13 Old-fashioned cleaning hacks that really work, according to the experts
WRITTEN LISA SALMON
Cleaning experts share their favourite traditional cleaning hacks using lemons, vinegar, onions and even tomato ketchup. Modern science means we have the best chemical cleaners research can offer to virtually wipe out dust, dirt and bacteria in our homes. But does that mean the old-fashioned cleaning hacks our grandmas used to swear by are now useless?
Absolutely not, say many of today’s most popular cleaning experts and influencers.
“Tese days, we’re truly spoilt when it comes to cleaning,” says TV’s
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Queen of Clean Lynsey Crombie (@ lynsey_queenofclean). “We have so many product choices when we hit the supermarkets, but it hasn’t always been like this. I love to experiment with the old methods, and find cleaning with lemons, bicarbonate of soda and white vinegar are just as good as some products you can buy. Our kitchen cupboards are full of products that will clean up our homes.”
And Nicola Lewis, who runs the professional tidying and decluttering service Tis Girl Can Organise (
instagram.com/thisgirlcanorganise), stresses: “I love to use old-fashioned
cleaning methods – I was shown them by my mum and nan. Tey’re cheap to make, most of the ingredients are in your kitchen cupboards, they’re chemical- free and, best of all, they’re safe for our families and our planet. ”
Here Crombie, Lewis and Suzanne Waring, who runs cleaning company Te Helping Hands Group (
thehelpinghandsgroup.co.uk) share their favourite old-fashioned, natural cleaning hacks…
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