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

Dishwasher Rack Doubles as Storage

If your old dishwasher is ready to go, save the rolling rack and use it as under-bed storage. You can organize the mess you've neglected under beds, sofas, or even in closets. Dishwashers don't have to be useful only in the kitchen. 

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The More You Know

  • With the water running at about half throttle, drop in orange or lemon peels. Run the disposer for five seconds. Citric acid from the peels softens crusty waste and attacks smelly bacteria. Give the acid about 15 minutes to do its work.
  • When you're working on the roof, wrap rubber bands around tools to help them stay put. The rubber will grip on roofs with up to a 6/12 slope.
  • Want to dry out flowers quickly and easily? Just use the clips on a pants hanger to hold the stems of your flowers so they're hanging bulb down, and leave them in a cool, dry place to dehydrate.
  • Garage floors are puddle prone: springtime floods, melting ice from tires, you name it. You can keep that water away from your tools and toys with a dam made of expanding foam.
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