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Passover is around the corner and the spring cleaning starts in full force.
Before you go out to buy a lot of chemicals and special cleaning agents for all kinds of areas, try to take a look in your pantry cabinets.
Natural products found in almost every kitchen can be used as effective cleaning agents, if you only know how to use them correctly.
And it is especially useful for cleaning the kitchen, where you cook and eat, and it is less suitable to use it with chemicals that may be dangerous to health.
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here are some tips for cleaning the kitchen with 5 products that are easy to find in every home:
1. Ketchup
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Ketchup has a particularly useful property in cleaning - it is acidic enough to dissolve stubborn stains that stick to pots and pans, but not too aggressive so that it does not harm them.
It is particularly effective in cleaning copper pots - it turns out that the combination of the acetic acid in the ketchup with the copper oxide that is formed during cooking succeeds in removing the hard stains and returning the pots to their lost sparkle.
All you have to do is spread a layer of ketchup on the bottom of the pot, soak it for half an hour - or more if you have time - then remove the ketchup by wiping and rinsing.
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2. Rice
Exfoliate your dirty jars.
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If you have a jar, narrow vase or other container that doesn't clean easily and has unsightly streaks of dirt inside that you have trouble reaching to scrub, uncooked rice can be useful.
The rice grains are used as a kind of gentle "peeling" that removes the dirt.
Fill the dirty vessel with (uncooked) rice, add a small amount of lukewarm water, close the lid or place your hand over the opening of the vessel and shake vigorously.
If the dirt is particularly stubborn, start by soaking the vessel in vinegar (fill the vessel with vinegar in an amount that will cover the dirty areas) after a while add the uncooked rice grains and shake.
This should solve the problem.
3. Milk
Removes stains without damaging the fabric fibers.
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If you have tablecloths, cloth napkins or kitchen towels stained with the mother of all stubborn stains - red wine, pay attention to the following trick: soaking the textile items in warm milk may be helpful.
Milk has enzymes that help break down the stain, without harming the fabric fibers (it's also good for ink stains, if you have them).
Another use for milk - cleaning and polishing leather upholstery.
Soak a damp cloth in milk and go over stains on leather seats in gentle circular motions.
And a combination of milk and lemon juice will help shine silverware - pour a glass of milk and a glass of lemon juice into a bowl and soak the silverware in the solution for a few hours - a whole night.
4. Vodka
When you finish cleaning, pour yourself a chaser.
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Similar to vinegar, which many people know as a useful cleaning agent at home, vodka can also be used to clean surfaces in the kitchen and other places in the house.
Even the lifestyle priestess Martha Stewart said that she sometimes uses vodka for cleaning.
Due to its high alcohol content, vodka is particularly effective in cleaning oily surfaces and also in removing oily liquids from cloths and kitchen towels.
And for the same reason, it also evaporates quickly and does not leave behind an odor trail, so there is no fear of the scents of a restaurant remaining in the kitchen in its wake.
Although it does not contain a high enough alcohol content to be considered a disinfectant, vodka is certainly effective as a surface polish.
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5. Salt
Act on time, and you won't have to use dangerous grease removers.
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Grease removers of all kinds are among the strongest and most toxic cleaning agents, and because of this many are afraid to use them, especially in areas used for food preparation (kitchen, oven, etc.).
You can avoid using them if you use salt as a substitute, but only if you do it in time.
When a stew overflows or drips in the oven or on your stove, cover the spilled liquids with salt while still wet.
This will make the stain easier to clean after the surface has cooled and the liquids have dried.
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