10 tips for cleaning up: what you're doing wrong

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Your home is dirtier than you think.

Of course you can retired obvious signs of dirt and grime and dinner were eliminated radicals from the night, but unfortunately the saying "out of sight, out of the heart" does not apply to for germs and bacteria.

Cup of vinegar kills any bacteria that may be present in the wash load.  

Readers Digest

A 30-minute frenzy to save time, but the consequences could be bad for your health.

In fact, here 10items you not know that you were wrong clean.

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1 WC

The toilet seat is the dirtiest object in the bathroom - is behind it.

Although the utmost care is taken to keep the tank and seat itself, the area behind the can lead to an accumulation of urine and faeces apart. An easy way to clean this area is laminated with a paper towel.

Huffington Post said: "Take a few paper towels and roll tightly as if you roll a cigar, soak in a bucket of cleaning (like Scrubbing Bubbles) Then, while looking out to the toilet, put the paper towels behind. is with one end in each hand, and background "thread".

Use the cleaner for five minutes, "Silk" again and dry.

2. The garbage disposal

Everything about the word "waste" has the cleaning and garbage disposal is no exception.

Before she bought on a clean sink store, try using homemade vinegar cubes.

Only freeze vinegar was water, pull channel, if necessary, and switch the assignment. Otherwise, remove odors, some citrus peel.

3. Towels

Softener system is used in order to produce soft tissue. But in some cases the name may be misleading.

Christina Peterson Good Housekeeping says: "While everyone likes it dry with a soft cloth, liquid fabric softener and dryer sheets can reduce the absorption factor sponge tissue and other soft tissues."

Instead laundering expert Marlowe Leverette wash towels every three to five applications and add a little vinegar to the load.

4. humidifier

A humidifier is ideal for removing excess moisture from the air, but if left dirty dirty humidifier creates mold and bacteria.

The Mayo Clinic says: "Even in healthy people humidifier potential, flu-like symptoms and pneumonia have cause if contaminated mist or vapor in the air."

The Mayo Clinic recommends that the water filter regularly and clean every three days. "Hardeners or movies from the tank or other parts of the humidifier with a three percent solution of hydrogen peroxide, which is available in pharmacies."

5. animal hair

Cleaning pet hair often seems pointless.

While you can not prevent hair from sticking to reduce the amount. Give your pet a brush every day with a good tool toiletries and hair loss before it starts the sleep button.

Alternatively Nido light has a different solution: Rubber gloves. "Only wets his gloves with water and move your hand over the surface of the furniture."

6. Gym Clothes

Sportswear quickly turn into a pile of smelly bacteria.

And fabric softener and eliminate static, Readers Digest says vinegar kills the bacteria in clothes.

"A single cup of vinegar are any bacteria that may be present in the wash load to kill."

7. red wine stains

By the way, he became the popular belief that red wine stains can be cleaned with white wine.

But as Professor and Associate Professor of Textile Development and Marketing, Ingrid Johnson, salt is the best way to clean red wine on the carpet.

"The first and best thing to do is sprinkle with salt, as it absorb the wine," Johnson said of the Huffington Post .

8. Coffee

If you do not clean your coffee maker on a regular basis, there is a good chance that the form in which after a 2011 study .

Director of household cleaning products and laboratory in Good Housekeeping, Carolyn Forte, told the Huffington Post, "The glass lid and filter should be cleaned daily with hot water and soap."

But also recommends cleaning the machine with vinegar every few months.

9. knife

It seems obvious, everything in the dishwasher - that's what it's there. But w combustion makes its knives in the dishwasher dull, rough and prone to rust.

Hand wash with warm water and soap, take you one minute only.

10. Leaves

Since we spend a third of our lives sleeping , means for some spend a considerable amount of time lying on dirty sheets.

Although Martha Stewart believes wash the leaves is a "personal preference" recommends weekly.

But if you like a snack or two in bed, the Huffington Post . said it is not enough

"For those who are constantly eating in bed, she said that every three days would be ideal."

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