These Popular TikTok Cleaning ‘Hacks’ Don’t Actually Work
The concept of finding a hack that makes your life easier or cheaper is especially tempting when it comes to cleaning your house—and TikTok is full of such advice. But…
Make This Gooey, Stretchy Cheese Sauce With Lemon Juice and Baking Soda
I consider myself a champion of processed cheese. Velveeta, Kraft Singles, and the like may not belong on a cheese board, but they have their places, usually in a Crockpot…
Make Sour ‘Candy’ With Dried Fruit and Citric Acid
Last week I went on a little trip to tour the Mariani Family packing facilities. Even if you’ve never heard the name “Mariani,” you’ve encountered their products; they have an…
You Can Clean Your Dishwasher With Lemonade Kool-Aid
Photo: ivan_kislitsin (Shutterstock) Everything old eventually becomes new again: We’ve been proponents of using Kool-Aid to clean your dishwasher since 2007, but the hack is finding new life on TikTok…
You Don’t Need a Lemon to Clean Your Microwave
For some reason, every single microwave-cleaning how-to we’ve published includes the use of a lemon, or lemon juice. This isn’t all that shocking; the citric acid in lemons has anti-microbial…
How to Clean Rust Off Your Tools (and Prevent It From Coming Back)
Photo: AlexeiLogvinovich (Shutterstock) Whether you inherited them from your parents or grandparents, or got them for a great price at a yard sale or flea market, you may have some…
21 Clever Things You Never Knew Table Salt Could Do
Photo: Jiri Hera (Shutterstock) Oh sodium chloride, how do I love thee? Let me count the ways. I love thee to the depths of my crock pot, breadth of my…
Can Lemons Really Make Your Whites Whiter?
Photo: By Arturs Budkevics (Shutterstock) There are endless hacks about how to keep your white clothes clean without hard chemicals. Some suggestions include baking soda, vinegar, and even aspirin—which, fine,…
15 Ways You Should Be Cleaning Your Home With Citric Acid
Photo: Lena Ogurtsova (Shutterstock) Humidifiers are prone to hard water deposits at the water tank base and around the heating port. I tried to scrub this area with all sorts…