How can you clean up at home in the smallest possible amount of time? How can you make sure you won’t encounter any dirt for a long time, using the most simple household things? To make your life easier, we put together a list of some of the best methods to make cleaning simple and quick. You can thank us later!
Silver
Take a large container and cover it with tin foil. Fill it with hot water and add half a cup of salt and half a cup of baking soda. Leave silver items to soak in this mixture for 30 minutes, then rinse them and wipe dry with a soft cloth. All the dark stains will disappear.
A mattress
Mix vodka and water together to a ratio of 1:3 and spray the mixture on a mattress. The spirit will disinfect and destroy most of the bacteria.
Grease stains
Run a piece of white chalk over grease stains, leave it for a few minutes and then wipe with a damp cloth. This works just as well with stains on clothes as it does with those which have ended up on the walls. With clothes, leave for an hour and then simply blow the chalk away.
Drying shoes
If your shoes are soaked through, fill them with pages of crumpled-up newspaper, and they’ll dry much quicker.
Animal fur/hair
Put on a pair of ordinary rubber gloves normally used for washing up, douse them in water and then run your hands along the surface of the furniture covered in animal hair/fur. Everything will stick to the gloves. To get rid of hair or fur on a rug, you can also try using a on ordinary scraper you would normally use for wiping windows clean. You’ll be amazed by the results!
Burnt food in a frying pan
Fill the frying pan with a little water – only enough to cover the surface area. Then pour in a glass of vinegar. Boil thoroughly on a medium heat, then remove from the stove and add two tablespoons of baking soda. The burnt bits of food will come off with no trouble at all.
Deposits in the kettle
This is the easiest one of all. Pour in a spoonful of lemon juice mixed with water and boil it for five minutes. Then pour out the water, and the kettle will be as new!
The shower head
Pour some vinegar into a polythene bag and then attach it to the shower head using rubber bands. Leave for an hour or overnight. The dirt will be cleaned from both inside and on the outside of the shower head.
Deposits on crystal and glassware
Pour two glasses of warm vinegar into a tub (you can heat it up in the microwave for about two minutes to get it warm). Submerge the dishes in the vinegar so that they’re completely covered. After a few minutes, rinse them and wipe dry.
Dust
You can use an anti-static cloth to wipe down any surface: baseboards, the TV screen or the screen of a computer, bookshelves – anything. The cloth will remove any dust with ease.
Carpet stains
Wipe the stain with a mixture consisting of one part vinegar and two parts water. Cover it with a wet cloth, and then run a hot iron over it for 30 seconds. Repeat the process if the stain doesn’t disappear the first time round.
Limescale
To get rid of limescale covering the surface of taps, wipe them with a piece of lemon and after five minutes rinse with water.
Coffee grinder/spice mill
To clean these as well as get rid of the smell, just grind some rice in them and add one tablespoon of baking soda.
Car headlights
You must have noticed that with time, your cars headlight glass becomes duller and a bit yellower. To get rid of this effect, use ordinary toothpaste. Just rub an ample amount of it with a toothbrush into the headlights, then sprinkle them with water, and wipe it off with a paper towel or tissue. Now your headlights will become shiny again!
