I don’t know about you, but cleaning is not something that I look forward to doing. I love to see the end results of my efforts, but getting started is a drag. Not to mention, the cost of cleaning products is just getting higher with each passing day. I decided it was time to make a roundup of some of the top 30 cleaning hacks to make your life easier as well as mine. I am always trying to remember these neat tricks, but end up having to look it up again. This way it’s all in one location!
I hope these cleaning hacks help you too, but worst case, you can always hire cleaning services to take care of this stuff. Ideal Cleaning and other companies like this provide periodic deep cleans and health checks for living areas and cooking spaces, meaning that you will spend a lot less time on upkeep (and worrying over general hygiene).
Top 30 Cleaning Hacks
- Soaking your broom and toothbrushes in salt water can help liven them up.
- [easyazon_link identifier=”B007SNJ98G” locale=”US” tag=”tidbitofexp-20″]Salt[/easyazon_link] can help you break up burnt stuff off of pots and pans or other surfaces.
- Did you know salt can help you clean your fridge easier? It’s because the salt grains will help your break down the dirt and grime without harming your glass shelves.
- Salt water helps keep the weeds at bay.
- Putting salt in the bottom of your shoes helps remove some of the odor.
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- Keep your sink drains grease free by adding salt and hot water down the drain.
- Remove the nasty stains off the bottom of coffee pots with a bit of salty water.
- Reduce splattering when you’re cooking with greasy foods by adding a bit of salt to the bottom of the pan before you start cooking.
- Remove those pesky sweat stains by giving the stains a salty sponge bath.
- A ball of [easyazon_link identifier=”B00M8ZEAW4″ locale=”US” tag=”tidbitofexp-20″]aluminum foil[/easyazon_link] makes a great scrub brush for cleaning dishes.
- Did you know you can clean your dishwasher with Lemon Koolaid?
- Add wax paper to your fridge and counter shelves for easy clean up.
- Shaving cream is good for cleaning up glue and marker stains off of tabletop surfaces.
- Clean the bottom of your iron with toothpaste to remove the nasty black buildup.
- Clean your stainless steel by putting a bit of olive oil on a soft towel and rubbing it on your appliances.
- Clean your windows with equal parts water and white vinegar for beautiful streak-free windows.
- Use [easyazon_link identifier=”B000RO08L0″ locale=”US” tag=”tidbitofexp-20″]white vinegar[/easyazon_link] to clean silverware.
- An equal combination of salt and vinegar cleans pewter and brass.
- Get rid of moldy stains by spraying it with white vinegar.
- [easyazon_link identifier=”B002SKVZIQ” locale=”US” tag=”tidbitofexp-20″]Baking soda[/easyazon_link] will help keep your grill grates clean and shiny.
- Clean brushes and combs by a soaking solution of 1 tsp. baking soda and 4 cups warm water.
- You can also use newspaper to help clean windows.
- Use lemon and salt to clean a wooden cutting board
- Letting baking soda sit on your sofas and then vacuuming it up will make your sofa look new.
- Clean your toilet with Coca-Cola.
- Clean your computer and TV screens with [easyazon_link identifier=”B001UBNRH6″ locale=”US” tag=”tidbitofexp-20″]coffee filters[/easyazon_link].
- Use chalk to remove greasy stains from clothes.
- Deep clean around your water faucets with dish soap, vinegar, and lemon juice.
- Remove rust stains with a mixture of cream of tartar and lemon juice.
- Lemon and orange peels are great for cleaning garbage disposals.
Which cleaning hack do you use the most?
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22 Comments
Love this! I’m obsessed with finding new, simple ways to get tough cleaning jobs done quicker!
I’m glad that you liked this list of tricks.
Thank you for stopping by and commenting. I hope to see you again soon.
I love cleaning tips. I’m going to have to try all the salt tricks you mentioned! Lemon koolaid for the dishwasher?? Sounds interesting!!
It does sound interesting for sure. It kind of makes me wonder what it does to our bodies when we drink it. 🙂
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I love all kinds of hacks,t hanks so much for this handy list!
Great list! I use vinegar and water solutions to clean our floors but I never thought of using it to clean our windows!
These are great ideas. I use plastic placemats to line my fridge shelves. I had some I wasn’t using and they are easy to wipe down. Thanks for hosting Small Victories Sunday Linkup with us, pinning to our linkup board.
I have never heard of cleaning the toilet with Coca-Cola. That’s interesting!
I’ll have to try some of these. Thanks for the list!
Great tips Crystal! I’m always looking for tips to make cleaning faster. Thanks for sharing them!
Hi Crystal – Thanks for linking up with the Let’s Get Real party. This will be my featured post at this week’s party.
Love these tips! They look like they will make cleaning a lot easier. Thanks for sharing them on the #HomeMattersParty
Awesome!!! Totally bookmarking this. No way Ill remember them all. Thank you for making life easier for some of us 🙂
My dad taught me about using newspaper to clean the windows, and it works so well. I’ll have to try out your other tips thank you!
Wow, Great cleaning hacks. I have to try some of these next time while cleaning.
Great tips!! Any way to make cleaning easier and I’m in!! 🙂 Thank you for sharing with us at the #HomeMattersParty
I recently switched from doing a few cleaning tasks per day to having 1 maintenance day where I clean from top to bottom. It’s tiring on the first day but what a relief to have the rest of the week off from deep cleaning! #HomeMattersParty
Great tips!! I never knew all the things salt can be used for.
Great tips. Thanks for sharing these. Leigh #SmallVictoriesLinkUp
Brilliant, time-saving tips! Too sweet not to tweet!
This is getting saved to my bookmarks right away! I love the tip of using coffee filters to clean the television screen. Who would have thought? Thanks for all the great tips!
Cleaning is one of the important part of your house, office or any other place where you live or work but the most difficult thing in cleaning is glass for example windows if anybody guide me how to clean our windows in an easy way