Lemons are grown all around the globe. This fragrant fruit loves warm climates. You can find lots of lemon plantations in Greece, Italy and the United States. How many uses for this citrus fruit do you know?
Read further to find out what lemons are good for.
1. Cleaning Agent
Lemons are very juicy. The juice that lemons contain can dissolve grime. It breaks down grease, too. It is extremely useful for cleaning windowpanes. Making your own window cleaner is easy and requires no special skills or money: just combine vinegar with lemon juice, then add some water and cornstarch. If you’ve got cutting boards dirty with grease, take care of them and make them perfectly clean. Cut a lemon and use it together with coarse salt. In case you want to clean plates, add some lemon juice to your dishwasher next time you wash glass items. Lemons will also clean shower fittings and faucets. Rub them over the surface, then rinse it all with warm water. Try and make a paste using baking soda and vinegar. Now add some essential lemon oil to the mix and pour in some water and – voilà – here you have a great all-purpose cleaner. Clean greasy graters by rubbing half a lemon onto them.
2. Polish Aid
It’s easy to prepare polish at home. And again you’ll need some lemon. Squeeze some lemon juice or use the one you purchased at the store. Afterwards, mix in some olive oil. That’s it – your homemade polish is ready! The best proportion is 1:2. Use the polish to refresh furniture and leather. Another recipe is to mix lemon juice with vinegar (1:1). This kind of polish is great to clean metals like copper and brass. That’s not all you can use lemon for. We recommend you should mix lemon juice with baking soda in equal proportions or according to the consistency you want your paste to be. The mixture can be used to remove tarnish from copper. You can use it on brass as well! If you have silver items, try out a different recipe. Take half a cup of dry milk powder and mix it with 1.5 cups of water. Carefully mix in one tablespoon of the juice, too. Leave your silver in the mixture for a few hours or overnight. Thoroughly rinse and dry the items. If silver is badly tarnished, apply some lemon juice directly onto the silverware first and then polish it with a clean soft cloth.
