20 simple cleaning hacks you can do with stuff around your house

Rusty marks or splotches marring your bathtub? Cut a grapefruit in half and then coat it with salt, and use it to rub out the stains.

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Rubbing a potato against a cheese grater helps knock out any dried, hard-to-get bits of food that might be stuck in there.

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Brew a mixture that's half water and half white vinegar to clean your coffee maker. It'll make the java taste better.

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Cream of Tartar can be used to polish certain metals and remove rust stains when mixed with hydrogen peroxide or white vinegar.

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Clean a coffee grinder by grinding up some quick cook rice in it.

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Rice can also be used to clean oddly shaped glassware. Put some uncooked rice and water inside along with vinegar or dish soap and shake it around.

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Use half of a lemon and lots of salt to clean a grimy cutting board.

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Fill the bottom of a burnt pan with water and then add vinegar before bringing to a boil. After that, take the pan off the stove and add baking soda before scouring the pan. All the gunk should come right off.

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Mix baking soda with water until you get a paste that you can then spread over the inside of your nasty oven (avoid the parts that actually make the oven hot). Let it sit overnight, and then scrub the inside to reveal a squeaky-clean appliance. A little spritz of vinegar can help finish the job.

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Dirty burners can be cleaned by taking them off of the stove top to soak in a bag of ammonia.

Heating a bowl of water with lemon juice and wedges in it will loosen up any grime that's stuck in the inside of your microwave, making it easy to wipe down and clean.

Stuff wet shoes with newspaper pages to help them dry faster.

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A slice of bread can be used to pick up shards of broken glass. Careful not to press too hard or cut yourself during cleanup.

Coca-Cola can, believe it or not, be used to clean oil stains on a garage or driveway. Of course, so can dish soap, but where's the fun in that?

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Use steel wool to clean a spotty curling iron.

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Use (unsalted) walnuts to buff out minor scratches and dings from hardwood floors.

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Running a squeegee on your carpet to will pick up a terrifying amount of pet hair you probably didn't even know was there.

Toothpaste does a pretty good job cleaning up dirty sneakers — it does promise to whiten, after all.

Tightly wrap a bag full of distilled white vinegar around your shower head to clean it overnight. (Or, if your shower head is detachable, just take it off and leave it in a bowl of vinegar.)

Finally, use a lint roller to dust everything.

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