Getting your home as clean as you’d like it to be isn’t always the easiest task. There are times when no matter how hard you scrub or how long you dust, things just don’t seem to get as clean as you want them to be. Sometimes, certain areas in the house can be downright impossible to get clean!
When this happens, you need a few cleaning life hacks to help you rid your home of all that stubborn dirt and dust without breaking your back. You might even be surprised at how easy it is to remove those tough stains and build up with the right tricks up your sleeve.
Are you ready to put tough dirt in its rightful place? Keep reading below to discover some of the best cleaning hacks for your home!
1. Add Dish Soap to Your Blender
Ah, the blender. We love using it but hate cleaning it. It’s one of the most difficult and tedious things to clean in the kitchen.
You use it to make your favorite smoothie, place it in the kitchen sink, and when it’s time to clean you can’t get under the blades and all those strawberry seeds stick to all the many pieces. The best trick to getting your blender clean with ease is to add a couple of drops of dish soap into the blender immediately after using it.
Mix in water until it’s about 3/4 of the way full. Then, blend. Do this for a few seconds and watch how easily all that leftover smoothie comes clean.
2. Use a Magic Eraser Often
Do you keep Magic Erasers in your home? If not, you should. Magic erasers can come in handy when cleaning a variety of things in your home.
If you have trouble getting your baseboards or walls clean, a Magic Eraser is the perfect tool for the job. They can also help you rid your shower walls of soap scum and residue with ease. Think about all those hard-to-clean areas in your home and then see if a Magic Eraser can help you!
3. Make a Spot for Shoes by the Door
How often do you find yourself sweeping and moping your floors? Do you often need to scrub your carpets clean without much success? A great way to reduce the amount of time and effort needed to keep your floors clean is to prevent them from getting dirty in the first place.
Make a designated spot near your front and back doors for all shoes to go in. It can be a shoe bin or a shoe shelf for more organization. Shoes track in lots of dirt and other germs, even if you can’t see it.
Keep them off your floors, and make things easier on yourself.
4. Give Your Microwave a Steam Cleaning
One great microwave cleaning hack is to steam clean it. How many times have you tried to wipe clean those baked-on food particles in your microwave? It’s no easy job.
When you steam clean it, however, all those stuck-on messes wipe right off! Take a glass bowl and pour 1 cup of vinegar and 1 cup of hot water in it. Microwave for about 5-10 minutes on high.
When done, remove the bowl and wipe the microwave clean with ease.
5. Place More Than Dishes in the Dishwasher
Did you know that you can use your dishwasher to clean more things than just your dishes? Any plastic items around the home can be thrown into the dishwasher. Children’s toys are perfect for this hack.
If items are small, then place them in a mesh bag to keep them from falling to the bottom and burning. You can also look at care instructions for various items around the house to see if they’re dishwasher safe.
6. Use Vinegar to Clean Your Coffee Maker
Coffee makers can build up residue over time. Unfortunately, you can’t place your coffee maker in the dishwasher, and cleaning it is sometimes tricky because you can’t submerge it in water either.
What you can do, however, is clean it with vinegar. Pour white vinegar mixed with water into the water reservoir. Turn the coffee maker on and let it pour the cups out into your coffee pot.
After doing so, allow it to rest and then run a few more cups through of just water. You’ll want to do this until the smell of vinegar is gone. Otherwise, your next cup of coffee might come out a bit sour.
7. Remove Dust With a Lint Roller
A great way to remove dust from a variety of surfaces is to use a lint roller. Sure, we use our lint roller on our clothes, but how often do you use your lint roller around the home? Well, it’s time you start!
You can use your lint roller on wood surfaces, glass, fabric, carpeting, and more! It really comes in handy when needing to remove dust from lampshades.
8. Pop a Lemon in the Garbage Disposal
Garbage disposals are wonderful things. They make cleaning dishes much easier on you, but if they’re not properly cared for, they can begin to smell quite horrible. Not only should you be careful to only place things in your disposal that are appropriate, but you should also send a lemon or two down there to freshen things up.
You can cut a lemon in half and place it in the disposal with the water running. Turn the disposal on and let it run for a few seconds. Turn the disposal off, but allow the water to remain on for a few more moments.
Turn the water off and enjoy the fresh scent of lemons in your sink!
Don’t Forget These Cleaning Life Hacks
When it comes time to clean your home, don’t tire yourself out. Keep these cleaning life hacks in mind to make things much easier on you.
Are you still having trouble getting the entire home as clean as you’d like?
Don’t hesitate to call in the professionals! Scrub ‘N Bubble Cleaning can help you get the clean home you want and deserve.
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