Cleaning Pinterest style

Here are some more Pinterest Projects I've tried recently!

Cleaning your toilet with Baking Soda

Found here: http://lifehackery.com/2008/07/22/home-4/

The blog stated if you leave a cup of baking soda in your toilet for an hour, it will be sparkling clean. Maybe if your toilet is already clean, it will work to "freshen it" but it didn't seem to be significantly cleaner. There are 75 uses listed so I was hoping maybe some of the other tips would work?

Vinegar & Dawn for soap scum

Found here: http://lifecraftsandwhatever.blogspot.com/2012/01/dawn-vinegar-soap-scum-killa.html

Mixing equal parts Vinegar & Dawn and spray on the tub/shower.  Leave for an hour, wipe with a sponge and rinse.  WORKS!!!  I too have tried scrubbing with a brush and using multiple cleaners and my tub was still gross looking. I don't know that the person before me ever actually cleaned. I just assumed it was old and stained.  I mixed up vinegar and Palmolive since that's what I had on hand.  It was too think to spray through the bottle I had so I ended up pouring it on.  Wearing gloves, I coated the entire tub.  After an hour, I wiped it down with a sponge and rinsed it off and my tub was white!!! Clean!  Oh man, I was so excited.  As embarrassing as it is, I'm posting pictures so you can see the difference.  My bathrooms pretty dark so the picture doesn't really do it justice.  There was definitely still some permanent staining, but this mixture did a better job than any of the cleaners I'd tried.

Cleaning your lint trap

Found here (tip 17): http://www.aimlessdirection.com/2008/17-tips-to-make-your-life-easier/

To get your drier to dry better, clean your lint trap.  Don't just clean the lint off, clean the trap. If you pull out your lint trap and try to rinse it and water sits on top, the trap is plugged up and you need to clean it.  I used an old toothbrush.  Since then, I use a dry toothbrush to clean the trap when I'm done with several loads of laundry.  You can see all the extra lint coming off that you didn't notice before.  My dryer is back to working efficiently!

What are some of your best cleaning tips?