Your refrigerator probably isn’t something that you clean all of the time, but you should at least clean it out once every couple of weeks. After all, your family’s food all comes from inside of the kitchen staple, so you want to make sure you’re keeping it free of harmful germs that may make them sick.
Hydrogen peroxide makes an excellent refrigerator cleaning solution, thanks to its superb disinfecting skills and mild makeup. A bleach spray is a great way to kill germs, but it can also cause issues in itself if it gets on something that’s then eaten. Instead, use hydrogen peroxide and water to spray the shelves and crevices, and use a clean rag to wipe and scrub everything clean.
Keep Shower Curtains Clean
Hydrogen peroxide is good for all types of curtains, including the one you have hanging in your shower. The bottom of a plastic shower curtain can start to get discolored, or moldy after a certain amount of time. Since you’ve probably got a bottle of peroxide under your sink anyway, here’s another trick for using it in the bathroom.
Keep a spray bottle full of hydrogen peroxide mixed with water (equal parts) next to your shower, or somewhere else that’s convenient. After every shower, spritz the inside of your shower curtain and the walls to kill and prevent bacteria growth and mold. You don’t even need to rinse, since the steam next time you hop in will handle all of that. Plus, the longer the solution is left to sit, the better.
Kill and Prevent Germs on Grocery Bags
Using reusable shopping bags is a great way to do your part to protect the environment. But after you use your bags for a little while, they may start to stink. Or, something may come open during transport and you’ll need clean the bags and make sure they’re good to go for future use.
You can clean the bags in a couple of different ways, depending on how dirty they are and/or how much time you’re willing to spend on them. You can use your one-part water to one-part peroxide spray bottle and spot clean the inside of the bags by spritzing and using a clean rag to wipe clean. Or, you can soak your bags in the bathtub for about 15 minutes or in the same solution, rinse them clean in cool water and hang them up to dry.
Soften Corns and/or Calluses
Corns on the feet can be extremely uncomfortable and irritating. If you have them, you’ve probably tried all of the store-bought stuff that you can find. Instead of spending all kinds of money every month on expensive creams, try this at-home solution next time your corns start to bother you.
Create a foot soak with one-part water to one-part three percent peroxide in a large Tupperware or some type of tub you can fit both of your feet in. Soak feet for 20-30 minutes, which can also be measured as one whole episode of a comedy on Netflix. Repeat this process every night for as long as it takes to feel relief.
Keep Your Kitchen Sink Sparkling and Healthy
You might know that one of the dirtiest and most bacteria-laden places in your home are your sinks. Think about all the stuff you throw in there! Normal hot water and soap aren't going to do it. Here's what you need to do: wet the surface of the sink, then scrub it with baking soda that has been sprinkled onto a sponge.
After doing that scrubbing, pour three percent hydrogen peroxide over the entire surface and let it sit for a while before rinsing everything away. The baking soda-peroxide mix is a powerful one, and it will not only get rid of bacteria that has been lingering but freshen up the look of the sink, too.