How to Use Sponges Around the House

By eHow Home & Garden Editor

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Sponges are a great invention. They come in multiple sizes and have a variety of uses. Some sponges have two sides, a soft side to clean easy messes and a course side for the tougher clean up jobs. Since sponges are inexpensive, you can buy all different ones to use for all different jobs.

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Instructions

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Step1

Clean your kitchen. The most common place to use sponges is in your kitchen. You can use them to clean your sink, counter, appliances and dishes. Use the courser side of your sponge to clean your pots and pans as well as those tough stains on your stove or counter top. Sponges can also be used on the floor to clean up the spills that occasionally happen.

Step2

Find uses in your bathroom. Using a sponge to clean the sink, bathtub and counters is also very common. Your toilet can also benefit from the use of a sponge as well as the walls in your shower.

Step3

Use your sponge to clean your blinds. A sponge is so easy to manipulate you can easily remove dirt and anything else that has accumulated on your blinds.

Step4

Remove the stains from your walls. Sponges are handy to clean up those messes that have been made on your walls by your children who think they are artists--whether it is crayons, chocolate or anything else your creative children decided to decorate the walls with.

Step5

Put some sponges aside to clean your fish tank. Algae builds up in a fish tank and sponges can clean it up quickly. However, don't use these sponges for anything else, or you might end up with dead fish.

Step6

Wash your windows with your sponge. You can also use sponges to clean your windows, mirrors, TV screens and any other washable surface. Since sponges are so affordable, use them for any and all of your cleaning needs. There is a site in the resource section that will give you even more uses for your sponges.