Cleaning Service

Cleaning Glass Table Tops

• Clean by rubbing with a little lemon juice, dry with paper towels and polish with newspaper for a sparkling table.
• Toothpaste will remove small scratches from glass.

Cleaning Wallpaper

• To dust papered walls, tie a dustcloth over your broom and work from the top down.
• To remove pencil marks and other non-greasy spots from non-washable papers, use an art-gum eraser or a slice of fresh rye bread.
• To remove greasy spots, crayon marks and food stains, apply a paste of cleaning fluid and fuller's earth, cornstarch or whiting. Let dry and brush off. Repeat the treatment until the spot is gone.
• Wipe off fingerprints with a damp cloth, then sprinkle the moist area with fuller's earth. Let it dry and then brush it off.
• To prevent splash marks when you're washing baseboards or other woodwork, mask wallpaper with a wide ruler, venetian blind-slat or a piece of rigid plastic.
• When you save scraps of wallpaper for patching, tack them to a wall in the attic or closet. When you us e them for repairs, they won't look so brand new.

Cleaning windows

• Use hot, soapy water to wash them down. Take your time to really wash the window. You will want to get rid of all debris and such first. Get into the track and the sides as well.
• Once the window is clean, use a clean terry cloth to dry and shine it. You will want to dry off the windows quickly to prevent streaks.
• You can use a chemical glass cleaner for this but it is not always necessary. You can get a good clean with a bit of dish detergent.
• When you are trying to clean glass in windows, you will want to work as quickly as you can. This is the best wa y to get your glass streak free. Keep supplies on hand to help you to do this.

Cleaning Ceramic Tile

• Before cleaning bathroom tiles, run the shower on hot for five minutes to steam the dirt loose.
• For stubborn stains, apply a paste of scouring powder and water and let sit for five minutes. Scrub with a nylon scrub pad, rinse and wipe dry.
• To keep the grout joints on tile countertops clean longer, wash with a solution of 1 to 2 tablespoons chlorine bleach in one quart of water. Dry thoroughly, then apply an acrylic sealer or three coats of lemon oil. Let dry one hour between coats.
• Remove mildew and make tiles sparkle by sponging with a solution of ammonia and water.
• Remove soot from fireplace tiles with a mixture of lemon juice and salt, then wash.
How to clean coffee stains?
To remove a coffee stain from fabric or a rug, try one of these methods:
• Dip a white cloth into a beaten egg yolk and rub the yolk into the stain. Then rinse with clear water.
• Work denatured alcohol into the stain, then rinse with water.
• Apply a solution of 1/2 teaspoon mild detergent in a pint of water. Blot with a white towel. If the stain remains, apply a 50-50 solution of water and white vinegar and blot.
Cleaning Kitchen Countertops
Use a mild dishwashing liquid for plastic lamination and rinse well afterwards to prevent residue from getting on food.
Shower Doors
• Rub glass shower doors with a white vinegar-dampened sponge to remove soap residue.
• To clean shower track door, pour full strength vinegar into the track, let soak for a few minutes, then rinse.
• A coat of acrylic floor finish gives new shine to fiberglass shower doors and makes water spots disappear. Club soda will give new shine to your counter tops.
How to clean appliances?
To rid yellowing from white appliances, try this: Mix together 1/2 cup bleach, 1/4 cup baking soda and 4 cups of warm water. Apply with a sponge and let set for 10 minutes. Rinse and dry thoroughly. For quick clean-ups, clean with equal parts of water and household ammonia. You may also try club soda. It cleans and polishes at the same time. You can wax large appliances with car wax to make them shine and to remove small scratches. Instead of using commercial waxes, shine with rubbing alcohol.
Cleaning sinks
• Baking soda or club soda is excellent to clean stainless steel sinks.
• To remove water spots from a stainless steel sink, use a cloth dampened with rubbing alcohol. Spo ts on stainless steel also can be removed with white vinegar.
• If your kids leave toothpaste in sinks, take a washcloth and clean the sink and fixture with the paste.
• Rub stainless steel sinks with lighter fluid if rust marks appear. After the rust disappears, wipe with your regular kitchen cleaner.
• For a sparkling white sink, place paper towels across the bottom of your sink and saturate with household bleach. Let sit for ½ hour. Rinse. Never use bleach in colored porcelain sinks, because it will fade the color. Clean with mild liquid detergents, vinegar, or baking soda.