HONOLULU (HI Now) - With the holiday season behind us, it’s the perfect time to get a head start on a cleaner home. Here are three cleaning tips to start fresh in the new year.
- Remove most common stains with baking soda and dish soap: Using a mixture of 1 part baking soda, 4 parts dish soap, and 8 parts hydrogen peroxide. Mix together to form a paste. Apply the paste to your stain, and let it sit for 5-10 minutes. Wash as normal.
- Remove stubborn carpet stains with vinegar: If your looking to remove stains from carpets, use vinegar! Just mix 1 part vinegar, 1 part dish soap, and 4 parts water. Blot the stain, and let it dry. Your stain should be gone in a few hours. This also has the benefit of killing added odors as well.
- Use Olive Oil to clean your kitchen appliances and tools: Olive Oil is a great option for cleaning stainless steel pots, pans, and appliances. After cleaning your appliances follow the grain and rub a small amount of olive oil on to the appliance with a microfiber cloth. Use a paper towel to buff, and it shines like new.
- Make scrubbing your skin and toilet easier with a drill: Do you have a drill lying around? Pick up a Drill brush power scrubber kit and cleaning faster and easier. Simple just attach the drill scrubber brush into your favorite household drill and get to cleaning. All surfaces can be cleaned at a rapid pace.
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