Get Your Driveway Sparkling Clean With A Cleaning Essential That Everyone Has

Who doesn't love a sparkling clean driveway? Problem is, it's not that easy to achieve and maintain, unless you can afford a pressure washer, which works like a charm when cleaning different home outdoor features. Sweeping with a broom can only get rid of loose and easy-to-remove dirt. Scrubbing with a sweeping brush may do more than that, but it takes hours to pull off, especially if you're dealing with mossy driveway pavers. Fortunately, there's a simple trick you can do using a very common kitchen cleaning essential that will surely leave your driveway looking immaculately clean each time you use it. We're talking about the DIY extended steel wool scrubber. You'll only need a broom and steel wool to make one.

Stretch the steel wool so it can cover the broom's bristles, kind of like making the broom wear it like a hairnet. This allows the steel wool to expand its reach and cover a bigger area with each scrub. This makeshift scrubber is super abrasive, thanks to the matted carbon steel filaments of the iron wool, which will make it easy for you to scrape off even the most stubborn dirt and grime from the concrete surface, leaving your driveway spotless and, dare we say, smooth.

Compared to regular soft-bristle brooms and brushes, steel wool (also called wire wool or iron wool) is highly abrasive due to its sharp metal fibers. This makes it more potent and effective against dirty driveways. Perhaps the only cleaning tool that can match the DIY scrubber's efficacy is a steel brush, but even that may not yield as pristine results. A steel brush has vertical bristles, which means the directions it can cover are mostly limited to the bristles' bending range. On the other hand, the steel wool's ductile filaments give it an unlimited range, so it cleans flat surfaces as well as all the nooks and crannies through and through.

In the kitchen, steel wool has many practical uses, but it's definitely not the tool of choice when cleaning non-stick pans and ceramic pots, since its highly abrasive nature causes irreversible scratching. On driveways, though, it's the perfect contraption for aggressive scrubbing. For a smoother and faster scrubbing experience, wet the concrete with soapy water before brushing with the extended steel wool. This will make it easy for the makeshift cleaning device to scour through all the trapped dirt, stains, sludge, and filth on the driveway.