Stacey Solomon and her team have shared a clever hack to remove biro pen marks from furniture.
The TV presenter and her team headed to Rotherham in South Yorkshire on the new episode of Stacey's BBC show, Sort Your Life Out, where they headed to the home of a busy young couple, who had been struggling with their cluttered home. With two kids and plenty of animals, the pair of childhood sweethearts felt they had lost their way, despite admitting it was their dream home.
Stacey and her team quickly stepped in to help the family get their home back, with the presenter being left incredibly emotional as the mum of the house admitted there were days she didn't even feel like she could face her home.
Stacey and her team worked to reduce the clutter of the house as well as help redesign things to give them more space.
The family were tasked with cutting down their belongings, whilst carpenter Rob and cleaner Iwan headed back to the house to get it ready for the arrival of all their stuff. As the team returned to the house, Iwan got stuck in on cleaning the furniture.
A wooden sideboard that had been drawn on by the kids and at first, the biro seemed impossible to remove.
However, Iwan had a clever hack to get rid of the biro - and it involved using an item most people would already have in their home.
"Look at this, we've got some artwork going on on this sideboard," he said, before revealing a handy hack to remove the biro from the wood, "I'm going to go with some hairspray as that can be really effective at removing biro.
"I just want to go on with some medium hold - no it doesn't really matter - and also take a lightly coloured cloth and you want to work quite fast with this. You can see it's coming off with the cloth. I think that is a big improvement."
However, he did suggest to those who wanted to do the same at home to try it on a small patch of wood initially where it would be discreet as sometimes the hairspray could also remove the stain off the wood, too.
Stacey's cleaning hacks are incredibly popular with viewers and, earlier on the show, it was also revealed an easy way to get brass door knobs looking new once again. Iwan used a solution of salt and white vinegar, mixed in with bicarbonate of soda. After 10 minutes, they looked much more sparkly and with a bit of elbow grease, the transformation was complete.
