Hidayah & Petunjuk: Help Palestine [hidayahnet] Household Hints & Tips part 1

19 May 2012

Help Palestine [hidayahnet] Household Hints & Tips part 1

Household Hints & Tips part 1
Many of us spend too much money and too much time on household cleaning. Is it really necessary to have one product for the kitchen tiles and another for the bath? You'll find all sorts of helpful household hints here in our alfabetical list. Bathtub The film that accumulates in your bathtub, shower tray and washbasin can be removed by soaking and scrubbing with Vinegar. Brass Rub with a lemon half dipped in salt. It will not only clean but also leaves a great shine. Chopping boards Use a scrubbing brush with bicarbonate of soda and table salt and then rinse thoroughly with hot water to clean wooden chopping boards. Also use bicarbonate of soda on plastic cutting boards before washing with dishwashing soap and hot water. Sprinkle with bicarbonate of soda. Wipe with a damp cloth. Coffee pots Use bicarbonate of soda to clean your coffee pot, run dissolved through coffee maker then two more runs with fresh water. Cooker & tiles Use bicarbonate of soda to clean the cooker and tiles behind it. It does a great job on grease!! Coffee Stains Use salt to clean your discolored coffee pot. Clean stainless steel sinks a paste made of dishwashing liquid and a generous amount of bicarbonate of soda takes brown stains out. Rub with white flour. Use a dry cloth to clean and shine.- Copper Rub vigorously with half a lemon dipped in mixture of salt and white vinegar. Cups & Mugs Sprinkle bicarbonate of soda directly on coffee or tea stains in cups and mugs, rub gently with sponge or washcloth and rinse. Stains are gone! Cutlery Rub with the cut side of a raw potato, then wash in warm water and polish. Crystal Wash in a solution of 1 part vinegar to 3 parts water. Dishes Vinegar cuts grease and freshens dishes when washing them. Dishwasher Put some bicarbonate of soda in the dishwasher to help eliminate streaks and spots from the extremely hard water. Drains Cover slow drains with bicarbonate of soda and pour a pot of boiling water over it and it cleans the drains. Do this at least twice a month Drains Use a sink strainer to avoid blocked drains. To unblock, try a plunger and boiling water. Or pour in a quarter cup of bicarbonate of soda and add a quarter cup of white vinegar. Hold the plug in while the drain fizzes. Fridges Put an opened box of bicarbonate of soda in the fridge to absorb odours. Use it with warm water to wash the inside of the refrigerator Glassware Half fill container with cold water add 1 tablespoon of dry mustard, shake, leave for 30 minutes then rinse. Also removes odours. Mix grated peeled potato with warm water, allow the solution to stand in container, swirl occasionally and rinse. Place raw rice, dash of vinegar and salt with water in the container. Swish , empty, then rinse. Humidifiers Vinegar cleans calcium deposits, lime, and scum from your humidifiers

Household Hints & Tips part 1

Many of us spend too much money and too much time on household cleaning. Is it really necessary to have one product for the kitchen tiles and another for the bath? You'll find all sorts of helpful household hints here in our alfabetical list.

Bathtub

The film that accumulates in your bathtub, shower tray and washbasin can be removed by soaking and scrubbing with Vinegar.

Brass

Rub with a lemon half dipped in salt. It will not only clean but also leaves a great shine.

Chopping boards

Use a scrubbing brush with bicarbonate of soda and table salt and then rinse thoroughly with hot water to clean wooden chopping boards.
Also use bicarbonate of soda on plastic cutting boards before washing with dishwashing soap and hot water. Sprinkle with bicarbonate of soda. Wipe with a damp cloth.

Coffee pots

Use bicarbonate of soda to clean your coffee pot, run dissolved through coffee maker then two more runs with fresh water.
Cooker & tiles Use bicarbonate of soda to clean the cooker and tiles behind it. It does a great job on grease!!

Coffee Stains

Use salt to clean your discolored coffee pot.

Clean stainless steel sinks

a paste made of dishwashing liquid and a generous amount of bicarbonate of soda takes brown stains out. Rub with white flour. Use a dry cloth to clean and shine.-

Copper

Rub vigorously with half a lemon dipped in mixture of salt and white vinegar.

Cups & Mugs

Sprinkle bicarbonate of soda directly on coffee or tea stains in cups and mugs, rub gently with sponge or washcloth and rinse. Stains are gone!

Cutlery

Rub with the cut side of a raw potato, then wash in warm water and polish.

Crystal

Wash in a solution of 1 part vinegar to 3 parts water.

Dishes

Vinegar cuts grease and freshens dishes when washing them.

Dishwasher

Put some bicarbonate of soda in the dishwasher to help eliminate streaks and spots from the extremely hard water.

Drains

Cover slow drains with bicarbonate of soda and pour a pot of boiling water over it and it cleans the drains. Do this at least twice a month
Drains Use a sink strainer to avoid blocked drains. To unblock, try a plunger and boiling water. Or pour in a quarter cup of bicarbonate of soda and add a quarter cup of white vinegar. Hold the plug in while the drain fizzes.

Fridges

Put an opened box of bicarbonate of soda in the fridge to absorb odours. Use it with warm water to wash the inside of the refrigerator

Glassware

Half fill container with cold water add 1 tablespoon of dry mustard, shake, leave for 30 minutes then rinse. Also removes odours.
Mix grated peeled potato with warm water, allow the solution to stand in container, swirl occasionally and rinse.
Place raw rice, dash of vinegar and salt with water in the container. Swish , empty, then rinse.

Humidifiers

Vinegar cleans calcium deposits, lime, and scum from your humidifiers

Engr.Sulthan

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