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    31 Ways To Seriously Deep Clean Your Home

    Your home isn't truly clean until all the unexpected places are spotless and sanitized.

    1. Get stains out of your microfiber couch with rubbing alcohol.

    2. Steam clean mystery stains out of your carpets using an iron.

    3. If that doesn't work, use vinegar and baking soda to get oil-based stains out of carpet.

    4. For when those party guests messed up your furniture, use your hair dryer.

    5. Dust off your fan blades with a pillowcase.

    5. Clean out your air by vacuuming your AC unit.

    6. When a duster won't get all the grime off of your blinds, use some vinegar.

    7. Spend some quality time cleaning out your kitchen sink with baking soda, vinegar, rock salt, ice cubes, and lemons.

    8. Use Resolve to clean your grout.

    9. Fight oily dust with...more oil.

    10. Scrub out your greasy oven with baking soda, dishwashing liquid, and vinegar.

    11. Hate scrubbing? Use ammonia on your stove grates.

    12. After you get all of the grossness off, wax your stovetop.

    13. Get grease out of your stove filter vents with a toothbrush and Greased Lightning.

    14. Show your small appliances some love with Cream of Tartar.

    15. Your dishwasher needs half a cup of CLR cleaner to function as new again.

    16. De-scale your faucets with the help of some paper towels and vinegar.

    17. Baking soda and hydrogen peroxide will clean off that glass cooktop.

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    The Daily Mom has both a video and a post showing you how to get that cooked on gunk off of your pretty cooktop.

    18. Because your friend decided to microwave spaghetti without a cover.

    19. Run vinegar and water through your coffee maker.

    20. Freshen and deodorize your mattress with baking soda.

    21. For tough odors like urine, use Resolve.

    22. Don't forget to wash those dead skin cells out of your pillows.

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    Clean My Space shows you how and when to wash your pillows in the washing machine, depending on what kind of pillows you own.

    23. Take your vent covers outside and hose them down.

    24. Wax your vents with car wax to keep the dust off all year.

    25. Use a cream cleanser like ROG1 followed by ROG3 to get the gross stuff out of your tub and shower.

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    Retro Rennovation found two different cleaners that work without multiple applications.

    26. Use bleach and CelluCotton to get mold out of your tub caulk.

    27. To get that weird mold that grows under the rim of your toilet, use vinegar and duct tape.

    28. Use a tub scrub made from peppermint oil, baking soda, and liquid soap to make your bath smell great.

    29. Clean out a top loading washing machine with vinegar, baking soda, and an old toothbrush.

    30. Get the lint out of your dryer exhaust tube with a vacuum cleaner and prevent potential fire hazards.

    31. Top it all off by simmering a stock pot of rosemary, lemon, and vanilla extract as long as you need to make your home smell amazing.

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