{How Do I…} Get My Vases Clean?

{How Do I…} is a new series to help answer some of the very questions I find myself googling or solving and figured I would save you some time by posting my finds and recommendations. If you have a home or entertaining question you have been dying to find an answer to, send me a note and I will get on it!

This week, I pulled a couple of vases for my new flowers this week and I noticed they were looking a little on the dull and cloudy side. After a few google searches, I decided to give the popular vinegar/ salt paste combination a try. FAIL. They were clean, but the calcium residue was still on the bottom of each vase. I needed something stronger and looked around the house for a solution, that wouldn’t involve a trip to the store, and came up with a little cleaning product cocktail. The results? If you look closely you can see my reflection in the large vase. SUCCESS! Here is how I did it…

{What You Need} for each vase
Hot Water
1 short squeeze, Clorox toilet bowl cleaner
1 teaspoon Salt
2-4 sprays, Tilex

{How To}
Fill vase with hot water until almost full
Add in Tilex, clorox, and salt
Let sit for 20-30 minutes
Rinse clean

I filled my sparkling clean vases with a few low maintenance sunflower and hydrangea blooms that will help brighten up my apartment during the busy week ahead.