Five Top Cleaning Tips You Didn’t Know

Unless you are a domestic goddess (or god for that matter) keeping your home or office clean can become a major chore. However, following a few simple cleaning tips that you build into your daily routine can make things so much easier. Most shop bought cleaners are also full of harsh ingredients that are definitely not kind to the environment. The following five tips are designed be easy to use and eco-friendly. They will certainly help you on your first steps towards you achieving that coveted domestic goddess status.

An Old Fashioned Drain Cleaner

In today’s eco-friendly world we can do more than think about carbon emissions and sustainability. Rather than focus on harsh chemicals that can be dangerous why not look to good old fashioned white vinegar and baking soda to clean your drains. A cup of baking soda combined with a cup of vinegar has a quite dramatic effect. The chemical reaction that you create is perfect for cleaning out your kitchen and bathroom drains. Simply allow the reaction to subside and then follow with a kettleful of very hot water and your drains will be free from grease and odour.

Sweet Smelling Waste Disposal Units

Waste disposal units can easily become rather pungent, especially if you trap onion skins in the mechanism. Use the white vinegar and baking soda solution to remove any debris and then complete things with a piece of lemon peel to keep things smelling fresh. One small piece of citrus peel every time you use the waste disposal will keep things smelling spring like permanently.

Sparkling Windows the Natural Way

Never mind harsh ammonia based cleaners, just squeeze one tablespoon of lemon juice into two pints of hot water. Then use a clean cloth to wash all of your windows and mirrors. Allow the windows to dry naturally. Complete the job by buffing up with a scrunched up page from your favourite newspaper to remove any remaining smears without the worry of lint.  Don’t forget to keep the lemon peel for your waste disposal unit.

Keep Your Furniture Clean the Natural Way

Furniture polish is made from plenty of unpleasant chemicals which you can/should avoid very easily. Simply flick a duster over your furniture to remove any settled dust. Then mix two parts olive oil (it does not need to be the best extra virgin stuff) with a tablespoon of lemon juice, Apply a little to a soft cloth and then buff up your wooden furniture. It will sparkle and shine and give you that wonderful fresh citrus smell.

Polishing Up Your Brass and Copper

Brass and copper cleaners are another source of unpleasant chemicals in the home. You can avoid using them by creating your own cleaner. Use vinegar, salt and flour in equal amounts to make a paste. Rub into the tarnished copper or brass with a soft cloth, cover the complete surface and let the paste dry out. Complete the job by rubbing the dry paste off with a cloth and then buff the surface up to a lovely shine.

Conclusion

You can keep your home sparkling clean using the fab four of the cleaning world. A combination of white vinegar, salt, lemon juice and baking powder can be used to handle most domestic cleaning situations. As well as being easy to use, these solutions are also easy on the environment. They also benefit from being tore cupboard ingredients that most of us have at home already.