The Best Kitchen Cleaning Tools and Tips | Gear Heads

- This is grapefruit-

I would like literally use this as perfume,

it smells so good.

I really did spray myself.

It smells good though!

I'm not mad about it. (laughs)

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- If you love cooking, cleaning is a part of the deal.

I'm talking dishes, counters, pots and pans.

- Cleaning might be unavoidable

but we've tested some products over the years

that will actually make cleaning easier, faster

and keep your tools in tip-top shape.

- That's right, choosing the right products

can actually help you clean less.

So Lisa and I are going to show you some

of our favorite cleaning tips and tools.

- First up, Hannah.

- All right, no home cleaning arsenal would be complete

without some dish soap, because as much as we want

to shove everything in the dishwasher,

you can't always do that.

Or you might not have one.

Dish soaps are very amazing inventions

and they work by a little tadpole shaped chemical

called surfactants.

Surfactants have heads that attract water

and tails that attract oil, encouraging the two to mix.

And this is what washes your dishes.

Surfactants can be derived from plants or petroleum

and experts we spoke with told us

from an effectiveness perspective

it doesn't matter where they come from.

It matters more the individual formula

and quality of the surfactants used in the product.

Witnessing this testing was where I became completely

brand loyal to our winner here Mrs. Meyer's.

Because it was amazing how much more effective

it is than other soaps.