Top 10 cleaning hacks for 2022

1. Use a lint roller (like the ones for clothes) to clean your window screen

Yes, lint rollers can also work in cleaning your home. Start 2022 with clean windows and dreamy looking window screens by cleaning these screen with lint rollers. They help removing the dust and lints these screens tend to hold.

2. Choose lemon juice for cleaning your microwave

The microwave is most often one of the messiest appliances in our home and to clean it we just need some cut lemons or lemon juice. Poor the cut lemons or the lemon juice in a bowl with water and let it cook for 5 minutes. Then, the microwave will smell great and it will be super easy to clean.

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3. Use bleach to clean your bathroom

Remember the TV series “Maid” where the leading character used to make any bathroom space spotless clean? Well, in this case bleach can be a great solution for the perfect clean bathroom space. It helps you remove mold and mildew and it keeps your bathtub and tiles white. Alternatively, according to No More Chores hiring professionals to clean all the living areas, kitchens, and baths could be life-saving and an ideal choice.

4. Use baking soda paste to remove water stains from glass

The glass near our shower or bathtub is often filled with water stains. The different water ingredients like magnesium or calcium tend to leave stains that give an unaesthetic look to the bathroom window. So, a great way to remove them is by using a baking soda paste you can make by mixing vinegar with baking soda until your form a paste.

5. Use toothpaste to remove water stains from wood

Speaking of water stains, let’s not forget the ugly glass ones we often see on wooden tables. To remove them is actually really easy, just apply non-gel toothpaste on the stains and, after that, use a clean cloth to remove them. In the end add some furniture polish on the surface.

6. Create a vinegar mix to remove hard water from shiny surfaces

The faucet, the shower head and any other shiny surface in our bathroom space is most often filled with ugly looking hard water stains. To remove them is actually really easy. Choose a spray bottle and mix in it: water and white vinegar. Spray the mixture into the damaged area and let it enter the surface for 15 minutes, then, remove it.

7. Use newspapers to clean your mirrors or windows

I hope you know by now that paper cleans the best the shiny surfaces leaving them stainless. So, reuse your newspaper or the grocery store paper to clean your windows and mirrors, it helps you have the cleanest surfaces and it’s also great for the environment.

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8. Fill you vacuum with a cardboard tube to clean easier the tiny surfaces

A cardboard tube is super flexible and having it as a vacuum end can help you clean tiny surfaces in any size. Use it to clean the interior of your windows, the spaces in between furniture and the tiny corners you have in any room.

9. Get rid of bad smells with Vodka

Yea, you’ve heard well, vodka can be a great cleaning product. Mixed with essential oil it cam remove bad smell from all sort of surfaces. Moreover, you can mix it with water and disinfect surfaces because it’s odorless.

10. Clean your garbage disposal with ice

Put ice in your garbage disposal, this way you can easily get rid off any remaining food residues. The ice melts away and helps you get rid of extra particules left in the garbage disposal.

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