11 top home cleaning hacks of all time
6. De-funk your mops and sponges
Don’t throw out your kitchen mop when it starts to smell funky. Instead, fill a bucket with a quart of water and 1/4 cup salt. Soak your mops and/or sponges overnight and rinse in the morning.
7. Say goodbye to glitter
Glitter is fun. It’s sparkly and pretty, and it makes craft projects shine, but it’s also a pain to clean up. Catch all those stray pieces of glitter in a breeze using some play dough. Masking tape works well too!
8. Remove candle wax from the carpet
Get candle wax out of the carpet (or any fabric) with an iron and a paper bag. Lay the bag over the wax spill, and run your hot iron over the bag. The bag will soak up all of the candle wax.
9. Clean a cutting board with natural ingredients
Clean a cutting board without chemicals by using kosher salt and a lemon half. Sprinkle salt on the cutting board, and scrub with the lemon half. Rinse and dry completely.
10. Clean your blender fast
Forget scrubbing to clean your blender. Just add a few drops of soap and some water to your smoothie-making friend. Run it through for a minute or two, and then rinse.
11. Clean your oven burners with little work
Save your arm muscles for the gym. Stick your burners (or the burner pans) into a plastic resealable bag. Add 1/4 cup ammonia, seal, and let them sit overnight. In the morning, wipe them down with a wet sponge. Poof!
