Cleaning fanatics share the £2 hack to BANISH spiders from your home & you probably already have everything you need
YOU MAY have noticed lots of spiders in your home at the moment. If you aren’t a fan of them then don’t threat, there’s a simple way to deter them from your home. Mrs Hinch cleaning fans have revealed the easy solutions to keep the eight-legged creatures out of your home, the Express reports. Mrs […]
YOU MAY have noticed lots of spiders in your home at the moment.
If you aren’t a fan of them then don’t threat, there’s a simple way to deter them from your home.
Mrs Hinch cleaning fans have revealed the easy solutions to keep the eight-legged creatures out of your home, the Express reports.
Mrs Hinch, whose real name is Sophie Hinchliffe, 32, has long been a favourite amongst fellow cleaning enthusiasts, with close to 4.5million followers on Instagram.
The star rose to fame a few years ago with various home hacks and now her fans have even started dedicated cleaning pages on social media.
In one such group, Mrs Hinch Cleaning tips and tricks on Facebook, a member sought advice: What are some remedies to stop spiders coming in?
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And cleaning enthusiasts quickly took to the comments to recommend peppermint oil.
One wrote: “I wash my floors and then I go over with a mixture of water and peppermint oil.”
Another said: “Peppermint oil and lemon juice with a drop of water in a spray bottle.
“Squirt round vents on windows, walls, near your front door and back doors. None will get in.”
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A third penned: “Peppermint oil mixed with water and sprayed around windows, doors and all the little places they come from.”
It’s thought that the smell is so overwhelming that spiders run away from it.
That’s because spiders smell with their legs, and walking through these strong spells will mess up their own sense of smell.
For spiders already in the house, cleaning fans revealed the best action is to hoover and remove spider webs.
Yuu can purchase peppermint oil from Amazon for just £2.
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