How to use potatoes in house cleaning: 8 simple tips

Have you thought about buying potatoes to help clean the house? It is also a way of not wasting old potatoes.

If you have some half-baked potatoes that you don't plan on cooking or repotting, use them to help remove grease, rust, and shine from many utensils around your home. It turns out that the potato contains an oxalic acid that acts on these functions, replacing some cleaning products. Have you thought about the economy? It's worth trying. See how to use.

1. Remove rust

Take a raw potato and grate or cut into slices. You can use the potato pure or mix it with a little vinegar or baking soda, or you can add a little ashes from a fireplace. Then rub it on the rusty part and then wipe it off.

2. Degrease the oven

For this tip you will use boiled potato skins. Place them in a tin and bake until hot. It is the steam from the shells that will soften the fat and make it easier to clean with the product you already use.

3. Brightness of glass and mirrors

This one is very simple. Use raw potato slices to rub on glass and mirror in the house. Then just wipe it down with a clean cloth with vinegar to finish.

4. Clean and shine cutlery

This advice is not with the potato itself, but with the water used to cook the potatoes, which should still be lukewarm. Place the cutlery in the potato water (without potatoes and without salt), and let it soak for about 45 minutes. Then dry the cutlery with a clean, dry cloth.

5. Clean and shine glass cups and glasses.

In a bowl, mix water, vinegar, and a sliced ​​raw potato. Put the cups and glasses in this water for a few minutes. Subsequently, dry them very well with a very clean and dry cloth.

6. Silver polishing

To make your silver objects more shiny, rub them with raw potato slices. Then use a clean, dry cloth to remove any potato debris and polish.

7. Shoe cleaning

This advice is for rubber shoes and waterproof materials. Rub raw potato slices on the shoes, then finish with a cloth or brush.

8. Hand glue stain removal

When you get glue stains on your hands or other parts of your body, rub raw potato slices on the stained skin. The idea is to soften the glue and make it easier to remove.

By Priscilla Riscarolli. Article in Portuguese