Daily Cleaning

DAILY CLEANING

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  • FINE CHINA

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    Your fine china may have been left to you by your mother, a precious possession for sure, or it may have been a wedding present. Maybe you saved your pennies and shopped until you found just the right set of beautiful dinner service ware to use on special occasions. However, you acquired your fine china, you no doubt take pride in setting on your table and want it to look perfect.

    Remember this helpful, common sense tip. Do not allow food to set on your lovely dishes. Wash them soon after completing your meal. First clean off remaining food with a rubber spatula, then rinse, and wash them using warm water with a mild dish detergent and soft sponge, nothing abrasive. Wasn’t that easy?

    Protect your dishes from unintentional harsh treatment while washing them by lining your sink with a towel, or using a small plastic tub. Move the spout aside to avoid dinging the chinaware. Do not wear jewelry that might scratch your china. This last tip is helpful also to prevent losing your precious rings down the drain.

    Do not stack your dishes in the sink, instead wash them individually, and avoid using hot water, especially on china with a metallic decoration or trim that might flake. Gently slide your china into the water to avoid a quick change in temperature that might crack your china. To remove stubborn, stuck-on food, use baking soda.

    China can acquire stains the same as other kitchenware. Normal use can leave marks from knifes or serving spoons. Baking soda to the rescue! Using a damp sponge in a dab of the baking soda, gently rub those annoying marks and remove them. Another surprising remedy might be salt, or your everyday toothpaste used in the same manner. china

    You might also like to try soaking your china pieces instead of rubbing them with the baking soda. Mix one-quarter cup to each gallon of hot water and pour the water mixture into your cups or teapot. Let them soak for an hour and then wash as recommended. If your stains turn out to be stubborn, mix about a one-quarter teaspoon of salt with one tablespoon of lemon juice or vinegar. Scrub your china with this new combination using something soft. Rinse in cool water with one-quarter cup of vinegar added to a gallon.

    Allowing your clean dishes to air-dry could result in spots. Instead, rub them with a soft, clean towel.

    Prevent coffee or tea stains on your delicate cups by cleaning them soon after your meal. Use a mixture of one part hydrogen peroxide to three parts water, with a drop of ammonia added, and rinse with warm water. Avoid cracking your fine china by adding milk first, or by using a spoon in the cup, and then pouring the hot or coffee over the spoon.

    Now you can keep your mother’s fine china looking beautiful for the next generation with these tips that are easy to follow, and using items you probably have around your kitchen.

  • BAKING-SODA

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    We mostly use baking soda in our kitchen to bake cookies, cakes, and other goodies. However, the beauty of baking soda is that it is also a safe, non-toxic substance you can use around the kitchen, or rooms of your home for cleaning.

    The few times that grease from bacon flares up in the pan, or from a steak in the broiler, can be easily, and safely, extinguished with a sprinkle of baking soda. Wipe grease from your floors, or scuff marks, with a warm, damp cloth after covering the spill with a bit of baking soda.

    Think about the times that someone has opened your refrigerator. From across the room, you get a whiff of something stale, spilled, or worse, emanating from your frig. Searching for the source of the odor is, of course, necessary in order to clean the mess, but the odor has an easier solution. One box of baking soda, with the top open and setting on the refrigerator door or in the corner of one of the shelves will absorb unpleasant odors and avoid embarrassment.

    The same technique will work in your trash can or an ash tray. A sprinkle in the bottom and your kitchen will smell of your brilliant cooking, not yesterday’s meal. Also, your room will be free of the odor from stale tobacco smoke.

    Baking soda is a handy, inexpensive helper with your laundry. Baking soda, when used with your normal additive, chlorine bleach, will leave your clothes even brighter and fresher. Eliminate the odor from your infant’s diaper with baking soda sprinkled in the hamper, to absorb that old diaper smell. Hey, if it works on trash and cigarettes, why wouldn’t it help you enjoy your family a little more?

    A few other basic household chores include, naturally, the bathroom – One-quarter cup baking soda down the sink and rinsed with hot water, just once-a-week, is a trick to help avoid those annoying clogged drains in your bathroom.baking-soda

    Your children’s blow-up pool – Wipe the pool out with a solution of baking soda and warm water to eliminate or prevent mildew.

    Lawn furniture – Again, combine one-quarter cup baking soda in one quart warm water to wipe down your summer lawn furniture before storing it for the winter.

    Lastly, if you look up anchorite, or sodium bicarbonate, baking soda’s natural form, you will discover that the HCO3 ion, or bicarbonate, is one part hydroxide and two parts oxygen on CO3, or carbonate. This compound is capable of neutralizing chemicals and absorbing moisture, which accounts for its usefulness as a deodorizing and cleansing agent. You will also learn that its hardness is 2.5 on the Mohs scale. This is significant in enabling baking soda to be used to clean your teeth, deodorize your mouth, decrease sensitivity and plaque deposits. This miracle compound can also improve enamel strength and whiten your fresh smile.

    Your life has just become easier, and you are saving money .