Cleaning is a pain, no doubt about it. What if we could make it a little easier and, dare I say, enjoyable?

Here are some fast, easy, and reliable cleaning tricks to make even the worst mess feasible.

Clean up broken glass with a piece of bread.

Clean your couch with baking soda.

Clean oil stains off your garage floors with Coca Cola.

Oil stains on the carpet can also be lifted with baking soda.

Clean up water stains on faucets with lemon.

Put two holes in the bottom of your trash can to cut down on bag suction.

Easily clean out your microwave gunk by heating a bowl of water and vinegar to steaming, then wipe clean.

Remove animal hair from carpets with a squeegee.

Put newspaper in the bottom of your garbage, it will absorb liquid as well as the smell.

Keep a cereal Tupperware in your car and use it as a trash can.

Polish up your headlights with toothpaste.

Shop vacs can double as rolling mop buckets.

Clean and sanitize your cutting board with lemon juice and salt.

Pre-treat grease stains with chalk.

Power clean your patio with a hose and a push broom.

Most ovens have hooks to help you clean them. Who knew??

Stop wasting money on Swiffer pads.

Make washing hands fun for kids by spicing up the soap a bit.

Invest in these. No, really. Do it.

Organize your supplies for easy to find and access materials. Keep out of reach kiddos though!

Get rid of the build-up on you shower faucet with a bag of vinegar.

Attach a scrub brush to a drill and make scrubbing a breeze.

Line your paint tray with foil for easy cleanup.

Now, I’m not saying cleaning will be easy, but it will be a heck of a lot easier moving forward