Three unconventional cleaning tips

Helpling presents three tips featuring energy drinks and coffee filters

DUBAI: March 31, 2015 - Helpling, the leading online platform for cleaners, has collected three unconventional cleaning tips for the bathroom.

It's Friday evening and almost two weeks ago that your bathroom was cleaned by a helpling. For one reason or another you need to get it shiny right now but your cleaning materials have run out and all shops are closed. Here are three tips if you are in need of a quick fix:

1. Use Powerade

The overpowering smell of chemicals can make cleaning the bathroom harder than it should be. But rather than getting out the bleach, try putting two cups of Gatorade in the toilet. Normally consumed as an energy drink, Gatorade has the power to turn you into the Michael Jordan of cleaning. Leave it in the toilet for one hour and then scrub it away.

2. Clean ceiling cobwebs with a yardstick and sock

Can you see cobwebs in the corners of your bathroom ceiling? If so, you should probably watch out for spiders. Then you should clean away the webs. A neat trick to clean them when you don't have a stepladder is to use a yardstick (or something similar) with a sock on the end. This will allow you to reach into the corners of the bathroom ceiling.

3. Coffee filters clean glass

There are several ways to clean bathroom mirror and shower glass, but some end up being more work than they're worth. A rag and window spray are a common combination, but one of the more popular methods is to use the spray with newspaper, which is absorbent and effective at cleaning glass. However, a coffee filter can be better than both a rag and newspaper because it doesn't leave lint or ink behind. Try this out and see the sparkly difference.