Cleaning your home with Lemons
When life gives you lemons clean with them. I love having a bowl full of lemons in my house, not only do they help brighten up my kitchen but they can be really handy and help out with the cleaning with their sweet scent and antiseptic properties.
Zesty Kitchen Solutions
Wooden Chopping Board
Cut a lemon in half and sprinkle coarse salt over the board. Scour the surface, squeezing slightly to release the juice. Let sit for 15 minutes, then rinse with warm water.
Microwave
Put a few lemon halves in a bowl of clean cold water and put the microwave on full power for 5 minutes. The lemon will release the grease, making it really easy to wipe off with a microfibre cloth.
Tackling Limescale & Rust
Limescale: Lemon is great at tackling limescale. For taps, run half a lemon all over where the limescale is present. For your kettle, pop a few used lemon halves inside, fill with water and boil. Leave for 30 minutes and boil again before emptying.
Rust: To remove rust mix lemon with salt and make a paste, apply this paste to the rust and scrub. Leave for a few minutes and rinse with warm water. This works brilliantly on outdoor tools and furniture.
More Lemon Cleaning Ideas
- Polish up chrome fixtures
- Help keep insects at bay
- Tackle tough grease stains
- Restore tile grout
- Remove perspiration marks
- Degrease baking pans
- Remove plastic container stains
- Clean hard water marks with bicarbonate of soda
