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The Best Cleaning Hacks for Busy Moms

January 29, 2019 by Joanna Stephens 6 Comments

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Best cleaning hacks for busy moms

The best cleaning hacks

Cleaning is a love hate relationship for many, but it doesn’t have to be with these amazing cleaning hacks!

Check them out for yourself and see all the different ways to simplify your cleaning routine. You can learn more about spring cleaning here and get a free printable checklist for deep cleaning.

Now in an effort to fully disclose, this article contains affiliate links for products I use. This means if you purchase something, I would receive a commission. For more information, see my disclosure page.

Kitchen Cleaning Hacks

Kitchen cleaning hacks

Kitchens are one of the most used rooms in your house, so why not learn a few kitchen cleaning hacks to make life a little bit easier for you!

1.Citrus Fruit Peels

One of the hardest kitchen cleaning areas would have to be the garbage disposal. Some people might even think, why would you need to clean it?

Well, the answer is actually quite simple…smell.

If your kitchen has started smelling bad, but you can’t isolate the problem…it’s probably your garbage disposal.

Try placing some orange/lemon/lime peels into your garbage disposal and then run it. The citrus peels will help freshen up the smell, but also help clean it because of the citric acid found in these peels!

2.Baking Soda & Vinegar

baking soda and vinegar

Baking soda and vinegar are two great things to always have plenty of when it comes to kitchen cleaning. Why? Well, they can be used to clean many different things!

Do you have some baked on grease that is stubbornly sticking to your glass stove top?

Place some baking soda on the spot/area and then pour a little bit of vinegar over the baking soda. Let it sit for about five minutes.

Then, with a microfiber towl, scrub the baking soda. This will act as a natural soft scrub that is still gentle on your glass surface.

Another place baking soda and vinegar can be used in kitchen cleaning is your sink drain. Baking soda and vinegar can help with small clogs won’t let the sink drain properly. Simply sprinkle the baking soda into the drain. Then, pour in the vinegar and let it work it’s magic.

Do you have some pesky fruit flies hanging around your kitchen? Well, pouring baking soda and then vinegar into your kitchen drains/garbage disposal will help stop the breeding of those gnats.

3. Lemi-Shine

Lemi shine dish washing soap.

Do your dishes constantly come out of the dishwasher with hard spots on them? Even after you have a water softener? Well, try getting some Lemi-Shine powder! You pour it into where you would place a pod and then place a pod next to it.

lemi shine cleaner

If your dishwasher doesn’t have the capacity for both, place your dishwashing pod directly into the dishwasher. Then, run it like normal!

I was pleasantly surprised how well this helped with our hard well water. It’s now my go-to source and I tell everyone about it!!

That being said though, Lemi-shine is a temporary fix to a bigger problem. Your water softener may just not be up to snuff in handling your hard water.

4. Norwex

Norwex towels

The beauty of Norwex cleaning towels are that they can clean lots of different surfaces without any cleaners needed. You take one and get it wet, and then wipe it on the surface you are trying to clean (ie. glass, oven fronts, refrigerator) and then you dry it off with another Norwex towel.

It will be streak-free!

Another great perk about Norwex is that it is created with silver fibers, which stop the growth of bacteria and mold. This means you won’t need to wash these as frequently as you would regular towels. YAY!

Cool right? You can shop Norwex here from my mother in law’s website!

5. Pledge

Pledge for dusting and cleaning stainless steel

Another great resource to have for kitchen cleaning would be pledge. Especially if your appliances are stainless steel, like mine!

Stainless steel is notorious for showing fingerprints, and smudges. Do you want an effortless stainless steel cleaner?

Well, pledge is where it’s at!

Try it out and see what an amazing difference it makes in those smudges!

You can find pledge here on Amazon or in your local store in the cleaning aisle.

6. Stainless Steel Sink Faucet

I actually learned this kitchen cleaning hack while I was in a culinary class in high school.

If you happen to get a nasty smell on your hands that you can’t seem to get rid of, rub your hands on the faucet. The stainless steel will help remove the odor!

If you don’t have a stainless steel faucet, you can also pick up one of these stainless steel hand cleaners.

Stainless steel soap for getting rid of odor

 

Bathroom Cleaning Hacks

Bathrooms are another place that requires constant cleaning, so check out these genius cleaning hacks!

1. Pumice stone

Pumice scouring stick

This is an amazing thing to have on hand for cleaning toilets!

To make a long story short, we had to use a sewer snake to clean out one of our toilets. Unfortunately, we made the mistake of not taking the toilet off first.

What we were left with was some unsightly metal scuffs! To our surprise, they came off when rubbed with a pumice stone. Just make sure to wear gloves when you are sticking your hand down there.

A pumice stone is also great for hard water stains and build up on ceramic toilets, and sinks.

2. Pledge those faucets

pledge cleaning product

Again, IF you have stainless steel faucets, using pledge will help leave them sparkly clean and smudge-free!

3. Baking soda and Vinegar to the rescue again!

Good old baking soda and vinegar also can help you clean the grout in your bathroom. What you will do is make a paste with baking soda and water.

Then, scrub it into your grout with a toothbrush you are willing to part with. Finally, fill a spray bottle with vinegar and spray it onto your baking soda paste that you have scrubbed into your grout.

Voila! Clean grout that would make anyone happy.

If that doesn’t do the trick, you can also try some magic erasers! Seriously, magic erasers are amazing at cleaning things.

Mr Clean magic erasers

Other Miscellaneous Cleaning Hacks

Just when you think it couldn’t get any better, there are a few more cleaning hacks every one should know.

1. Magic Erasers and marks on your wall

More magic erasers

This was a trick I learned back when I worked at a Veterinary clinic. To this day, I will ALWAYS reccommend them.

What you do is get the magic eraser wet and then wring out most of the water. Then, go to town on those markings or “artworks” your kids decided to make on the wall.

2. Laundry Stain Removers

Melissa Maker from Clean My Space has some more great resources all about tackling laundry stains. So check out their laundry stain remover article here.

They can help you tackle stains from makeup, grass, oil, and so much more!

 

See related content: Spring Cleaning (with a free checklist)

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There are so many more cleaning hacks out there, but these are just the ones I know about! Thanks for stopping by and reading these cleaning hacks. Hopefully it will make your job of cleaning much easier!!

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  1. Suhana Morgan

    March 2, 2019 at 3:26 am

    I agree with your opinion. it is a very essential point that you discuss. here I am getting a complete guideline from you for cleaning my toilets. Thanks for your information.

    Reply
    • Joanna Stephens

      March 5, 2019 at 8:47 am

      I’m so glad you found the cleaning hack about using a pumice stone for your toilets helpful!

      Reply
  2. John Devis

    March 14, 2019 at 9:53 am

    Wow. These are some of the interesting tips I have never heard of. Thanks for sharing. I will share it with my wife and I am sure she would love to know these.

    Reply
    • Joanna Stephens

      March 14, 2019 at 10:09 am

      You are very welcome John! It’s always great learning new tricks to make cleaning easier.

      Reply
  3. Alan Brown

    July 24, 2019 at 6:04 am

    Thanks for sharing your valuable ideas.

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    • Joanna Stephens

      July 27, 2019 at 9:01 pm

      You are very welcome Alan. I’m glad you found this article resourceful!

      Reply

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