I love Mrs Hinch, it’s so inspiring to see such popularity about cleaning, I love her Instagram account: @mrshinchhome. I have always been a lover of cleaning, I find it de-stresses me, so if I am feeling cross you will find me scrubbing the kitchen cupboards! I also have to keep on top of it as we have young children and pets. Lots of people are cleaning, more so than normal, during lockdown and some of my favourite cleaning products have been named the number one products. These are the top 5 cleaning hacks:
Bicarbonate of soda on the mattress
What a fabulous idea; to clean your mattress with Bicarbonate of Soda (Baking Soda). There are some really easy steps to achieve this:
- Remove the bedsheets from your bed (give them a wash and add Zoflora Clean Linen scent to the wash too).
- Vacuum any debris and dust off your mattress.
- Apply a spot cleaner to any stains and marks.
- Sprinkle 1 – 3 cups of Bicarbonate of Soda on the mattress, sprinkle more in areas that are particular smelly.
- If you can move the mattress into the sun (move it towards a window).
- Let the Bicarbonate of Soda sit for 24 hours.
- Use the upholstery attachment on your vacuum and remove the Bicarb from the mattress.
- Flip the mattress and do the same again.
This should be done 1-2 times a year to keep your mattress smelling fresh!
Keep your bins smelling fresh with Zoflora
I love Zoflora, I use it all the time. Mrs Hinch has a great and simple tip: soak a sheet of kitchen roll with Zoflora and leave it in the bin. Such a simple idea and it really works. I also, sometimes, spray the bin with Poo-Pourri which keeps it smelling super!
Use the Pink Stuff on your cooker
The Pink Stuff is a great paste cleaner that you simply apply to surfaces with a cloth, like a microfibre cloth. After you have rubbed the surface with the paste and cloth, you simply wipe it clean with warm water.
Clean stains with Mayonnaise
This, I found, is amazing. I had no idea you could use Mayo to clean stains. You can use mayo to clean water stains from wood and furniture for example. Cover the stain, let it sit over night and wipe clean. Give the wood a polish afterwards to add a shine back to the wood.
Use a pillowcase to keep your bed sheets clean
A great way to store your clean bedding, is to put it inside a pillowcase. I love this idea. Not least because I always lose at least 1 item from a bedding set. This is a great way of keeping the sets together and keeping them smelling fresh. You could add a little squirt of linen spray every couple of weeks to keep the bedding smelling fresh too.
I love all of these tips from Mrs Hinch: especially Zoflora tips, as I love it – I use it everyday and for everything that I can use it for. Since lockdown I haven’t been able to get a lot of it but hopefully I have enough. 1 cap full, diluted with water will fill a trigger spray bottle and keep your house clean for days.
A big thank you to End of Tenancy London for sharing this fabulous information!
Sodium bicarbonate is my wonder cleaner – never tried mayonnaise ! Will be doing soon
Some amazing tips here, i especially love the Pink Stuff hack, i use that stuff on everything, it is really amazing
Some fab hacks! I’m in desperate need of deep cleaning my bed so will keep the bicarbonate of soda trick in mind
Some fabulous tips here! Thank you for sharing! X
If you come across anything about getting old taps clean I would appreciate the tips my bathroom is grotty!
There are some great tips here! Thank you!
Great tips. The pink stuff cleaner is brilliant, it works really well.
Time to get busy with the bicarb of soda – blitzing the mattress tomorrow
Lots of great ideas! I knew there was some hack for the mattresses but I didn’t know what it was! I do now!
I will be giving all of these tips a try!
I love these tips – I’m definitely going to give them a try
Some good tips here that I have never heard off. Particularly the Bicarbonate of Soda on the mattress . . . will be using this one!
These are great tips!!! must get myself some zoflora!
Huh, maybe I should buy one of the hinch books these are some great tips
Great tips. I’ve never heard of using mayonnaise as a water stain remover…. I’ll definitely give it a go x
The bicarb worked on the mattress – cheap and effective thanks for the tip
Thank you for some great advice, I will definitely start keeping bedding sets in pillow cases 🙂
Thank you for some great advice, I will definitely start keeping bedding sets in pillow cases 🙂
putting sheets in a pillowcase such a simple idea but had never thought of it before!!! 😀
Some fabulous tips here, thank you 🙂
I honestly don’t like cleaning I am getting worse . The more my back hurts the less I do
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