creative cleaning hacks

Creative Cleaning Hacks

Cleaning Hacks for Your Home That Will Make Your Life Easier.
11. Easy Lipstick Remover
Spray the spot with hairspray, let it set for 10 minutes, dab with a damp washcloth, and wash as normal.
12. Pot and Pan De Scorcher
Fill the bottom of the pan with water and add a cup of white vinegar. Simmer. Take the pan off the stove and add 2 tablespoons baking soda. Empty the pan and scrub lightly to remove burn marks.
13. Clean a Coffee or Spice Grinder
You can t put this appliance in the dishwasher and cleaning by hand will likely result in a cut up hand. Instead pulverize bread or uncooked white rice to remove old odors. Then grind 1 tablespoon baking soda to clean, and wipe thoroughly.
14. Overnight Oven Cleaner
Put a bowl filled with 1/2 cup of ammonia into a completely cold oven. Leave overnight and wipe clean the next day. Easy peasy.
15. Shower Head Saver
Shower head covered with nasty hard water deposits? Pour distilled white vinegar in a plastic bag and fit it over the shower head with a rubber band. Let it soak for an hour (or overnight) then remove the bag and wipe scum away with a cloth.
16. Glass Sparkler
Tired of spotty, cloudy glasses? Just spray with some white vinegar and wipe with a paper towel.
17. Glass Dish Revitalizer
Nastiness baked onto your favorite glass dishes? Scrub them with a ball of aluminum foil and a little dish soap.
18. Dryer Sheet Redux
After they ve freshened your laundry, use dryer sheets to clean anything baseboards, your television or laptop screen, bookshelves and the anti static chemicals will actually repel dust in the future.
19. Splattered Stove Shortcut
Remember this kids oil attracts oil. Next time your bacon breakfast makes a mess of the stove, add a few drops of vegetable oil to paper towel, then wipe the greasy surface and watch the oil disappear.
20. Microfiber Couch Miracle
There s nothing grosser than a couch that looks like you pulled it out of the alley. Use a spray bottle to cover your couch with rubbing alcohol, then use a clean white sponge to rub the couch. Fluff the fibers with a hard bristle brush when done, and it ll look good as new.