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Quick and Easy Cleaning Ideas

By: Enriq Roalette

As we slowly roll out of the winter months, spring is coming on like gangbusters. You know what that means. Yep, time to do some spring cleaning. Here are some tips to help.

1. Shower Door Cleaning - When it comes to shower doors, getting them clean can be difficult. Use white vinegar. It will always do a better job than any commercial product.

2. Cleaning Shower Heads - Cleaning shower heads is a necessary task and fairly easy. Take the shower head off. Place it in a bowl with equal mixes of hot water and white vinegar. Leave it for an hour or so and then rinse it thoroughly.

3. Dirty Piano Keys – If you tickle the ivories, they inevitably will get dirty. Dab them with a towel soaked in lemon juice. It will sound terrible, but they will be clean.

4. Candle Wax in Carpet – If you get candle wax in your carpet, grab the iron and a brown bag. Place the bag over the wax and apply the iron. The wax will melt into the bag.

5. Clean Muddy Carpets – Unless you are a hermit, muddy carpets are a fact of life. To get it out, wet the mud, sprinkle salt on it and then vacuum about an hour later.

6. Repair Carpet Burns – If you have burn spots in your carpet, don’t fret unless they are big. Walk around your house and pull out small tuffs of carpet from other areas till you have enough material. Now glue it into the burn area and trim as necessary.

7. Fireplace Cleaning Products – Do not use regular cleaning products on fireplaces. The chemical residue the leave is often toxic, which will make your next fire a bad one. Use water like your ancestors!

8. Remove Coffee China Stains – China is delicate and can stain easily, particularly when coffee is involved. To remove it, mix one teaspoon of white vinegar and cold water. Dab appropriately.

9. Removing Your Stickers – When it is time to get rid of those stickers, soak them in vegetable oil. Wait for 15 minutes and then carefully scrape off. Mayonnaise also does the trick.

10. Mixing Cleaning Products – Cleaning products are chemical mixtures and should never be mixed. The chemical in one product may react with those in another. Burns and explosions are possible.

You spend more time in your home than anywhere else. Cleaning it top to bottom every so once in a while makes absolute sense. After all, who wants to live in a dump?

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