9 Refreshing Ways To Deep Clean Your Home This Spring

Apr 26, 2018

Spring has finally started to creep back into our lives and this is a great time of year to open your windows up and give your home a thorough cleaning. Some of those hard to reach areas that normally get neglected could use some attention so your home will end up looking dazzling and new in no time. Let’s look at 9 ways that you can deep clean your home this spring:

Also called the siphon, this is the top tank of your toilet is normally filled with water and pumps water back into your toilet bowl. This area gets dirty too and when it does, it can cause the bowl of your toilet to appear dirty faster. It’s hard to reach area but not impossible to clean.

1. Clean the siphon jets located inside, with an old toothbrush.
2. Use a clothes hanger to push through any dirt built up over time.
3. After shutting off the valve to cut the water supply to the toilet, flush the toilet to drain it fully.
4. Patch the holes under the rim of the toilet with duct tape.
5. Slowly pour 1 gallon of white vinegar into the toilet tank and then flush.
6. Wait for a full night and in the morning remove the tape from under the rim of the toilet.
7. Scrub off any remaining dirt with an old toothbrush.

Sounds silly but really if you think about it, how often do you clean off the brooms or mops in your home? Your brooms collect dust and all sorts of particles every time you use them. Luckily, there are a couple of ways to clean them easily.

1. Wipe the bristles of your broom with antibacterial wipes to disinfect them from any bacteria.
2. Optionally, you can also use a vacuum cleaner to free your broom from dust,hair, and any other particles built up in it.
3. Prepare a solution of water and couple drops of dish soaps, soak the broom in for an hour and let it dry completely. It is also possible to use this method for the dustpan!

You take them to the grocery store each week so these bags see a lot of use. Not counting the fact that they are touching pavements, the trunk of your car and all sorts of surfaces. It is vital to keep your grocery bags clean since you carry your food in them which at the end ends up on your dinner table.

Read the care instructions on the bags you have. Many can be tossed into the washing machine like a regular piece of clothing. However if you own insulated grocery bags, it is better to just use antibacterial wipes to clean the inside of them.

We have all seen pillows going completely yellow under the pillowcase. These stains are mostly caused by sweat building up on the surface over time. Here’s a way to get rid of these unpleasant stains if you own a top-loading washing machine.

Ingredients:

• 1 cup of laundry detergent
• 1 cup powdered dishwasher detergent
• 1 cup bleach
• 1/2 cup Borax

Steps:

1. Fill up the washing machine 1/3 of the way with hot water.
2. Add all the ingredients and let them dissolve.
3. Put your pillows into the washing machine and let them go through two rinse cycles.
4. Leave your pillows out in the sun to dry or put them in the dryer along with some tennis balls so they will remain puffy.

However, if you do not own a top-loading washing machine, you can fill up your sink/tub with warm water and add couple drops of a mild detergent. Scrub and squeeze the pillow with your hands a few times to expose the stains to the solution you prepared. Rinse with cold water and squeeze gently to allow the excess water to flow out of the pillow. Lay your pillow on a sunny spot and let it dry.

It is a fact of life that furniture gets dirty from time to time but this doesn’t mean that you should use cleaning products full of harsh chemicals. If your cloth couch has a stain on it, your needs a good cleaning, just give this simple method a go.

Ingredients:

• baking soda
• cleaning cloths
• vacuum with brush attachment

Steps:

1. Use a vacuum cleaner to remove any dirt or particles from the surface of your couch.
2. Lightly toss some baking soda around the area you want to clean and wait 20 minutes for it to settle.
3. Simply vacuum up the baking soda.

You will discover that the baking soda have absorbed the stain or any other dirt from your couch and cleaned the fabric.

There are some harsh chemical cleansers that you can use to get your stovetop shiny clean but if you want to go the more natural route, sprinkle a fine dusting of baking soda on the flat stovetop. Drizzle some soapy water onto the powder and then cover with wet rags or dishcloths. After about half an hour you can return and you should be able to wipe everything right off.

A not so different method can be applied to electric stove tops as well. Remove the burner and wipe it with dish soap. Combine baking soda and water in a bowl to form a paste and apply it to the area around the burner. After half an hour wipe the burner off with a cloth or sponge and rinse.

You can use some tougher cleaning products outside on your patio furniture. Here are two methods that you can try.

1. 1 cup of ammonia, 1/2 cup of white vinegar, and 1/4 cup of baking soda mixed with 1 gallon of water can be used to clean mildew from wooden surfaces. Scrub the necessary parts of your furniture with this mixture using an old toothbrush.
2. Mix 2 cups of white vinegar and 2 tablespoons of dish soap in a bucket of hot water. Apply the mixture on plastic surfaces with a soft brush to stop mildew and give a nice odor to your furniture.

Whether it be in your bathroom or kitchen, grout can get pretty gross in a short amount of time. Applying some baking soda and then adding some vinegar to the grout will get things clean again if you leave it for a bit before scrubbing it off with a hand brush.

Let your friends know about these cleaning hacks on facebook so everyone can spring clean this season and maybe learn more ways to get your home clean in no time!