Everyday Life

23 Unexpected Ways To Use Different Foods As Cleaning Products

by Kelsey Stoskopf
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Used mashed up banana to polish tarnished silver.
Used mashed up banana to polish tarnished silver.
Get rust off a knife by cutting an onion.
Get rust off a knife by cutting an onion.
Scrub hard-to-remove stains from glasses with salt.
Scrub hard-to-remove stains from glasses with salt.
Use rye bread to get rid of pencil and crayon markings on the wall.
Use rye bread to get rid of pencil and crayon markings on the wall.


Spritz old clothes and furniture with vodka to get rid of the musty smell.
Spritz old clothes and furniture with vodka to get rid of the musty smell.
Use Tang to degrease your dishwasher. Just pour it where the soap would go and run an empty cycle.

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Use Tang to degrease your dishwasher. Just pour it where the soap would go and run an empty cycle.
To get rid of old coffee residue in your grinder, run white rice through it.
To get rid of old coffee residue in your grinder, run white rice through it.
Clean wooden furniture with a cloth soaked in flat beer and dry with a clean cloth.
Clean wooden furniture with a cloth soaked in flat beer and dry with a clean cloth.
Get rid of fruit flies by leaving a few basil leaves at the bottom of a fruit bowl.
Get rid of fruit flies by leaving a few basil leaves at the bottom of a fruit bowl.
Get rid of scratches on wooden furniture by rubbing it with a walnut (the nut not the shell.)
Get rid of scratches on wooden furniture by rubbing it with a walnut (the nut not the shell.)
Free your counter of tomato stains by squeezing lemon juice on the spots.
Free your counter of tomato stains by squeezing lemon juice on the spots.

Let it sit a while, then scrub out with baking soda and a sponge.

Cover your hands in olive oil to keep them clean while dealing with dough.
Cover your hands in olive oil to keep them clean while dealing with dough.
Scrape gum off your carpet with peanut butter. The oils will loosen the gum so you can get it off the carpet.
Scrape gum off your carpet with peanut butter. The oils will loosen the gum so you can get it off the carpet.
Get rid of floor streaks by adding a little vinegar to your water while mopping.
Get rid of floor streaks by adding a little vinegar to your water while mopping.
Get rid of grime in your toilet by pouring a bottle of Cola down it.
Get rid of grime in your toilet by pouring a bottle of Cola down it.

Let it sit for a few minutes, then flush it all away.

Keep your colored clothes bright by adding a few teaspoons of black pepper to the wash.
Keep your colored clothes bright by adding a few teaspoons of black pepper to the wash.
Rid your kitchen of nasty smells by baking a lemon cut in half at medium temperature for an hour.
Rid your kitchen of nasty smells by baking a lemon cut in half at medium temperature for an hour.
Use a slice of bread to remove dust from paintings on the walls.
Use a slice of bread to remove dust from paintings on the walls.
Run orange or lemon peels through your garbage disposal to get rid of nasty smells.
Run orange or lemon peels through your garbage disposal to get rid of nasty smells.
Clean bird poop off your car by spraying club soda on it.
Clean bird poop off your car by spraying club soda on it.
Don't cut yourself picking up broken glass. Place a piece of bread on the tiny shards to pick them up.
Don't cut yourself picking up broken glass. Place a piece of bread on the tiny shards to pick them up.
Brew vinegar and water in your coffee maker to clean it out.
Brew vinegar and water in your coffee maker to clean it out.
Shine up tarnished cooper with ketchup.
Shine up tarnished cooper with ketchup.
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