Archive for February, 2008

Rug Care And Maintenance

Tuesday, February 26th, 2008

All rugs and carpets require specific care in order to keep their appearance and lengthen their lifespan. There is minor but important differences in caring for machine made and handmade rugs, if done properly you can add considerable life to your rug. General Rug Maintenance Prevention is better than a cure as ...

House Cleaning WILL Speed Your Property Sale

Sunday, February 24th, 2008

Giving your property a professional deep clean before you let potential buyers in can work wonders. Genuine house buyers are looking for a nice clean home, a place to live happily, have children etc. Dirty and neglected houses will not show their full potential and most likely will be ...

What does “green product” mean?

Saturday, February 16th, 2008

The latest trends in shopping are to go for "green products". But what does "green" mean? What is "green" and what is not? Well, researchers from the Good Housekeeping Institute in the US have tested many environmentally-friendly cleaning products and have the concluded that "green" products were made from plant-based as ...

Self-cleaning wool and silk

Tuesday, February 12th, 2008

That is what I call a cool and convenient invention. Soon garments made of wool and silk may need no dry cleaning or other special treatment in order to remove marks and stains - just expose them to sunlight. It is all due to a nano particle coating already in ...

£1,000 cleaning bonus

Thursday, February 7th, 2008

No wonder Honda Racing Team is offering £1,000 bonuses to everyone including their cleaners for every race won. I don't think bosses at Honda are in any danger of paying large bonuses to their cleaners this season. I had a quick look at their race winning history to find ...

Dishwashers with steam cleaning

Wednesday, February 6th, 2008

Latest tests have revealed that new uber-dishwashers with steam cleaning (and much more expensive price tag) are only slightly better than standard dishwashers. In fact a dishwasher costing only half the price of the steam cleaning one can get your dishes sparkling clean. Why spend the extra money then? I ...

What is new today: roadside promotion, another NHS hospital mess, cleaning liquids

Tuesday, February 5th, 2008

Well, roadside signs, roadside promotion or "bandit" signs as people often call them, are illegal according to US law. Companies or individuals advertising on those signs are liable for a fine of up to $500 for each sign. That can be a lot of money if you ...