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Cleaning Tips
All-Purpose Cleaner
125 mL ammonia, 75mL washing soda, 4L warm water.
50 mL baking soda, 250 mL ammonia, 125 mL vinegar, 4L warm water
Burned on Food
Fill saucepan with salt and water soak over night then bring to boil slowly.
Washing soda over area, add hot water bring to boil. Let cool wash.
Citrus Rinds
Garbage Disposal
Clean with peels, or piece of lemon & 5 ice cubes
Cleaning Water
Dry or fresh peels in water. Helps clean & smells good.
Dish Detergent
500 mL soap flakes, & water
Add 2 tbsp. vinegar to cheap dish detergent (cuts grease)
Dishes
Cracked
Boil 45 min. in milk
Stained
Soak in baking soda and water overnight, then rub with vinegar moistened cloth dipped in salt
Drain Cleaner
250 mL baking soda, 250 ml salt, 125 mL vinegar, & 2 L boiling H2O
1C baking soda, 1Csalt, & 1/4C cream of tartar followed by boiling water
Coke or Pepsi
Fabric Softeners
50 mL baking soda to the wash
50 mL vinegar to the rinse
Damp cloth in dryer before removing clothes
Cream rinse
Fireplace
Spray with starch let sit 30 min. wipe clean, to remove smoke stains.
Keep pipes clean by burning fresh potatoe peels
Clean soot from chimney with 1:1 mixture of zinc oxide & salt sprinkled on fire.
Clean glass with damp cloth dipped in ashes. Dry with newspaper
Fish Tank
Clean fish tanks with baking soda & sea salt
Greasy Shelves
Apply liquid car wax, wait 1 min. & buff.
Griddle
Rub with rutabaga to stop smoking.
Ingredients
Ammonia {NEVER MIX with Chlorine BLEACH; creates poison gas}
Cleans carpets, linoleum, copper, & enamel.
Baking Powder
4 tsp cream of tartar, 2 tsp bicarb of soda, & 1 tsp salt: 2 C flour
Baking Soda
Cleans, deodorizes, scours, polishes, removes stains, & softens fabrics
Cleans plastic, upholstery, vinyl, carpeting, silver, stainless steel, refrigerators, & drains
Baking soda + grease = soap
Bleach
1 part hydrogen peroxide, & 8 parts water
Borax
Deodorizes, removes stains, & boosts cleaning power of detergents
Cleans wallpaper, painted walls, & floors.
Lemon
For just a few drops stab with a toothpick & squeeze.
Boil for 5 min. to get more juice. 15 sec. high microwave
Acidic cuts grease like vinegar. Vinegar & honey tastes like lemon.
Vinegar
Removes mildew, stains, & wax buildup.
Cleans coffeepots, glass, paintbrushes, grout, & fireplaces.
Washing Soda
MODERATELY TOXIC use in well ventilated room.
Cleans clothing & softens water.
Ironing
Spray bottle with a little cologne & water. Eliminate wrinkles, dries fast, smells good.
Clean iron with vinegar. High for 1/2 hour.
Shiny trousers 1:4 vinegar & water, soak cloth cover shine iron gently
Jewelry
Pearls Soak in dishwashing liquid. Rinse buff. Polish wilh Olive oil.
Chalk in jewelry box prevents tarnish
Laundry Soap
250 mL pure soap flakes, & 25-50 mL washing soda
Spin dry delicates in vegetable drier
Odours
Cabbage
Crust of bread in cooking water
Fish
Wash hands in soap and sugar.
Cutting Board
Rub with lemon
Dishes
Wash in salty water, or little ammonia in hot soapy water, or add ground mustard to wash water.
Dog odour in carpet
Spray with vinegar.
Jars
Crumpled newspaper
Old Trunks
Moisten bread in vinegar leave overnight. Put lump of dry charcoal in container before resealing.
Onions on hands
Rub hands with stainless steel cutlery
Wash with cold water, rub hands with salt, then rinse.
Rub with celery salt, then wash
Rub with a raw unpeeled potatoe
Wash with milk, then with cold water
Skunk
Skunk smell can be removed with Secret Deodorant roll on.
Oven Cleaner
250 mL ammonia & 750 mL boiling water. Heat oven to 100 C. Place water on bottom shelf on tray & ammonia in dish/bowl on top shelf with door closed & heat off. Let sit over night, then wipe. VENTILATE ROOM
Immediately sprinkle spills with salt and cinnamon.
Plasticware
Soak 20 min. 1C bleach to 1 gallon warm water. Wash normally.
Sand with very fine silicon carbide sand paper.
Polishes
Furniture Polish
25 mL olive oil, 15 mL vinegar, & 1 L warm water
15 mL lemon oil, & mineral oil
lemon juice, denatured alcohol, olive oil, & gum of turpentine.
15 mL camauba wax, & mineral oil. Stir over low heat in double boiler.
Floor
1/8C paraffin in double boiler, add 1L. mineral oil, & few drops lemon essence
Polishing Metals
Brass
Salt & flour, with little vinegar.
Equal parts ketchup & mayonnaise rub then wash
Save Ketchup packets for cleaning pots
Chrome
Rubbing alcohol or ammonia in hot water.
Flour on dry cloth rub.
Copper
Lemon & salt, or hot vinegar & salt.
Tomatoe ends rub copper bottom sprinkled with salt
Resurfacing
Vacuumatic 2000 Ltd.
1040 Martin Grove Rd. Units 6&7
Rexdale, Ontario
M9W 4W4
416-242-6425
Silver Cleaner
1L warm water, 5 mL baking soda or wood ash, 5 mL salt, & small piece of aluminum foil.
Egg stains can be removed with wet salt
3 cups soapflakes, 3 cups hot water, 1/2 lb. fine whiting (calcium carbonate), 2 tablespoons ammonia
Pewter
Paste of rottenstone, & olive oil for a dull shine.
Whiting & denatured alcohol for a bright shine.
Rug Cleaner
2 parts cornmeal & 1 part borax. (leave on one hour)
Scouring Powder
50 mL soap flakes, 10 mL borax, 375 mL boiling water, 50 mL whiting. (dissolve borax, &soap in water then add whiting after cool)
Half a lemon sprinkled with baking soda
Shrunken Sweater
1T. shampoo + 1L. water. Soak 20 min. Stretch dry then wash.
Soak in salt and cold water for a couple of days, then add a quarter cup of vegetable oil to water and stretch to original shape. Dry and then rewash.
Spot Remover (Always test)
Blood
Soak in cold water 30 min. rub with soap & rinse in cold water. If persistent few drops of ammonia, rub with soap & rinse. If necessary wash with borax.
Hydrogen peroxide
Corn starch, talcum powder, or corn meal mixed with water. Apply dry & brush.
Paste of MSG & water rub in soak 1 hour. Wash with liquid detergent
Windex soak 1 or 2 min.
Chewing Gum
Rub with ice flake off.
Can be removed with peanut butter.
Chocolate & Coffee
Soak in cold water, rub with soap & mild Borax solution, rinse. Wash in water hot as fabric will tolerate.
Coffee
Egg yolk + lukewarm water, rub on stain. Wash
Crayola Marker
Lestoil let sit 5 min. rub gently & wash.
Diapers
Presoak in Baking Soda.
Grass
Rub with glycerine, let stand 1 hour, wash.
Grease
Damp Cloth dipped in borax
Paste of cornstarch & water (let dry & brush)
Ammonia & water
Lestoil
Mechanic's hand cleaner
Lighter fluid
Ink
Wet with cold water, apply a paste of lemon juice & cream of tartar. (let sit for one hour, then wash)
Soak in milk or hydrogen peroxide.
Spray with hairspray then rub between fingers.
Lipstick
Rub with cold cream or shortening, rinse with washing soda & water. Wash in hotest water.
Mildew
Wash with soap & water & dry in sun. If persistent apply lemon juice, rub with salt, dry in sun, wash.
Mud
If soap & water fail try rubbing with raw potatoe
Perspiration
Rub with solution of vinegar or lemon juice in water.
Red Wine & Fruit Juice
Club soda. Or for fruit & wine soak in water 30 min. rub in soap & wash in water as hot as fabric can take.
Sprinkle with salt stretch over bowl & pour boiling water.
Pour salt or hot water on & soak in milk.
Red wine, blot with white wine & warm, soapy water.
Juice on White silk. Soak in Ivory dishsoap 4 hours.
Ring around the collar
Rub with chalk let sit overnight. Wash.
Rust
Saturate in lemon juice or sour milk, rub with salt, dry in sun, wash.
In Sink rub with lighter fluid
Scorches
Boil in 1cup soap & 2 litres of milk.
Synthetic fabrics
Polyester, rayon, & acrylics. Spray with Hairspray then wash.
Tea stains
Steep linen in Borax & water
Stained cups, add few drops of lemon juice to pot.
Urine
Rub with baking soda in water, rinse warm water, then wash.
Wax
Stretch material over sink & pour boiling water through
Soak in cleaning solvent (ventilate room). Rinse & wash.
Towel over spot iron with hot iron to lift.
Starch
15 mL cornstarch & 250 mL water
Static
Vinegar & water in Sprayer.
Inflated balloon will pick up lint & animal fur.
Toilet Bowl
5 mL ammonia, 250 mL hydrogen peroxide, & 2 L water. (mix in bucket pour in &let sit 30 min.or longer then scrub)
WD-40
Removes bottle lables, bumper stickers, decals.
Window Cleaner
28.5 mL cornstarch, 250 mL ammonia, 250 mL vinegar, & 4.5 L water
Glycerine, & strained tea. Also repels flies.
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