So I hear you’re having a little get together this weekend.
Don’t ask me how I found out.
I have a huge circle of friends.
Want some great tips on how to clean your place?
I’m totally not fishing for an invitation or anything.
I’m just doing this to be a good Samaritan.
I already have plans for that night.
There’s plenty of ways to clean your home, but in the case of your super spacious, three
- bedroom condo that can accommodate twice as many people as you invited, here are 9
weird but useful cleaning hacks for your home.
But first…again I’m just guessing, but if I was to look into your YouTube history,
I bet I wouldn’t see a ton of informational videos.
Make sure you watch until the end of our video and hit subscribe for more great content!
Clean Your Oven While You Snooze
I hear you’re a real pizza connoisseur.
Instead of conforming like everyone else, you make your pie right in the oven with your
own ingredients.
If I was to assume -- which I’m totally not -- I would say that your oven is due for
a proper cleaning.
Have I got the method for you.
You’ll need some key ingredients first, so grab that pot off the counter and fill
it with water -- I believe a baking dish is also in the washer.
Anyways, once that’s completed, reach into that cabinet below the microwave and grab
a pair of rubber gloves, dish soap, a scrubbing pad and ammonia.
Preheat your oven to about 150 degrees Farhenheit.
While the preheating is underway, make sure you’re boiling your water on the stove top.
Once the oven reaches 150, place some ammonia inside the baking dish and insert it onto
the top rack of the oven.
Then place the boiling water directly underneath the baking dish, letting it sit overnight.
The next morning, remove both the pot and baking dish, as well as the racks.
Mixing a few drops of dish soap in with the ammonia, grab your scrubbing pad and go to
work on the inside of the oven.
Remember to use elbow grease for maximum efficiency.
Twenty minutes of cleaning will have your oven looking like it did when you first bought
the place back in November of 2018.
Kill a Wine Stain with Salt
Spilling wine is one of the most frustrating mistakes you can make.
Let me describe the scenario.
The party’s underway.
People are tipsy.
Someone is reenacting dance moves they did while on vacation in Mexico and BAAAM!
The table is hit, tipping over a glass, leaving a literal and figurative stain on your living
room carpet.
Now you might already know a few successful combatants of wine stains, but have you heard
of salt?
That’s our pick!
Keep in mind, in order for this trick to properly work, it needs to be applied directly after
the accident happens.
Don’t wait!
The second the wine spills, grab a paper towel immediately.
Press the towel as hard as you can onto the wine, getting out as much as possible.
Your next step will be to pour salt over the stain until it can no longer be seen.
Let the salt sit and absorb the wine.
After about one hour, dry the stain with another paper towel.
Use Shaving Foam on Mirrors
I know, this one seems like a reach.
But I assure you it’s not.
Shaving cream can be a very effective tool in the realm of cleaning.
This one is simple if you would like to clean both gunk and shower steam off your mirror.
Just place a small dab of foam in a paper towel and wipe the glass.
Within just a few seconds, your mirrors should be sparkling.
Take Care of Your Sofa With Baking Soda
While baking soda is already used for several things, you can add cleaning the couch to
that ever-growing list.
The steps are easy.
Mix baking soda in a small container of water, creating a thick paste-like substance.
Spread the substance over the area of the couch you wish to clean.
If you don’t have a scrub brush, scrub the paste with a thick layer of paper towel.
After scrubbing, allow the wet substance to sit and dry.
This should take around an hour.
Your final step should be to vacuum away the residue.
If you are looking to clean the sofa entirely, try out this efficient method.
Lightly sprinkle your baking soda over the piece of furniture.
Using whatever scrub you have available, scrub into the fabric letting the baking soda sink
into the sofa’s microfibre.
After letting it sit for an hour, grab your vacuum to dry it off.
Wipe Off Your Blinds With Vinegar
You’re probably thinking, “Is there anything that can’t be cleaned with vinegar?
I knew it would show up on this list at some point”.
To be honest, who the heck knows?
It seems to be a pretty popular choice across the board.
White vinegar in particular is ideal when tackling your blinds.
Just grab that container from the back of your pantry and go to work.
A successful, all-purpose cleaner, white vinegar works best when mixed evenly in a bowl with
warm water.
If the smell hasn’t knocked you out, you’re on the right track.
Revisiting your fondest childhood memory, grab a clean sock and slip it over your hand.
Now I’m not instructing you to give your sock puppet a name, but nobody’s stopping
you.
After dipping ‘Mr. Vinegar Breath’ (sock puppets name) into the bowl, run the sock
over each blind one by one.
Upon completion, place another sock over your hand and dry the blinds.
Scrub Your Vase With a Magnet
While it may sound far fetched, this method works in a big way!
Gotta put my infomercial voice on for this one (clears throat; deeper voice), “Tired
of not being able to reach inside your vase to clean it?
Are you sick of cracking the glass after you finally reach inside?
Explore your inner MacGyver with the new magnetic sponge!”
If you don’t mind challenging yourself, you’ll be happy to know that great results
are around the corner.
If you have small magnets lying around, it’s time to put them towards something other than
sticking that college certificate to your fridge -- Again, a total hunch.
If magnets are a no-go, you’ll be able to pick some up at your local hardware store.
Cutting a small sponge in half, slip the magnet through the tiny slit on the side and seal
the sponge shut.
Doing the exact same exercise for the second sponge, you are now ready for the moment of
truth.
Placing one magnet on the inside of the vase, your sponge is controlled by its duplicate
on the outside.
All you need to do is run the magnet against the glass until every inch is clean.
While this method seems like overkill, we assure you the results are worth the effort.
Run A Toothbrush Over Your Tile
Aren’t you sick of seeing that disgusting gunk in between your beautiful tiles?
Remember the vinegar paste from a moment ago?
Hopefully you haven’t already forgotten that amazing method for blind cleaning.
Fill a tiny container with vinegar, water and baking soda.
This concoction will mix into its own form of paste.
Dipping a toothbrush into the liquid, get down low and start scrubbing away on the grout
between your tiles.
If you happen to have lighter grout lines, its best to use small amounts of oxygen bleach
instead of vinegar.
Scrubbing with a toothbrush may seem like unnecessary manual labour, but if you want
your tile to look cleaner than usual, it’s well worth the elbow grease.
Cleanse Your Bath With A Grapefruit
I know you said, “weird” hacks for cleaning your house, but this one
is over the top.
I’ll join the circus before I clean my tub with a grapefruit.
I promise you, all of this advice works.
Just keep listening...
Now I doubt anybody at your party will be cleansing themselves in the bathtub, but in
case one or two guests happen to use the facilities, you don’t want your tub to look like a garbage
dump.
If it’s not clean enough for a drunk friend to sleep in, it’s not clean at all.
I don’t do that by the way, I’m a terrific party guest.
But where does grapefruit enter the equation?
I’m getting a little freaked out.
Well you’ve got a couple grapefruits in your fridge, right?
Not that I would know or anything, but I’m sure you do.
Slice a grapefruit in two, rubbing one half all over the porcelain interior of the tub.
Once this step is complete, take half a cup of sea salt, sprinkling it on top of the juice.
These two substances mixed together will burn off any dirt or stains that have accumulated
throughout your tub.
Just make sure you have a reliable scrub on hand.
When it’s all said and done, turn on the shower head.
Make sure the water washes away every last bit of juice.
Your final product should be one heck of a sparkling tub.
Coca Cola Makes Your Toilet Look Beautiful
Just hear me out.
I wouldn’t be telling you this if it wasn’t for your own benefit.
See, I really am a useful person to have around.
Too bad I’ll be busy binging TV shows all weekend…
Now believe it or not, Coca Cola is a strong cleaning ingredient that not a ton of folks
know about.
After pouring a 12 oz can in your toilet bowl, let it sit for an hour as the acid eats away
at the dirt around the interior.
While vinegar does something similar, it’s not as efficient.
That and we’ve covered vinegar more than enough in this video.
After the hour is up, scrub the bowl with a sturdy toilet brush.
This should make your bowl look as good as it did back when it was first installed during
your renovation in August of 2017-- Or so I heard through the grapevine.
What are your favourite cleaning hacks?
Have you applied any of the methods we just listed?
May I please attend your party?
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