Using a dryer sheet will make it easier. Just wet a fresh dryer sheet and start scrubbing. The sheet's texture does a great job of scrubbing away that unwanted soap scum. You can also take a dry sheet and store it in your toilet paper holder to absorb smells.
After first washing the boards, she recommends rubbing a dryer sheet across them a few times, and then the dust will repel off the trim and float down to the ground, where you can vacuum, mop, or Swiffer it. Since most people usually vacuum or mop their floors weekly, the dirt will get cleaned up like usual.
Dryer sheets are made with chemicals embedded into the fabric designed to soften clothes and keep them soft. As a result, when wet under warm water and rubbed over soap scum, the chemicals soften and loosen the caked-on grime making it easier to remove without residue.
Add Dryer Sheets or Coffee to a Stored Fridge to Trap Odors
Keep your refrigerator smelling fresh by adding dryer sheets in the produce drawers and on top of the shelves.
Tame the Frizz: On dry days, make fly-aways a thing of the past by rubbing a dryer sheet through your hair. Besides reducing the frizz caused by static, your hair will be left smelling fresh.
For static-free loads of laundry, two or three inch-thick balls of aluminum foil should do the trick. Rip off a few sheets of foil, crumple them up tightly and toss them in your dryer. Your clothes will come out sans static, all due to an exchange of electrons. Here's how it works.
Dryer sheets are known to prevent dust build up, and for the grooves in your baseboards, this is especially true. Rub over the baseboards with a dryer sheet to repel dust for weeks—and sometimes months—to come! When your baseboards are clean, you can feel confident that your house is clean from top to bottom!
The reason for this? Most dryer sheets contain the ingredient linalool, which can be found in plants like lavender, basil, and coriander, all of which naturally repel common garden pests. Similar studies found that this ingredient is also useful for repelling bugs like mites, weevils, beetles, and German cockroaches.
That is, some dryer sheets do have characteristics that repel some insects. The bugs that are theoretically most likely to shy away from the dryer sheets are certain mites, food-infesting beetles, and weevils, German cockroaches, and, according to one study, fungus gnats.
Air Vents and Fans
To freshen indoor air, place a dryer sheet inside your cold air return vent or allow air from a box fan to flow through a dryer sheet.
Air freshener
If your room is smelling a bit musty, freshen it with a sheet. Remove one of your air conditioning grates and tape a new dryer sheet over the slats.
Because dryer sheets contain detergent, they're also perfect for cleaning soap scum, and grime off of shower doors, walls, and fixtures. Moisten the dryer sheet, rub the soap scum to remove it, and then rinse your shower with clean, warm water to remove any residue.
Known for having anti-odor and scented properties, dryer sheets help eliminate any stench from contents leaking down to the bottom of the trash bag and congregating in smelly unison. The result? Less funk and more fresh.
Some people like to use a combination of water and ammonia to combat soap scum, but there are less toxic options that are also effective. Try mixing equal parts dish soap and white vinegar in a spray bottle. Apply to shower door glass and let sit for about 30 minutes. Then wipe down the doors.
There are many different uses for dryer sheets including cleaning your windows or other glass surfaces. Fabric softener sheets contain ingredients meant to soften water deposits which makes them great for removing streaks from your windows, glass shower doors or mirrors.
Dawn Dish Soap as Baseboard Cleaner
At Organized Mom it's a toss up as to what we love more, Castile soap or Blue Dawn Dish Soap. Pour 3 – 4 drops of Dawn dish soap along with warm water to create a good lather. It is a great way to clean any baseboard back to its original glory.
Clorox® Disinfecting Wipes are another good option for getting dirty baseboards clean again, even painted white baseboards that can really show the dirt. Once your baseboards are clean again, keep them that way by dusting them regularly with an extendable duster.