Another quick hack/tip for stained plastic storage containers: spray a little non-stick spray in them before pouring in the sauce. Prevents stains before they start.
A tip for cleaning the oven: whatever you’re using to clean the oven, cover it with cling film and leave it overnight or for a few hours before scrubbing. Even if you use regular oven cleaner it needs time to penetrate the dirt and if it dries it’s not going to work nearly as well, so just cover it with cling film and it should be much more effective at removing the dirt.
Here's an alternative to the tooth pick hack. I keep a toothbrush in the kitchen to clean the debris that accumulates in tight places, including crevices and corners. I lightly spritz the corner or area where grime is. Give the mess a couple of minutes to get soft and mushy, then use the tooth brush to dig out the mess, pulling the grime away from the corner into an area where I can wipe it up with a sponge or paper towel. This is especially useful if your sink has tiny gaps between the counter and the edge of the sink. It's also great for cleaning the faucet. I find that gunk tends to build up where the faucet meets the sink/counter. A tooth brush has a handle long enough to g reach any mess behind the faucet without straining yourself. (I would need to be on the counter to reach behind with a tooth pick.) The tooth brush also works in the corners of cabinets like the one shown in the tooth pick demo. When you're done, you can thoroughly rinse out the tooth brush and let it air dry. The bristles stay intact for a long time, so you may only need to swap it out for a new brush every few months, depending on how often you need to clean the crevices and tight spaces. Mine sits next to the sink in my drying rack so I can easily access it when I need it.
I add to my toothbrush tools a small stiff paintbrush. This really came in handy when detailing my car. The widish, flat thin paintbrush ( no good for painting ) was excellent for those tighter spaces and grooves. 🌞
Dawn Powerwash is seriously GOAT. I bought it on a whim and I'm crazy about it. Also: You know you're old when you're super excited about a new cleaning discovery.
If you live in a place that has issues with roaches, the powerwash kills them too. Just spray it and let it sit for a minute and it's dead. This is a less toxic way of killing them if you have issues with the super toxic sprayed and you want to kill them without getting near them cuz ewws.
They sell oven mats on Amazon for the bottom of the oven. You can then just wash the mat and the oven stays clean. Toothpicks are good, but wooden skewers are perfect for cleaning too! Thanks for the tips!
Oh thank you! I was literally just about to pull out half of my tupperware and get to swishing haha! Well, it's good to know in the future before I ruin it!
I've tried different natural ways to clean my oven, never worked. I use Easy Off, I know it's caustic. I spray it super fast (I leave the racks in) and let it sit overnight. It smells great the next day and you can wipe it off with a sponge or paper towels. I just rinse the racks in my sick. I've been cleaning homes professionally for over 30 yrs. 😊
Cori, this is such a refreshing comment. So many think they are the Toxic Chemical Police and shame those who don't clean their houses with anything but vinegar, water and baking soda. I use Easy Off too. 😉
Oh my gosh that stuff is magic, but crazy toxic. There was hole in my glove while using it and it gave me minor chemical burns (although I have sensitive skin), and triggered my asthma. Totally worth it. Took off the 5 years of baked on grime I'd inherited with almost no work.
A heads up with oven cleaners: They can kill birds you might have in cages as pets. Our new oven we got a few years ago warned about it and we had someone we know lose a bird via this. Read directions, etc. I know that sounds sorta nuts, but even the mildest fumes from them are bad news.
Wow its nice to hear the directions included that!! Birds have very sensitive respiratory systems. Air fryers can kill birds too but many people don’t know since it’s not listed as a warning 😔
Precious baby such a gift from God. Loved your cleaning hacks, especially the cleaning of shower doors!! We have hard water too. Q tips are great for tight corners or vents in your car.
Little Miss Finley is precious 🥰. I have a way that works for me to clean stove top grates. Put them in a large trash bag with about 1/4 cup of ammonia. Twist tie it closed. I take them outside because of the fumes. Leave them over night. In the morning just give them a little scrub and rinse (the hose works great for this!). Works like a charm.
I use a dry Swiffer on my walls, ceilings, wall hanging edges, and on my horizontal blinds! Just run the Swiffer down them in segments (when in the closed position) , and you'll be amazed at all the dust that comes off. You might need to touch up the edges and window sil after, but it does a great job overall. 😊
My dad (appliance repair tech) recommended just opening the dishwasher and gently “shaking” the racks to disperse any water that settles on your dishes, then allow the steam and hot water to just evaporate with the door open. It’s just as effective as the drying cycle
I used to always put my gas burners in the oven when I was doing the self clean oven. Worked perfectly and never hurt anything! Another wonderful product for getting baked on stuff off the stove and oven is wd30. Spray it in, let it soak. Wipe it off shopping with the gunk.
The oven hack was a bit muddled but had mostly the right components if not quite the best technique. Sprinkle the baking soda directly on the oven surfaces and add enough drops of dish liquid to lightly scrub it all over with a wet (with just water) sponge or scrubber, rewetting as needed. There should only be a light coating with perhaps a little extra on the very worst spots. Leave it for half an hour to an hour, or up to a day if you're busy. Then when you go back to finish cleaning soak your sponge with the vinegar or use a spray bottle to scrub and wipe away the soapy soda, and wipe away anything left over with plain water as needed. As demonstrated there was just too much soap and soda and almost all the dissolving power of the baking soda, the vinegar, and their reaction when combined was wasted in the bowl before it could be applied. It also works pretty well (skipping the vinegar) for a quick pre-scrub on baking sheets before washing, and baking soda scrubbed onto plastic cutting boards and then fizzed away with vinegar will help remove most stains better than just washing in dishwater.
For the oven I know your struggle! That mixture was the first thing I tried on our oven 5 years ago when we moved in and it didn’t work. I LOVE easy-off. Yes, it’s horribly stinky but it WORKS. If you don’t do that, at the very least you could try a razor blade scraper on the oven door (gently and don’t hit the seals!) and that works like a CHARM!
Omg I Love the swifter floor cleaner as a wall / ceiling cleaner!!! It works so well!!! I just cleaned every room in my house with it. I didn’t even realize my ceilings were that dirty! Thank you so much for sharing such handy tips!
I just found your channel and I love it, so I work 3 jobs, I drive a school bus, I drive a limousine and I own a house cleaning company, I also have 5 kids so honestly after cleaning everyone else's houses and working so much I don't want to do my own and I feel like it's just cluttery, I'm so glad I came to your channel as much as I'm amazing at cleaning I'm not good at organizing lol, also I wish I could add before and after pics but I know you said you don't like using oven cleaner but I have done some amazing work with break-up professional oven cleaner, and a razor blade and an oven will not take to long, before you clean your kitchen line your floor under the oven with rags in case anything drips it doesn't ruin your floor, then spray the oven cleaner inside also on the racks and glass with break up, clean your kitchen while it sits, and it's amazing just run those racks under the water everything will rinse off, then wipe away the inside of the oven with some paper towels, followed by wiping a wet rag with dawn just to rinse the cleaner off, take a razor blade and get any gunk Still stuck on, then I take a spray bottle with half water and half rubbing alcohol and spray and wipe one more time, also that alcohol water mix is the such a great streak free glass cleaner! You will be amazed no elbow grease and very little time!
If you live in a old place with popcorn ceilings, lightly bounce the dry Swiffer mop on the ceiling. It picks up the dust without knocking off the popcorn.
I use Bar Keepers Friend on my oven. I don't let it sit for more than 30 seconds before I start to wipe off each section. The glass looks brand new again and the grates are so clean, in particular.
I have found for gas stove top grates that using a big big zip lock plastic bag ($ tree) and a cup of ammonia ($1.50/bottle) and letting them sit for 5-6 hours or better yet overnight really works. It has a strong smell, but the baked on grease comes off easily with hot water and minimal elbow grease. I also put paper towels on top of the stove wet with ammonia and cover with plastic wrap for a couple of hours and the gunk wipes off. I really enjoy these videos/channel. Thank you for making such useful/entertaining resources.
I really like these types of videos. I usually pick up 1 or 2 things. And I have become a new subscriber 😊 I guess some of these things you know from learning from your own experience or from others when you are 50 years old and have been married for 30 years...the towel in the dishwasher thing I will definitely be trying. I use cast irons all the time - you don’t have to use oil after cooking. The seasoning comes from whatever you just cooked. Toothpick hack - take an empty spice bottle with large holes and wash (lid too) and let dry. Toothpick holder that doesn’t spill!
I've used my swiffer in the walls and ceilings, also great to use the wet pads to for cleaning. Use STEEL WOOL PADS for cleaning your stove top grates. Game changer!! I get the 10 back from the dollar tree!
Open your dishwasher up and pull both of the racks out as soon as it finishes. It's so hot, the moisture will evaporate immediately and you can put your dishes away a few minutes later. The only water that will be left is in areas where it pools, like recessed cup bottoms. Just dab them with a dish drying cloth, takes a few seconds. Learned this decades ago. It also saves the energy used for the drying cycle. ☺️ Also, I learned from my mother back in the 70's to have a dull paring knife in your cleaning kit. With a cloth covering the blade it's perfect for getting into cracks and corners.
I know you don’t like using easy off. But I cleaned my oven with it. Sprayed it on left it 24 hours. And it was amazing. By the way. Baby is so cute. You look awesome ❤️
My husband actually found a way to clean the glass oven door that works great. Use a dishwasher tab dipped into warm water. Just rub it on the glass and wipe clean. It took about half an hour but worked great
I saw a Tiktok hack for cleaning the oven w the Dawn power wash. I tried it and I was so happy with the results! Spray it on, let it sit for 5-10 minutes and it cleans it so well!!!!
Oven cleaning hack: I like using backing soda mixed with water into a paste. Scrub it into the oven and leave it for a few hours. Later, take a spray bottle of vinegar and spray the paste, that had at partially dried (I find that the backing soda is easier to clean off if it has only dried a little bit and it takes less time). Then scrub as the paste bubbles up. Add vinegar as needed. It worked wonders for the oven in our house/apartment when we had to move.
Some basic chemistry for cleaning hacks: baking powder is basic, vinegar is acid, combine the two and they foam and create a salt - not table salt, but a salt. Bases dissolve grease by the saponification reaction - turns grease into soap, the stronger the base the more soap it creates. Using lye to make soap is just that. Lye is very strong, baking soda is weak. For cleaning an oven I would use borax - that is in the middle of the scale. Detergent + borax in a paste, leave it there overnight. Before you wipe it down spray it with vinegar - that will add moisture and bubble up, so it comes off easier. Any recipe that says mix vinegar and baking soda is BS, it's cool because it foams, but it kills both cleaning agents. (I am not a chemist - this is just what I learned in high school - it kinda just stuck with me)
I’ve found the best thing to clean my gas grates and the inside of my oven is a simple Brillo pad. The ones with the soap already on the Brillo. I still have to put in elbow grease to get things clean, but it’s the only product I’ve found that works. Hope that helps.
The best hack for cleaning ovens and is safe for pets is a mix of lemon juice, dawn and vinegar (I think it’s equal parts, but you can check online). You leave the racks in your oven and spray everything heavily with the solution, leave it overnight and wipe with a damp sponge or rag in the morning. NO SCRUBBING! I literally sprayed my oven racks off in the sink and Voila silver again. I also read that it can be use for bathrooms. I didn’t care for it in the bathroom better than scrubbing bubbles and a bathroom magic eraser (or knock off). My tub and shower were much cleaner that way. Good luck! Enjoy your sweet baby.❤️
An easy way to keep your cookie sheets clean when making something messy is to line the cookie sheet with tinfoil, or my favorite, parchment paper before adding the food. After you are done cooking you just through the liner away and give the pan a quick wash to remove and residue. Makes clean up quick and easy, and makes your pans last longer. And for the glass on your oven door, after you apply your product and let it sit, take a razor blade, like you use for glass stovetops, and carefully scrape the glass. The cleaner loosens the grim and the razer blade removes it without as much scrubbing.
For cleaning the oven - make a paste with just baking soda and water. Apply it to the burnt on grease, etc. Then just turn on the oven for like 10 minutes and let it cool. That stuff will dry up and become a powder that's really easy to wipe off, taking a lot of the grime with it. Repeat until it's clean. The same trick works for cooked on grease on the glass stove top. I don't know the details but cooking baking soda turns it into "washing soda" - some sort of chemistry happens. Maybe that's why it works so well.
For your oven leave the racks in. Pour 1 cup hot water in the bottom of the oven turn oven on to 250 degrees for 30 minutes, then wipe clean. You may need to repeat a few times depending on how baked on the stuff is. My stove has a steam clean feature built in. Works wonderfully.
Hi, I found that using the self cleaning setting on your oven works pretty well. For cleaning the grades, soak them over in the ammonia from dollar tree. Use large heavy duty bag and leave it outside.
Best thing to clean out a nasty oven is Bar Keepers Friend (I used the soft cleanser for easier cleanup) & an SOS pad!! (Neither scratched the glass or inside of the oven) We recently moved to a rental home and the previous tenants left the oven completely covered in grease and grime. It took me probably 20-30 mins and minimal effort to have it looking super shiny and new again! Try it!
Great, useful hacks, especially the box folding one! Here you are giving us all this great cleaning advice, and leave it to me to notice how pretty, simple and fresh your make up looks! Your eyeshadow appears to be a pale pink shade??? It's very flattering to your eye color. Pass along any make-up tips for getting the fresh, natural look you have.
I use a dishwasher tablet on my oven glass, with little spray on water first, wipe the dishwasher tablet all over then give it a little scrub with cloth an wipe
I used the Meliora scour powder (the one with tea tree oil) and WOW. My stovetop has never been cleaner. It hadn’t been cleaned in forever and now it looks brand new. Best stuff ever!
Hey girl I just put on that self clean mode and your oven will be like new! I always cleaned with spray cleaners and then one day tried the self clean and I was like WHY HAVE I BEEN WASTING MY LIFE?! Lol it pretty much burns everything off and all you have to do is wipe off the little pile of ash left inside. I did enjoy the other hacks though, always love your videos! Congratulations on the new baby! ❤️
If you like Dawn Powerwash, wait until you meet Krud Kutter. I don't know what they put in that stuff. I am used to using it to get dried bugs off of windsheilds/car grills, but they also sell a kitchen-friendly version that *immediately* eliminates caked-on, baked-on greasy gunk like you would not believe. I sprayed it on a chandelier that had been in a kitchen-adjacent living room, and it looks brand new. No scrubbing. Just magic. Also, Lime Away works like nothing else on hard water spots. xox
Baking soda and vinegar work for just about anything. You can add salt for a little more abrasive. This combination even works as a drain cleaner. Just mix in the drain (not a bowl). Once vinegar stops fizzing, follow with boiling water.
I have recent ran across The Pink Stuff cleaner from Amazon.....Changed my life....the oven - it does a fabulous job, hard water stains - done. That old cookie sheet - look like new....Give it a try.....GAME CHANGER!!
To clean grates well, put your grates in a trash bag. Pour in about 2-3 cups of ammonia. Seal up the bag and let sit overnight. Your grates will be sparkling clean. Works also on BBQ grill grates .
There’s dishwasher cleaner products fairly cheap $5 & under just run it in a cycle by itself. Works great for me. Definitely going to try the towel hack if i can. I usually run it before work or bed.
To clean gas stove grates, place each in a gallon bag and pour about a quarter cup of ammonia into the bag and seal it. I'd do this outside and not in the house. I let mine sit overnight and then remove them from the bag and wash. This really cleans the hard, baked on stuff off of the grates.
Oven-pride is amazing for cleaning cooker grates, oven and doors. Empty liquid into bag provided, pop grates in, leave to soak and rinse. Job done, really is that easy.
Good to know I’m not the only one that failed with the oven cleaning hack. Thanks for sharing and I’d definitely be interested in more videos like this
Thank you for sharing. My mother always said that my brothers owed her so much money for all the sleep she lost when they were little. Unfortunately, there was not an entertaining Tik Tok video. LOL😂
I tried the rainx in my showers, but we have very hard water. It just did not hold-up well. Now this is more labor intensive, but last much longer and has a cleaner look (not hazy). Turtle Wax when applied as directed in light layers works wonders. I usually apply 2 layers.
I use the steel dental tools that come in a set, for cleaning tricky spaces ( you can get them off Amazon or ebay) they are longer, firmer and re usable than toothpicks... and some are slightly bent meaning its even easier to get into tight spaces!
The problem with the oven hack is the backing soda activates with the vinegar in the bowl. By the time you've applied it to the oven it's already neutralised and you're basically trying to clean with gritty dish soap. Try mixing the baking soda with a bit if water to make a paste, applying it to whatever you need to clean and then spraying with the vinegar. It's should foam up on the surface of whatever you are cleaning and help lift the grime. It's still going to need elbow grease though.
I read once to put stove burner in a ziplock back add 1/2 cup ammonia seal bag and let sit overnight. I have a sink in the garage which is perfect for emptying ammonia in. Wash grates with soapy water. It truly cleans without any scrubbing. I let mine sit in garage overnight.
I’ve found putting your stove top grates get very clean in the dishwasher and when you have backed on or cooked on hard to clean pots and pans, I add water to them and bring them to a boil then add backing soda and dawn dish soap. Be careful bc it does foam up! Let it sit long enough to handle it and it literally wipes clean!
I got a hack from my house cleaning crew on stove top grates that blew my mind. Place each grate in a zip lock bag or a type of plastic bag that you can close completely. Poor about 1/4 cup of Ammonia ( I used lemon scented because that's what I had at the time) close the bag up. Try to get rid of extra air and leave it for at least four hours. I did this on a dare not really believing it would work. I had scrubbed my grates on a regular basis but there was always that bit of buildup that I couldn't get off. You know what I'm talking about. Every once in a while when I thought about it I'd turn each bag over to make sure all the surfaces had Ammonia on them. So something occurred that I wasn't able to get to the grates for a day and a half eek! BUT when I took them out of the bags and placed them in hot water the stuff fell off. It just FELL off to the touch!!!! No scrubbing. Underneath was the shiny looking-like-new grates that I remembered when my stove was brand new. My sister has an industrial size stove with huge grates so she used garbage bags. Not wanting to leave anything to chance she left hers in for two days. Same results! I really hope you try it and let me know how it goes. 💕
I love all these hacks!!!! I would definitely watch some tik tok organisational hacks. I don’t use the app but I love watching other people test out all the viral things on there!
Great cleaning tips! I have a one great one for you. Take your burner things, grates? Anyway the black ones you were cleaning Take them outside and spray them with oven cleaner and put them in a trash bag and seal tight. Let them sit over night and then rinse them off! Another hack use bar keepers friend on your oven and oven door. For stubborn spots sprinkle it on and lay wet paper towels on!
for glass shower doors, there is actually a steel wool made for glass. i think it has 000 grit labeled on the package. it says it is safe on glass. i work for a cleaning company and we use that with lime away to scrub off the spots. spray, scrub it a little (i usually do a good swipe to make sure everything gets covered), let it sit for a little bit, and then go back and give it another scrub.
On the cast iron pan, the only thing I ever use to clean mine is kosher salt and I use a half lemon as a scrubber. I do use more salt (depending on the grease) than you did, but it cleans great and seasons the pan at the same time.
The self cleaning function on ovens are a God send. Seriously, set it, go to bed, in the morning your oven will sparkle! Just make sure to wipe out big chunks first or you'll have a smokey mess. The oven locks so you don't have to worry about small children opening it.
With the oven clean .... put sheets of clinging film/food wrapping film over the soap of choice. Then it won't dry and keeps working on the grease and grime. Works like a charm every time. (Btw. It's baking soda ur'e supposed to use not baking powder).
Congrats on your new babyyyy!!!!! So beautiful! And your winter and cleaning hacks have been such ahelp for me moving from florida to Maine for my first real winter
I know there are countless tips for mixing vinegar and baking soda...they should not be mixed, they cancel out the effects of each other. It's always best to use one and then follow up with the other. For oven cleaning boil the vinegar in the oven and let the steam penetrate to loosen grime. Once it cools mix baking soda and dawn into a past. Let it sit for 30 minutes them scrub with a sponge and wipe out.
