My old-wives hack gets rid of rust from garden furniture for FREE – it used to be a gypsy secret but I'm revealing all
And luckily for those on a budget, who don't have much cash to splash on pricey cleaning products, this simple trick is totally free.
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If your garden furniture is covered in rust, you've come to the right place
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A cleaning whizz has shared a "gypsy secret" to get rid of rust from garden furniture
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Thanks to this old-wives hack, you won't need to spend a penny
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A savvy woman has shared an
Revealing all on the 'proper
According to Nichol, rather than buying cleaning sprays or pastes, you can use mud - yes, you heard that correctly - to get your garden furniture sparkling.
Posting on social media, Nichol demonstrated her messy hack, in a clip that was shared alongside the caption '
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She then said: 'And this is how you get rid of all that rust - a little bit of mud, make sure there's a little bit of stones in there.'
Nichol praised the 'natural ingredients' and added: 'This is a proper
As she rubbed the mud over the rusty legs of a garden chair, she claimed: 'You will be thanking me.'
Thrilled with the age-old technique, she simply shared: 'A bit of mud, a bit of water, it costs nothing. Thank me later.'
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The TikTok clip, which was posted under the username @
Not only this, but it's also amassed 2,136 likes, 151 comments and 753 shares.
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Social media users were thankful for Nichol's advice and eagerly raced to the comments to express this.
One person said: 'Never skip a
Gypsy way is the best way
TikTok user
Another added: 'That is the best way, the old fashion.'
A third commented: 'Fantastic tip, thank you!!!!!'
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IF your patio slabs have seen better days,
Whilst someone else chimed in: '
However, not everyone was as complimentary about the messy hack, as someone else wrote: 'I'd rather just buy a new chair.'
Meanwhile, one cleaning fan shared their DIY hack to banish rust, as one user explained: 'I also like to use ketchup for rust.'
Whilst another chimed in: 'WD40 for me.'
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