Hacks for keeping your home categorically clean

Senior home editor at Real Simple magazine, Leslie Corona, shares tips and tricks for keeping your household items looking their best no matter what category they fall into.
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>>> 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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