Archive Category: 'Cleaning Tips'

• How To Clean Stains From Teapots: Teapot Cleaning Soaks Fill a teapot with boiling water, squeeze the juice from a wedge of lemon (1/4 lemon) and toss in the peel, add 1/8 cup of baking soda. Soak overnight, wash well in the morning. Fill teapot with boiling water and add 1/4 to 1/2 cup Realemon juice, soak overnight then wash well in the [...]
• DIY & Homemade Wrinkle Release Tips: If you don’t have any Downy Wrinkle Releaser close by or would like to try a homemade alternative, here are some tips for unwrinkling your clothes. These come in handy while traveling and you forgot to pack your iron. Homemade Wrinkle Release Spray Ingredients: 1 tsp fabric softener (liquid) 1 cup water (distilled is best) Directions: Mix the water and the fabric [...]
• Tips For Clogged Drains & Homemade Drain Cleaner Recipe: Here’s a tip sheet listing a few methods to clearing out clogged drains in the kitchen sink (plugged bathtub drains can benefit from these too). At the bottom you’ll find a suggestion for monthly drain maintenance and a homemade drain cleaner recipe to keep your drains as trouble free as possible. How To Unclog A Drain Flushing: Remove [...]
• 5 Easy Steps To Clutter Free Living: Today’s feature tip is from BohemianRevolution with 5 Steps To Declutter Your Home: Getting rid of clutter is wonderful, but sometimes you get overwhelmed, take a break, and end up accumulating more clutter before you can get back to the original clutter. Your cleaning effort suddenly dies of frustration, and the situation is no better than [...]
• Clothes Dryer Safety Tips: Have you ever wondered why clothes dryers are the cause of so many home fires? I know of two different families who lost everything in a house fire caused by a dryer (happened several years apart) and to me, that makes dryer fires not as uncommon or isolated as one might think. Here is some information [...]
• How To Clean Like A Maid: Today’s feature tip is from Curbly with great instructions for house cleaning: Clean Like A Maid: The mantra of the company I worked for was top to bottom, left to right. This way you could easily walk into any room and know exactly where to get started. The work was divided into”wet rooms” (bathrooms and kitchens) and [...]
• Cheese Grater Cleaning Tips: I’m sure we all do fine cleaning our cheese graters, but here is a collection of tips that will help make the job easier for the stubborn hole cloggers, one or two might be new to you. Standard Way To Clean A Cheese Grater Brush off as much of the loose bits as you can, both on [...]
• Crusty Crockpot Cleaning Tips: General Cleaning Tips To prevent damage to the ceramic crock, allow the slow cooker to completely cool before adding water to clean. If you’re in a hurry and need to clean it right away, make sure to use warm/hot water instead of cool water to protect the crock from cracking. Use a nylon scrubber to protect the [...]
• Homemade Travel Hand Wipes: Materials Needed: 1/4 cup vodka 1/4 cup water Juice from 1/2 lemon Paper Towels (use a thick, sturdy towel) Large Ziploc Bag Directions: Fold the paper towels in half and lay them in a shallow dish in a single layer. Mix the liquid ingredients together then pour over top the towels. Repeat as needed until you have the amount of wipes you require. Stack [...]
• Tips For Floor Cleaners, Spots & Scuffs: Method #1 – Scuff & Stain Remover Cornstarch or Baking Soda Water Mix cornstarch and water to make a paste, apply paste to wet sponge and scrub out the scuff marks. Method #2 – Remove Wax Buildup Club Soda Drizzle or spray club soda over the floor, leave for a couple minutes then mop clean. Method #3 – Scuff Mark Remover Artgum Eraser Erase [...]
• How To Clean A Cat Litter Box: Here are a list of steps to thoroughly clean the kitty litter box and keep things sanitized. I’ve also included several links at the bottom pointing to some neat ideas to hide the box in some manner. How To Clean A Litter Box Wear rubber gloves used just for cleaning the cat litter. Dump all the used litter into [...]
• Homemade Rosemary Wood Cleaner: You can use this cleaner on wood furniture items like tables, desks, chests and even wooden ornaments. It can be used regularly / daily. The recipe has an antiseptic quality due to the rosemary used. Please test a small area first to make sure there’s no discoloration. Rosemary Wood Cleaner Ingredients: 1/2 cup distilled vinegar 1/2 cup water (or rosemary [...]
• Homemade Silver Polishing Cloths: Similar idea to the pretreated dusting cloths, these polishing cloths are for cleaning and removing tarnish from silver. Nice to have a stash of these on hand if you have a silver collection to maintain. How To Make Homemade Silver Polishing Cloths Items Needed 10″ to 12″ square soft cloths* 2 cups water (cool) 1/2 cup ammonia 1/4 cup liquid silver [...]
• Homemade Varnish Remover: Ingredients Part 1: 1 cup cornstarch 1/2 cup water (cold) Part 2: 4 cups water (hot) 3/4 cup baking soda 1/2 cup household ammonia 1 TBS vinegar Notes: Mix recipe in a pail or container that is heat resistant since you’ll be using it to hold the hot water. First bring water to a boil, remove from heat and allow to rest for 5 minutes [...]
• 25 Helpful Items To Remove Sticky Adhesive Goo: Things like price stickers and labels, different types of tape (packing, masking, scotch tape) can leave behind a sticky gooey residue that’s a tricky mess to remove. Here’s a list of items that can help make the cleanup job a lot easier. Careful: Please test in an unnoticeable area first to make sure there will [...]
• 10 Ink Stain Removers – Laundry Tips: Tips Before Starting: First place a clean cloth underneath the ink stain before applying any stain removal method. This helps prevent any ink from running through to the piece of garment underneath. Chances are the ink has gone through to the other side of the fabric, so after cleaning the top of the garment, make sure to [...]
• Deodorizing Musty Books: Today’s feature is from Keeping The Castle with the tip: Deodorizing Musty Books: Place the book in an airtight container. Fill the container with either baking soda or cat litter. Leave the book/s and filler in the container for a few days. This is a great tip that works. I have a big rubbermaid tub filled a [...]
• How To Clean A Coffee Pot: If your coffee pot is looking a little grungy lately, here’s an easy way to clean it: Fill the coffee tank with 6 cups of vinegar, then top up the tank with water. Turn on the coffee pot as you would when making coffee (minus the coffee grounds). The machine will heat the vinegar and water [...]
• Homemade Shower Spray Recipes: Daily Shower Spray 1/3 cup rubbing alcohol 1 cup water Mix in a spray bottle and shake. Spray on, no rinsing required. Tile and Grout Cleaner 1/2 cup of baking soda 1/3 cup of ammonia 1/4 cup of white vinegar 7 cups of water Combine all the ingredients in a labeled spray bottle and shake well to mix. Spray on then wipe [...]
• Homemade Herbal Carpet Freshener Recipe: This makes a big batch of carpet freshener that will last quite awhile. You can cut the amounts down if you like until you find your favorite blend. To give yourself a small variety to choose from, you could split the recipe in three then add three different herbal fragrance choices to each container/mix. Homemade Herbal [...]
• Homemade Beeswax Furniture Polish Recipes: Tips: Use wide mouth jars or containers for storage so you can get your hand in easily. Apply finished furniture wax with a coarse cloth and buff. While melting the wax, do not leave stove unattended. The solvents are flammable, do not add them while wax is heating on the stove. Look for odorless turpentine or mineral spirits if the [...]
• How To Make The Best Mop In The World: Today’s feature is from Instructables.com with a great homemade mop idea: How To Make The Best Mop In The World: Are your floors in need of a good scrub? Does the smell of your bathroom leave you gasping for air? Are you in need of perhaps the best mop ever made? If you answered yes to [...]
• Homemade Herbal Lavender Dryer Bags: Fresh and fragrant laundry can be achieved chemical free with easy to make lavender dryer bags. Using lavender buds gives the benefit of a natural moth repellent, sleep aid and a natural antibacterial. Skip the fabric softener sheets, use 1/4 cup vinegar in your rinse cycle (for static cling help, up the amount to 1/2 cup [...]
• How To Wash & Care For Fine China Dishes: Hairline Crack Repair: Soak the china in warm milk overnight. Gently hand wash in warm water with mild dish detergent. Grey or Black Cutlery Markings: Dab a damp sponge in baking soda and rub the marks gently. You could also try regular toothpaste. Removing Stains in China: Mix 50/50 table salt and household vinegar. Allow to soak on stain then [...]
• Homemade Citrus Vinegar Cleaner: Found this great recipe in a file download from West Michigan Environmental Action Council *(removed pdf link, it’s no longer available). I tried it and loved it–here’s what I did: Homemade Citrus Household Cleaner Fill a large, wide mouth jar with citrus peels (such as lemons, oranges, limes, grapefruits). Cover the peels with white household vinegar. Let [...]