Effortless Deep Cleaning Tricks for Your Home You'll Wish You'd Discovered Earlier (31 methods)

Efficient Approaches for Thorough Home Cleaning That You'll Regret Not Knowing Beforehand (31 Methods)

Take Your Shower Game to the Next Level

By You and the BuzzFeed Team

Now who doesn't love a clean bathroom? Let's sparkle things up!

Get the Sparkle On!

Transform your shower experience, minus the sweat, with these ingenious tricks. Our editors share their favorite hacks, ensuring a gleaming shower that'll make you wonder where this advice has been all your life.

From messy to spotless: a transformation of the shower floor

1. Launch a Vinegar & Dish Soap Assault on Soap-Scum and Buildup

Arm your dishwashing wand with a vinegar-dish soap combo and unleash it on your shower walls, door, and corners while you're still soaping up.

2. Spritz and Shine Weekly

Mist your shower walls, curtain/door, tub, fixtures, and floor once a week after you turn off the water. It's almost like you've never had to deep clean your shower at all.

Bottle of Easy-Clean Shower Solution, Leaves Surfaces Spotless After Use

3. Scrub Away the Grease with a Soft Cleanser

Use a soft cleanser to dismantle stubborn soap scum and hard water stains on your glass doors. No heavy scrubbing required - they say you didn't even have to break a sweat.

4. DIY Descaling

Tie a plastic bag filled with vinegar and baking soda around your showerhead. Let it soak for a bit, then sit back and admire the magic unfold. It blasts away hard-water stains and banishes mold or mildew in style.

5. Bleach the Grout

Shower door coated in thick white hard water residue before cleaning; subsequent displays of the same door, now free of any buildup, crystal clear, and transparent.

Brighten up your grimy grout by rubbing some bleach gel onto the worst spots. Say goodbye to grey and hello to shine.

6. Power Scrubber to Save the Day

Take on gaps, corners, stains, and your worst grout nightmares with a power scrubber. Whip your shower into shape with minimal effort.

7. Citric Acid Miracle Worker

Pour some citric acid into your toilet tank, top it off with boiling water, and voilà! Let it sit for some time, and voilà again! No more stubborn stains and rust rings in your toilet bowl.

Shower head with a sealed bag of bubbling vinegar securely attached using a rubber band.

8. Pumice Stone Magic

A pumice stone gets the job done when all other tools have failed. Sayonara to rust and mineral rings in your toilet bowl.

9. Regular Pumice Stone User? Go for the Weekly Drop

Beat those lingering hard water stains with a weekly dose of citiric acid-infused toilet bombs. You might never have to scrape off those stubborn stains again.

10. Protect Your Toilet

Clogged Shower Head to Clear Buildup: Successfully Removed

Apply some gel on your toilet post-cleaning to maintain its sparkle for weeks on end.

11. Sweeper Slippers: The Ultimate Flooring Accessory

Sweep your floors gently as you stroll through your home with some comfy slippers. They'll pick up dust, fuzz, and hair from your hard floors without you even noticing.

12. Spot Remover to the Rescue

Banish even the most stubborn set-in carpet and upholstery stains with a dose of spray-and-blot spot remover.

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13. Pet Hair Solution

Use a rubber broom squeegee to pick up all that lingering pet hair in your carpet. You might even find out that Dyson pet vac owners still rely on this trick.

14. Water + Spray Bottle + Squeegee

Use water and a spray bottle for all those fabric surfaces - sofas, furniture, you name it. Easy peasy!

15. The Ultimate Multitasker

Large-scale scrubbing of grime-infested grout with a brush that bears a resemblance to a super-sized electric toothbrush in hand.

Pop all those hard-to-reach items into the dishwasher for a quickrinse. Dusty AC vent covers, sticky stove vent hood filters, grimy glass light covers, and more - it's your go-to for all things cleaning.

16. Dishwasher Deep Clean

Give your dishwasher a massage too by running it empty with a cleaning tablet. Let it relax and de-grease while you go enjoy a cup of coffee.

17. Sparkly Stainless Steel Finish

Give your stainless steel appliances a satisfying, quick polish with this spray-and-wipe cleaner.

Toilet tank transformation: initially showing persistent dark rust stains, later appearing spotless and radiant white after cleaning.

18. Oven Cleaning Hacks

Ready for an overnight miracle? Spray some fume-free foam cleaner in your oven, let it sit, then wipe away the crud in the morning.

19. Microwave Cleaning Trick

Microwave a bowl filled with water and lemon for a few minutes, then let it steam for a while. Wipe off those dried-on food bits with ease.

20. Stovetop Shining Trick

Whip your stovetop into shape in just five minutes. Drizzle on some Dawn and hydrogen peroxide, sprinkle with baking soda, and get ready to amaze yourself with the results.

21. Stainless or Enameled Gas Stove Destroyer

Use a soft cleanser to easily scrub off those burned-on gunk from your stove. You'll find yourself asking why you didn't do this sooner.

22. Beneath the Oven and Stove

Run a knife wrapped in a damp cloth through the gap between your oven and your stove to clean all the nooks and crannies. Then cover that gap with a pair of stainless steel covers for a permanent solution.

No wedding ring apparent in shared bathroom setting

23. Water Faucet Magic

Dissolve hard water stains on your water faucets by soaking paper towels in vinegar and wrapping them around the faucet. They'll wipe off with ease.

24. Grimy Disposal Destroyer

Grind up a garbage disposal cleaning packet and let it work its magic. The foam reaches deep into the disposal, cleaning every inch.

25. Stove Hood Investment

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Drizzle a bit of oil on a paper towel and use it to clean the grimy, sticky dust on your stove and vent hood.

26. Mystery Stain Eraser

Use the stain remover from #12 to vanish those years-old mystery stains on your mattress. It's like Christmas came early!

27. Mattress Odor Buster

Mix baking soda with a few drops of essential oil and sprinkle that on your mattress to absorb any smells. No more funky odors lingering in your sleeping space.

Circular gel imprinted by a hand within a toilet setting

28. Lint Roller Lifesaver

Pick up dust on your lampshades and pillows with a lint roller. One less task to worry about!

29. Micromagnetic Magic

Wipe down all your other surfaces with a microfiber duster. It attracts and holds onto dust like a magnet, so you won't have to clean as often.

30. Washer Freshness Boost

Critic wearing slippers adorned with a fluffy bear face and ears on the strap provides an evaluation

Run your washing machine on an empty cycle with hot water and vinegar to freshen it up. No more funky washer smell.

31. Rough Day? Go for the Cleaner Tab

If your washing machine still smells funky after the vinegar treatment, opt for a washer cleaning tab instead. It'll leave your washer feeling brand new.

You, satisfied and amazed by your clean home:

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Slippers' base adorned with hair and fuzz, due to numerous tiny microfiber hooks catching dozens of strands.

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Enrichment Data:

Deep cleaning a shower can be done effectively with vinegar, a dishwashing wand, and a soft cleanser. Here's the process:

Materials Needed:

White Vinegar: Effective for removing limescale and soap scum.
Dishwashing Wand or Long-Handled Brush: For reaching and scrubbing hard-to-reach areas.
Soft Cleanser: A gentle, non-abrasive cleaner suitable for most shower surfaces.
Spray Bottle: For applying vinegar solution.

Step-by-Step Instructions:

Prepare the Vinegar Solution - Combine equal parts white vinegar and water in a spray bottle.
Remove Soap Scum and Grime - Spray the solution liberally onto the shower walls, floor, and door. Allow it to sit for about 15 minutes.
Scrub the Shower - Use a dishwashing wand or long-handled brush to gently scrub away the loosened grime and soap scum.
Wipe Down the Shower - Rinse the areas with water, and then dry with a microfiber cloth or squeegee to remove any water spots.
Use a Soft Cleanser (optional) - For tougher stains, apply a soft cleanser directly to those spots, let it sit for a few minutes, and then scrub with the brush.
Rinse Thoroughly - Rinse the entire shower with warm water to remove all soap residue and vinegar solution.
Dry and Shine - Use microfiber cloths or sponges to wipe down the shower surfaces, removing any remaining water spots and leaving the shower dry and shiny.

Additional Tips:

Avoid using vinegar on natural stone as it can etch the surface.
Regularly cleaning your shower with a daily shower spray can help reduce the need for deep cleaning.

To clean your shower with vinegar and dish soap, load your dishwashing wand with the combination and scrub your shower walls, door, and corners while you're soaping up.
For a weekly shine, mist your shower walls, curtain/door, tub, fixtures, and floor with the vinegar-water solution after you turn off the water.
Use a soft cleanser to tackle stubborn soap scum and hard water stains on your glass doors without heavy scrubbing.
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