Saturday, March 21, 2009

VENETIAN BLINDS

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1.-Open the blinds fully before removing them from their window tracking and placing them in the bathtub, if you don't have a bathtub, a child's plastic pool works just as well.
2.-Fill the bathtub with warm water about three quaters of the way full or enough to completely cover the blinds.
3.-Add 1 gallon of white vinegar to the bathwater and swish it around with your hands. the vinegar will corrode the grime on the blinds without eating into the blinds themselves.
4.-Left the blinds soak in the bathwater until the dirt has completely disintegrated. Stir the water to loosen surface dirt from the blinds.
5.-Empty the bathtub and rinse the tub and blinds in cold water. Use the shower or showerhead attachment. Cleaning your bathtub fully after finishing with the blinds is highly recommended.
6.-Allow blinds to dry outside on a large towel in the summer time. During cold weather pat dry blinds using a soft clean towel before hanging back in the window.
7.-Dust blinds weekley to help mantain the blinds and prevent the build up moisture and grime, and old sock on the end of a broom handle is a good way to bet between the slats.

Saturday, March 14, 2009

IF YOU:


I know some people think is styling now, others think something else, but the fact is that we all have to do something for this precious planet, in my case I clean and wash and do things just the way the homeowners ask me to, in hundreds of houses people still clean the regular way and others don't. There's a hundred of cleaning tips but if you are a regular in my blog you'll see this green letters for this specific topic, so today I chose LAUNDRY TIPS.
Detergents, fabric softener and bleaches can be toxic to your family and to the enviroment. Some surfactants and fragances in laundry detergents contain hormone-disrupting checmicals that can't always be removed by wasewater. Treatment plants end up harming local wild life, Chlorine bleach is not only poisonous for humans, but can create dangerous byproducts, such as DIOXIN, when finished down the drain. Get your clothes clean without all the pollution by swithing to ECO-FRIENDLIER cleaners from companies such as:
*ECOVES
*SUN & EARTH
*SEVENTH GENERATION
*OXYPRIME

Wednesday, March 4, 2009

CLEANING SILVER:


Sterling silver is an alloy of 92 1/2 percent silver and 71/2 percent copper. It's beauty increases with use, which causes a patina or soft sheen to form. Plated silver is silver that has been electroplated over another metal.
Silver tarnishes when exposed to air. This occurs more quickly in damp and foggy weather, also store in treated paper or cloth, or plastic film.
3 WAYS TO CLEAN IT:
BAKING SODA: apply a paste of baking soda and water. Rub rinse, and polish dry with a soft cloth. To remove tarnish from silverware, sprinkle baking soda on a damp cloth and rub ir on silverware until tarnish is gone. Rinse dry well.
ALUMINUM FOIL, BAKING SODA AND SALT: place a sheet of aluminum foil in the bottom of a pan, add 2-3 inches of water, 1 teaspoon baking soda, 1 teaspoon salt and bring to a boil. Add silver pieces, boil 2-3 minutes, making sure the water covers the silver pieces. Remove silver, rinse dry, and buff with a soft cloth This method cleans the crevices of silver pieces.
TOOTHPASTE: to clean off tarnish, coat the silver with toothpaste, then run it under warm water, work it into a foam, and rinse it off. For stubborn stains or intricate grooves use and old soft bristled toothbrush.

Monday, March 2, 2009

YES WE CAN WEAR FANCY ONES WHILE WE CLEAN:

CLEANING STONE FIREPLACES FRONTS:

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They are so Warm and cozy in the winter and so miserable to clean in the spring. Foaming bathroom cleaner does a wonderful job on soot, but first saturate bricks with an all purpose cleaner and allow to soak a few minutes.
Throughly spray the bricks with the tub cleaner. Scrub with a stiff bristle brush dipped in Ivory water. Reapply the bath cleaner as needed. If the soot refuses to budge, resort to TSP (trisodium phospate), found in hardware stores. It is toxic and not highly recommended, but it cleans bricks. Keep the room well ventilated, wear gloves and a mask protect your skin carpet and any furniture close by.