Spring cleaning: You should know these tips and tricks
The spring cleaning should bring the apartment to a high gloss and shine with the first rays of the sun. Our tips make cleaning jobs big and small in the household easier.
Spring cleaning: With this tip, the microwave cleans itself
The microwave is one of the most frequently used household appliances: it can be used to cook or warm up quickly. Accordingly, it quickly gets dirty.
- Cleaning the interior is not always easy. Burnt items have to be removed with great effort, usually in a bent position.
- It is much easier and effortless: Place a bowl of vinegar and water mixed in equal parts in the microwave and switch it on for two minutes.
- This is equivalent to steam cleaning and dirt and burnt substances are released. You then only have to wipe the microwave with a damp cloth and it is clean and hygienic again.
The coffee machine - hygienically pure on its own
When cleaning up, don't forget your coffee machine. Wiping from the outside is not enough. Mold can form in the machine over time. Here, too, vinegar proves to be a versatile helper for spring cleaning.
- If you have a filter machine, hygienic cleaning is very easy. Fill the water chamber with a 1: 1 mixture of vinegar and water and insert a paper filter.
- Switch on the coffee machine and let it run until about half of the water container has run out. Then switch off the machine for half an hour and then let the remaining vinegar water run through.
- Finally, fill the water tank with fresh water, insert a new paper filter and let it run through completely - done. Now you can be sure to enjoy a healthy and mildew-free coffee.
Clean coffee grinder in no time
Not only your coffee machine should be hygienically cleaned from time to time. The coffee grinder also deserves a spring cleaning.
- You can easily clean the grinder by adding some uncooked white rice and letting the machine grind.
- Then pour the rice away and wipe with a dry cloth, the coffee grinder will flash like new.
Clean the mixer - child's play with this trick
If you love smoothies or mix soups and sauces in a blender, you know how annoying the subsequent cleaning can be. Everything sticks to the floor and the cutting tool.
- The mixer gets clean in the dishwasher - but you don't have to turn it on every time you've mixed.
- Simply add a little water and a few drops of detergent to the blender and turn it on briefly.
- The mixer rinses clean by itself. All you have to do is pour the rinse water and rinse the container with a little clear water.
Clean table grill without scrubbing
Perhaps you would like to use your table grill more often - if only it did not have to be scrubbed afterwards. The burnt substance is stuck in the grooves.
- When you have finished grilling, switch off the household appliance and pull out the mains plug.
- Wet some kitchen towels and wring them out. Unfold the wet paper towels again, spread them out in several layers on the grill surface while it is still hot, and close the grill again.
- While you are eating comfortably, the grill cleans itself as it cools. Just don't wait too long before removing the towels, an hour is fine. Then open the grill and the dirt can easily be wiped off with the damp cloth.
