28 Ways To Clean Things, Instead Of Replacing Them - Vigour Times

2022-08-19 18:52:40 By : Ms. Judy Lee

VigourTimes - Latest News and Updates

Popular items from this list:

HuffPost may receive a share from purchases made via links on this page. Prices and availability are subject to change.

Revive all sorts of wood surfaces and furniture in your home with wood polish and conditioner

Promising review: “Very impressed so far. Just tried this stuff on one of our kitchen cabinets and it really did a nice job. The cabinets are 15-year-old cherry-stained hard work cabinets (oak, maybe?) and are scratched deeply in certain parts from the previous owner’s dogs. Twenty minutes after applying this product and wiping it off, I can’t complain at all about the results. It looks great in the picture, and even better in real life, where you are not focusing on staring at imperfections. In addition to helping tremendously with the blemishes, it also leaves a nice glossy shine on the cabinets, making them look clean and fresh (not over-the-top glossy and fake). For the minimal price, I can’t complain at all. Finally, I used about a 1/3 of an ounce to do the 36″ double base cabinets and the 36″ wide drawer, so I believe the 16-ounce bottle will last quite a while.” — Patrick Gallagher

Promising review: “Worked wonders! I spilled nail polish remover on my nightstand. This worked like magic! Just rub lightly with the cloth.” — JMac

Degunk your most-used appliance with a fume-free oven cleaner

Spiff up just about anything you have around your house like car headlights, pots and pans, porcelain sinks and stove tops

Promising review (for the pics on the left): “I’ve been using this to clean up my truck. It works great on rust and scratched-up windows and foggy headlights.” — C. Baker

Promising review (for the pics on the right): “With a little elbow grease and this product, your pots/pans will come back to life. This took me about eight minutes. Amazing results at a fair price.” — Alyssa Hinojosa

Erase sticky messes you’ve resigned to living with thanks to a bit of Goo Gone

Promising review: “I used this on my JBL LSR4236P Studio Monitors, and it worked very well. For some reason, JBL decided to put some kind of weird adhesive on the front of these monitors, which caught every piece of cat hair and dust that touched it over the years. Used this with some paper towels and a little elbow grease, and the adhesive came off quickly. The picture I added: (Left) After Goo Gone; (Right) Before Goo Gone.” — Andrew

Skip buying a new shower surround by using a rust-removing spray that’ll work wonders

Turn back time with the help of water bottle-cleaning tablets

Scrub away hard-water marks and all kinds of nastiness with a toilet-dedicated pumice stone

Promising review: “We rented a home, and the toilets were disgusting. Someone suggested a pumice stone, and let me tell you — it was amazing!! The picture is after just five minutes with the stone. I tried bleach, every toilet bowl cleaner available, and countless hours of scrubbing to no avail…but this stone worked instantly! I will be buying several more!! The stone does dissolve when scrubbing, so you need a couple. I was able to do almost two toilets that looked awful completely with one stone!!” — CristaCross

Wash your makeup brushes with a reviewer-loved makeup brush cleanser

A silver polish to bring some family heirlooms back to life

Or a container of silver-polishing wipes to make every night a fancy tea party

Promising review: “It was so satisfying to watch the tarnish wipe right off! I’m no silver snob/don’t know a lot about taking care of it, so I’m not sure if this product is the best for your high-end silver, but for me it definitely does the trick! It took me three to four wipes for the pitcher and two for the cream and sugar bowls. It looks like I probably used a third of the container. (Though the wipes were still very saturated, they had so much black/tarnish, I would start a new rag. I’m not sure if it’s recommended to just keep using it even when it gets all ruddy?) So this might not be the most reasonable option if you have a large amount of silver.” — Lauren

Scrub away dirt and debris with this ultrasonic jewelry cleaner

Promising review: “I just used this, and I am IN LOVE!! I paired it with the Blitz jewelry cleaner. My rings were gross from lotion, sunscreen, hand soap, sweat etc. I don’t have time to run to my jeweler to get them professionally cleaned. This does the trick, and same exact results! In three minutes” — Rebecca Morea

And try a cleaning pen that’ll gently revive the look of your jewels

Gag with delight once you run this jetted tub cleaner through your system

Tackle all kinds of nasty-looking appliances and even your grill with a drill brush cleaning kit

Promising review: “I’m in love with this. I manage many apartment properties, and finding people to do the cleaning has been tricky business, so I end up having to get in and clean these horrendous filth pods tenants lived in and left me to deal with when they move out. The ovens and stove tops are usually the worst, and I absolutely hate cleaning. I came across this drill attachment set, and let me tell you, it helped me tremendously! I still had to get in with a putty knife on some of them, but it really cut down my elbow-grease time. If it wasn’t for this drill attachment, I think my arms would have just fallen off trying to clean it as good as I did! My only con would be that it doesn’t have any extension of any sort, so I really had my drill all up in that oven, but well worth it.” — alicia haats

Transform your bathtub with a mold and mildew removal gel

Clear out your dryer’s lint trap of debris with a special brush

Promising review: “This is exactly the same type as the one used by the appliance repairman who repaired my dryer last week; easy to use inside the dryer filter holder as well as the outside vent.” —ab

De-funk those favorite flats of yours with some charcoal inserts

Add a hard-water booster to your dishwasher to finally get your Pyrex bowls to shine

And toss some cleaning tablets in your dishwasher to help make that appliance work so much better

Give some washing machine tablets a go

Promising review: “This is really the only HE washer cleaner I buy. It leaves my washer with that fresh smell — not that it stinks — and clean after each use. How do I know it’s clean? I can see some the residual gunk on the inner wall of the washer drum when the cleaning is done. I just have to wipe it off of course. Using other brands, I can’t even tell if the appliance has really been cleaned or not.” — AES

Revive most anything around your home with Magic Erasers

Save basically anything you’ve spilled vino on with a red-wine stain remover

Try an under-the-radar solution with serious stain-removing prowess

Promising review: “This stuff is so amazing. I’m a witness. My 2-year-old baby wrote all over my white leather couch. I tried multiple things and nothing worked but Grandma’s Secret Spot Remover. I love this stuff.” — L. Nix

Save yourself some dollars and trouble with a headlight restoration kit

A four-way cleaning brush for suede

Promising review: “I was really sad when I thought my bucks were at the end of their road, because I had always heard that suede couldn’t be cleaned. With this brush and a little elbow grease, my bucks are looking great again! I didn’t use any water or cleaner; I just kept wiping the brush off on my jeans to keep the brush clean, then hit the shoe again with a clean surface. It even brightened the leather up a bit.” — Roberto

Or bring those kicks back to life with a powerful shoe cleaner

Erase all sorts of pen accidents with this ink remover

FOLLOW US ON GOOGLE NEWS

Browns’ Deshaun Watson settlement talks have ‘progressed’: report

Prince William ‘made a decision’ to put duty ahead of family after Megxit, former aide claims

More, yet smaller, BSP rate hikes expected

Jared Kushner reveals Trump’s 1,800 calorie Covid…

LA Council Seeks Ordinance Prohibiting Takeovers on Sixth…

How China’s Covid policies lead to hampered supply…

WAR IN UKRAINE: Calm is an illusion in Odesa

Linda Evangelista lands another modeling gig after…

What is ‘tomato flu’? ‘Very contagious’ virus detected in…

White mother with half-Jamaican partner has twins with…

Hawaii Department of Health reports 2,696 new infections, 13…

Aldis Hodge talks to Jalen Rose about playing superheroes

Travis Barker reveals he has COVID-19… months after…

Australian children’s show Bluey is BANNED in America…

COVID-19 cases in Hawaii trending downward