Economical Cleaning Solution

Washing utensils is more of a routine for me than an activity which I like doing, and I know it gets really boring after a while to do all the cooking and cleaning on your own. This is the reason I have hired a domestic help for the weekends when I party often!

If you wish to spend less on dishwashing liquid and still get clean and shining utensils, ask the maid to make use of aluminum foil or the metal covers from used strips of tablets/capsules for scouring sticky vessels. You don’t need to buy them and they last long too!

Copper Cleaning Tips

I have a brass vase in my living room. The only fact that bothers me is no matter which dishwashing liquid I use, I cannot get the original shine of these copper and brass vessels. One friend told me this helpful tip.

Take a lemon slice and dip it in some common salt. Rub this slice over the copper or brass pot and you will discover that it gets back its original shine even as you are still cleaning it! The lemon is acidic and works wonders for copper and brass items. Don’t forget to wash off with water finally!

Sparkle the Utensils

After a lavish dinner party, all of us suffer from the side effects of leftovers and greasy utensils! Now if you are too tired to do the dishes after the party is over (which all of us are!) you end up washing them the next day.

To make things easier the day after, soak the utensils in a tub of water to which a little bleaching powder is added before going to bed. When you wake up the next morning, all stains will be gone and washing these utensils with a dishwashing liquid is the only action needed for shining utensils!

Clean Up With Citric Acid

All the time I am talking about vinegar and baking soda. But today I will tell you the manifold uses of citric acid.

A pet will be a pet. Even though it is potty trained, you might end up having goo on your floors! I know it is yucky but you cannot let it remain like that, isn’t it? Simply soak the affected area with citric acid for a minute. The area will clean up nicely. Citric acid is also useful for removing stains from the carpets easily.

I am sure by now you all must have squeaking clean homes that welcome guests!

Sticky Bubble Gum

Bubble gum is something that you can keep on chewing on as a great pastime and also for exercising your facial muscles. But the same bubble gum becomes the most irritating thing when it sticks to clothes or furniture in the house. Moreover, if you have kids at home this can happen often. So here is the solution.

You can spread peanut butter from the kitchen on the patch where the gum has stuck. Then rinse off with water, or in case if furniture, wipe with a wet cloth. Peanut butter is greasy and helps to remove the sticky bubblegum efficiently.

Recipe for Carpet and Rug Shampoo

Mix together one cup of dish washing liquid soap and about 2 cups of boiling water. Allow it to cool down. It will turn into a jelly like substance. Whip this jelly now.

Take a damp sponge or cloth and apply it to a little area and rub slowly. For rinsing, use a clean piece of cloth with a vinegar and water solution, which is made of 1 cup of white vinegar and 4 cups of water. Finally wipe the carpet or rug dry with a separate cloth.

If you still feel the carpet needs cleaning, repeat the process again.

Carpet Cleaning Hints

You have recently bought a new carpet and don’t know whether its color is affected by a wet cleaning solution. What you can do is, test the cleaning agent on a corner of the carpet. Don’t fill up the carpet area with a solution.

For a dry cleaning job for carpets, spread some cornstarch on dry carpets and blankets. This will absorb the dirt and grease from the carpet surface. You can vacuum all over the area after some time, about ten minutes.

In case you spill something on the carpet, clean it by applying soda water on a damp sponge immediately.

What Lies Beneath

To have a clean home, we all vacuum clean it regularly. Those who have a domestic help also have the experience that sometimes it is better to do the scrubbing on our own.

While vacuuming the carpet, we tend to forget the floor below the carpet. If you have carpets that are not attached completely to the floor surface, vacuum clean the carpet from below as well as the floor.

Remove the cushions from the couch and vacuum all the sides at least twice in one round. This is necessary for getting rid of cat hairs that cause allergy and asthma.

Remove Pet Hairs

I love my pet and I am sure you do too. But who likes the unsightly pet hairs that lie around the home? It can be a health problem if you have little kids. To avoid this you can invest in a cat/dog hair remover. It is nothing but a roller having sticky paper wrapped around it with the sticky side facing outside.

An economical option is to simply wrap a sticky tape around your hand with the sticky side out and push down on the area that has hairs stuck on to it. This is simple and money-saving, isn’t it?

The Secret for a Dirt-Free Home

I really don’t like to see a layer of dust around the house. Though I always try to clean the house and not let it become dirty, it is a difficult task to not let this happen. Then what should people like me do?

I discovered that a very dark colored carpet having darker, random and non-repeated patterns is useful for camouflaging the dirt or stains on the same. Since it does not LOOK dirty, you are not required to clean it often. Only if you drop something, you will have to find it with great care.

Try this today!