1. Most wooden furniture can be cleaned with a bit of warm soapy water and a damp cloth. The only exception is wood that has been finished with something other than polyurethane or hasn’t been finished at all. Use a mild soap of the sort you use for washing hands rather than a harder laundry [...]
Brick provides a lovely accent to any home or office. Like any interior surface, brick work needs to be cleaned regularly to look its best the rough finish of the brick and the cement grouting makes it easy for dust and dirt to adhere to the surface. While regular dusting is essential, sooner or later [...]
“It rains all the time in England, doesn’t it? Our climate’s notoriously damp. Surely we don’t need to worry about water! It’s not like we live in Australia!” Familiar words if you start bringing up the topic of saving water. However, because of the need for clean, treated water and the population levels in [...]
If you’ve been busy with house cleaning (and everything else involved in today’s hectic lifestyle), you’re probably a bit worn out after it all. Your body needs as much attention as your home does to keep yourself feeling fresh and sparkling. There’s nothing like feeling pampered to refresh you, so why not try a home [...]
Some ingredients turn up again and again in recipes for natural home made cleaning products. This is a quick list (a what’s what) of these common ingredients and how they are used.
Product: Baking soda
What is it? Bicarbonate of soda, sodium bicarbonate, cooking soda NaHCO3. A white, alkaline powder. More familiar as a baking ingredient and [...]
It happens in every family. If it doesn’t happen in yours, you either do not have children or they are still under the age of two. But a number of reasons often get given in response to a request to clean a bedroom (or clean some other room in the house). The logic of these [...]
How the household sprays can trigger asthma: The household sprays comprise of spray cleaners and air fresheners. These materials often use strong ingredients. The strong ingredients may cause asthma in some adults. It is rather the most common source of asthma attack. Recent studies show that the chances of an asthma attack increase by 30% [...]
One of the big selling points for many commercial cleaners is their claim to kill 99% of germs in minutes. Since we discovered germs, we’ve realised why it’s so important to keep our houses clean. Dirt harbours germs, and germs make us sick. This is why we clean our toilets, clean our plates and clean [...]
To many minds, the bathroom is the place where the greatest amount of bacteria lurk, whether or not your toilet is located in the bathroom itself or elsewhere. The bathroom often looks the tackiest, what with soap and toothpaste smears everywhere, grey soap scum on the taps and rings around the bath. And it can [...]
Household cleaning products mainly include soaps, dish wash, toilet cleaning liquid and detergents. The thing that has never crossed one’s mind is the fact that all of these contain chemicals that are harmful. These products have a diverse effect on us and may cause certain causalities.
The products that are used in maintenance and house cleaning [...]
