17 Things That Changed Beyond Recognition After a Simple Cleanup

The heroes of this article rolled up their sleeves and brought order to places where others had long given up. While some searched for excuses, these neat freaks found the time, donned rubber gloves, and turned old floors, dirty ovens, and tarnished jewelry into something pristine. Let’s draw inspiration from their example!

I was drinking coffee from this cezve all the way. Grandma arrived for the holidays and cleaned it up in 10 minutes. I’ve never seen my cezve looking like this!

Better than new!

My favorite “before and after” photo

It took several hours, a couple of broken nails, and a piece of my soul, but one candlestick is now clean and polished!

Bought this silver ring at a thrift shop. Photos before and after cleaning

Cleaned the oven from melted plastic. A silly mistake that took a whole week to fix

Turns out, the handrails didn’t just wear out, they accumulated dirt from hand contact for more than 20 years.

I tried to restore the shine to a silver bracelet by soaking it in jewelry cleaner. But after 2 days, it turned black!

In the end, I found a special solution for cleaning silver jewelry. Now it’s like new!

Before and after

I can’t believe what I found beneath the paint on the door hardware! That was the first set. 16 more to go!

After scrubbing years worth of algae, it turns out Grandma’s deck was striped. Who knew?

I found an antique oil can at the flea market. Now I’m planning to use it in the garage.

Not bad for a free lamp

No chemicals, just water

I would say my new steam cleaner works wonders.

Sometimes you just have to take a chance. I always dreamed of having an antique dough bowl. This one was only $8. But, oh, how much mold there was!

Soaking in vinegar solved the problem.

Bought it for next to nothing, the seller was glad to get rid of it. Cleaned it up — and it’s like 2 different lamps now.

And here are easy cleaning hacks people use to make their homes look new again.