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House Hacks is a homemaking column that offers weekly tips on organizing, cleaning and maintaining a home in the most efficient way possible.
Growing up, I never paid much attention to my parents’ or grandparents’ housekeeping techniques. But now that I’m a bit older, I sure wish that I had. Thankfully, my grandmother is still just a call away, and she’s a treasure trove for house hacks. Take last month for example, I noticed that some cooking grease had fallen on the floor between the stove and the refrigerator. It had begun to cake up, and no matter how hard I scrubbed and mopped the area, the grease would not come up. I eventually broke down and called my granny to see if she had any tricks.
“Easy Off,” she said without missing a beat.
Sure enough, I sprayed some Easy Off on the grease and let it sit. I came back 15 to 20 minutes later and went over the spot with a mop and drenched in warm soapy water. Within seconds, the grease was gone. Since the oven cleaner worked like magic on the floors, I began to do some research to find out if there were other ways Easy Off could be used around the home, and surprisingly, there were.
Continue reading for other brilliant ways to use Easy Off.
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