6 Pinterest cleaning hacks that DO NOT WORK!

A lot of people swear by it, but the cold hard fact is that newspaper can do more harm than good to your windows. Newspaper is lighter than paper towels, or microfiber cloths, so it’s an inferior material for wiping. Worse, all that ink can also leave behind a nasty stain.

Yes, it’s true that baking soda and vinegar are great cleaners, but not when you combine them. Getting them together sets off a chemical reaction that simply ends up creating salt water, which isn’t really a great cleaner.

When you burn your clothes, the damage is pretty much irreversible, and no amount of corn starch is going to restore it to its original state.

Hairsprays used by your grandmother had alcohol and the stuff that put a hole in the ozone layer. But not anymore. Most hairsprays don’t contain alcohol so this cleaning hack just doesn’t work.

This hack makes our mouth open with amazement. Your mouth is nothing like your washing machine. And considering the size of an average washing machine you would have to use probably 20 mouthwash bottles to make any significant dent in the bacteria level.

A couple of lemon wedges will certainly make your dishwasher smell nice, but your dishes won’t get any cleaner. Your dishwasher uses on average 3 – 5 gallons of water per load, so any cleansing contribution of the slices will simply be washed away.