tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-76027934863155991692024-03-06T09:28:47.324+08:00Home Cleaning Tips and TricksGlitteringHomehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04959913365843254564noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7602793486315599169.post-90996068417437005892020-09-02T21:20:00.001+08:002020-09-02T21:24:06.769+08:00Green Cleaning Tips using Lemon<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Lemons are best for house cleaning because of its <b>acidic or anti-bacterial properties </b>and<b> aroma that will keep your house smelling clean and fresh </b>and<b> an eco-friendly alternative to commercial agents</b>. As you will notice many commercial cleaning supplies added lemons to enhance their products. Generally, lemons are used as a degreaser, bleacher, odor eliminator/freshener, and stain remover.</div>
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Some of the house cleaning uses of lemons are the following:</div>
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<li style="text-align: justify;">Kitchen Drains - mix lemon juice with hot water and pour in the drain. Or you can use it in cleaning your sinks by making a paste mixture of lemon juice and salt then scrub it gently to your copper, brass, or stainless steel sink and fixture then rinse with water.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Cutting Boards - to remove stains and avoid leaving the flavor of foods from your cutting boards, just rub half of the lemon in your cutting board and leave it for minutes then rinse</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Countertops - remove stains from countertops by sprinkling salt mixed with lemon juice, scrub the area then rinse. Don't use in delicate stone like marble or granite, it may cause discoloration.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Microwave Cleaning - for stains and odors in your microwave, mix lemon slices and water in a bowl and heat in the microwave for 1 minute. then wipe out the food particles with a moist sponge or clean cloth.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Oven Spill and Stovetop Cleaning - make a paste mixture of lemon juice, baking soda and water then apply to the spills and let it stay there until 15 minutes. Scrub and rinse with water and sponge. </li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Refrigerator - just leave half lemon inside the refrigerator to help control unpleasant smell</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Dish Cleaner - cut lemon into half, sprinkle baking soda in the cut part then rub to the dishes </li>
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<li style="text-align: justify;">Bath, Showers - remove soap lime, and scum from bathroom/shower tiles and grouts using lemons, just prepare a paste mixture of 2parts baking soda and 1 part lemon juice. Apply the paste to the tiles and grouts using a damp cloth, leave for 10 minutes then scrub with soft toothbrush or sponge.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">For White Clothes - just add 1/2 cup lemon juice for a normal-size load</li>
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<li style="text-align: justify;">Windows Cleaning - for sparkling windows just mix 2 tablespoons lemon juice, 1/2cup white vinegar, and 1-quart warm water. Scrub or use the sprayer in applying the mixture in your window glass.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Deodorize Vacuum Bag - just simply add baking soda and lemon peel to the vacuum bag</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Removing Rust - sprinkle rock salt in the rusted area and squeeze a lemon into it, leave for about an hour </li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Brass, Chrome, Copper Cleaner - make paste mixture of baking soda and lemon juice and rub it to the metal then rinse and wipe with a cloth</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Wood Furniture and Floors - use lemons as a furniture polish by mixing one cup of olive oil and half a cup of lemon juice. Use a cloth to apply in your wooden furniture. This mixture can also be used as a floor shine.</li>
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Stinky smelling fridge not only irritates your nose when you are about to prepare your food but can cause other health concerns for your family later on. The bad odor can be caused by spoiled foods, spill on the bottom shelf, or even molds.<br />
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1. <b>Clean your fridge thoroughly</b> - The basic and best thing to do is of course clean your fridge or put it in your weekly or bi-weekly general cleaning schedule.<br />
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Start cleaning by turning off your refrigerator. Keep the remaining food in a cooler with ice while you are cleaning the fridge.<br />
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Then remove all the items inside your fridge, sort out and discard the spoiled foods or anything rotten like fruits/vegetables, meat, fish that are causing the stinky smell. Wash the containers especially plastic containers that already absorbed the odor of spoiling foods.<br />
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Remove, wash and dry the drawers, bins and other removable parts of your fridge. Make sure also to thoroughly wipe/scrub the walls, floor, drawers, egg slots, crisper.<br />
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Clean and dispose water from the dip tray located beneath the refrigerator. It is essential to regularly clean the dip tray as it contains dirty water that could be another reason for the bad odor in your refrigerator.<br />
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2. <b>Natural Cleaning Solutions.</b> Use natural cleaning solutions since this will directly affect your food, you can use any of the following:<br />
- use mixture of half (1/2) cup baking soda into a sink of filled of warm water<br />
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Leave the refrigerator's door open to let the air circulate.<br />
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3. <b>Removing Odors in your Fridge/Odor Prevention</b>. After cleaning,place odor remover inside the fridge. You can use any of the following to deodorize and maintain pleasant odor inside your fridge:<br />
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a. Baking Soda - spread baking soda across a baking sheet and place it inside the refrigerator, close it until the bad odor disappears then discard the used baking soda. You can leave an open box of baking soda inside your fridge to counteract daily odors.<br />
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b. White Vinegar - put an open cup or bowl filled with white vinegar inside the fridge, this will help neutralize bad odor inside fridge<br />
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c. Oats - put a bowl or cup of oats inside your fridge to absorb the odor<br />
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e. Charcoal - place bowl of charcoal inside your ref, bad odor could be removed in few days<br />
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f. Vanilla / lemon - dampen a cotton ball with vanilla extract and place it on a shelf , it will serve as deodorizer and smell good<br />
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- Prioritize eating/consuming the fresh foods by keeping them easily visible in the fridge, this way you could plan which food to consume first thus avoiding spoilage, putting label and date of leftovers will also help<br />
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- Put your food in airtight containers to avoid spread of bad odor if in case they spoil or to avoid spreading the smell of your leftovers like pizza, noodles. Putting food in airtight containers will also help it to stay edible for a longer period.<br />
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- Defrost regularly to avoid the bad odors get mixed with the ice found in the freezer<br />
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Got other tips in removing or preventing bad odor from fridge? Share in comments below. </div>
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GlitteringHomehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04959913365843254564noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7602793486315599169.post-59040718083038289352014-08-27T23:35:00.000+08:002014-08-27T23:35:25.158+08:00Easy Ways to Clean Your Oven Proper care and cleaning is needed in order to prolong and to keep our ovens hygienic but most often we neglect to clean it that causes the built up of grimes and greases. But don't worry here are some quick steps to clean your oven without using chemical cleaners:<br />
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<li>Gently remove the microwaveable dish or container once the time is finished, let it cool for a second before wiping with a soft dishcloth</li>
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<li>When the Oven has cooled or a little bit warm, spray the oven with water using spraying bottle to make it damp and apply a thick portion of Baking Soda Inside the oven especially at the bottom portion and let it set for few hours </li>
<li>After couple of hours, use damp cloth to wipe the mixture off the oven and the grease / grime will also be removed. For thick grimes, you might repeat this process for complete cleaning</li>
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1 Cup of Baking Soda<br />
1/2 Cup of Washing Soda<br />
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<li>Make a thin paste by mixing first the dry ingredients and gradually adding hot water and washing soda until you have created a thick paste. Then add vinegar.</li>
<li>Ready now to coat all the oven surfaces with the cleaning paste and leave it overnight</li>
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Bathroom is one of the area of your house that are most prone to germs, bacteria, mildew, dirt and the more it is needed to be sanitized and cleaned to ensure not only the ease in using the bathroom but most important is the health of your family.</div>
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<b>Daily light cleaning</b> will be a quick and pro-active way to maintain and lighten the load in your deep cleaning. Here's some quick tips on how to maintain the cleanliness of your bathroom, which you could do instantly without having to wait for heavy dirt built-up:<br />
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<li style="text-align: justify;">Provide basic cleaning materials like <b><a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/B002I2LD4K/ref=as_li_tf_til?tag=ideasque-20&camp=0&creative=0&linkCode=as1&creativeASIN=B002I2LD4K&adid=1Q0H1X3E2W6V3AWKQB5H" target="_blank">cleaning rag </a>or towel, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/B003M8GMRW/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_til?tag=ideasque-20&camp=0&creative=0&linkCode=as1&creativeASIN=B003M8GMRW&adid=0A4Y4ZMKDH3E0GFAA8W0" target="_blank">brush</a>, spray bottle of cleaning solution </b>in the bathroom for easy access to those who will be using the bathroom</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">After using the <b>sink</b>, wipe it with towel to remove water or soap splash in the sink and also the mirror</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;"><b>Toilet Bowl</b>- whenever you see it dirty just spray a sanitizer, brush it, rinse and wipe</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;"><b>Floors</b> - regularly remove hairs which fall in the floor by using a mop, spray with disinfectant. Mop all the hairs in one direction then use a bristle broom and dustpan to pick up the hairs in the floor</li>
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1. Put on your rubber gloves to protect your hands from chemicals<br />
2. Move out from the bathroom the towels, soaps, sponges, toothbrush, shampoo anything that would block your cleaning. Throw in the garbage bin all that will no longer be needed in your bathroom.<br />
3. Spray antibacterial solution to your toilet bowl and let it sit while doing other bathroom area<br />
4. Start cleaning shower - Remove mineral deposits from shower walls using mixture of vinegar and water for a stronger cleaning solution add ammonia. Apply the mixture in the shower wall using sponge then brush, rinse the wall afterwards. For shower head - soak it in vinegar to remove mineral deposits using toothbrush.<br />
5. Clean the bathtub, scrub the bathtub and wall with a tile cleaner. Unclog the drain with hair, to deodorize drain: pour baking soda in the drain followed by vinegar then warm water.<br />
6. Clean the sink and mirror. Scrub the sink with detergent and ensure to remove stains from toothpaste, shampoo. Wipe the mirror with glass cleaner.<br />
7. Scrub the toilet, then rinse.<br />
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Bathroom cleaning is not that easy and may not be a pleasant task but with your daily proactive effort and with your knowledge how to do it will surely make it easier for you.</div>
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Cleaning your house fast and effective is needed if you juggle working and maintaining your home or you want to enjoy the quality time you still have for your family or pursue some hobby. But how is it possible to clean your house fast without sacrificing the quality of cleanliness of your home? Here are some tips on how to clean effectively fast:<br />
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1.Hire <b>professional cleaners</b> - yes, you can outsource your cleaning for a cost. Professional cleaning would definitely clean your house fast, they are trained and well-equipped cleaning professionals. Your tasks is to choose the most reliable and affordable within your area.<br />
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2.But if you will do your house cleaning by yourself, here are some practical tips to speed up your cleaning:<br />
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<li><b>Schedule your cleaning</b> - schedule and commit your cleaning schedule, just make sure to spread your cleaning schedule within the week not in a single day. For example, clean bathroom every Thursday or Living Room every Friday, Kitchen Cleaning every Monday(what we mean here is thorough cleaning of appliances, of course you have to do daily washing of dishes). This will lighten your load in cleaning the whole, and seeing a clean part of your house will certainly give you a boost to proceed as scheduled. </li>
<li><b>Make your Cleaning Materials Handy</b> - organize your general cleaning materials like detergents, mops,etc in one area or cabinet but if you have house with 3 or more levels, it would be better if you could provide cleaning supplies and equipment like broom, dustpan, vacuum in every floor. During cleaning time, make sure you have a<b> "pocketful apron"</b> where you could place all your cleaning tools(sprayers, rags, ), so you can save the time when you have to back and forth just looking for your cleaning materials.</li>
<li><b>Delegate Household Responsibility</b> - train family member to be responsible in their personal cleaning like fixing their beds right after they wake up in the morning, organize their books/magazines, clean their trash, wash their dishes after eating. Simple action will matter to minimize major cleaning time.</li>
<li><b>Be proactive and Act Fast</b> - organize your house that there are trash bins, laundry baskets, shoe racks and other organizing tools available in your house so that there will be no reason that things will be cluttered everywhere in your house. For carpet stains and spills immediate cleaning is needed for easy clean up and avoid deterioration of your carpets.</li>
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<li style="text-align: justify;"><b><i>Tea Kettle Cleaning</i> </b>- get rid of lime deposits in your tea kettle by mixing water and vinegar inside your kettle and let it sit overnight. If this does not remove all the lime deposits, boil an undiluted vinegar in your tea kettle for a few minutes. Let this cool and rinse with plain water.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;"><i><b>Sink Faucet Cleaning</b></i> - to remove mineral deposits on your chrome sink faucets you will need paper towel or cloth, plastic bag, old toothbrush. Soak the paper towel or cloth in distilled vinegar and wrap in the area with hardened mineral deposits. For faucet spigots, tie around it a bag filled with 1/3 to 1/2 vinegar then leave for two to three hours. Use old toothbrush to scrub off the loosened mineral deposits then rinse off with clean water.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;"><i><b>Deodorize Sink</b></i> - pour with 1 cup baking soda and 1 cup hot vinegar down the drain, leave it for 5 minutes then rinse with hot water.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;"><i><b>Barbecue Grill Cleaning</b></i> - just mix half vinegar and half water, then spray in the warm barbecue grill leave it for 10 minutes. Spray pure strength vinegar in a wadded-up aluminum foil, scrub the grills using the aluminum foil. Repeat as needed then rinse.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;"><b><i>Removing Lunchbox Odor</i></b> - soak in vinegar a slice of bread, place this inside the lunchbox then leave overnight</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;"><b><i>Garbage Bin Cleaning</i></b> - use vinegar ice cube in cleaning your garbage disposal, just run the vinegar ice cube in the garbage bin and flush it with water for 10 minutes or more (For vinegar ice cube: mix 1 cup of vinegar and enough water , then fill in ice tray)</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;"><i><b>Wood Cutting Board Cleaning</b></i> - just wipe the wood cutting board with sponge soaked in vinegar</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;"><b><i>Removing Odor after Cooking </i></b>- remove the stinky odor after cooking fish,etc by letting a pot of water and vinegar simmer in the stove, just open the pot while it simmers.</li>
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<li><i><b>Toilet Bowl Cleaning</b></i> - remove stubborn stains from your toilet bowl using vinegar, for more effective bowl cleaning deodorized it with 3cups of vinegar, leave for 30 minutes then flush.</li>
<li><i><b>Shower Door Cleaning</b></i> - remove soap residue in your shower door by rubbing with sponge soaked in vinegar</li>
<li><b><i>Showerhead Unclogging</i></b> - remove hardened deposits in your showerhead by soaking a cloth in vinegar, wrap this tightly to the showerhead and leave for overnight.</li>
<li><i><b>Bathtub Cleaning</b></i> - remove bathtub film by wiping it with vinegar and baking soda</li>
<li><i><b>Bathroom Tiles Cleaning </b></i>- just spray full strength vinegar into the tiles and grout and leave it for 30 minutes for better cleaning effect. Then scrub the area using a brush, rinse with water.</li>
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<li><b><i>Washing Machine Cleaning</i> -</b> just run an empty laundry (no clothes) cycle with one cup of vinegar added to remove soap residue from your washing machine, then run again with water to rinse.</li>
<li><b><i>Stain Removing</i></b> - rub vinegar in the stained area of your clothes then rinse, vinegar can remove stains from cola, wine, ketchup, coffee, chocolate and deodorant or anti-perspirant stain</li>
<li><b><i>Lint Removing</i></b> - remove lint from your clothes when washing by adding 1/2 cup of vinegar to the rinse cycle. </li>
<li><i><b>Keep Bright Colors from Running</b></i> - before washing your colored clothes, immerse it first to a full strength vinegar for about 10 minutes</li>
<li><b><i>Smoke Odor Removing from Clothes</i></b> - get rid of the smokey-odor from your clothes by mixing 1 cup of vinegar with a tub of hot water then hang the clothes above the steam of the mixture</li>
<li><b><i>Dyeing Fabric</i></b> - just add a cup of vinegar to the last rinse of the fabric to set the color</li>
<li><b><i>Taking Grease-Off Suede</i></b> - just dip a toothbrush in vinegar then gently brush the grease spot</li>
<li><b><i>Cleaning Scorched Iron Plate</i></b> - heat equal parts of vinegar and salt in a pan, gently scrub the mixture to the cooled iron surface to remove burned stains</li>
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<li><b><i>Removing odors</i></b> - place a bowl of vinegar overnight in your room or other close part of your house</li>
<li><b><i>Window Cleaning </i></b>- mix half vinegar, half water in a bottle sprayer. Spray the mixture directly to the window glass, wipe clean with newspaper or cloth.</li>
<li><b><i>Carpet Spills Cleaning</i></b> - soak up first the liquid in the carpet using sponge or cloth, then spray mixture of half water, half vinegar in the area. Let it stay for about 2minutes, then blot out with white cloth or sponge.</li>
<li><b><i>Sticker Remover</i></b> - moisten with vinegar the portion to be removed. Let it sit for 10 minutes then remove and wipe clean.</li>
<li><i><b>No-wax Floors Cleaning</b></i> - wash floor by using mix of 1/2 cup of vinegar to a half-gallon of warm water</li>
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<li><span style="text-align: justify;"> It is also suggested to at least vacuum the back portion of the carpet by a high quality </span><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004V2W7QS/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il?ie=UTF8&camp=211189&creative=373489&creativeASIN=B004V2W7QS&link_code=as3&tag=ideasque-20" style="text-align: justify;" target="_blank">beater brush</a><span style="text-align: justify;"> once a month, just take note however to be gentle in vacuuming the back portion because excessive force may tear the carpet.</span></li>
<li><span style="text-align: justify;">Organize your cleaning - clean or dust off your windows, furniture surfaces first before doing the vacuum</span></li>
<li><span style="text-align: justify;">Reach also the crevices and corners where dust builts</span></li>
<li><span style="text-align: justify;">Vacuum weekly for less-traffic areas, daily for high-traffic areas </span></li>
<li><span style="text-align: justify;">Do not get the carpet get too wet when cleaning, carpet should be dried within 12 hours or less to avoid damaging the carpet</span></li>
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<li style="text-align: justify;">Stains and spills should be removed immediately or they will be a permanent mark in your carpet. Absorb the stains/spills by blotting the area using a white clean cloth, just continue until the area is dried, don't scrub or brush the area it will damage the carpet. Then treat the stain or spill spot using commercial stain remover or home remedies products.Remove food spills by gently scraping using spoon or dull knife. </li>
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<b>Control the source of dust entering your house</b>- put walk-off mats or rugs outside of every door to reduce the entry of dust in your house, remove your shoes when entering your house, change air-con filters regularly, clean also mats or rugs regularly because it might also be the source of soils and dust later on.<br />
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<li>Baking Soda - use to eliminate the odor caused by cigarettes smoke, food or urine, what you need to do is vacuum first the carpet then sprinkle baking soda and wait for two to three hours then vacuum again.</li>
<li>Club Soda - you can use this for water soluble stains like tea, coffee, red wine or urine. Spray the stained part with club soda or use a white clean cloth with club soda to blot the stain. Repeat until the stain is removed.</li>
<li>Regular Detergent - you can use liquid dish detergent , mix 1 tsp of liquid dish detergent to two cups of warm water. Spray mixture of detergent and gently blot with towel to remove the dirt</li>
<li>Vinegar and Water - can be used to eliminate urine stain and odor, mix 1/4 cup of vinegar to 1 cup of water. Apply the mixture by spraying or wet a white cloth with the solution and blot the stained part.</li>
<li>Salt - can be used in removing liquid stains or pet vomit, blot out with a paper towel as much as liquid from the stained part then put salt on the area cover it with damp cloth. Let it settle for several minutes, the salt will absorb the remaining liquid in the carpet. Then vacuum up the salt to remove the remaining stain. </li>
<li>Isopropyl Alcohol - use to remove stains caused by water based paints or ballpen ink</li>
<li>Ammonia Solution - use to remove stains caused by dairy, grease, egg and blood stains, what you need to do is mix 1/2 cup of water and 1tbsp. ammonia, spray it to stained area wait for 10 minutes before blotting with paper towel</li>
<li>Ice - use for gums that stick in your carpet, freeze the gum by putting a bag of ice in it then chip it.</li>
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<li>Trash Can/Bins - deodorize your trash bins by rinsing it with baking soda and water or just sprinkle it while there is still garbage in the bin to remove the bad odor</li>
<li>Carpets - sprinkle baking soda to remove odor before vacuum, let the baking soda stay for 15 minutes then vacuum.</li>
<li>Closets - put an open container or box with baking soda to mitigate the odor</li>
<li>Deodorize Stinky Shoes - sprinkle baking soda inside shoes</li>
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<li>Refrigerator - just like in closet, to remove odor put cup of baking soda inside your refrigerator this will absorb the odor inside your fridge.</li>
<li>Countertops and Stove Tops - clean the area with a damp clothe or sponge with baking soda not only this will clean the area but will leave it smell fresher</li>
<li>Microwave - mix warm water with baking soda, use sponge to wipe inside and outside of your microwave, can be used for other home appliances as well like coffee maker, grills</li>
<li>Silver Utensils - make a baking soda paste by mixing 3 parts baking soda to 1 part water, rub the mixture to each utensil then wash with warm water</li>
<li>Pot and Pans - use baking soda to remove stains and odor from food while taking care of the quality of your pots and pans</li>
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<li>Bathroom or Tile Floors- mix baking soda with a warm water to clean your bathroom/tile floors.</li>
<li>Drains - deodorize drains by sprinkling baking soda while running warm water, it can also be used to unclog drains</li>
<li>Wall Stains - sprinkle baking soda on a damp sponge and directly apply to the stained walls</li>
<li>Laundry - mix a cup of baking soda in your laundry to help brighten and freshen your clothes, it can also be a good tool in cleaning your washing machine</li>
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Whatever we do in life, wherever we travel there is no place like our HOME like an old saying goes.. and it is our greatest desire to have a refreshing and clean home no matter what. But it takes a lot of effort to make every part of our home glossy clean. Here we are going to share with you bits and pieces of tips to help you keep every part of your house clean. Let's Enjoy Making Our Place a Refreshing Home!</div>
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