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Do you have a love-hate relationship with cleaning? You love the look, feel, and smell of a clean home but you hate to actually clean. I get it. I’ve been there. That’s why I’m sharing these 12 house cleaning hacks to help you get through your spring cleaning checklist a little faster so you can spend more time enjoying the beautiful weather.
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Clean your floor vents in the dishwasher. via – Design Dazzle
Use bleach gel to remove mold and mildew from your bathroom tile. via – First Home Love Life
To clean your oven racks without scrubbing, place them in a large garbage bag with some ammonia and let sit for a couple hours in a well-ventilated area. via – Frugally Blonde
Clean your window screens with a lint roller. via – Cottage Notes
Place a cardboard tube on the end of your vacuum to get into tiny spaces such as window tracks, under your kitchen appliances, the corner of your kitchen drawers, and between your couch cushions. via – One Good Thing
Clean inside your oven glass without removing your oven door. Most ovens have a gap at the bottom of the door. Wrap a rag around a piece of wire (such as a wire hanger), spray it with cleaner and slide it under the door, between the glass. via – Wildly Charmed
Rubbing a bar of soap over the bathroom mirror will keep it from fogging up. source unknown
Mix together 1 cup Epsom salts, 1/2 cup baking soda, 1/4 cup liquid dish soap. Use the mixture to remove hard water stains within seconds. source unknown
Use toothpaste to remove water rings from wood. via – Charles + Hudson
Use a broom to clean your baseboards without breaking your back. Wrap a rag around the end of your broom and secure with a rubber band. Wipe it around the top of your baseboards without having to bend over. via – House Tipster
You can easily clean your kids’ toys in the dishwasher. via – Fun, Cheap, or Free
Use a Swiffer mop to clean your walls. via – A Mother’s Shadow (original post no longer available.)
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I like to learn new ways to make cleaning easier because I have a bad back. Thank you
Brenda, cleaning can be terrible for your back. Glad to hear that you found something to make it easier.
I use a damp rag at the bottom of my broom, use painters tape to keep it in place and clean all the cobwebs from the ceiling, walls and around the fireplace. Every other .months takes me less than 15 minutes. You’ve got some great ideas for me to use- thank you
Thanks for the great tips, a friend of mine told me a trick to dust trim along base boards, especially the kinds that have a bunch of grooves in it…
Use a stiff paint brush, you can spray the brush with whichever endust or other you wish.
It works wonderfully!
That’s a great tip.