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Mum's cleaning hack takes the Internet by storm

Genius! - by Georgia Mars
  • 13 Jul 2018

A South Carolina mother has taken to Facebook to share her genius cleaning hack, and the internet loves it. 

Samantha Roberson, a mother-of-one, told her Facebook friends her son Shane is a 'messy monster' and 'decides to wear everything he eats', which meant she was left regularly spot cleaning her beige felt chairs.

She wrote, 'About once a week I clean my microfiber furniture with Windex because my child is a messy monster and decides to wear everything he eats!

'I know I have mentioned it before but I wanted to show the magic!!!!

'All I do is scrub it with windex and a microfiber towel/rag.

'Share to save a life,' she added with a cheeky wink emoji.

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Samantha added, 'I'm not a miracle maker, I'm not super-mum, my house isn't always clean (that's for sure) but I just figured if I share, I could help another parent cause it definitely helps me.'

The post has been shared over 97,000 times. 

What's your best cleaning hack? Head to our Facebook page to let us know!

Georgia Mars
Georgia Mars is a Digital Content Editor at New Idea Magazine. As a self-professed celeb expert, Georgia claims to know everything about everyone! When she's not digging deep for the next big celebrity scoop, you can find Georgia catching up on the latest reality TV.

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