If you’re a little late to Spring Cleaning, or you feel like you want to bring a new life back into your home, you’ve come to the right place.

Below we’ve got some great cleaning hacks to get your home looking as new as when you first you moved in.

There will be no spot too hard to reach or a spot that takes too much time or effort. With these tips, cleaning the house won’t be as tedious as it sounds, and you just might finish cleaning faster than you anticipated.

1. Clean your toilet siphon with duct tape

One Arizona mom of 2 boys, Kimberly, came up with this toilet siphon tip to keep her bathroom clean.

What you’ll need:

• Vinegar (cleaning vinegar is stronger and works best)
• A scrub brush
• Duct tape (seriously)

You’ll also want to do this clean before everyone goes to bed for the night because you’ll want to let some things sit overnight.

1. Turn off the water for your toilet
2. Flush the toilet so your water tank empties
3. Pour a gallon of water into the toilet bowl to fully flush all the water out
4. Now deep clean. Scrub under the toilet rim and clean out the siphons, which are crucial to keeping your toilet clean.

1. Cover each siphon with duct tape around the rim and make sure they’re secure.
2. Pour vinegar into the toilet tank and flush the toilet! The vinegar will run into the siphons and the duct tape will keep the vinegar in there.
3. Allow the vinegar sit in the rim and siphons overnight. Then remove the duct tape the next day, turn the water back on and flush the toilet a couple of times to get it back to normal.

2. Clean your toilet with WD-40

You may be familiar with WD-40 as an item that lubricates metal parts. But turns out this lubricant can serve multiple purposes.

1. Simply spray the inside of your toilet bowl.
2. Grab your handy scrub brush and scrub away.
3. Continue flushing and scrubbing until all the dirt is washed away.

How it works: The solvents in WD-40 break down gunk and mineral build up without the need for dedicated cleaning solutions.

3. Clean your toilet with baking soda

You’re probably sensing a theme, but it’s understandable right? Toilets are one of the quickest appliances that get dirty.

And if you don’t have WD-40 lying around or an auto parts store nearby, fear not. There is another way to get your toilet nice and shiny again.

This method involves baking soda, a common cooking ingredient.

1. Pour 1/2 cup of vinegar into your toilet
2. Follow it with 1 cup of baking soda
3. Add 3-5 drops of lemon oil
4. Let the mixture sit for 15 minutes
5. Dip your scrubbing brush into the water and scrub the toilet
6. Flush

The results will speak for themselves.

4. Clean yellowed pillows with your washing machine

We all wash our pillowcases regularly. But what about the pillows within the pillowcases? Can you remember the last time you washed yours?

If it has been a while, don’t worry. Others have made the same mistake too, leading to a whole life hack dedicated to whitening yellowed pillows.

1. Put the yellowed pillow into the washing machine
2. Add liquid detergent and bleach
3. Set your washing machine to hot cycle with extra rinse
4. Dry your pillow(s) as instructed with 3 tennis balls in the dryer.

Save money on replacing old pillows with this handy trick.

5. Clean bathtub dirt

Forget buying expensive bathtub cleaning store products. Your bathtub and your wallet will thank you with the home made solution below.

You will need:

• Nail polish remover
• A kitchen sponge

To clean your bathtub:

1. Pour nail polish remover on the rough side of your sponge
2. Scrub the dirty parts of your bathtub

How it works: The acetone acts as a dissolving agent. When the nail polish comes in contact with grime, the polish remover dissolves it. The dirt can then be wiped off with a paper towel.

6. Make your broom new again

Brooms and dustpans quickly get dirty, especially since they’re job is to sweep away the dirt.

You might be like most people who simply put their broom and dustpan away after each use, but this is one habit to break. Just putting the broom away spreads dirt and germs.

Next time you pull out the broom to sweep, use one of these methods below to clean it after you’re done sweeping.

1. Vacuum the broom bristles
2. Wipe the broom bristles and dustpan with a disinfecting wipe
3. Fill a bucket with water, add dish soap, and mix it together until soap bubbles form. Then let the broom soak in the bucket for one hour.

Surprisingly simple yet remarkably effective.

7. Whiten tile grout

Tile grout is the lines between your tiles. When they get dirty, they can make the cleanest of tiles look filthy.

Often times, tile grout will be left untouched because it’s a hard to reach place. But it’s not hard to reach with this tip.

1. Take an empty spray bottle and use a funnel to add vinegar
2. Pour baking soda in the tile grouts and use your finger to get the baking soda in the lines
3. Spray vinegar on the baking soda
4. Let the mixture bubble before scrubbing it away and wiping it clean with a towel

8. Fix your slow drain

Do you end up with a puddle in your sink after using it? No need to call the plumber yet. Try this quick fix first.

1. Scoop out the excess water with a measuring cup
2. Add 1/2 cup of baking soda so it covers the drain
3. Add 1 cup of vinegar and pour it over the drain
4. Cover the drain with a towel and let it sit for 5-10 minutes

Pour in water as a test and hopefully, you’ve resolved the drain issue!

9. Clean your glass cooktop

Glass cooktops can’t just be removed and cleaned. Instead, use handy baking soda to get rid of stains.

1. Cover any stains with baking soda and let it sit
2. Get a bowl of water and place a towel inside.
3. Pour dish soap on the water and towel
4. Remove the soaked towel from the bowl and squeeze it over the cooktop and baking soda
5. Lie the towel flat over the cooktop and let it sit for 20 minutes
6. Remove the towel and rub the baking soda in circles
7. Take a paper towel and wipe off the surface completely

10. Get rid of the stains on your couch

Stains from couches are not always things you can simply rub off (with the exception of leather couches of course).

Time to grab our favorite baking soda again for this stain removal job.

1. Generously sprinkle baking soda over the stains on your couch
2. Let it sit for 20 minutes
3. Get a hand vacuum and suck up the baking soda
4. Get an all-purpose cleaner spray bottle and spray it on a towel
5. Scrub your couch with the towel

11. Clean your rugs at home

When it comes to your area rugs, you don’t always have to go to the dry cleaner. Those dry cleaner trips can add up.

If you’re looking to save a little money, try cleaning your rug at home with the steps below.

1. Lay your rug flat outside
2. Spray your rug down with a garden hose
3. Pour OxiClean on your rug and scrub away
4. Let your rug sit for 2-3 hours
5. Spray it down again with a garden hose
6. Roll the rug up to get the excess moisture out
7. Repeat, then stand to try

12. How to simplify dusting your blinds

Blinds with lots of slats are tedious to clean – but they don’t have to be.

With this technique and a pair of kitchen tongs, it will be a cinch to clean your dust blinds.

What you’ll need:

• Kitchen tongs
• A dust towel

To clean your dust blinds:

1. Cut your dust towel in half
2. Wrap one of the halved dust towels around one side of the kitchen tongs (Cut it again to fit your tongs’ size)
3. Use a rubber band to keep the dust towel on the kitchen tong
4. Repeat the same process with the other halved dust towel and the other side of the kitchen tong
5. Pinch the kitchen tongs on a dust blind and slide it down to clean

13. Make your porcelain sink shine

• Baking soda
• Sponge
• Hydrogen Peroxide

To clean your sink:

1. Pour baking soda on the grime of the sink
2. Scrub it away with a sponge
3. Pour hydrogen peroxide on the sponge and squeeze the excess out
4. Scrub the baking soda away (it will form clumps) and let it sit for 20 minutes
5. After 20 minutes, turn on the sink and wash away the excess baking soda

14. Clean your electric stove burners

If you can remove the electric stove burners from your stove, then you can clean them. Save money with this homemade cleaner below.

What you’ll need:

• A removable stove burner
• Towel
• Dish soap
• Paper towel
• Sponge

To clean your stove burner:

1. Place the stove burner on a towel
2. Apply dish soap on a paper towel
3. Take 1/2 cup of baking soda and add a light amount of water
4. Mix the baking soda and water together
5. Apply the mixture on the entire stove burner
6. Let it sit for 20 minutes
7. Scrub it off with a sponge
8. Rinse and dry with a towel

15. Use vinegar as a window cleaner

Sure, you can spend money on Windex. Or you can simply take some vinegar and water and get pretty much the same result.

To clean your window with vinegar:

1. Mix equal parts of distilled white vinegar and water
2. Apply to windows with a sponge
3. Wipe clean using a squeegee (Remember to wet the squeegee blade first so it won’t skip.)

And there you have it! We hope you enjoy your clean and vibrant beautiful home with these tips!

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Source: Cooktop Cove

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By Arianna Etemadieh

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Arianna Etemadieh is a contributing writer at Shareably. Arianna is based in San Francisco and can be reached at [email protected].