Bring back burnt pans with vinegar, heat, and elbow grease. Read the full tutorial here. Shine up your copper-bottomed pans with vinegar and salt. Read the full tutorial here. You could also mix 1/4 cup white vinegar with 1 teaspoon of salt, then pour that onto the bottoms of your pans. And you can learn more about why this works from this science experiment. Clean between your oven’s window glass with a wire hanger, a rubber band, and a cleaning wipe. Read more about how to do this here. Scrub away the stains in your “stainless” steel sink with a Magic Eraser. This blogger tested several different techniques, and concluded that a Magic Eraser is the way to go. (The pot cleaner scratched the sink). Whiten your stained porcelain sink with dishwasher detergent and a sponge. Then scrub out any lingering stains with Bar Keeper’s Friend or another soft cleanser. Get rid of greasy kitchen dust by rubbing it with mineral oil. Vegetable oil will also work.
But if you do use vegetable oil, make sure to wash off all of the oil with warm water and dish soap after you wipe up the dust. Read more about cleaning sticky dust here. De-grime your stove vent filters by dipping them in boiling water with baking soda. Make sure you do this in a pan without a nonstick coating, because the metal vents would scratch it off. Learn more about how to do this here. Rub stains off your glass bakeware with Castile soap, baking soda, and a toothbrush. Read the full step-by-step here. Clean the cooked-on food off of your stove by covering it with baking soda and damp cloths. There will still be some scrubbing involved, but this will make it easier. And don’t turn on your stove while it’s covered in cloth, okay? Read the full tutorial here. Wipe off your faucet’s hard water stains by soaking them in dish soap, vinegar, and lemon juice. To make it extra effective, you can soak paper towels in the cleaning solution and wrap them around the faucet for half an hour.
Get the full how-to here. Clean the inside of your coffee pot by running vinegar through the brew cycle. It’s pretty simple, but you can read the detailed tutorial here. Vinegar also works to clean and de-scale the inside of your Keurig. Learn how to do this here. Soak off all the grime on your outdoor grill with a cup of ammonia and a garbage bag. Handle the ammonia with care, though, because it is toxic. Read the full how-to here. While you’re at it, add a few tablespoons of ammonia to a plastic bag to make your stove grates shine again. Just let it soak for a few hours or overnight, and even the greasiest grime will wipe right off. Read more about it here. Clean your iron with a scrub made from baking soda and water. You’ll need just a little bit of water to get the thick consistency you want from the paste. Wash smelly towels in vinegar and hot water and then baking soda and hot water to make them smell fresh again. Read more about the process here.
If your clothes come out of your washer still smelly, clean your washer with vinegar and hot water. Using (what else?) lots of white vinegar and hot water. Read the tutorial here. Clean a mildewed plastic shower curtain liner by running it through your washing machine with a few towels. Turn yellow pillows white again with laundry detergent, dishwashing detergent, and bleach. If you’re planning to try this out, definitely read the tutorial first. This same technique works for yellowed mattress pads, too. Make water-stained night stands and side tables look new again with salt and olive oil. You’ll need just a small amount of olive oil to add to your salt, because you want a thick paste that you can rub onto the stains. Finally get rid of those old mystery carpet stains with an iron and vinegar. Your iron will need a steam setting for this to work. Remove sweat and urine stains from your mattresses with a mixture of baking soda, hydrogen peroxide, and dish soap.
This would also work for bloodstains. Here’s how to make the formula. Soak up oil stains from leather chairs and couches with baby powder. This would also work for leather purses and wallets. You just have to let the powder sit on the stain for a few hours. Disguise scratches in wood floors by dyeing them with black tea. Learn how to do this right here. Wash the dust and dirt off your high walls with some all-purpose cleaner and a flat-head mop. Read this incredibly simple tutorial here. After cleaning your glass shower doors, rub on some RainX to keep hard water stains away longer. Read more about this here. Turn your bathroom fan on, then spray it with canned air to thoroughly clean between the small openings. Kill mold growing in the caulk in your tub by soaking cotton coil in bleach, then laying it over the mold. You can buy cotton coil here or at most beauty supply stores. Wipe away the grime in your tub’s anti-slip coating by soaking it in vinegar and dish soap for an hour.
Here are the proportions to use. Use a pumice stone to scrub off hard water and rust stains in your toilet. Sometimes normal toilet cleaner and your typical toilet brush just don’t cut it. Here’s the full tutorial, and you can buy a pumice stone with a handle here. Scrub away rust stains in your bathroom sink with cream of tartar and lemon juice. This would also work on toilet stains. See how to make this work here. Want awesome DIY tips in your inbox four times a week? Sign up for the BuzzFeed DIY newsletter!Here's how to clean a mattress and remove vomit, urine and their smell. You CAN save your expensive soiled memory foam bed or pad. Here's quick & easy step by step instructions to eliminate stinky stains and restore your sanity.If you're reading this you are probably facing a pee or puke panic or a spill situation. If it's an old stain and you're looking for one last thing to try before you throw out a stinky, soiled memory foam bed or topper link over to "How to Clean a Mattress - Part 2".
Don't go through this again! Buy two of these waterproof mattress protectors now. Click on image below, get it tomorrow.One to go on the bed after you finish cleaning up. And one for the closet in case your child or cat is sick several times in a night! This is the best selling one on Amazon. Your child just peed on your memory foam mattress...and the cat. Your feline was so scared that it projectile vomited before running off to hide under the bed. What do you do first?If you've got a good mattress cover, you've got nothing to worry about. But you're in a panic so... Do not scream or yell. The most important thing you need to know about how to clean a mattress is to work quickly. So save your breath and run to the kitchen and grab: Step 1) Fill half the bowl with vinegar and fill the other half with water. Get back to the mattress without spilling the vinegar/water mix or dropping the other items.Step 2) Gently dab up the liquid mess with the paper towel. Carefully remove any sheets and mattress covers for later laundering.
Press firmly with fresh towels to absorb more liquid. Do not squeeze or twist the foam.Step 3) Wet a paper towel with the vinegar/water solution and dab it where the urine and vomit were. Press in gently, then immediately use a fresh towel to dry it up. Keep this up until you've covered the entire stained area.Step 4) Then open the box of baking soda and pour it on top of the stain. Yes, the whole box. Spread it out so that you get a generous layer that extends a couple of inches beyond the stain(s).Step 5) Let the baking soda sit there for a couple of hours. Then vacuum it up. Warning: This will cause the cat to fly out from under the bed like a miniature clawed tornado, which might scare the pee out of you. With any luck you'll have caught the spill in time and you won't have to do anything else. And your bed will smell clean and fresh.If this didn't work, go to "How to Clean a Mattress - Part 2" for the last thing you should try before throwing your memory foam mattress or topper away and buying a new one.