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Urgh, cleaning is the bane of my life, but a necessary evil! I am all for products that make my life easier and cut down on the time needed for scrubbing away at pasta sauce stains. Imagine my surprise when I became aware of the ‘magic sponges and pastes’ from Astonish recently – you too may have seen the TV adverts slotted in-between the soaps on ITV!
We already have a cleaning cupboard stocked with Astonish products, I tend to pick them up on my weekly Home Bargains visits. I’ve found the range performs very well against brands that cost ever so slightly more – but that is just my personal opinion! Let’s check out the new range…
Featuring an Oven & Grill Specialist Cleaner & Sponge, Hob & Cooktop Specialist Cleaner & Sponge and Cup Clean, the products are part of the new Astonish Premium Edition range. If you are looking to prepare for a big Spring clean to freshen up your home for the warmer weather, this range will help to make light work of what is normally a tedious chore!
I’m not the only to agree as Astonish, the British manufacturer of cleaning products, has just had its Oven & Grill Specialist Cleaner & Sponge announced as Household Cleaning Product of the Year!
To celebrate this latest accolade, Astonish have teamed up with Sim’s Life to offer 2 lucky readers the chance to win an Astonish prize package to include top-selling products from the specialist range; our award-winning Oven & Grill cleaner, Hob and Cooktop cleaner and Cup Clean. Giving you the opportunity to check out the #AstonishingResults from using the range, yourself! Don’t forget to check out the full range in Home Bargains!
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How To Win The New Astonish Cleaning Range
For your chance to win one of two packages of the new Astonish Cleaning range (pictured above), simply enter using the Gleam form below and do not forget to answer the question by leaving a blog comment!
Win one of two Astonish Prize Packages
TERMS AND CONDITIONS
Giveaway ends at midnight on Sunday 15th March 2020.
Two winning entries will be drawn at random by Gleam.
The winners will be notified within 48 hours of the giveaway ending and a UK postal address to send to the official agent to arrange delivery of the prize will be required by the winner.
The winners will receive 1 x Oven & Grill cleaner, Hob and Cooktop cleaner and Cup Clean from Astonish.
Open to entrants in the UK only.
The prize is non-refundable and no cash alternative will be offered.
196 comments
Lemon
My top cleaning tip is to mix lemon juice with baking soda, spread over the kitchen sink and draining board and leave for 20 minutes or so. Rinse it all off and it will have removed the limescale and be sparkling clean, plus the lemon makes it smell nice too!
My top cleaning tip to simply clean as you go.
Clean as you go and use an app to remind yourself when things need done
My top cleaning tip is to mix bicarb and white vinegar and let it fizz and apply to your wooden bread board
VINEGAR ON GLASSES COME UP A TREAT
keep on top of it
Always clean up and put away as you go, and make it fun for your little one to do jobs and tidy away toys
White vinegar and bicarb are cleaning essentials – cheap but effective
Do as much cleaning as makes you feel happy in your home but don’t get obsessed by it, nobody wants, ‘I wish I had cleaned more’ on their headstone.
Clean a wooden chopping board with salt and lemon juice.
Declutter and keep on top of it doing a little bit each day
always clean up spills the moment they happen, leaving them any longer can make it so much harder to remove
Set a timer as your cleaning. Sounds bizarre but it keeps you really focused.
Mine is to keep on top of it!
Cleaning up as you make a mess. I keep trying but with a full time job and a messy boyfriend it’s hard!
Smelly scouring pad or jaycloth? Get it damp and microwave it to freshen it up. Add some lemon juice for a nice lemony smell!
Rope the children into helping out with the little tasks.
little and often keep on top of it
Microwave a bowl of water in the microwave with lemon juice in to get rid of smells
Work from the bottom to the top as dust rises
It’s got to be little and often so it doesn’t become overwhelming.
Having a routine so the mess and dirt doesn’t get out of hand is my top tip (and it includes everyone else in the house doing their bit too!).
Microwave hot water to wipe clean your microwave!
Use your washing powder as a general cleaner. It really cuts through dirt, grime and grease, very good on shower trays, baths and sinks. Put some down the loo and watch the stains disappear, no need for other high priced cleaners.
Use dental floss to clean around cooker knobs
You only need a good microfibre cloth and water to get the best results on your windows
Lemons are natures little degreasing marvels.
To do little and often. I use lots of lemon juice & bicarb they clean all sorts of things.
Always leave the vacuum cleaner out – then people assume they have interrupted you cleaning and forgive the mess
I use zoflora everywhere and anywhere, disinfects whilst making your home smell gorgeous!
lemon juice in water in the microwave before you wipe it down
Make it fun and it will get done
Little and often, focus on a room a day and dont let it get too bad!!
Keep on top of cleaning during week and then at weekend have a good blitz
A flat sharp blade to clean the baked on stuff from the hob.
vinegar and newspaper will clean smoke off car windows
My top cleaning tip is little and often so it doesn’t build up.
Little and often keep on top of things
Peanut butter! It’s great for getting stickers off things and then washes away easily.
White vinegar is great for mould, limescale and pretty much anything, use it with bicarbonate of soda for the oven
It has to be using old newspaper with washing up liquid and water to wash the windows
My top tip is to save your old t-shirts to use as cleaning rags
Little and often is my motto so it never gets a chore
Love these products good luck everyone ❤
I have a cleaning schedule, and clean something every day, as well as do at least one load of laundry daily.
baking powder with a little water cleans the oven hob and even pans nicely without scrubbing
use a lemon in water for microwave cleaning – it gets rid of all of the grease!
My top tip is to carry a bag or box with you as you are cleaning everything that is out of place goes into the box. Then once you have finished cleaning the all the things in the box can be put back where they belong. It saves making several journeys
clean up as you go along, have a bowl of warm soapy water in the kitchen sink
Use baking soda to scrub kitchen sinks clean
If you have burnt something in a saucepan, boil up some rhubarb for a few minutes and the pan is like new again
I use Bicarb and white vinegar for most cleaning job – especially drains, burnt pans and cleaning the grout around sink and bathroom
Little and often works best for me!
pour a capful of Zoflora down the plughole and leave for a bit kitchen will smell lovely
It is one of the best range of products ive ever used
use toothbrushes to get into tiny places
I keep my place clean enough in case we get unexpected visitors
use white vinegar and newspaper for sparkling clean glass
Cup of fabric conditioner to warm water with get rid of soap scum on shower glass. Wipe on, leave for a few minutes and wash off with warm water.
White vinegar for cleaning taps, they will sparkle.
I allocate a room to clean for 5 days of the week. Never builds up / over faces me doing it this way
Do little and often so it’s never an overwhelming task.
tackle one job at a time so its less daunting
My top cleaning tip is to go out and let your husband do it. I buy him the best products and he enjoys it x
Bicarbonate of soda – a store staple – great gor cleaning deodorising and removing stains
Lemon juice concentrate or white vinegar gets most things clean!
Do a bit of cleaning everyday so it doesn’t become overwhelming
Use The Pink Stuff
Vinegar is a little dark horse when it comes to cleaning! That, and the pink stuff xx
a little and often is the way to keep on top
my tip is to use lemon juice for cleaning everything
i put on a good music playlist. Then it makes the cleaning fun and i get more done
I have a spray bottle of diluted lenor and I clean my radiator with this and spray to freshen up cushions and rugs and my home smells fresh and clean
i do try most stubborn cleaning jobs with vinegar and bicarb, cheap too
i use vinegar to clean everything lol x
Keep on top of it – do some every day
My top tip is to use washing powder in your mop bucket to help get floors gleaming
lemon juice and water in microwave before cleaning down
I do certain rooms on certain days so I don’t get snowed under with it
Cleaning microwave glass with old teabag
white vinegar on everything
A place for everything, and everything back in its place is my mantra. Then it is easier to find things and clean. Unfortunately my boys don’t seem to follow the same beliefs
Clean one room at a time and take your time, to avoid being overwhelmed x
Clean as you go so you always stay on top of things.
I swear by using a citrus based essential oil and hot water for cleaning stubborn stains on surfaces, as they have antibacterial properties it’s as good as most surface cleaners
Always line your oven trays with tin foil before cooking them remove before washing! You will not have to soak the tray or scrub hard as the foil will collect the mess!
clean your windows whilst the sun is off them otherwise it dries them before you can get the blade on them
Diluted vinegar is great for getting rid of limescale in kettles
My top tip is to plan in advance
Set your alarm 15 minutes, it feels more manageable and you work harder and faster against the clock.
i really like the pink stuff but also just making myself do it in the breaks of a programme for tidying as you feel like you want to get it done quicker to get back to the show!
Give the radiators a rub down with zoflora after cleaning to make your home smell gorgeous
Ask mom to house sit for the day then when you get home the house is nice and clean.
Scrubber attachments for your drill make quick work of cleaning tiles and grout.
listening to music whilst doing it it makes it more fun
I like to do a bit every day that way it doesn’t overwhelm you and become too much.
Save old toothbrushes and use them for fiddly scrubbing jobs – they’re great on taps!
I do some every day if I have time to keep on top of things
Little and often cleaning is the answer – so grime cannot build up!
DO little bits as you go, saves them piling up.
Move out and live on your own with no husband or kids!
Put coke in the loo to get rid of limescale!
Use kitchen roll to polish mirrors and chrome.
I divide all the cleaning jobs into small part on a piece of paper on the fridge with a tick space and room for the date, and I make sure I always mark off when they’re done so I know when they’ll need another top up clean – makes me feel like I’ve achieved something everytime – a boost like a kids behaviour chart loil!!
Use newspaper to clean smears on a window
Used scrunched up newspaper to clear windows and mirrors.
When all else fails to clean the marks away from the oven for example, the old fashioned Brillo pad still answers all those problems
Hello, my top cleaning tip is to use an old toothbrush to clean behind taps.
Twice a year we work our way through the house doing a big de-clutter followed by a deep clean. After that its a doddle to keep on top of everything. Little and often is our mantra!
do one room at a time it’s easier to manage. I do one room one day then a couple of days later do another.
I could’ve done with reading this post when I first got back to the UK, I paid someone to clean my oven it was that bad after 9 years of tenants. Am struggling to keep the cups clean though, so this would be handy. Thanks for linking up with #pocolo and hope to see you back later this week
Use a toothbrush to scrub remove limescale and grime from taps and other hard to clean areas
Vinegar on glass makes it sparkle
Bi Carb of soda gets rid of any smell on a carpet!
I use Sparkking Water on stains as soon as they happen. Get great results – if stubborn apply a little salt or lemon juice and rub in circles to get into materials.
When you have juiced a lemon keep the half skins, they make great scourers
White vinegar and newspapers to clean wibdows works wonders
To get deep/strong stains out of the carpet use bicarb and apply white vinegar on top, clean up with hot water.
Scrub the bathtub clean with grapefruit and salt.
My tip would be to clean as you go, makes the job so much easier.
Use mayo for crayon marks on the walls rub it on and then wipe off works a treat
White vinegar and bicarb to clean around the taps and sink plugs!
My top cleaning tip would be, pay someone else to do it!
Get the kids to help. Make it fun and the work is done in half of the time. x
My top tip is to do little and often so it doesn’t build up too much x
Soda crystals mixed with white vinegar & a capful of Zoflora in your sink plug hole leave it 10 minutes then wash down with boiling water. It leaves your sink smelling lovely
Get a cleaner – I really can’t bear cleaning!
White wine vinegar is great for cleaning ovens and microwaves
I always use pure white vinegar for cleaning white tiles they come up gleaming
Clean often but little
White vinegar is great for cleaning x
Bicarbonate of soda great for cleaning burned pans and an eggcup with water and a pinch popped in fridge deodorises
White vinegar has so many uses – cleaning your washing machine, cleaning clothes of strange smells, cleaning windows, adding with bicarb to unblock your sink (VERY effective at that!)…. the list goes on.
Use white vinegar instead of fabric softener in the washing machine, it keeps the machine smelling fresh, gets rid of bacteria in the cloths and stops any slimy build up in the machine
Nothing cleans better than elbow grease – remember that!
Lemon juice and bicarb of soda mixed into a paste is great for cleaning stains
I use vinegar and bicarb for lots of things – cleaning the washing machine, plugs, stuborn stains on stainless steel pans.
Toothbrush (not one in use!) is great for scrubbing nooks & crannies
Research how to make your own cleaning products it’s much cheaper and works better
My top cleaning tip is to write a list of everything you need/want to accomplish and tick them off as you go
Well leaving aside don’t have children or pets (both of which I have!!) try and do a little as you go along!
I always keep on top of it, and it never gets that bad.
have a rota so you know what jobs have been done when and by which family member. If everyone helps it makes life so much easier and keeping on top of the small jobs stop work dirt mounting up!
My cleaning tip is to enjoy it. It’s doesnt have to be a chore. Put some music on and have a boogie as you do it.
Clean a little but often. That way it becomes less onerous but gets it done.
Always keep on top of it, by setting a routine of the list of jobs to do each day. This way you’ll break it down and it won’t get on top of you.
Use a 2p to get limescale off of taps, works a treat
I prefer to clean as I go along rather than have a big, exhausting clean.
My tip is. To clean and Hoover every day then do a major clean once a week
Peanut butter is great for getting sticky residue off things, my daughter went through a sticker phase and stuck them everywhere, the peanut butter removed all evidence.
Little and often. I do little bits every day so it never feels overwhelming
White vinegar is fab for tough carpet stains.
Little and often – don’t let it get on top of you.
My top cleaning tip is to do it as you go along. It softens the blow.
My best tip is hot soapy water. I have pets!
White spirit on your tiles to remove stubborn stains x
lemon juice on mirrors
My top tip is get a cleaning fluid you like the smell of, it really helps when you are cleaning not to have to battle the smell too
Clean in least once a week to keep down dirt.
Try and do a little every day to stay on top of it
Give the cleaner time to soak in before rubbing it off.
I use a squirt of washing up liquid down the loo every day x
White vinegar to get rid of limescale
Make your duster slightly damp, it will catch more dust!
Scrubbing ketchup onto stainless steel helps to reduce rusty looks
always keep on top of it do it often and in small amounts
Gotta have a routine- and stick to it. Dull though it may be….
Get your whole family involved so the pressure isn’t just on one person
I have a cleaning schedule, and clean something every day, as well as do at least one load of washing daily.
Do not throw away your toothbrush when you have finished with it for cleaning your teeth, keep it for those hard to reach places in the home and car, like between the spokes on your car wheels.
Always have white vinegar and bicarb in the cupboard – cleaning staples and useful for so many things!!
White vinegar
Put some kitchen roll or newspaper on top of kitchen cupboards to collect the grease and dirt, so you only have to roll it up and throw away
Use vinegar on windows to avoid streaks
I’ve been introduced to white vinegar as a descaler. It’s brilliant!
Top tip use a dish washer tablet slightly wet to losen and remove hard to move grease stains.
If it’s mouldy, bleach it
lemon juice and white vinegar are fab to clean with leaves everything sparkling and smelling fresh
Use milton to clean yellowing tupperware
When parents go away on holiday, move the vacuum cleaner from downstairs to upstairs or vice-versa so they think you’ve done it.
Little and often keep is the best way to do it.
If you have sweaty shirts to clean, soak them in vinegar overnight. Then, pop in the machine and wash through with more vinegar to remove the smell ad help clean your machine.
White vinegar is great for getting rid of stubborn stains or smells!
I use vinegar to clean windows
Use wet newspaper to clean windows.
I keep a small dish of bicarb in the fridge to absorb odours!
Little and often! Don’t try and do everything at once or you’ll be discouraged.
Listen to music while dancing round the room cleaning
don’t make a mess, and laudry powder to degreece
Use cooking oil and kitchen roll to clean the top of the cooker.
Clean up after yourself as you go
I use newspaper on the windows to avoid streaks
Clean as you go and do a bit of detailed cleaning each day
I love using vinegar to get rid of limescale
Dust from top to bottom in a room so you don’t displace dirt to lower levels you have already cleaned!
Bicarbonate of Soda and lemon juice works wonders on a greasy hob.