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Katie Williams

Mrs Hinch fan shares money saving hack for cheap DIY cleaning spray

With the cost of food, energy, fuel and oil on the rise, many are looking at ways to keep the costs down in other areas.

Some may look for food deals in their local supermarket, others might batch cook food and for the Mrs Hinch fans-one has shared how she saves cash on her cleaning products.

Sophie Hinchcliffe 'Mrs Hinch' rose to fame after posting cleaning videos on social media, arguably making cleaning 'cool'.

The rise of cleaning and home accounts on social media has led to a rise in people showcasing their cleaning tricks and favourite products.

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Taking to Facebook group Mrs Hinch Cleaning Tips, one woman posted a picture of a bottle of Domestos bleach and the spray bottle.

She shared how she's been saving money by diluting bleach rather than buying shop bought spray-but fellow cleaning fans have warned that the solution loses its effectiveness after 24 hours.

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The Mrs Hinch fan wrote: "Spray bleach £1. Domestos bleach £1. When my spray bottle is empty. I fill again with Domestos and dilute with tap water.

"Approximately 20 refills from one bottle. Saving £19."

The simple trick has gathered 1.4k likes on Facebook.

Jan replied: "I’ll be doing this from now on- saves a fortune."

"I’ve always done this but use an own brand bleach. It’s a great saving", Tamsin added.

"And saves plastic too!" Another penned.

Nicky said: "Wow that’s a great saving!"

"Never thought of doing this. Thank you," Susan said.

But Jackie warned: "Don't want to burst your bubble but you're not suppose to do this with bleach, unless you're using all the made up solution the same day. It will break down and off the shelf spray bottles have metal parts that will rust with the bleach making it less effective so defeating the object really."

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