your bath sponges by soaking them in a saline solution (1 litre of water and 130 g of SALT) for 24 hours before rinsing them with clean water.

Dip a cork in salt and rub the stain with it – your china will be as good as new.