A woman revealed her trick on the net to clean the house - better said, dirty walls. For this she uses a curious 'home remedy'.
- To get the house in shape, you like to try out a variety of tips and tricks.
- In addition to the cleaners from the drugstore, home remedies , for example, are still very popular.
- But what has now pulled a woman out of the box of tricks seems to overshoot the goal - but she swears by her tip .
Woman cleans walls with mayo
The woman recently shared her trick * in the closed Facebook group "Cleaning Tips & Tricks". In your opinion, this can be used to easily remove annoying dirt from the walls * , as the online portal Express writes. In her case, these were doodles that were painted on the plaster with colored pencils. To get rid of these cracks, she used a tool that everyone probably has in the fridge: mayonnaise .
The woman even showed how the trick works in a short video: there she smears a teaspoon of mayonnaise on a cloth and wipes the crayon stains with it . The result is astonishing: the mayonnaise makes the wall look like new again - or like freshly painted. As the lady explained, this tip is particularly useful if you have children in the household. "Just so every mother knows: Mayonnaise makes crayon stains disappear from the wall," she wrote of her video.
As the online portal Lifehacker writes, this is due to the oil and vinegar, both of which are contained in the mayonnaise and effectively dissolve wax colors.
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Mayo-Trick creates divided opinions among users
Their contribution was viewed 4.1 million times within a very short time and numerous users were enthusiastic about the trick . One person even wrote: "Oh, I have to smear my wall with crayons right away - and try it out." Another says: "Awesome! I cleaned my house last year and I found crayon stains on walls, doors and heaters in every room. I spent hours cleaning it. Some things I didn't get completely, so I'll try this trick out tomorrow. "
The reactions are not only positive. Some users are rather skeptical about the tip: "That leaves a big grease stain on the wall. No way, " it says. Or: "We tried it and the wall had an oil-like stain afterwards. Never again." So it seems likely that the trick doesn't work on every surface. If you still want to try it, you should try it in a hidden place to see if it stains.
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