Cleaning your house is a physical nightmare sometimes. Having to deal with sticky stains, hard spots, and dust that emerges from nowhere is certainly frustrating. That is the reason why we love to consult DIY sites for life hacks for home cleaning.
We hope that we can find a magical method to make that hard spot on the oven vanish easily and our furniture look fresh.
However, there are many problems that emerge concerning this matter. For instance, you may come across sites that contain home cleaning hacks that are unreliable.
Maybe these hacks can get the job done, but people who recommended them may not see the whole picture and take the side effects under consideration. That’s the reason why you shouldn’t rush into trying a life hack before thinking it through; especially if you are using it on expensive furniture.
Hairspray To Eliminate Static
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Many will recommend that you use hairspray products to kill static (light objects that stick to other objects due to static electricity) on your striped curtains, shades, shutters, and blinds. However, there are many problems that may take place from this tip.
Hair sprays are distinct by their high stickiness; thus, why would it be useful with flyaways? Therefore, when you spray it on your window blinds and shutters, it will leave the fabric tacky, which is the contrary of what you wished for. Moreover, it simply wouldn’t work since the components of hairsprays differ from the ones in common static spray.
Dryer Sheet For Furniture Cleaning
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Dryer sheets are recommended as carpet dust removers, a way to clean cat hair from carpets, and sofa upholstery cleaners. However, the problem with using dryer sheets for static hair is that there is a component on the sheets (a softener) that is meant to transfer to your clothes when drying.
Therefore, if you use it for sofa cleaning, this component will transfer to the sofa or couch. To avoid having your modern furniture ruined by annoying stains from the softener, look for alternative ways to clean the dust and hair; such as using a vacuum cleaner or gloves.
Bleach In A Glass Jar
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Another house cleaning bad idea is to store the bleach in a glass jar. Many people would buy glass jars online and use them instead of the ugly common bleach bottles.
Even though a glass jar may seem stylish as a decoration for your laundry room, it is not recommended that you pour your bleach in one. Bleach contains powerful components that may harm your glass over time.
In fact, any household cleaning hacks that contain storing home cleaning products in something other than their original packaging should not be followed; since these packages are specifically designed for these products.
Vinegar+ Olive Oil For Watermarks
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How to fix water damaged wood furniture? Certainly without using vinegar. No matter how much careful we are, it happens that someday we forget to use the coaster and end up having unsightly cup marks on our wooden tables.
