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7 Surprising Items You Can Use For Cleaning Your House

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Who knew that ketchup could be used for something other than flavor, and tea could leave your hands stained?

READ: 4 Ways To Fake Having A Clean House

Use these unexpected items for your grimiest cleaning jobs:

(Jen Gotch)
White Bread and Ketchup

White bread can be used to dust off an oil painting. To do this, gently blot a piece of white bread over the surface of the painting to pick up any dirt. 

Ketchup can to be used to clean stained brass and copper cookware. In order to restore the coppery color, squeeze ketchup onto an old rag and apply all over the pots and pans. Once they've returned to their natural color, rinse with warm water and dry off before putting them away.  

(Jen Gotch)
Rice

Although rice is known for its ability to save water-damaged phones, it can also clean the inside of a vase or a thin-necked bottle. Simply fill the vase or bottle up three-quarters of the way with warm water and add uncooked rice. Tightly cover the opening, shake and rinse. 

(Jen Gotch)
Tea

To clean up rusty garden tools, just add tea. Start by brewing up a few pots of strong black tea and then wait for them to cool down to pour into a bucket. After the tools soak in the bucket for a couple of hours, dry them off with a used cloth. Be sure to wear rubber gloves when doing this or your hands will get really dirty. 

(Jen Gotch)
Glycerin

A sugar-alcohol compound, glycerin can remove dry wax drippings from candles. First try to peel as much wax off as you can with your hands; and when that no longer works, use a damp cotton ball with glycerin and scrub until spotless. 

(Jen Gotch)
Club Soda and Hydrogen Peroxide

When your stainless steel sink is all scuffed, shine it up with club soda. Soak a cloth in club soda and then buff the sink. Dry with another cloth to complete. 

To disinfect a keyboard use hydrogen peroxide. With a cotton ball moistened by hydrogen peroxide, dab those nooks and crannies until they are all cleaned out. 


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