By Billie Schwab Dunn For Daily Mail Australia
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A number of savvy Australian women have shared the go-to DIY cleaning 'hacks' that have wowed them in 2019 so far.
More than 700 women listed their favourite cleaning tricks and tips in a bid to help others keep their homes tidy this year - ranging from washing to dusting to descaling.
Here FEMAIL has shared the most popular cleaning tips from those that know best - and they don't disappoint.
Posting to an Australian Facebook group one woman asked members what their favourite cleaning 'hack' they've found in the group was
Using paracetamol to clean an iron
'So many good ones but my favourite is the Panadol on the iron. Who even thought of that? Amazing,' one member commented.
The idea she's talking about is using Panadol, which is normally used for aches and pains, to remove the black scorch marks from your iron.
Mothers are swearing by the simple cleaning method that can completely banish the stubborn stains from your appliance in minutes.
All you have to do is hold a Panadol tablet with a pair of tweezers and rub it on the hot iron plate, which needs to be on the maximum setting.
As you rub the tablet along the hot surface, the stains begin to slide off, almost like erasing the marks from the plate.
The idea many are talking about is using Panadol, which is normally used for aches and pains, to remove the black scorch marks from your iron
As you rub the tablet along the hot surface, the stains begin to slide off, almost like erasing the marks from the plate
A dish wand with detergent and rinse aid for windows
Soap scum can easily build up in areas like the bathroom, particularly because it's such a damp area of the house.
But luckily for those struggling with this area of the house commenters on the thread revealed that they were extremely impressed by one woman who shared how she cleans her glass shower doors.
'I have tried SO MANY products to clean my shower glass and get the scum off... Exit Mould, Ajax bathroom spray, Koh, Ekoworx and their diamond sponge... and nothing worked,' the woman's original post read.
'I saw a post tonight about using a dish wand with detergent and rinse aid and thought YOLO.'
The before and after photo she posted alongside her comments speak for themselves, proving that the three ingredients together have the power to remove even the toughest of stains.
Buying a homebrand version of each of these ingredients would cost the average person $20.70 to recreate.
The before and after photo she posted alongside her comments speak for themselves, proving that the three ingredients together have the power to remove even the toughest of stains
Stripwashing to clean stained clothes
Another popular cleaning hack mentioned in the Facebook thread was stripwashing.
This is a three-ingredient soaking system that has taken the internet by storm after a mother shared the results she'd achieved in eye-opening before and after photographs.
The before snap shows a bath filled with the 'strip washing' solution - made up of Borax, or sodium borate, and soda crystals dissolved in water with ordinary washing powder - while the after shot reveals the murky coloured liquid left behind when the sheets were removed.
A strip wash is designed to take heavily used or worn fabrics back to their 'factory settings'.
Another popular cleaning hack mentioned in the Facebook thread was stripwashing
This is a three-ingredient soaking system that has taken the internet by storm after a mother shared the results she'd achieved in eye-opening before and after photographs
It removes dirt, as well as bodily fluids like sweat and bacteria from the fabric in just a few short hours.
If you want to use your bathtub for a strip wash, you just need to add 1/4 cup of sodium borate, 1/4 cup of soda crystals, plus 1/2 cup of a laundry powder of your choice, before filling the tub up with water and mixing the ingredients until they have all dissolved.
If you would rather use a large bucket, the mixture of ingredients is the same, but you only need to add a small amount.
Finally, add the items you wish to strip wash, and leave them to soak before washing the products in a normal wash.
BEFORE: People are sharing examples of the fabrics they have cleaned with the method, including this incredibly stained sofa cushion cover
AFTER: Many of the images shared on Facebook by people who have tried strip washing reveal incredible results, showing once-filthy fabrics that look as good as new
Using Scalex for toilets
Scalex is a product that has been created to remove rust and limescale buildup
No one likes to look at a stained toilet bowl and thankfully the Facebook group has revealed one nifty 'hack' that expertly removes stains.
One renter was so frustrated with her stained toilet bowl she scoured the internet for ways to restore her bowl to pristine condition.
Luckily she found one, and better yet, it only took her 10 minutes to do.
Taking to the Facebook group she explained how she'd been living with a stained toilet for three months and had tried every hack imaginable before hitting on a solution using a $10.50 product from Bunnings and some steel wool.
One renter was so frustrated with her stained toilet bowl she scoured the internet for ways to restore her bowl to pristine condition
'Yesterday I tried a very strong mix of Scalex and this steel wool thing,' she said.
'In less than 10 minutes (pretty hard scrubbing), it now looks like this.'
Scalex is a product that has been created to remove rust and limescale buildup from dishwashers, bathtubs, toilet bowls and sinks.
The photo the woman shared showed her toilet bowl before she'd hit on her solution and after.
Those who'd seen photos of the woman's transformed toilet where quick to praise her efforts as well as reveal how they'd also used the 'miracle' product.
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