Everybody knows the line “put some windex on it” from the movie My Big Fat Greek Wedding.  The truth is everyone has special tips and secrets to the best remedies, whether it is for hair, beauty, injuries or hangover cures.  With spring around the corner, it’s time to take out the silverware and dust off the furnishings.  To help you do so, here are some helpful spring cleaning remedies that houses swear by.  

Common house cleaning supplies are filled with ingredients people usually already have in their homes except store-bought items are also filled with chemicals.  For all around cleaners, vinegars do the trick.  White vinegar is best for cleaning floors without leaving traces.  Mix some vinegar with some water and the perfect cleaner has been made.  If alcohol is clean enough to clean up cuts, then it is certainly clean enough for your kitchen surfaces.  Alcohol is especially useful for tile or chromium like surfaces.   However, feel free to use it and even mix it with vinegar and water for an all-natural cleaning supply.  

Like most homes, cleaning methods along with cleaning remedies are past down from those quaky elders.  In particular, remembering those times my mom put baking soda on stains on the carpet is something that will carry over to my future home.  It turns out, baking soda is also good for kitchen stains.  Letting baking soda and some lemon juice sit on a stain for about a half hour can do wonders.  Another one of those class acts all purpose (but shouldn’t be) is chlorine bleach.  Sometimes people go overboard mixing it with the clothes, mixing it other chemicals that cause bad reactions.  But when used properly, bleach can really be helpful.  For brightening up walls, a simple combination of water and a little bit of bleach can make for a transformation.  

Windows seem to be hard to clean right no matter what you use.  Using newspaper aids in streak free results.  With a newspaper try adding water, some white vinegar, and a touch of cornstarch into a bottle.  Shake and spray for gleaming clean windows.  

For natural smells, essential oils are perfect go-tos.  Whether it be for the interior of the old car or even the house, carpet, clothes, essential oils are the oils to beat.  Not only are they good on their own or mixing with other essential oils but also mixing with some alcohol and water create an air-freshener suitable to any space.  

If you want to baby your car more but do not want to take it through the car wash, try mixing water and a little bit of vegetable oil-based liquid soup.  Apply to one area and then spray off with just water quickly after application.  To avoid any further streaks, dry with a soft cloth of some sort.  

There is no need to buy products for every which use.  Buy the basics that can be used in every situation and for every need.