'Magic' kitchen hack sees ketchup spill cleaned up in seconds with no smearing

Wave goodbye to those sneaky sauce stains on your kitchen surfaces with this clever tip.

We've all got that bottle of ketchup in the kitchen for adding a bit of pizzazz to our chips, smearing on burgers, or plopping on top of bacon butties. It's an essential in homes everywhere.

But anyone who has ever had to deal with spilled ketchup knows the nuisance it causes during clean-up time.

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Spills happen frequently, no matter if it's a slip of the hand or kids missing their plates - they're a pain and often mean endless scrubbing with kitchen towel.

It seems like sauces such as mayo and ketchup are impossible to clean up efficiently. Just when you try wiping the spillage, it only spreads further across the surface, making the mess worse.

But there's a solution that can tackle those sauce catastrophes rapidly a trick so effective, it's almost like "magic".

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This hack was revealed on TikTok by someone named Lily, demonstrating how a simple sheet of kitchen roll could become a sauce-cleaning super tool by adding just one small thing.

Lily purposely squirted some ketchup on her counter. Next, she folded a kitchen roll piece and slid a metal reusable straw into the fold.

Lily's cleaning video on TikTok has left viewers in awe as she demonstrates a neat trick to tackle sauce spills. By neatly positioning kitchen roll at the edge of the spill and wrapping it around a metal straw, she creates a conveyor belt motion that absorbs the sauce without spreading it across the counter.

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Although Lily chose a metal straw, any firm object would serve the purpose.

TikTok is buzzing with users showcasing the same hack with variations like using the edge of wooden chopping boards to wrap the paper around.

Fans of the nifty trick were quick to express their astonishment and eagerness to try it out themselves, with comments flooding in. One viewer remarked: "I need to do this!" while another was thrilled to share, "This is so cool!"

Another impressed viewer attested to the hack's effectiveness, stating: "I tried this and I can't believe it worked. Thank you for sharing."

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