You'll Never Sweep The Same Way Again After Seeing This TikTok Hack

Just when you thought you'd seen all the TikTok cleaning hacks there were, a clever new solution comes along to help keep your home in tip-top condition. TikTok is full of cleaning hacks, like checking to see if your floor is really clean or not with a cloth or how to eliminate musty smells. This clever method will transform the way you clean ... and all you need is a plastic bag. Yep ... the same kind you have lying around the house to line your garbage cans or carry your groceries. Next time you go shopping, make sure to stash a few of these bags away to put on your broom. By tying a plastic bag over the bristled end of your broom, you can sweep up messes without creating more messes. If you've ever finished sweeping and noticed you still have to clean off the brush, and then more debris ends up falling on your floors, this hack will save you those extra steps and leave your floor sparkling.

It sounds so simple, you might wonder why this isn't a more common practice ... or at least why stores aren't just selling upgraded brooms. While there are a variety of floor cleaning tools on the market, sometimes nothing can beat a standard brush. But while these cleaning tools never seem to go out of style, their effectiveness can be questionable. That's where the plastic bag trick comes in.

To get cleaner floors without the fuss, start with a clean, plastic shopping bag. Pull this over your broom, as if you were getting ready to put the whole tool, brush, pole, and all inside. Obviously, your bag will only reach to the top of the plastic that houses the bristles, which is where you want to tie it up around the pole securely. The result should be a bagged broom that looks more like it's bound for the trash than a cleaning. From here, just sweep as you usually would, getting into corners and along your baseboards to pull up dirt, hair, and other debris. The plastic of the bag will help keep everything from clumping up in the bristles, while still pulling the mess into piles you can then push into a dust pan.

The plastic will also create a static cling that makes it easier to collect hair and dander, which you can then tuck into the bag by pulling the knot open and reversing it to trap anything that's stuck to it. Bunch this up and throw it in the trash for a hassle-free clean. Your broom's brush can accumulate certain detritus and hold it, requiring you to not only clean up your sweepings, but the bristles, too. This extra step, though quick enough, can get tedious, especially when cleaning up after pets or in a busy household with lots of spills and grime.

You can use other plastic bags like a Ziploc, but these might be harder to secure to the broom, and their material is thicker than grocery store or similar bags, making the bristles underneath less effective and the outer portion less pliable in corners and against walls. The thinner plastic bags can shape to your broom's brush, aiding you in cleanup. Saran wrap could also be an easy alternative, but this needs to be properly wrapped so that the dirt and debris don't creep through any openings and dirty the plastic underneath. This could cause more mess, too, and removing the plastic wrap could prove annoying after you're done sweeping.

These methods are options if you don't keep your grocery bags, but with nearly every store still offering plastic shopping carriers, you shouldn't run short on your new broom covers. If you want to try to be more eco-friendly or sustainable, shake out the bag after use, and if there isn't an excess of dirt and grime sticking to the plastic, you can reuse it for a few sweeps before retiring it. This hack could also preserve the life of your broom, keeping the bristles in good condition longer than if you were using them directly on your floors. If you love a good cleaning trick, try this the next time you sweep and see the difference it makes!