A vacuum cleaner should be your best friend around the home, and with these five hacks, the two of you just might become inseparable!
- Finding small items such as jewelry
If you’ve got an old nylon stocking or sock that you don’t need, simply stretch it over the vacuum hose and you can run it around the floor without the worry of the lost item being sucked up and lost in the recesses of the vacuum bag.
- Correct indentations in your carpet
Indentations in your carpets or rugs caused by heavy furniture are a common thing, and difficult to avoid, but with this hack, you can eliminate them. With the help of your vacuum cleaner and some ice cubes, you can restore your carpets and rugs to their former, undented glory.
Place an ice cube on top of the indentations and allow them to melt. Then, blot the indentation and with a cleaning cloth, towel or sponge, wait for a couple of hours for the fabrics to become raised, and then simply vacuum the area.
- Keep nasty odors away
If you don’t regularly clean your vacuum cleaner, bad odors will build up in it, and permeate your home every time you use it. However, with the help of a simple store cupboard ingredient: baking soda, you can freshen up each room as you clean.
Add a spoonful or two of baking soda to the inner debris container of your vacuum cleaner, and this will help to neutralise nasty odors. For an even fresher small, add a bit of citrus zest or shredded skin to the debris container, too.
You can also sprinkle baking soda directly onto the floor and vacuum it up, freshening the smell of each room and preventing whatever is picked up from making the debris container smell bad.
- Use a cardboard tube for tight spaces
It can be tricky to get into tight spaces to vacuum, such as in the crevices of window frames, but by wrapping a piece of cardboard around the attached hose and sticking it in place with tape or zip ties, you can get right into all tiny spaces.
- Add some masking tape
The tip of any one of your vacuum cleaners attachments can be amazing for doing their job, but often leave scrape marks on walls or baseboards. By taping a bit of adhesive to the sides of your attachments, you can prevent this from happening.
If vacuuming gives you backache or is a task you simply hate doing, why not hire a cleaning service and ask them to vacuum as part of their duties? They’ll probably have a whole series of helpful hacks themselves, that don’t just involve your vacuum cleaner.
