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Everyone loves discovering handy new tips for the home - particularly ones that make dreaded housework easier. So when we heard that a woman has come up with a simple cleaning solution that actually repels dust, we were all ears.
Carolina Mccauley, from Australia, has shared the secret behind her affordable and effective hack for dusting - and fans are going wild for it. It couldn't be simpler and relies on just three ingredients which are common in most households.
All you need to do is mix two cups of water with ¼ of a cup of vinegar, one tablespoon of olive oil, and three drops of your favourite dish soap.
The solution is simple (carolina.mccauley/instagram)
You can add extra oils for a fresh scent (carolina.mccauley/instagram)Explaining further on TikTok, Carolina said you can add extra scent to the solution by adding in ten drops of your favourite essential oil, such as lavender, lemon, cedarwood, or patchouli. Once the ingredients are all assembled in a spray bottle, shake vigorously before squirting directly onto a clean microfibre cloth. It can be used on most surfaces in the home, including wood, mirrors and glass, and "completely removes and repels dust", according to Carolina.
And the best bit? You don't even need to use it on a weekly basis. Carolina told her 2.8 million followers that she sprays the mixture just once a month for a dust-free home. ''Wave goodbye to constant dusting with my not-so-secret-anymore magic spray!'' she said in the caption.
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Fans loved the suggestion, with one commenting: "I do this. Keeps the dust at bay 100%. I don't dust nearly as much as I used to and I have 3 dogs!" And a second wrote: "I live in the desert so I'm def trying this!"
Carolina's post is just one of a number of top cleaning hacks for the home . Just recently, a woman shared her cheap trick to keep her shower head sparkling, using an ingredient you'll already have in your cupboard. In a bid to leave her shower gleaming, Amanda, who runs the TikTok account @amanda_cleans, secured a bag of vinegar around her shower head with a rubber band. She then submerged the head in vinegar for an hour.
As she took the bag of vinegar off, giving it a wipe, it looked immediately sparkling - just like it was brand new. Amanda used "regular white vinegar like you would use for cooking". With over 7.9 million views and 276,000 likes, people were amazed by the hack.
Hygiene whizz Madame Sweat, meanwhile, recently shared her secret to getting saucepans looking like new without any scrubbing. She claimed your pots will be "cleaner than they have ever been" with her easy trick, which she demonstrated on her TikTok, revealing her secret ingredient.
She said: "Never scrub a pot or pan ever again. When your pots have debris all of them, what you wanna do is fill the pot with water and use dishwasher soap, not regular dish soap." The woman showed a pot full of boiling water with a dishwasher pod in and explained: "Boil it on the stove until the water comes to a boil, leave it for another five minutes, pour it out. Voila, all that difficult debris just comes right off." Just make sure you keep the lid on top of the pot.
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