Spring Cleaning Hacks You'll Wish You'd Found Out Years Ago

Clean Your Grill With an Onion

You can clean your grill gates after a long winter of neglect by rubbing half an onion over the metal. The sugar and water in the onion will act as a "deglazer" and make it good as new again. Then, you can chop the layer of the onion you used for cleaning and throw on the rest of it with your next barbecue. 

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The More You Know

  • Half an hour before serving time, adorn the table with bowls of lemon halves topped with cloves to ensure a pest-proof party.
  • Hate the messy look of curling irons lying on the vanity or the toilet tank? Here's a tip for you. Use hook-and-loop tape to attach five-inch lengths of 2-in. PVC pipe to the vanity door to hold the curling irons.
  • In a pinch, like when you're traveling, you can spruce up wrinkled clothes by hanging them in the bathroom while you shower.
  • If you've spilled candle wax on a piece of furniture, don't risk ruining the finish by trying to scrape it up. Simply fill a plastic bag with ice cubes, put it over the wax, and let it sit for a few minutes.
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