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Home » 8 Genius Cleaning Hacks to Steal From Grandma!
8 Genius Cleaning Hacks to Steal From Grandma!

8 Genius Cleaning Hacks to Steal From Grandma!

11/27/2019 By Deborah T

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If you are living a hectic and fast-paced lifestyle you are likely short on time as it is. The fact is, with your busy life, maintaining a clean and organized household can be difficult. Don’t worry. These cleaning hacks can help get you there!

Luckily, there are ways to minimize the clutter and to maintain a clean and well-organized household by hiring maid services to do your cleaning. By hiring a maid service, you should be able to maintain a very clean household without having to take up all of your free time.

You can find a maid service that will enable you to really enjoy having a clean home without all of the work that is typically required to do so. Professional maid service is a fantastic investment because it can save you time and help you avoid the stress of living in a cluttered and messy home.

However, if you are looking to improve the cleanliness of your home outside of hiring a maid service, you will want to implement some of the 8 genius housekeeping hacks that you can steal from your grandma as discussed in this article.

8 GENIUS CLEANING HACKS

  1. Using Kitchen Ingredients

bust bad odors with white vinegarOne of the best hacks that you should be able to use that your grandma swore by would be using various kitchen ingredients to clean different things around the house. Believe it or not, but there are all kinds of effective natural cleaning ingredients that you have stored in your kitchen that you might not even know about.

For instance, you can use lemon juice in order to get rid of hard to remove stains. This is due to lemon juice being an effective bleaching agent. Therefore, if you have a hard to remove stain present, simply squirt lemon juice on it and allow it to sit. You will eventually see the stain fade away.

Another effective natural ingredient that your grandma likely used was the use of white vinegar around the house. White vinegar, in particular, is very effective for many things. Not only can you clean countertops with it, but you can even use it as a natural window cleaning substitute.

By using white vinegar, you can remove stains that you otherwise might have trouble getting rid of. Along with this, it can be equally effective at getting rid of the limescale that might have built up on your steel appliances and/or your kettle.

  1. Using Shoe Polish To Wax Furniture

Another useful hack that you can use that can completely change the look of your home is using shoe polish to wax your furniture. If your furniture looks like it has seen better days, it might be time to implement this hack.

By applying shoe polish to your wooden furniture, it will help to improve the vibrancy of the wood. In fact, it will allow it to look brand new. It can really enhance the overall look of your wooden furniture and keep it from looking dull and faded.

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  1. Less Is More

Grandma always wants to conserve and to save money. Sponges are an item that we use on a regular basis that you want to last. Because of this, you can cut up your sponges to effectively get more usage out of each sponge. Not to mention, the smaller the sponge is, the faster it will dry. The faster your sponge dries, the fewer bacteria will build upon it.

However, eventually, your sponge will accumulate a lot of bacteria. In this instance, you will simply place the sponge in the microwave for a short period of time. The heat will effectively kill off microorganisms and bacteria on your sponge to make it much more sanitary to continue using.

  1. Using Toothpaste

Toothpaste can be a very effective ingredient. One thing that you will be able to do with toothpaste is to rub it all over your silverware. By doing this, you should be able to shine the silverware and get it looking brand new again. However, this is only effective if you use traditional toothpaste rather than the gel kind that you might find also sold in supermarkets.

  1. Baking Soda

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Baking soda is one of the very best ingredients that you will be able to utilize in your cleaning routine.

Also, baking soda can be used for so many different cleaning tasks. For one, you can spruce up your shower by sprinkling baking soda on it and scrubbing the shower walls. Because baking soda is an effective exfoliate and because it can neutralize acid, it makes for a great cleaning ingredient to minimize bacteria growth.

Along with this, you can use baking soda to get rid of the gunk that might be sitting in drains. If you have a drain that is clogged, you can let the baking soda sit in the drain itself and it will do its thing. Also, it can be used to clean and wash the sink itself to ensure that bacteria growth is kept to a minimum. That cleanliness helps cut down on bad odors from the sink or garbage disposal.

Lastly, it can be used as a very effective grout cleaning ingredient.

  1. Take Off Your Shoes

One of the best cleaning hacks to steal from Grandma is keeping the house clean. You’ll achieve this by simply preventing the house from getting dirty, to begin with. Simply implement a ‘no shoes policy’ in your home. Have a place where guests can take of their shoes to avoid spreading dirt and grime across the house.

  1. Cleaning Day

Set up a cleaning day that will be used to clean once per week. You should also have a laundry day. You could make it the same day, but it will create much more work.

  1. Dry Sheets And Other Things Outside

Using the sun to dry your sheets and other linens can really help to minimize bacteria growth and bad smell. The sun naturally kills off bacteria that can cause odors.

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The Takeaway: Try These Eight Genius Cleaning Hacks…or Hire a Professional

Overall, there is a lot that you can do to improve your cleaning and decluttering efforts. You can implement some of the cleaning hacks discussed above. However, much more easily, you can hire professional maid services in any city or town across America to get even better results.

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Deborah T
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Deborah Tayloe is a full-time blogger, children's book author, and freelance writer, contributing to large publications.

She has a B.S.Ed. in Secondary Education/English and a Spanish Minor. In addition, she holds a Certificate in Natural Health from a fully-accredited program and is a Certified Herbologist. She pursued these natural wellness certifications due to her love for herb gardening.

Despite freelancing to make a living, her love is "all things home."

Deborah grew up in a family that grew a large vegetable garden and a fruit orchard, helping her parents pull weeds and can home-grown foods as part of her childhood. In fact, she had no idea that she could purchase veggies and fruits in pre-packed steel cans until she went to college and made a food run.

Today, she lives in Bertie County, North Carolina, an agricultural rural area with more chickens than people. She lives with her husband and two rescue pets a sweet toy fox terrier and a cat who showed up one day and moved into the house. Together, they enjoy DIY projects, furniture refinishing, gardening, and canning.
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About Deborah T

Deborah Tayloe is a full-time blogger, children's book author, and freelance writer, contributing to large publications.

She has a B.S.Ed. in Secondary Education/English and a Spanish Minor. In addition, she holds a Certificate in Natural Health from a fully-accredited program and is a Certified Herbologist. She pursued these natural wellness certifications due to her love for herb gardening.

Despite freelancing to make a living, her love is "all things home."

Deborah grew up in a family that grew a large vegetable garden and a fruit orchard, helping her parents pull weeds and can home-grown foods as part of her childhood. In fact, she had no idea that she could purchase veggies and fruits in pre-packed steel cans until she went to college and made a food run.

Today, she lives in Bertie County, North Carolina, an agricultural rural area with more chickens than people. She lives with her husband and two rescue pets a sweet toy fox terrier and a cat who showed up one day and moved into the house. Together, they enjoy DIY projects, furniture refinishing, gardening, and canning.

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