Grandma is always right and has good tips ready. Today, we tried out cleaning tips from grandmother's time. It doesn't always have to be the chemical club. We wanted to know if it actually works. So, we went on a little search for supposedly "old wisdom" against stains and other small household problems and quickly found what we were looking for. We have tracked down the following tips for you and found them to be good.
Cleaning tips with home remedies from grandmother
- Windows become streak-free with a dash of pure vinegar in warm water
- Rub windows dry with newspaper
- Stains in carpets can be easily removed with sparkling water
- Shoes can be cleaned very easily with Penaten wet wipes
- Wet wipes are great for removing children's drawings on the wooden table
- Remove red wine stains with salt
- Clean burnt pots with baking powder
- Easily remove stickers by blow-drying
- Clean carpet with raw grated potato
- Clogs in the drain pipe dissolve with soda and hot water
- Dry wet brushes and brooms hanging up
All of grandma's tips worked perfectly. Much to the chagrin of the large cleaning product industry. We will take a look at ourselves and do many things with home remedies, for the sake of our wallets and the environment.
Saving while cleaning
The windows could be cleaned much faster with vinegar in the water and newspaper than by first washing them with soapy water and then working with glass cleaner. The old method always left streaks, especially in sunlight, and two steps were necessary; furthermore, the cleaning cloth always left lint on the pane. A streak-free window was almost impossible.
In a family with small children, wet wipes are a necessity, not least for the little and big mishaps on the go. But these are also "multitasking capable". The shoes shone, the table was clean again, even though no other agent could remove the junior's beautiful scribbles. The stains in the carpet were also gone in no time with the sparkling water, and the other dirt was removed by applying the potato mass, which was first distributed with a brush, then dried, and finally vacuumed off, leaving it streak-free again.
The trick with red wine is old news for wine connoisseurs, but it should be applied immediately after the accident. Before the stain dries. Pouring a little white wine on the stain is also said to help. Stickers warmed with a hair dryer were easy to remove from dishes, cars, and various other objects. And baking powder and soda performed their services perfectly for the burnt pot and the clogged drain.
Photo by Sabine, meinhaushalt.at
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