Home experts say you can clean many places with one simple product: dish soap. Dawn and other dish soaps get their dirt- and stain-fighting abilities from laundry detergents and degreasers.
Dilute a few squirts with water to create a spray cleaner that can replace Windex, Method or Mr. Clean. Or combine it with a few teaspoons of baking soda to make a homemade scrub for tougher jobs. For an effective DIY glass cleaner, follow the same recipe as above to make an soap/water spray, just make sure you use distilled water. It's gentler on marble and quartz than vinegar, another easy cleaning solution, says Caroline Soloman, a professional organizer in New York City who creates cleaning TikToks as @neat.caroline. The right recipe for the all-PURPOSE CLEANER can be found on the American House Cleaners Association's website. It can also be used to remove a red wine stain on the carpet or a chocolate stain on a white sofa, says Kelley Jonkoff of Unfolde.