Our Favorite Cleaning Secrets from the Pros
The need to clean can sneak up and overwhelm us in no time, and sometimes it's difficult knowing where to start. Here are the best (and easiest) pro tips to help break the cycle of cleaning inertia.
By Emily Lee
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With 60 seconds to quick clean, Becky Rapinchuk,
Clean Mama blogger and author of
The Organically Clean Home, would wipe down her bathroom sink because it's one of the first things you notice in a bathroom—especially if there are water marks or toothpaste gunk. If you have more time to spare, you might whip up her
DIY chemical-free disinfecting spray: 1/2 cup white vinegar, 1/2 cup vodka (for germ-killing properties), 10 drops lavender essential oil, 10 drops lemon essential oil and 1 1/2 cups water (distilled or boiled and cooled). Spritz and come back in 10 minutes to rub down surfaces. (One more thing: If it's a pedestal sink don't forget to wipe down the front and sides, all the way to the floor.)
— Joann Pan
Published 07/19/2018
