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40 Tricks To Make Your Home Cleaner Than Ever.

40 Tricks To Make Your Home Cleaner Than Ever.

Do you want your house to be nickel chrome?

It's true that it's nice to have a clean house from floor to ceiling.

And for that, we have what you need!

We have selected the 40 best cleaning tips for you.

With these tips, your home is going to be cleaner than it's ever been.

40 Tricks To Make Your Home Cleaner Than Ever.

Here are 40 tips to deep clean your home . Bookmark them for next weekend.

You can use all the cheats we've listed or pick a few from a category to get started. Watch:

40 Tricks To Make Your Home Cleaner Than Ever.

1. Soak paper towels in white vinegar, then put them on the faucets to remove traces of limescale

40 Tricks To Make Your Home Cleaner Than Ever.

Then, use a cloth soaked in white vinegar to shine the faucet and all the fittings in the shower and the tub.

2. Clean your shower curtain as soon as you see traces of mold

40 Tricks To Make Your Home Cleaner Than Ever.

"Mildew stains are microscopic. If you see black stains on your curtain, it means there are literally millions of fungi — if not billions," says bacteriologist Dr. Kelly Reynolds.

Most shower curtains can be cleaned in the washing machine:just read the label and follow the washing instructions.

For a thorough wash, use bench vinegar as directed in our tip here.

3. Place a cotton ball soaked in bleach on the silicone seals of your bathtub and leave to act overnight

40 Tricks To Make Your Home Cleaner Than Ever.

It's still simpler than redoing all the joints, isn't it? Click here to discover the trick.

We never recommend bleach for household chores because it is toxic. But for the joints, we have not found such effective natural solutions.

4. If you have sliding doors on your shower, use white vinegar to clean the tracks

40 Tricks To Make Your Home Cleaner Than Ever.

The sliding shower door track is one of the places in the house that gets dirty quickly and is easily forgotten to clean. Click here to discover the trick.

5. Disassemble your shower head and soak it in a bath of white vinegar to remove limescale and unclog the holes in the showerhead

40 Tricks To Make Your Home Cleaner Than Ever.

For even easier cleaning, simply tie a bag of white vinegar around your shower head. It is particularly effective and very easy to do. Click here to discover the trick.

But once or twice a year (depending on the hardness of your water), a thorough cleaning can actually increase the flow and pressure of your shower .

Disassemble your knob and let it soak in white vinegar overnight. Beforehand, take care to consult the instructions for use of your shower head, in order to make sure that the white vinegar will not damage it.

6. Remove traces of limescale on the shower screen with white vinegar

40 Tricks To Make Your Home Cleaner Than Ever.

To remove traces of limescale from shower walls, use this homemade recipe based on white vinegar and baking soda.

You can also use this recipe for homemade glass cleaner, if the water marks are not encrusted.

7. Eliminate stubborn traces of rust on your faucets and sinks with half a lemon soaked in salt

40 Tricks To Make Your Home Cleaner Than Ever.

What's great about this trick, you don't even have to scrub like crazy:it's the acidity of the lemon that does all the work! You don't have a lemon? No big deal, grapefruit does the trick too.

8. For a thorough cleaning of your toilets, also clean the holes under the rim of the toilet

40 Tricks To Make Your Home Cleaner Than Ever.

To do this, simply plug the holes with repair tape, then fill the toilet tank with white vinegar and flush. Click here to discover the tutorial.

40 Tricks To Make Your Home Cleaner Than Ever.

9. Shine your stainless steel sink with baking soda

40 Tricks To Make Your Home Cleaner Than Ever.

Baking soda is very effective in cleaning and shining stainless steel sinks. Click here to discover the trick.

10. Heat a lemon and water in your microwave to clean up all the messes in one swipe

40 Tricks To Make Your Home Cleaner Than Ever.

The lemon water vapor will loosen the gunk from your microwave. Using a sponge and an old rag, all you have to do is wipe it down to remove all the dirt. Click here to discover the trick.

11. Put the clogged grids of your gas stove in a freezer bag with a little ammonia. Leave on overnight to remove all layers of dirt

40 Tricks To Make Your Home Cleaner Than Ever.

Certainly, ammonia does not necessarily smell of violets. So, better get outside for this cleaning trick. Click here to discover the trick.

12. Clean your hob without rubbing:to do this, sprinkle with baking soda, cover with a damp cloth, leave to act for 15 minutes and wipe with a sponge

40 Tricks To Make Your Home Cleaner Than Ever.

This method is much cheaper than buying a specific glass plate cleaner. In addition, it also works to clean all parts of electric hobs and gas stoves (except the grids). Click here to discover the trick.

13. Use a melamine sponge to make your oven glass shine like never before

40 Tricks To Make Your Home Cleaner Than Ever.

One word to describe the effectiveness of this trick:WOW! In addition, melamine sponges (also known as "magic sponges") are also effective for cleaning up everything else in your oven .

To discover: Finally a tip for cleaning between the windows of an oven.

14. Easily clean cooking oil spills with a little mineral oil

40 Tricks To Make Your Home Cleaner Than Ever.

To get rid of those cooking grease stains, just put 2-3 drops of mineral oil on a paper towel and wipe it down. Click here to discover the trick.

To discover: 50 Super Cooking Hacks Tried and Approved.

40 Tricks To Make Your Home Cleaner Than Ever.

15. If your sofa is made of fabric, sprinkle it with baking soda to eliminate bad odors

40 Tricks To Make Your Home Cleaner Than Ever.

Leave the baking soda on for a few hours, or even better, overnight. The next day, vacuum the cushions to eliminate bad smells. Click here to discover the trick.

16. Easily remove dust from your lampshades in 2 min with a lint roller

40 Tricks To Make Your Home Cleaner Than Ever.

A simple lint roller is all you need to dust lamp shades. Click here to discover the trick.

17. Clean your TV screen with a coffee filter

40 Tricks To Make Your Home Cleaner Than Ever.

It's a small cleaning that I practice regularly and which is super effective. Click here to discover the trick.

18. Clean your computer screen with a cotton ball soaked in water and white vinegar...

40 Tricks To Make Your Home Cleaner Than Ever.

... then use a hair dryer to remove the dust between the keys

40 Tricks To Make Your Home Cleaner Than Ever.

With these 2 tricks, you don't even need to buy microfiber towels or compressed air canisters.

40 Tricks To Make Your Home Cleaner Than Ever.

19. Frequently wash the pillows you sleep on

40 Tricks To Make Your Home Cleaner Than Ever.

Thanks to this easy tutorial, your pillows will be very clean, completely disinfected and will have regained their whiteness.

20. Machine wash the sheets, mattress pad and duvet cover. Then, use the roller trick to change your duvet cover in 90 sec

40 Tricks To Make Your Home Cleaner Than Ever.

Thanks to the roller technique, you no longer have to struggle every time you change the duvet cover!

21. Clean your mattress easily with baking soda and a vacuum cleaner

40 Tricks To Make Your Home Cleaner Than Ever.

Easy, isn't it? Click here to discover the trick.

22. Easily clean your wooden chest of drawers with this natural trick

40 Tricks To Make Your Home Cleaner Than Ever.

All you need for this wood cleaner is olive oil and lemon. Click here to discover the trick.

23. Easily clean your bedroom carpet with baking soda

40 Tricks To Make Your Home Cleaner Than Ever.

Sprinkle with baking soda, brush the carpet to make it penetrate and leave to act for 3 hours. Click here to discover the trick.

40 Tricks To Make Your Home Cleaner Than Ever.

24. Make your own reusable cleaning wipes to disinfect all surfaces

40 Tricks To Make Your Home Cleaner Than Ever.

Super handy for surfaces like countertops, bathrooms, window sills, light switches, cupboard and drawer handles, coffee tables, bedside tables… the list goes on! Click here to discover the trick.

25. Use a pillowcase to dust clogged fan blades without getting dust everywhere

40 Tricks To Make Your Home Cleaner Than Ever.

Click here to discover the trick.

26. Unscrew the ventilation grilles and clean them in the dishwasher

40 Tricks To Make Your Home Cleaner Than Ever.

Almost all types of ventilation grilles can be cleaned in the dishwasher. Even plastic grids like those of the VMC in the bathrooms. Just take care not to choose a hot cycle for the plastic grates. Click here to learn more.

27. Clean your floors with a suitable cleaner and mop

40 Tricks To Make Your Home Cleaner Than Ever.

Awesome ! Finally a practical guide on how to clean any type of floor WITHOUT chemicals. Click here to discover the trick.

28. Whiten tile joints with this homemade cleaner

40 Tricks To Make Your Home Cleaner Than Ever.

Apply this homemade cleaner to the tile joints in your home. No more all-black tile joints! Click here to discover the trick.

29. Easily clean all the blinds in your home with kitchen tongs and microfiber wipes.

40 Tricks To Make Your Home Cleaner Than Ever.

When the microfiber cloths accumulate too much dirt, turn them over and use the clean side. And with these homemade multi-purpose cleaner or dust spray recipes, you'll go even faster. Click here to discover the trick.

30. Clean your windows with a lint-free cloth and this NO STREAMS glass cleaner

40 Tricks To Make Your Home Cleaner Than Ever.

Here's a great recipe for homemade glass cleaner that leaves no streaks. Click here to discover the trick.

31. Use a seam ripper to easily remove hair tangled in your vacuum's brush attachment

40 Tricks To Make Your Home Cleaner Than Ever.

The seam ripper is a handy tool for sewing. And you can also use it to easily cut and remove dirt tangled in the brush of your vacuum cleaner. With just one step, you'll easily get rid of all that hair wrapped around the brush!

32. Use your iron to remove stubborn carpet stains WITHOUT rubbing

40 Tricks To Make Your Home Cleaner Than Ever.

Yes, the heat of your iron can really make a difference. Watch the tutorial here.

33. Remove all dirt from your washing machine with white vinegar and baking soda

40 Tricks To Make Your Home Cleaner Than Ever.

To thoroughly clean your washing machine, all you need is a little white vinegar and baking soda. Click here to discover the trick.

34. If you have a porthole machine, don't forget to clean the rubber seals as well

40 Tricks To Make Your Home Cleaner Than Ever.

Click here to discover the trick.

35. Eliminate bad odors from your trash can with vinegar water and baking soda

40 Tricks To Make Your Home Cleaner Than Ever.

This method will allow you to eliminate the bad odors that hit you hard every time you open the trash can! Click here to discover the trick.

36. Clean the dirty soleplate of your iron with a white vinegar treatment, then a bicarbonate treatment

40 Tricks To Make Your Home Cleaner Than Ever.

Click here to discover the trick.

37. Don't forget to wash the outside of your windows with a garden hose

40 Tricks To Make Your Home Cleaner Than Ever.

Discover this complete tutorial to easily clean the exterior part of your windows.

38. If you don't like gasoline stains on your garage floor, get rid of them with this trick

40 Tricks To Make Your Home Cleaner Than Ever.

Here is the method to remove these gasoline stains.

39. Scrub moldy basement walls with a brush and this bleach-free cleaner

40 Tricks To Make Your Home Cleaner Than Ever.

Discover here the complete tutorial on how to remove mold from walls WITHOUT using bleach.

40. If you have patio furniture, put it on the driveway of your house (or any other place where dirty water won't drip onto your beautiful lawn) for a good thorough brushing

40 Tricks To Make Your Home Cleaner Than Ever.

If your outdoor furniture is covered in mold, use the white vinegar mixture (to remove mold from walls from the previous tip).