A Few “Common Knowledge” Cleaning Tips
You can get dishes spot-free in your automatic dishwasher without using chemical rinsing
agents – 1 to 1 ½ cups white vinegar Add the vinegar to the rinse compartment of your automatic dishwasher, being careful not to overfull.
Whiter Sinks – To get it to sparkle, place paper towels across the bottom of the sink and saturate it with bleach or hydrogen peroxide. Let it stand for 1/2 hour then rinse.
A Naturally Clean Oven – Use a mixture of Sea Salt and Baking Soda to get a true Natural Clean inside your oven
Burnt Food in Pots and Pans – Sprinkle pans with baking soda, adding just enough water to moisten and make a paste. Let stand for several hours.
Garbage Disposal Cleaning – You don’t want to overlook your garbage disposal. Especially if food is scraped regularly into the disposal when washing the dishes. To clean grease and leftover food from your disposal and sharpen the blades at the same time, sprinkle liberally with baking soda and pour white vinegar over until it bubbles. Let set for about ten minutes. Rinse with really hot water. Put a few ice cubes in the disposal and grind. Rinse again with hot water. Voila!
Kitchen cleaning also means having to remove unpleasant odors in your home, try – Simmering a pot full of stick cinnamon, orange peel, whole cloves and water on your stove.
Place small bowls of vinegar around the room (if you don’t have animals) – Vinegar absorbs lingering odors.
Be sure to remove even the Lightest Water spots from glass immediately – Water spots are very tricky and stubborn. Once water spots are allowed to set on any surface the sediment literally etches into the surface
Before hanging shower curtains – soak them in salt water solutions to prevent mildew.
Make your very own polish cloths – You can make your own polish cloths to dust furniture. Use some furniture polish (or your favorite oil) and pour a little into a jar or Tupperware and shake it up until thoroughly coated. Pour the remainder of the polish back into the original container. Keep the polish soaked cloths in the jar and cover tightly, and Keep oil soaked cloth in a jar but left open. Leave overnight and before using be sure the cloths have absorbed all the polish. Be sure to Store the cloths in the original jar.
Simple Silver Polish – Clean your silver with good old toothpaste!
