I’m a cleaning whizz and I have the best hacks to get your floors sparkling – and one just requires a tennis ball

A CLEANING guru has shared her top five hacks to get your floors looking flawless and one of her nifty tricks requires a tennis ball. 

Taking to her social media account, Jacqueline started with the most annoying issue people deal with in their homes: scuff marks. 

Showing a black line on a tile, she told viewers: “Sick of scuffs on your floors? Take a clean tennis ball and wipe it off.

“They’ll be gone in a moment!” 

The cleaning whizz then shared her hack to bring back the shine on wood floors as she took out a mop bucket and made a mixture of a quarter cup of white vinegar and “a little bit of olive oil”. 

And to leave a fresh scent behind, she recommended people add either 10 drops of essential oil or two to three teaspoons of lemon juice. 

“Don’t forget the hot water! Mop your floors in the direction with the wood to bring the shine in your floor back to life,” she said. 

“If your floor starts to look a little slick, you can go ahead and dry it with a microfibre towel. Look at the difference between the shine.” 

Moving onto her third tip, she told viewers to get a carpet rake to get rid of all the hidden dirt and hair. 

“It will loosen up all the hair stuck into your carpet fibres and it will even scrape it off for you,” she shared while demonstrating the process. 

TikTok user @home-reimagined then moved onto the tricky subject of grouts as she said: “Refresh your grouts with this steamer and all of the attachments. 

“Use the power of steam to clean your grout and then wipe away anything remaining.” 

And finally, she tackled the annoying issue of what to do when the carpet gives off a foul odour. 

She instructed viewers to sprinkle a little bit of baking soda across the area and let it sit for 10 minutes. 

You can then go over it with a hoover, removing all the dirt and smells with it.

People flocked to the comments section to share their thoughts as one person wrote: “Wow I need to try using a tennis ball to get scuffs out!” 

Another said: “Didn’t ever think of using baking soda as carpet cleaning,” to which she replied: “It’s so nice! I leave it for 10-30 min and it makes it smell so much better!”

A third person questioned: “So… The mixture is safe on hardwoods?” and she responded: “Yes. I learned it from a professional floor company!”