Other cleaning ideas : Page 2

►If your hands have become incased in grime or grease I have found the following a great hand cleaner. Rub baking soda into your hands, mixing it with all the grease and grime, then pour vinegar onto your hands. There is a little bit of fizzing but nothing to worry about. Then wash your hands with a little soap and water. You will be astounded at the resulting clean. Also if you are wearing any rings on your fingers they come up lovely.

►You can clean the inside of bottles and tight small containers using coffee grounds shaken inside for a few minutes.

►To clean your fish tank from all the scum left on the sides of the glass, use full strength vinegar and a souring pad to get rid of this stain fast. You will have to wash out the vinegar then with hot soapy water as it could hurt your fish.

►Do you have candle wax in your carpet, on your couch or on your clothes? You can get this out by either scraping with a plastic knife, carefully picking out the pieces, or you can dab on the rubbing alcohol and watch the candle wax soften so you can pick it out easily.

►You can make your own white wall tire cleaner by using a cup of baking soda and two cups of water. Scrubbing the white walls of your tires with a scrub brush this mixture will make them white again!

►To clean cob webs that are hard to reach and without scratching the ceiling, simply tape a piece of fabric softener sheet onto the bottom of your broom and hit all the corners of your ceilings to get cobwebs gone in a flash!

►You can clean toothbrushes by boiling a pan of water and adding a cup of vinegar to kill germs from colds so you don’t keep getting the same cold germs back again!

►You can easily clean the grime out of your combs or hairbrushes by boiling a pan of water and adding two cups of ammonia then turn off the stove. Letting the combs soak in the water and ammonia mixture as it cools down will clean the hairspray and the grease right out so your combs and brushes making them look as good as new.

►If you have found a few paintbrushes around the house that are looking a little rough you can soak them in vinegar over night and they will be soft enough to use on your best projects.

►If you have rust forming on your car, or on an appliance in your home you can stop rust in its tracks by using two cups of linseed oil and a half a cup of turpentine. Painting this on to the affected area will put a stop to rusting.

►Cutting through the layers of dust on the tops of your cupboards is easy using dish liquid and hot water with a soft cloth. Wringing out your cloth tightly you can then pick up dust fast. Thick grime can accumulate quite quickly on top of your kitchen cupboards. So if you find that you are having to regularly battle with this grime, simply place some sheets of paper on top of the cupboards. When it comes to cleaning them all you need to do is remove and replace the paper.

►If you keep a little air flowing in the home during the dry winter months, you will keep condensation from forming on your windowsills.

►Tar will come off of your shoes or your car paint using olive oil. Another product to use is WD40 penetrating oil. Simply spray it onto the affected area and wipe the tar away.

►Clean your wood decks or your wood stairs in your home using full strength apple cider vinegar and using a scrub brush. This strengthens the wood while cleaning at the same time.

►If you have stains on concrete you can use alcohol to lift the stain and then wash with dish soap and hot water to clean the entire area. Another great concrete cleaner is Coca-Cola. Simply pour it onto oil patches or stains and leave over night. Rinse off in the morning and you will be amazed.

►For stubborn stains on your tiles add a little muriatic acid to your water when you are using a scrub brush and the stains will lift right up. Don’t forget when using acid you need to wear protective gloves.

►Mixing vinegar and isopropyl alcohol in a spray bottle you will find that you will have a great shine and clean on your windows and mirrors!

►Use ammonia to remove paint drippings where they shouldn’t be. If the paint is really stuck on let the ammonia sit on the area for a few minutes and then scrape up with your fingernail.  Another method is to use nail polish remover, mind not to get it on anything except the glass or you will be sorry.

►You can get out chocolate stains by washing with cold water and glycerin.

►To get out a coffee stain, you can use an egg yolk mixed with a half cup of ammonia. Apply this to both sides of the fabric and let it sit overnight. Rinse in cold water and then launder as usual.

►You can get a stain from eggs out of your clothes by soaking it in cold water overnight and then launder as usual.

►To get a tea stain out of your fabrics; use cold water with a cup of ammonia. Let this sit overnight and launder as usual.

►You can get gum out of clothes by freezing it and peeling it right off. You can also get gum out of other fabric situations using gasoline saturating the area and then pulling the gum right out.

►You can get grass stains out of denim using hydrogen peroxide rubbed on the stain and then launder as usual.

►You can get ink out of light colored fabrics using half a cup of salt and half a cup of lemon juice, rubbing it on the fabric and setting it in the sun.

►Tar will come out of many types of fabric and off of your sneakers by using a rag moistened with linseed oil and rubbing vigorously. You can also get tar out of clothes using butter rubbed on the stain, then apply vinegar to remove the grease stain, and launder as usual. To get tar out of carpets, use eucalyptus oil dabbed on the area to work the tar loose and pick out with your fingernails.

►Lipstick will come out of fabrics by dabbing on some toothpaste and then washing as usual. Toothpaste can stain some delicate materials. You can pre-treat lipstick stains by using hairspray over the affected area before washing as usual.

►You can get ink off of painted walls by dabbing on a little toothpaste, waiting about an hour and then gently rubbing it off. Don’t rub too hard or you can remove or scratch the paint.

►Ink will come out of fabric on your clothes and your furniture, by rubbing milk on the stain and then dab it clean.