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CLEANING TIPS
Bathroom
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Buildup on shower doors: Wipe with lemon oil.
Removes buildup and keeps doors protected longer from
future buildup.
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If not properly maintained, chrome fixtures can
become dull and cloudy. After cleaning a
bathroom
you
want your chrome fixtures to sparkle! For blinding
brilliance, make a paste of baking soda and dishwashing
liquid. Apply this to your chrome fixtures and rub clean
with a cloth. Warm vinegar will also make your bathroom
shine. Here's an additional
bathroom
cleaning tip: To clean stains from your bathroom chrome
and tile, use baby oil! Wipe off with a cloth diaper for
a lint free shine.
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Removing mildew from shower or bath: 3 parts
bleach and 1 part water -- put in spray bottle. Spray on
mildew areas and it will virtually disappear.
Kitchen
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For more effective dishwashing, add a few
tablespoons of vinegar along with the dishwashing
detergent when washing dishes. The vinegar cuts the
grease and leaves dishes sparkling.
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To keep your plastic containers from getting stained
from tomato based foods, rub the inside with
vegetable oil before placing the food in the container.
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To whiten an old stained sink, poor a half cup of
salt in it and then scrub it with a lemon. Let it stand
for a few minutes and rinse.
Laundry
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Gray Dingy clothes: One cause of the gray dingies
is overloading the washing machine. When you do this,
the clothes cannot move freely, resulting in poor
washing and irremovable soil. To estimate the
right-sized load, place dry, unfolded clothes in the
washer loosely until it is about three-quarters full.
Another cause is using non-phosphate detergents,
particularly the granular type. If you're using a
non-phosphate detergent, use the hottest water possible
and dissolve the detergent in the water before adding
the clothes. If you have hard water, you might want to
add about a third to a half cup of packaged water
softener along with the detergent.
Windows
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Take an old spray bottle, make sure it’s nice and clean,
and then fill it with 1 cup of vinegar, 1 teaspoon of
dishwashing liquid, and water. (Don’t question it—it
works!) No streaks and no smell and of course, no harm
if it lands on your arm! For doing outdoor windows, I
fill the mixture in a bucket and use it to clean the
patio. It does a fabulous job.
Walls
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Removing Crayon from walls: use damp sponge and
Colgate toothpaste. Rub carefully.
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Removing scuff marks, pen, and pencil from walls:
use a dry cloth and rubbing alcohol.
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