Cost-Free Cleaning Tools and Tricks

Salt Sense

Use simple table salt—super cheap and widely available—to clean all sorts of surfaces in your home.

-Create a paste using salt and lemon juice to remove rust spots from clothing.

-Sprinkle salt onto half of a lemon (with the juice already squeezed out), to shine up tarnished brass and pewter. Rinse thoroughly, otherwise your precious metals could turn green.