Cleaning with Lemons

Posted by Hanna Trafford in Household Hints on April 7, 2009 | no responses

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About the Author: Hanna is the mother of two grown sons Dan and Dusan Nedelko, Step mother to Abbie Gateman and is also a brand new Grandmother. She is the lead editor of Mama Knows and is hoping to create an exchange of communications with other grandmothers, mothers and daughters - giving everyone the opportunity to learn and share about everything that is "Mama"

I am hearing this more and more often – the discovery that very basic staple item that you have in your kitchen can actually do a whole lot more than make food taste better. In this Back-to-basics cleaning series, I decided to list a few cleaning tips that most of you have probably already heard of or used.  I am also going to list some surprising ones – like: Did you know what ketchup can help you with?

Hope you enjoy trying these tips and I will – as always – welcome your comments and suggestions

Lemons

• The acid in lemon juice removes dirt and rust stains. It works even better when mixed with table salt – it will make an excellent scouring paste.
• To clean your countertops, dip the cut side of lemon in baking soda, scour your countertop and then wipe clean with a wet sponge.
• Get line scale off your faucets by wiping lemon juice on them, letting it sit overnight and then just wiping with a wet cloth.
• You can freshen your garbage disposal by cutting a lemon in a half and running it though the disposal
• Coffee stains or other stains in the grout of your tile countertop or backsplash can be cleaned by adding lemon juice to couple of teaspoon of cream of tartar – making it a natural bleaching agent. Apply the paste with a toothbrush and rinse clean.
• Use lemons after working with fish – just rub your hands over cut lemon – it will neutralize the odor.
• In the laundry, you can add about 1/2 cup of lemon juice to the rinse cycle to brighten your whites.
• Plastic food containers can get stained with storing items such as tomato sauce – rubbing lemon juice on the stains and letting them dry in a sunny spot will help that.

Watch for the next Back-to-basics cleaning post – with Cooking Oils

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