Best Cleaning Tips and Tricks

You shared your tried-and-true solutions for quickly and efficiently doing away with the dirt (and the dust and the mildew and the muck) — leaving you time to enjoy other things

Michele Gastl

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Set a Timer While Cleaning

I get very distracted while I'm cleaning, so I set a timer for 30 minutes. It helps me to stay focused, and I get more done in a short amount of time.

This answer to "What's your best cleaning tip?" comes from Real Simple reader BROOKE DORR, Centralia, Missouri

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