HomeWorks Plus Wipes Out Stains and Odors with Do-It-Yourself Solutions

HomeWorks Plus, an Adaptive Marketing LLC^® program, shows you how homemade cleaning products and strategies save you time and money. Ineffective cleansers, abrasives and solvents make cleaning even more unappealing. Although they can’t do the cleaning for you, resources like HomeWorksPlus provide shortcuts that will help you keep your home looking and smelling clean and fresh.

Consumers today spend a lot of money on expensive cleaning products and tools that don’t always live up to expectations. By making your own homemade cleaning products, you’ll save time and money and get the results you want. Households across the country use savings programs like HomeWorks Plus to stock up on simple everyday goods to inexpensively clean their kitchens, baths, garages and more. Members of HomeWorks Plus log on to HomeWorksPlus123.com to purchase gift cards for major retailers at 20% savings to buy what they need before donning some gloves, grabbing a mop and toting a bucket.

HomeWorks Plus provides these household cleaning tips:

Basic ingredients such as lemons, vinegar and baking soda offer an army against dirt and stains. Lemon and orange juices can neutralize odors and give your homemade cleaning concoctions a fresh scent, especially if you use vinegar. Baking soda is an effective abrasive cleaner as well as a deodorizer. Use these tips below for your next cleaning projects:

Use lemon juice to clean copper cookware and brass fixtures. Try dipping half a lemon in salt and rubbing out tough stains.
Mix one part water to one part vinegar for an all-purpose cleaner. Add some lemon or orange juice to make a scented cleaner.
The inside of a Thermos bottle can be tough to clean. Pour in a cup of water, three teaspoons of uncooked rice and two tablespoons of baking soda. The rice scrubs while the baking soda cleans.
Add a tablespoon of lemon juice to boiling water when cooking strong-smelling foods like cabbage or cauliflower.

Homemade cleaners aren’t limited to these three ingredients. Other everyday products that you already have at home can rub out stubborn stains and freshen up your home:

For that “just baked” scent in the kitchen, simmer a small pot of water with a few drops of cinnamon or orange oil.
To neutralize a burnt microwave popcorn smell, fill a large microwave-safe bowl with one cup of water and a dash of cinnamon or sage or drops of vanilla or lemon extract. Bring to a boil, then let cool for about 15 minutes.
Remove crayon from painted walls and wallpaper with dry-cleaning solvent, available at drug and discount stores. Pour some on a towel, and gently wipe away the crayon.
Clean shower curtains in your washing machine with regular laundry detergent. Adding a bath towel will help scrub off mildew and soap scum.
Toothpaste is a reliable abrasive for tough stains around your home.
Clean bathroom mirrors with shaving cream, which will also prevent them from fogging up.
Catch dust bunnies under your refrigerator with a yardstick covered in a pair of pantyhose.
Dryer sheets have endless uses. Place in dresser drawers and closets to keep clothes smelling fresh, hide a sheet under the kitchen trash bag to combat foul smells, or wipe furniture and clothes to eliminate pet hair.
To get rid of dust, place silk flowers in a laundry bag, and toss it into the dryer on the no-heat cycle.
Rubbing a crumpled piece of aluminum foil dipped in cola will remove rust spots on chrome.
Spray furniture polish on a toothbrush to dust intricately carved furniture.
Remove hair oils from hairbrushes by soaking in warm water with shampoo for 20 minutes.
Use creamy peanut butter to remove remaining label adhesive from glass and plastic items. Scrape off with a spoon, and wash to remove peanut butter.

With the savings that HomeWorksPlus provides, members can shop — and clean — knowing they’re getting great deals on almost all of their home improvement needs.

This article was brought to you by HomeWorks Plus.

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Headquartered in Norwalk, Conn., Adaptive Marketing LLC^® is a category leader in membership programs, bringing value direct to consumers through an array of benefits in healthcare, discounts, security and personals. With broad online and offline distribution capabilities, Adaptive Marketing offers its corporate client partners effective tools to enhance market presence, strengthen customer affinity and generate additional value through programs such as HomeWorksPlus.

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