Spring Cleaning Hacks You'll Wish You'd Found Out Years Ago

Microwave Sponge Sanitizer

Microwaves can actually be the easiest way to clean things that you wouldn't normally think need cleaning. If you soak a sponge and microwave it, all of the germs hiding inside of it will be zapped away. That way you'll save money on kitchen sponges and won't have to deal with the grimy smell they inevitably build up.

The More You Know

If you have all matching clothes hangers in your closet and sometimes you get one of the really cheap, plastic ones when you need an anti-slip hanger. One solution is to wrap pipe cleaners around the clothes hanger.
Slip PVC pipes over the handles of your pruning shears and tape them in place to extend your reach and clip high branches without a ladder.
Next time you open a bottle of wine, save the cork! You can use a slice of synthetic cork to brace a wobbly table leg. Just mark the amount of cork needed, slice it off with a utility knife and glue it in place.
An easy way to tear tape and get a starting edge at the same time. Simply fold the tape under at a 90-degree angle to the roll. Then, with a snapping motion, pull the tape against the edge of the roll.

Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.