Transcript for Hacks for keeping your home categorically clean
>>> WE ARE BACK NOW WITH A
SEGMENT WE ARE
CALLING "CATEGORICALLY CLEAN,"
WHERE WE SHARE HACKS FOR KEEPING
YOUR HOUSEHOLD ITEMS CLEAN.
>> AND JOINING US NOW TO SHOW US
HOW TO DO JUST THAT IS THE
SENIOR HOME EDITOR OF "REAL
SIMPLE," LESLIE CORONA.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING
HERE.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING
ME.
I'M SO EXCITED TO BE HERE TOO.
>> WE'RE SO EXCITED.
OKAY, SO, THIS IS ONE I NEED --
I ALWAYS WEAR THE WHITE.
>> THIS LOOKS GOOD.
>> THANK YOU.
>> ACTUALLY, THE SURPRISING HACK
WITH DINGY SHIRTS IS DENTURE
TABLETS.
THERE IS AN ACTIVE INGREDIENT IN
THESE THAT MAKES SHIRTS WHITER,
SO JUST PUT THEM INTO A BASIN
WITH WARM WATER.
>> AND SOAK THE SHIRT?
>> YOU SEE IT'S FIZZING.
THE ACTIVE INGREDIENT IS
STARTING TO WORK.
DUMP IT IN FOR 30 MINUTES TO AN
HOUR, LET IT SOAK, AND THEN WASH
IT AS USUAL, AND IT WILL LOOK
BRAND-NEW JUST LIKE THIS.
>> OH, WOW.
THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE
AFTER?
>> THAT IS AWESOME.
>> YOU SEE IT'S A LITTLE SCIENCE
PERMIT.
>> OKAY.
>> LIKE A BLEACH?
>> THERE'S A WHITENING AGENT IN
A LOT OF TEETH PRODUCTS,
ACTUALLY, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU
KNOW THAT, BUT HYDROGEN PEROXIDE
AND THAT KIND OF STUFF.
IT'S A LITTLE GENTLER THAN
BLEACH, WHICH IS WHY SOME PEOPLE
PREFER TO USE DENTURE TABLETS.
>> LET'S TALK ABOUT THE LITTLE
CLUMPS OF FABRIC WE ALL GET ON
OUR SWEATERS.
>> IT HAPPENS BECAUSE OF THE
AGITATION BETWEEN TWO FABRICS,
IT PULLS THE FIBERS UP.
SO, THE BALLS WILL START TO
CLUMP.
>> HOW DO WE GET RID OF THEM?
>> AGAIN, BACK TO THE MEDICINE
CABINET.
PULL OUT THE RAZOR, HOLD THE
SWEATER TAUT AND JUST SCRAPE IT
OFF.
>> NO KIDDING.
>> TRY THIS.
>> THE BALLS ARE COMING OFF.
>> OH MY GOSH, LOOK.
>> THAT'S AWESOME.
>> INSTANTLY.
>> IT'S GREAT BECAUSE I ALWAYS
NOTICE THOSE THINGS IN THE
BATHROOM AS I'M ABOUT TO HEAD
OUT.
I JUST TAKE THE RAZOR OUT AND
RUN OUT OF THE HOUSE.
>> YOU CAN GET INEXPENSIVE
LITTLE RAZORS THAT MAYBE YOU
WOULDN'T USE ON YOURSELF.
>> IT WON'T MESS UP THE SHIRT,
AND YOU DON'T NEED TO BUY
ANYTHING FANCY, FABRIC SHAIFRZ
OR ANYTHING.
>> LOVE THAT.
>> TO THE KITCHEN WE'RE GOING TO
GO.
IF YOU WORK IN MORNING TV, YOU
LIKE COFFEE, AND YOU KNOW, YOU
GET A LOT OF COFFEE STAINS.
HOW DO YOU KEEP THESE MUGS FROM
STAINING?
>> SHAVING CREAM.
>> BACK TO THE MEDICINE CABINET.
>> I KNOW.
SHAVING CREAM HAS SURFACTANTS IN
IT LIKE SOAP THAT WILL DO THE
WORK FOR YOU.
SO, BASICALLY, JUST SPRAY THE
SHAVING CREAM IN THE MUG, LET IT
SIT FOR TEN MINUTES, RINSE IT
OUT.
JUST WIPE IT OUT FIRST AND THEN
RINSE IT OFF.
AND YOU WON'T HAVE TO SCRUB OR
ANYTHING.
>> AND IT WILL LOOK LIKE THIS?
>> YEAH.
>> HOW DID WE NOT KNOW THIS
STUFF?
>> I KNOW.
>> THIS IS AMAZING.
>> I'M EMBARRASSED BECAUSE MY
SHEET PANS LOOK LIKE THIS.
>> I KNOW.
EVERYBODY'S LOOKS LIKE THIS.
SO, THIS IS THE ONE HACK THAT
REQUIRES A LITTLE BIT OF ELBOW
GREASE.
ALL YOU HAVE TO DO, THOUGH, IT
JUST TAKES TWO INGREDIENTS, JUST
KIND OF POUR SOME BAKING SODA
OVER THE SPOTS, THE DIRTY SPOTS,
AND THEN SPRAY IT WITH SOME
HYDROGEN PEROXIDE.
DO ANOTHER LAYER OF THAT.
LET IT SIT FOR A FEW HOURS OR
OVERNIGHT AND THEN GO IN, HAVE
YOU BEEN SCRUB IT OFF AND
ANOTHER HACK I DO IF IT'S NOT
COMING OFF, LET IT SIT OVERNIGHT
AGAIN WITH DRYER SHEETS AND THE
DRYER SHEETS --
>> WHAT DO YOU MEAN?
>> YOU HAVE DRYER SHEETS AT
HOME, YOU PUT IT IN A TUB WITH
YOUR PAN, WITH YOUR SHEETS, AND
THEN LET IT SIT OVERNIGHT AND
THE DRYER SHEETS, THERE'S LIKE A
FABRIC SOFTENER IN IT THAT
RELEASES THE GREASE FROM YOUR
PANS.
>> WOW.
THESE ARE ALL THINGS WE HAVE AT
HOME.
>> ALL THINGS YOU HAVE AT HOME
IN YOUR MEDICINE CABINET,
LAUNDRY CABINET, EVERYTHING.
>> MY MIND IS BLOWN HERE.
WE HAD A MAGICIAN ON YESTERDAY.
YOU'RE A MAGICIAN TOO, MY
FRIEND.
LESLIE CORONA, THANK YOU SO MUCH
FOR JOINING US HERE ON "GMA3"
TODAY.
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