13 Ways Your Vacuum Can Be Used Beyond Floors
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Your vacuum cleaner is that unseen workhorse that goes around the house cleaning the dust and crumbs off the floors. However, most people are unaware that it can do much more than just clean your carpets and areas of your house. This little kitchen item may have more uses than you ever imagined.
This guide shows that with some imagination your vacuum cleaner can be your ally to fight many cleaning chores at home.
Clean Your Mattress
Many people do not clean their mattresses but one should know that over some time it accumulates dust, dead skin cells and other icky things. Don’t limit your vacuum to the floor, change its purpose—fix the upholstery tool and clean your mattress. You’ll be surprised at what gets pulled out of there and sometimes your sleep might feel a little fresher.
Dust Your Blinds
Blinds have a tendency to accumulate dust, and they are not easy to be cleaned with a cloth. Slide the brush that is attached to your vacuum cleaner over each slat once. It will take you a short while to remove all the accumulated grime and it will also spare you the time to have to scrub each of the slats individually.
Freshen Up Upholstery
A couch, chair and even cushions require some TLC every once in a while. Forget about crumbs or pet hair making themselves comfortable on your furniture; use the upholstery attachment of your vacuum. That’s much more simple than lint rolling the whole sofa with its cushions.
Pet Hair Patrol
If you have a pet, especially if it is a dog or cat, you are familiar with the fact that hair will be anywhere. Floors are always obvious, but pet beds, car interiors, and even your personal wardrobe can be vacuumed free of pet hair. Your vacuum will do a great job on it, and you will not have to deal with shedding for eternity.
De-Fuzz Your Curtains
Curtains are also not usually washed, and they can accumulate dirt and dust which are very unhealthy for human beings. If you don’t want to take them down, use the brush attachment of your vacuum cleaner to clean them. It’s like washing the outside of your car without washing the inside.
Clean Out Drawers
Drawers are notorious for accumulating all manner of small particles such as crumbs, hair, paper shavings. Take out all your drawers and with the help of the crevice tool of your vacuum, clean those small corners. It’ll make the inside of your drawers as clean as the outside.
Tidy Up Car Interiors
You don’t have to spend a hustle on professional car detailing. You can easily tackle the mess in your car with your vacuum. The crevice tool is good for reaching between seats and other places where dust and dirt like to accumulate and hide.
Cleaning Keyboard and Electronics
If you are sick of dust and crumbs getting into your keyboards, use the brush end of your vacuum cleaner to clean them. It can also be used for cleaning dust of your TV, your game console and other electronics, but you should make sure that you don’t set your vacuum on high power because it is destructive to those appliances.
Clear Out HVAC Vents
Your air vents may get dusty over time and that dust will be blown back into your house. The hose and the crevice attachment of your vacuum cleaner should be used to clean the vents as well as enhancing air flow in your home. That’s a good thing because there’s less dusting to do in the first place and the air is cleaner as well.
Rescue Small Items
Lost an earring or screw somewhere under the couch? No worries! Take your vacuum cleaner hose and put a pair of pantyhose over the end of it, and tie it with a rubber band. This way the small item will be sucked to the surface of the hose without getting lost in the vacuum bag.
Quickly Clean Baseboards
Baseboards are those things that people tend to only really pay attention to when they are dusty. Forget using a cloth to bow down and give them a quick sweep with your vacuum’s brush tool. Your back will appreciate it and your baseboards will look as if they have never been dirty.
Clean Your Refrigerator Coils
The truth is that you can clean your fridge’s coils with the help of a vacuum cleaner, and this will eventually make your fridge work better. That dust can accumulate on those coils over time, and this puts the fridge through a lot of work. You could perhaps help save a little on your energy bill by using your vacuum to clear them off.
Fluff Up Carpets
That’s right, your vacuum cleaner is not only used for cleaning carpets but it can also be used to restore their life. But if you’ve done your vacuuming, take the brush tool and go over the carpet to make the fibers stand up straight again. This works best for areas of the carpet that gets a lot of traffic and appears a little worn out. It’s like putting new clothes on your floors!
Disclaimer: This list is solely the author’s opinion based on research and publicly available information.
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