Make your house smell nice with vanilla extract. Put 2 tbs of vanilla extract in a bowl and bake them in the oven for around one hour at 300 degrees. This way, you’ll save up money on air fresheners.
After around 20 minutes, you’ll start noticing the odor and it may take a longer time to encompass the whole house depending on how big it is. (You can use other oils, such as lemon and lavender)
Cleaning Fire Place
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If you are asking yourself what to do with old coffee beans, the answer is you can make them part of your home cleaning items. You can get rid of any bad smell in your fireplace by using newspapers and ground coffee.
Simply, Crumple the papers and sprinkle the coffee over them and set them on fire. This will enhance your fireplace olfactory situation. Coffee grounds also help you to contain the dust while you are cleaning your fireplace.
Deodorizer
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If you have struggled with air fresheners and scented candles and needed an alternative, Citrus fruit, such as oranges and lemons could serve as eco house cleaning products.
Their peels could function as deodorizers; thus, every time you peel an orange or lemon, put the peel in your garbage can to clear any bad smells. This could work great to people with asthma who cannot bear artificial ingredients or the smell coming from the garbage container.
Cleaning Copper
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Hot sauce doesn’t only serve as a flavor that sets your tongue on fire; it can also be useful in cleaning copper. Usually, when copper is left out without maintenance for years, it develops an unsightly tarnish that some products are ineffective in removing it.
Use hot sauce with any copper utensils or fixtures that you think need cleaning. This tip is also loved by coins collectors since they can use it to make their copper pennies clean for trade or exhibition.
Cleaning Silver
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You can take care of your silver by simply applying whitening toothpaste. The latter can brighten up your utensils or any other silver item by removing any tarnish and hindering patina built up.
The results from this tip are really impressive, especially that silver polish products are expensive. It is recommended that you use tartar control toothpaste for better results; since it has more quantity of hydrated silica. This can work with jewelry, utensils and even fixture.
Aspirin For Flowers
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This one is known by many, and it surprisingly works. Just put 2 aspirins in the water and wait for them to dissolve, then pour the water in a vase of flowers and your flowers will remain bright and fresh.
You can even alternate water by lemonade. However, experts are still on the fence when it comes to this especially that no concrete conclusions have been made. You should also opt for genuine types such as Bayern and not regular ones such as ibuprofen and acetaminophen.
Kitchen Cabinets Cleaning waxed paper
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You can exempt yourself from a lot of scrubbing and rubbing by putting waxed paper on the kitchen cabinets. The paper will make cleaning easier by preventing dust and grease from cluttering.
Also, one more tip concerning kitchen cabinet cleaning is to try to dust the cabinet before cleaning the floor. If you cleaned the floor then dusted the cabinet, you will have to do the same job again and clear the dust that fell on the floor.
Nails Removal
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Crisscross 2 rubber bands over the hammer claw prior to any attempt to remove a nail; especially when removing it off the wall. This way, you’ll avoid getting the wall damaged.
You should also try to learn techniques and other tips on how to remove a nail without leaving a bigger hole on the wall. It is also recommended to fill the hole that the nail left on the wall with toothpaste and let it dry.
Shower Curtains
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If you get frustrated from having your shower curtains stuck when you want to get in or get out of the shower, try to rub waxed paper along the rod. This will facilitate a smooth movement and relieve you from the frustration.
You can also opt for any type of oil (but don’t use much) to rub it on the rod, but make sure you don’t leave any drops on the floor so that you won’t slip.
