Cleaning your house can sound like a taxing task, and it actually can be pretty taxing due to certain stubborn stains that refuse to come out or certain dust particles that cling to your furniture and any other essentials. But not to worry, every problem has a solution and below given are many solutions to your cleaning problems. Listed here are several effective and cheap ways to clean your house and household objects regularly.
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Clean Surfaces With Vinegar And Water
Vinegar, along with water, has proved to be a very efficient ingredient in cleaning surfaces. Make a solution using half a cup of white distilled vinegar and half a gallon of warm water. Dip a mop in it and mop your floors or any surfaces with it. Change the water accordingly as it gets dirty.
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Clean Iron With Salt And Foil
Rock salt can be an excellent cleansing agent if appropriately used. If you have a tough, stubborn stain on your iron that refuses to go out no matter how hard you try to clean them, that is where rock salt can come in handy. All you have to do is pour some rock salt, maybe a tablespoon full, on a piece of aluminum foil. Then put your iron on the highest setting and rub it on the rock salt-filled foil. This will definitely get rid of stains or anything that might be stuck to the bottom of your iron.
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Steam Clean Microwave Oven
Vinegar makes an entry again under this subheading. For this cleaning process, you have to make a solution first. Mix two cups of water and two tablespoons of white distilled vinegar in a microwave-safe bowl or cup. Then, place the solution-filled cup or bowl inside the microwave and heat on high power to boil it. After it has boiled, let it stand for two to three minutes inside the microwave so that the steam trapped inside can loosen up all the dirt and oil, and stains inside. Then, after opening the microwave oven, remove the bowl or cup and start scrubbing off the insides of the microwave with a sponge or a dishcloth. In this way, you can get rid of stubborn stains or oily gunk stuck inside.
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Clean TV And Computer Screens With Coffee Filters
Cleaning with coffee filters sounds weird right? It actually isn't. There is a very good reason why coffee filters can be used to clean TV or computer screens. Coffee filters are lint-free, and as a result of this, they would not leave behind any lint crumbs or would not scratch your screen. Use a dry coffee filter and gently wipe the screens with it.
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Use A Lemon To Clean Stainless Steel
Stainless steel can get stains too. Lemon is a great way to clean the stainless steel in situations like these. First, to do this, sprinkle some salt over your damp sink, then use half a lemon to scrub the salted sink. The combination of salt and lemon will do wonders to remove the discoloration of your sink.
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Use A Toothbrush To Clean Keyboards
Keyboards are something that can get dirty very quickly but is very difficult to clean. But there is a solution for everything. So here, the solution to clean is keyboard is to use a toothbrush. A clean, soft-bristled, dry toothbrush is the best fit for cleaning keyboards. Before cleaning, unplug the keyboard from the computer. Then use the brush gently to clean the nooks and crannies of your keyboard. Do not use water or any liquid for this purpose. After you are done cleaning, plug back your keyboard and get ready to use your clean keyboard.
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Use Coke To Clean The Toilet
It might sound like a myth to most people, but coke is actually a very good cleansing agent, especially for cleaning out toilets. To clean your toilets with coke, pour a full can of it around the rim and make sure it coats the bowl completely. Keep it that way for at least an hour. It allows the acid in the soda to break down the stains. After an hour, scrub down the toilet with a brush and then flush it.
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Use Lint Rollers On Lampshades
Lint rollers are multitaskers. Not only do they aid in the removal of lint, but also they can be used to remove any dust particle or debris from your lampshade. Roll it over a lampshade to clean it. You must be extra gentle with paper lampshades while using the roller on those, but other than that, lint rollers are pretty effective in cleaning your lamps.
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Use Pastry Brush To Clean Toasters
With their tightly woven bristles, pastry brushes can be effective in cleaning out bread crumbs from your toaster. Use it to brush away any stubborn crumbs from the top of the toaster before washing the removable tray.
