Lemons can also be used to add shine to your taps and are able to cut through any splash marks and provide a pristine finish.
Amid all the cleaning products we use to spruce up our homes – there’s one fruit which helps to keep our surfaces gleaming. It might be used to add a bit of tang to your cooking or to give a gin and tonic some extra zing and can also bring shine to our homes.
But lemons can also be used bring sparkle our taps and are able to cut through any splash marks. These can be unsightly and for a real pristine finish try rubbing a lemon on your hot or cold tap to bring some shine to them. The fruit also leaves a fragrant aroma when you’ve finished using it. The zesty aroma works well to create freshness and leaves your taps shiny and bright.
A cleaning expert on Better Homes & Gardens said: “You can rub a kitchen faucet with a lemon, wipe it with a microfibre cloth and it shines it right up. I also use it when I have a dirty pan with something really cooked on by some greasy grimy food.
“Take the lemon and wipe the pan down with it and there’s something about the acidic nature of the lemon that cuts right through the grease. Now all I have to do is wipe the towel with a paper towel and wash as normal and it comes clean in a snap.” The site says homemade cleaning solutions can be as good as items you have brought in the supermarket. They also provide a squeaky clean space when they have done their job.
In another example lemon can also be used for woodwork and furnishings which can gather dust Regular wipe-downs are needed to keep wood clean. And cleaning experts recommend mixing one part lemon oil and one part white vinegar for some extra zing beforehand. One savvy mum has spilled the beans in a viral video, dishing out nifty tips to make different parts of your house sparkle.
The Insta-famous Fay Ricketts-Mahon, who lights up @homewithfay with her DIY and family adventures, wowed her 47,800 followers in a recent clip, diving into the amazing cleaning powers of citrus.
Fay kicked off by flaunting some ripe lemons, and said: “What I do with my lemons…” Next, she’s seen slicing them before smearing toothpaste on the cut side. In an unconventional move, she tossed the lemon into her barren washing machine, then putting on a cycle to spritz it up.
Not stopping there, her chopping block received a fruity overhaul, as Fay put bicarb over it, scrubbing eagerly with lemon to banish any stains. Then, taking it up a notch, her oven got a citric steam bath, with chopped lemons simmering in water inside.
