Spring Cleaning Hacks You'll Wish You'd Found Out Years Ago

Clean Your Grill With an Onion

You can clean your grill gates after a long winter of neglect by rubbing half an onion over the metal. The sugar and water in the onion will act as a "deglazer" and make it good as new again. Then, you can chop the layer of the onion you used for cleaning and throw on the rest of it with your next barbecue. 

Lemon and Vinegar as a Microwave Solution

If cleaning your microwave is the bane of your existence, then this hack will be a God-send. Microwave a bowl of lemon and water to soften any debris caked on the inside, then wipe it clean. The lemon will also shine the hardware as well.

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The More You Know

  • A Swiffer Sweeper floor mop is useful for more than just cleaning hard floors. Use it to dust interior walls and trim, too! Attach a dry cloth to the rectangle end and press it along walls and trim.
  • Next time you oversalt a soup, toss in a few wedges of raw apple or potato. Simmer for 10 minutes and discard the wedges to get the flavor back to normal.
  • Anybody who eats boiled eggs knows the frustration of having one crack. Throwing a little vinegar into the boiling water will keep the egg whites from seeping out.
  • Did you know that Americans overpay 2.5 billion dollars a year? Believe it or not, the source for a lot of it comes from stores wrongfully overcharging for purchases.
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Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.