I like collecting good tips and ideas. And today I noticed something I mean to have heard before, but had forgotten.

Our maid is a little bit obsessive about cleaning and really keeping things nice and shiny. Sometimes she goes a little too far. She has managed to polish the chrome off the drain in our bathroom sink!

But I liked the way she was treating our copper fondue set. First she cut a lemon in half. Yes, it looks like an orange, but you do not want to sink your teeth into that one unless you have a craving for something really sour! Then she poured some normal table salt on a small plate and pressed the lemon into it.

After rubbing the copper for a while she just rinsed it and the copper had got a really beautiful shine without using any chemicals worse than a little salt and lemon juice.

If you have any other tips like this, please let me know by adding a comment to this post.