If cleaning your house and cleaning your belongings is a burden to you, don’t worry! This routine work can be perceived in different ways. Sometimes it brings extraordinary satisfaction: after a general cleaning you enjoy sparkling cleanliness. Sometimes cleaning can be a therapeutic tool: it distracts you from hard thoughts and serves as a kind of psychological relief after a busy day..
In general, keeping your home clean requires constant effort. It seems that this business has no end and edge. And if you have children, then something should always be cleaned and tidied up..
This is why good tips to help you clean up and keep it clean are never superfluous. With them, this difficult work will take much less time, and the result will delight you and your loved ones..
Buy baking soda
Do not be surprised. There is nothing that regular baking soda cannot handle! This is the most useful and affordable tool that will help in many cases of life! Soda is sold in any grocery store, but in fact it is used not only in cooking. It is also an excellent degreasing, deodorizing and cleaning agent..
Three common and difficult cases in which soda will definitely help:
- Eliminating odor from trash cans: Next time your trash bin is empty, add some baking soda to the bottom. Soda will absorb all unpleasant odors.
- Cleaning the cooker hood filters: admit, when was the last time you cleaned your hood’s mesh filters? The only way to wash away all that sticky greasy dirt from them is to soak the filters in boiling water with added baking soda (trust me!).
- Cleaning tile seams: baking soda is not only an abrasive, but also a natural bleach, it perfectly cleans the seams of tiles in the bathroom from dirt!
Remove water marks with a hair dryer
Tired of removing water marks from your furniture? It seems that nothing can remove these stains, but in fact, everything is not so difficult – take a hair dryer (or an iron). Stains are caused by the fact that moisture is absorbed into the wood and is trapped there, like in a trap. A hot hair dryer dries out moisture, and as a result, the stain itself disappears.
Place all items in the dishwasher
Well, maybe not all things, but only those that can be washed in the dishwasher. It can be
- vases,
- toothbrushes,
- makeup brushes,
- plastic toys,
- dryer for dishes and cutlery.
Clean up all spilled liquids with flour
In order to quickly clean up spilled liquid on the table or floor, you do not need to grab paper towels or a rag. You can take some flour and sprinkle it on the puddle that has formed. The flour will quickly absorb the liquid and prevent it from spreading further. Plus, damp flour can be removed quickly and easily..
Clean the microwave with hot steam
Don’t like cleaning your microwave? Meanwhile, there is a very simple way – cut the lemon in half and place them in a bowl (suitable for microwave use) with water. Place the bowl in the oven for 3 minutes. After that, leave it in a closed microwave for another 5 minutes..
The steam from boiling water will fill the interior of the stove, and lemon is a natural degreaser, it will soften the dried splashes of fat on the walls. When you remove the lemon bowl, you just wipe the microwave dry and it will be completely clean..
Remove mold with bleach
Dip cotton pads in the bleach (remember to wear rubber gloves before doing this!) And cover the areas of the tile joints and sealant around the sink or bathtub where mold has appeared. It is best to leave cotton pads on the dirty areas overnight. The next day there will be no mold under them!
Clean the lampshades with a sticky clothes roller
Lampshades attract dust like magnets, and cleaning them is a nightmare. But there is also a simple solution – use the sticky clothes roller! These rollers are created in order to collect all the dirt on themselves, they do an excellent job of cleaning not only clothes, but also lampshades. By the way, they can be used to quickly clean curtains and rugs..
A sticky roller is a very convenient thing, it can safely collect glass fragments from the floor.
Get a steam cleaner!
With this household appliance, cleaning will become much easier. You will be able to clean:
- bathroom
- oven
- window
- sofa
- carpets and rugs
- tiles on walls and floors
- country furniture
- upholstered furniture
The list goes on and on! You will have to spend money on the purchase of a steam cleaner, but in the future you can even save on cleaning without buying expensive detergents again.
Use folk cleansers
Save money (and don’t harm the environment) by using simple cleaning products that you may already have in your closet. You will also be healthy, as many commercial cleaning products contain harmful chemicals. In addition, in terms of their effectiveness, folk remedies are not inferior to those on the shelves in stores..
Get rid of odors in trash cans
There is nothing worse than an unpleasant odor from a trash can. But getting rid of it is not a problem. Just get baking soda (this is a very powerful remedy). Place a handful of baking soda on the bottom of the bucket before placing a new trash bag inside. Baking soda will remove odors and your waste bin will not spoil the air in the kitchen.
Bonus tip: Try rinsing the bucket in the shower. Flexible hose allows you to direct the water jets to the dirtiest and most difficult to reach places. Turn the clean bucket upside down and let it dry naturally.
Dry your laundry faster
Place a dry terry towel inside the dryer before transferring wet items from the washing machine to the dryer. The towel absorbs excess moisture, thereby reducing the time it takes to dry the laundry. This will save you electricity (and money!). But do not forget to remove the towel from the machine 15 minutes after the start of the cycle, otherwise it will continue to absorb water and, on the contrary, the drying time will increase..
Eliminate the smell from the vacuum cleaner
A working vacuum cleaner can give off a terrible smell around it. If you are cleaning a carpet stain, first apply a paste of baking soda and water to the stained area. Leave it on the carpet overnight. The baking soda will eliminate the unpleasant odor, and the next day you just quickly clean the carpet, and that’s it.!
Use aluminum foil and cling film
If things don’t get dirty, they don’t need to be washed and cleaned! When you bake something, use foil. Line the bottom and sides of the pan with foil, then bake muffins or pies. Place plastic wrap on the refrigerator shelves. As it gets dirty, the film is removed from the shelves and replaced with a new one. And thanks to the foil, baking trays and forms will remain clean, and there will be no need to wash fat from them.!
