In my college days, I worked at Dial-A-Maid. I learned to scrub toilets with tooth brushes and to vacuum my way out of a room so as not to leave footprints. I could get the toughest cigarette smoke and mildew off of any surface out there. I thought that I had learned all of the sneaky little tips to save time on cleaning that I would ever need to know. Boy was I mistaken! Now, don't get me wrong: I still believe that Murphy's Oil Soap is one of the best products that a clean freak can own. But, the recent discovery of a common household staple turned into cleaning dynamo has changed my life!
Did you know that vinegar is one of the most useful items in your house? Not only is it tasty drizzled on salads and added to recipes, it is an amazing cleaning product!
Laramie is notorious for its hard water. I spend a great deal of my cleaning efforts trying to get hard water deposits off of glass shower doors and the lovely fixtures that adorn our bathrooms. Last year, I read about how I could put a baggy full of vinegar over the shower head and attach it with a rubber band. Leave it on for several hours, and VOILA, no more clogged holes! Along the same lines, I have always cleaned my windows, my Bunn coffee maker and the tray underneath the automatic water dispenser on my fridge with vinegar.
But the past few weeks has brought my love of vinegar to new heights. First, I discovered vinegar's wonderful ability to make my bath towels softer and fresher smelling by just adding one cup of it to my wash load. This is especially helpful if you have children who forget to hang up their towels, thereby making them "smelly". I also used vinegar to deodorize my carpet. But, the ultimate use that I have found for vinegar is to make the most amazing shower cleaner ever! Take one cup of vinegar and heat it in the microwave until it is hot but not boiling. In a spray bottle, put one cup of Dawn detergent(just the plain jane kind--nothing fancy). Add your cup of hot vinegar to the bottle and, after you have put the lid on the bottle, shake it to mix the two ingredients. Now you have the best shower cleaner I have ever used! Spray it on the shower and, depending upon your amount of grime, leave it for awhile(one lady said that she left it over night because the shower was so gucky). I only left it for a couple of hours. Then, take your wet sponge and wipe down the shower. Rinse, and prepare to be amazed at the beauty of your incredibly cleanly and sparkling shower!
I hope that my tip will help you to not waste valuable time and money on cleaning products that just don't work worth a damn. Believe me, if it exists I have tried it!
Gonna have to try that!
ReplyDeleteI tried a vinegar bath on my shower head a while back. Contrary to what I expected, it reduced the pressure so much that I had to stand under it for 5-10 minutes just to get the shampoo out of my hair. But vinegar's worked well on other shower heads, so who knows?
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