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There is no need of expensive cleaning products or multicoloured dusting brushes with no practical use. Stop investing your hard earned money into trivial things such as cleaning. There are way more easy ways to tidy the house and we are here to show you what they are. Here are the top 3 ingredients present in every kitchen that can be used as cleaning solutions.
The Infamous Baking Soda
Baking soda or sodium bicarbonate is one of the most popular cleaning ingredients. There are so many DIY solutions containing baking soda out there that you can get easily confused. Here are the main usages of this magic-making cleaning agent.
- Use baking soda as a stain removal. Mix it with water and scrub the problem areas of your carpet or upholstery.
- Removing bad smells. Soda absorbs different odours and can be used to remove sweat or mould smells from furniture, clothes and even your mattress
- Baking soda can be used as a disinfectant and anti-grease solution for kitchen countertops, ovens and microwaves. You can even use it in the toilet.
- Incredible but a fact you can use soda as a fabric softener. It is safe to put in the washing machine and not only that but it will clean the inside plumbing and make the water softer.
- A common usage of baking soda is as a bug killing agent for domestic insects like ants or cockroaches. It can even prevent the spread of mildew and mould.
- Use baking soda to clean chrome surfaces and even silver jewellery. It can cleanse very well all types of cutlery from rust.

Citrusy Goodness for a Perfectly Maintained Home
All citrus fruits are with a quite content of different acids which makes them a great cleaning candidate, The most used however are lime and lemon. You can use the juice or the entire fruit. Let’s explore the incredible powers of the citrus fruits.
- Lemon juice has great cleaning and disinfectant qualities, it can be used to cleanse kitchen countertops, ovens, toilets. In addition, it is also a good anti-grease agent.
- One of the worst things to clean is old stains. They are quite persistent and hard to remove. Rub them with lime juice and watch as all stains are being dissolved.
- Citrus juice can be used to polish silverware and remove dirt and rust stains.
- Use it in aromatherapy or for giving a fresh smell to all homemade cleaners or remedies.
- The best thing about all citrus fruits is that above all they are an essential ingredient to many refreshing beverages.
- Ants hate lemon juice because it is toxic to them. So you can use it as a very effective way to clean your house from pests.
- Use oranges and vinegar to make a great multipurpose home cleaner.
Vinegar, the Best Cleaning Solution
Vinegar is another ingredient used both for cooking and for cleaning. As a chemical solution, it is a mixed water and fermented ethanol. The fermentation process is caused by the acetic acid bacteria. Vinegar has many usages in the cleaning of the home with the most famous being:
Perfect disinfectant, you can clean anything with it – countertops, floors, toilets.
The best replacement of bleach both with the washing of clothes and the washing of tiles and getting rid of mould.
An anti-clogging solution for your drains and pipes.
Vinegar is one of the best cleaning agents when it comes to glass surfaces like mirrors and windows.
Living close to the sea? This means, that your Bournemouth home is the perfect environment to grow mildew and mould. Vinegar is one of the most successful home cleaning remedies when it comes to these persistent fungi.
Disclaimer: Do not use vinegar for cleaning wood furniture or floors. The acid in the vinegar will dissolve the floor coating and will damage the wood.

