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BABY FORMULA

 

Soak the affected area in white vinegar before washing in lukewarm water.

 

BABY VOMIT

 

While stain is fresh, wipe away excess and run cold water through fabric to remove all traces. If it’s not possible to do this, for example if you are unable to change, then dab at the area with soda water.

If the stain has dried, soak the affected area in white vinegar before washing as usual.

 

BAKING PANS

 

To remove the burned bits stuck to the bottom of a baking pan, apply a liberal amount of paste made from baking soda and water. Leave overnight, discard  what has come away, and then wash the pan in hot, soapy water.

 

BAKING SHEETS

 

See cake pans

 

BALL- POINT PEN

 

FABRIC        

Back the marked area with a rolled-up towel or cloth, and dab at the stain with eucalyptus oil until it comes away. Please note: avoid using this method on delicate fabrics, such as silk. Test on a small, inconspicuous area of the fabric before using.

 

CARPET

Using a cloth dipped in a mix of equal parts of milk and white vinegar, dab at the ink mark until it disappears.

 

See also INK

 

BANANA

 

See FRUIT

 

BARBECUE SAUCE

FABRIC

Flush immediately with cold running water, then soak in a solution of ½ cup of white vinegar and ½ bucket of water for half an hour, before washing as usual.

If stain persists, apply a paste of cram of tartar and water. Let paste dry, then each as usual.

 

CARPET

Scrape away any excess, and then spray with soda water. Press towelling into the area to absorb as much liquid as possible. Repeat the process if necessary to remove all traces of the stain.

 

BATTERY ACID

 See ACID

 

BEER

 

See ALCOHOL

 

BEETS

 

Fabric

If possible, run cold water through the stain to remove as much of it as possible, or soak the item in milk for a few hours before washing as usual.

For more stubborn stains, apply a paste of cream of tartar and water, let to dry, and then wash as usual.

 

CARPET

Sprinkle soda water over the stain and blot up immediately with towelling, stepping onto it to absorb as much of the liquid as possible. If the stain persists, apply super spot remover.

 

LAMINATED AND PLASTIC FURNITURE

The following recipe will clean and revive these surfaces beautifully.

 

ALL-PURPOSE CLEANER

 

Substitute lemon juice for white vinegar if you wish, and use sweet orange or lemon essential oil for a delightful citrus fragrance.

 

• 1 tablespoon borax     
• 2 cups very hot water
• 1 teaspoon of white vinegar
• 1 teaspoon liquid castile soap
• 10 drops essential oil of your choice

 

Dissolve the borax in the water, and then add the other ingredients.

Use a spry bottle to apply the cleaner to laminated and plastic surfaces. Wipe clean with a damp cloth.

 

UPHOLSTERY

 

Most upholstery will benefit from regular vacuuming and, if possible, shaking out. Use the appropriate nozzle attachment of your vacuum cleaner to get at those corners and crevices where dirt collects. Take care, though-some fabrics are more fragile than others, and need a lighter approach. Suede is an example: you can use a vacuum nozzle to run along seams, but the fabric should just be brushed gently, with a soft brush.

The first- and most important- rule of stain removal is essential for upholstery: treat the spill immediately to minimize the possibility of staining.

 

WINDOWS

 

Washing windows can seem a huge task, especially if you have many of them in your home. Make the job as easy as you can by not cleaning windows when the sun is beating down through them, and for the best result do the outside and the inside at the same time. That way, you will get to have a lovely clear view and will be able to enjoy the results of your good work at once.

Unlike wall cleaning, with window cleaning you should start from the top and work your way down. Avoid using too much liquid, or you’ll have a lot to mop up later. Have a window squeegee handy if possible, although you can do just as good job without one. A chamois is good for a streak-free finish. Have a few extra cloths ready too, lint-free to avoid having bits of lint trailing across the window at the end.

 

SEE-THROUGH WINDOW CLEANER

 

Use the following formula for a grubby window. However, if the windows are particularly grimy, add a tablespoon of liquid castile soap for extra power to cut through the dirt.

 

• 8 cups hot water
• 1 cup white vinegar
• 8 drops peppermint essential oil

 

Combine ingredients in a bucket and use a sponge to apply to windows, starting from the top. Wipe away with a clean cloth or the squeegee blade, then wipe over again with a clean damp cloth. Remove last traces of dampness with a chamois.

WONDERFUL WALL WASH

 

The eucalyptus oil in this recipe acts as a cleaning agent, and adds its properties as an antifungal and antibacterial wash.

 

• 4 cups warm water
• 2 cups white vinegar
• 20 drops eucalyptus or tea tree essential oil

 

Combine ingredients in a bucket. Use a sponge or clean cloth to wipe down walls, beginning from the bottom and working your way to the top. Have a second bucket filled with warm water only, and use a second sponge or cloth to wipe down the walls after applying the mixture.

 

CLEANING WALLPAPER

Try to keep your papered walls dusted regularly so there’s less need to wash them down. If your wallpaper in non washable, clean away marks by rubbing in a little borax powder and then brushing away. A gum eraser will remove many sorts of marks, as will a piece of white bread squeezed into a tight ball. Rub gently with either of these.

The fabric part of lampshades can be treated in the same way. They will come clean if you sprinkle on a little baking soda or borax, leave for a few seconds, and then use a soft brush to dust the powder away.

 

WASHABLE WALLPAPER CLEANER

• 1 teaspoon liquid castile soap
• 2 cups warm water

 

Combine ingredients. Wipe wallpaper in a circular motion, covering one small area at a time. Then wipe over with a damp clean cloth. Avoid saturating the paper when washing it down.

 

FURNITURE

Look after you timber furniture by making sure that it is not exposed to strong sunlight or extremes of temperature.

Some timber furniture will benefit from an occasional polish, but this will not suit all types. If your furniture has a lacquered finish, for example, then adding an oily mixture may only serve to attract more dust. In this case, you will only need a simple wipe with a damp cloth sprinkled with a favourite essential oil.

Timber that is unfinished or old will respond to perfect furniture. Rub it into the underside of tables and other surfaces too, to prevent cracking. Do not use on furniture with a French polish finish.

For scratches in timber furniture, rub in lemon juice and vegetable oil, mixed in equal quantities. The white marks left by hot cups can be removed by rubbing in a mixture of equal amounts of olive oil and salt. You could also rub mayonnaise into the marks, and leave over night. When you wipe away the mayonnaise the next day, the marks should be gone.    

 

For many years cleaning and in this case carpet cleaning has had a bad reputation. Why? Two main areas, first it so easy for anybody to setup and call themselves carpet cleaners. And second the products and methods used.

 So why is it so easy to set up in carpet cleaning? Well on the face of it it’s just removing dirt from carpets. And that does not sound hard does it? Think again, you must have heard those stories about carpet cleaners shrinking carpets, or taking days to dry out.

 First all this is misuse of the equipment and not knowing what possible problems they might come up against cleaning carpets.

 The misuse and the shrinkage show a lack of professional training. The National Carpet Cleaners Association train people in all areas of carpet cleaning, including stain removal, upholstery cleaning, etc.

 So why do these so called professional carpet cleaners have these problems cleaning carpets? After all its only dirt.

 The dirt bonds its self to the carpet and it’s this bond with the type of fiber and how much of it that is where the problem is if you don’t know what you are doing.

 For example with any other type of cleaning you would keep scrubbing and rinsing until the dirt bond is broken. But you can’t do this with carpets.

 Good carpet cleaning is all about effectiveness removal of the dirt. It can be done with little or no water. But to the untrained carpet cleaner they keep scrubbing away at your carpet until it looks clean.

 By keep going over and over the carpet, they over wet your carpet. It’s this over wetting that causes some carpet to shrink. Also no wants a soaking wet wool carpet. That would just smell nasty.

 So how do you prevent these problems? By using a professional carpet cleaner. One like myself. I not only am a member of the national carpet cleaners association, but also hold membership to The British Institute Of Cleaning Science, plus I have city and guilds in cleaning science, and Woolsafe approved,

 I like many other professional carpet cleaners never stop learning by attending courses put on by The National Carpet Cleaners Association and other professional carpet cleaning bodies.

 The dangers to your carpets are real. Don’t get hocked into cheap priced carpet cleaning. This is just a sign that the only thing that these carpet cleaners can do to attract new customers is cheap price. How do I know this because if you are in business for some years you will get repeat customers?

 Repeat carpet cleaning customers means that each day and week you will be work for people that you know and  not have to get into the cheap price marketing of carpet cleaning. its these guys that every week need to fill their week up with new customers. Why because none of their old customers are using them, why? Well thats because they are no good and these customers have had problems with these so called carpet cleaners.

 I tell you these things not too big myself up but, to show you what is going on so that you use professional carpet cleaners. Like the ones trained by The National Carpet Cleaners Association.

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Green Carpet Cleaning Systems

First we have to understand what we mean by “Green”. Green carpet cleaning is new and cutting edge in cleaning. It’s been pioneered by service providers for carpet cleaning to a response to the need for eco products.

Green Carpet Cleaning is basically a plant based cleaning product that is normally used with eco cleaning methods.

So what’s an green cleaning methods? It’s the most efficient way to clean carpets with as little impact on the environment as possible. Waste here is key, from energy, fuel, water, to cleaning products used. And any impact that the process might have on the environment so this would include how you dispose of your waste water.

There are two trends going on at the moment one is the trend for carpet cleaners to use van mounted machines and the other is the green carpet cleaner. That will or will not have an impact on our environment.

The first van mounted is not very eco friendly as this uses as the old saying goes “A hammer to creak a nut” why use something that wastes fuel running a small car engine and to run what’s called a burner to heat the water? When you can in the most efficient way use a electric powered carpet cleaning machine that will have little energy needs. Low moisture carpet cleaning is the most effective way to conserve water and energy. You can use dry compounds but they don’t give as good result on heavily soiled carpets.

With regards to van mounted machine, users will justify them say that they benefit the customer, well they don’t. they will say that drying times are much faster, low moisture is quicker, also they would point out that they will remove more dirt, not so, if your cleaning method is how it should be then just vacuuming will remove high levels of dirt and then the remain dirt that is bonded to the fibers can be broken down with these new green products and then removed by low moisture methods.

One other point that many don’t consider is the cost of van mounted machines. They cost many thousands of pounds and you will have to do more work to pay for them, which means burning more fuel to cover these costs. It makes good business and eco sense to if your overheads are low then you in profit earlier.

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FACT: The OFT estimates there are 9million disputes between home improvers and tradesmen every year thats 25,000 daily.

According to a recent survey, unqualified trades people cause millions of pounds of misery to British homeowners each year as they are forced to shell out to rectify botched jobs. Here’s how you can try to avoid such a situation, including qualified help from tradesmen in the case of home emergencies.

Of all the homeowners who took part in the survey, one in six of them had had work carried out by an improperly trained or unqualified tradesperson and one in five said the job was carried out poorly or incorrectly. Statistics presented in the survey also revealed the huge annual cost of botched jobs in the UK – every year 1.1million homeowners spend £181 million fixing work carried out by trades people without the correct qualifications or training.

The report went on to highlight how the problem was made worse by the fact that around 16% of rogue tradesmen refused to revisit botched jobs and 9% refused to honour their work’s guarantees. As a result, almost half of these homeowners had to hire further help – at extra cost – to correct inadequate work.

The Ten Question You Want Answered Before Booking Any Carpet Cleaner.

1. How long have you been cleaning and do you offer a money back guarantee?

2. Do you charge carpet cleaning by the room, hour, or square metre? (it should be by the sq ft or sq mt) and can you provide me with a written fixed price quotation? (not an estimate)

3. Can you recognise and make a decision on the best and safest method to clean my carpets?

4. How long will it take for my carpets to dry? (max hrs)

5. Do you use any harmful solvents and are your products environmentally friendly?

6. What constitutes an ?extra charge? ( you should never in the normal course of the job be charged for moving furniture and for spot cleaning.)

7. Can you guarantee my carpets will not shrink? ( if they can?t then go no further)

8. Are you professionally trained and by who?

9. Do you use approved products only and can you produce material data safety sheets if necessary?

10. Are you fully insured including treatment risk insurance. Can you produce your up to date accreditations and insurance policy on demand?

If all the answers to the above questions are to your liking you should then proceed safe in the knowledge that you have done all you can to ensure that the cleaner coming into your home is a bona-fide professional.

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many carpet cleaners look for that instant answer to stain removal or anti-stain treatment for carpets. well "how to remove curry stains from carpet?"  is one stain that will take time to remove. why? turmeric will need sun light to remove it from carpet fibers. if the stain is not in direct sunlight then you need to get a lamp with a sun light bulb.

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Anti-Stain Treatment For Carpets

Every day people spill liquids on their carpets. its these spillages that will when dry turn into stains. Stains are the number one reason that people are turning to hard floors like wood. what you need is an anti-stain treatment for carpet plan.

But both you and me know that you can bet a wool carpet under you feet first thing in the morning. wool has that soft warm feel. plus the biggest benefit over hard floors is that it act like the lungs of your home trapping dust and dirt and nor allowing it to blow around so you and your family can breath it in.

But the big problem is those stains. Having your very own anti-stain treatment for stain program will keep you carpet looking new for the life of your carpet. so how can you reach the goal?

For years carpet cleaners have tried to make extra money from their customers by charging extra for some of their services. for example bottles of spotter, stain protection like scotchgard, and charging you for coming and cleaning up any emergency spills. this has back fired on them because people have just moved from carpets over to hard floors.

What I would like to see is all carpet cleaners giving you a level of service that should be basic with all the above included within it. As a carpet cleaner myself i know its possible to do this and it does not cost you or us any more.

Most carpet cleaners are self-employed so they don't have many overheads when it comes to providing a carpet cleaning service to you. this means that they make a large profit.

next time you have any carpet cleaning done make sure that you get more than just the dirt removed. make sure you get some kind of cover against spillages so you can protect your investment. and you should expect to pay the same price that you would for these extras as any other carpet cleaner will charge you for just cleaning you carpet.

 

Young or old, pets can will have accidents on our carpets.

Cleaning up after the accidents should be done the right way, or you will be able to smell it long after the day it was done. why? well its because the pet soaks the carpet and backing. and cleaning just the pile does not get right down to the backing.

so you might think that soaking the area will get to the backing. and you will be right. but two issue for you. one you need to use a product that will deal with all the elements that make up urine. second you need to remove a very high percentage of that soaking or you will cause damage to you carpet.

Help is at hand. As Carpet Cleaners Harlow we are dealing with this type of problem all the time. its always been expensive as you need to pull back the carpet and cut out the underlay replacing it, plus treating the back of the carpet and floor. now we have access to a new tool called  a "water Claw" this powerful tool is designed from flood cleanup tools. it will remove that high percentage of moisture that needed to prevent damage to you carpet when it soaked. this of course is after the area has been treated.

It now a easy job and much cheaper than before. saving pet owners money.

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As a customer of carpet cleaning services you will have to choose between lots of different cleaning methods, but which one? well they all clean to a greater or less degree. but the real truth is in the results. my advise to you would be not to worry about which machine or method is used but the guarantee offered.

The guarantee means that if the method use doe not meet your expectations then you can call the carpet cleaner back and he will for FREE re-clean you carpet. I have been a cleaner all my working life and expect customers to tell me when they are not happy. this is the only way anyone can improve. if you just think to yourself well its not as good as i would have liked, i just will not use that carpet cleaner any more. you are not doing the carpet cleaner or yourself any favors.

Back to the mater in hand. Carpet Cleaner Machines. lots of marketing is based around the method used to clean your carpets. What you are looking for is real value. when this marketing talks about how it removes the dirt, that's not good to you as all method remove dirt. what you are looking for is what do you get for your money.

For example we give out free bottles of spotter, and will come out and clean any major spills that cant be dealt with by the house holder. plus we also offer on one of our cleans a free area of stain protection. so if our price is the same as another carpet that does give you these things then our service is better value to you.

By the way you should expect some kind of offer for stain protection. for years carpet cleaners have made lots of money of this service and it only costs them peanuts to provide.


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When ever you think about carpet cleaning your automatically think about finding professional carpet cleaners. The problem is which is the best carpet cleaner to use? carpet cleaning is not so hard that you cant do without professional carpet cleaning and do it yourself.

Dry carpet cleaning

Dry carpet cleaning is definitely one method that you can have a go at yourself. First lets start with vacuuming. yes vacuuming is a form of carpet cleaning. you are removing the dirt and grit from your carpet. This method is the very best value carpet cleaning you will ever get. Why? well because by removing the dirt and grit you will prolong the life of your carpet and the periods between having to use professional carpet cleaning service.

What you need to understand is how you vacuum. No one is ever shown how to vacuum properly so its left to each person to invent the best way for themselves. The key here is the time spent doing it. its that simple. most people want to get it over and done with, but you will remove far more dirt each time you vacuum when you give the equipment time to do its job.

Most professional carpet cleaners know that well over 80% of dirt can be removed from your carpets by spending time on this first stage of any carpet cleaning method. its the other 20% that is bonded to the carpet and will need a process to break this bond. this is a job for the professional as there are many things that you need to know so as noty to srink or damage the carpet in any way.

So you choice of vacuum is a very important one. What should you be looking for? well first a name that is used by professional carpet cleaners would be a good stating point. why? because they will use vacuums that are efficient and that will take the knocks that they will get over their life's.

Just call your local professional carpet cleaners and ask for advise on a brand. when you get it make sure you empty it every week and have it checked out for electrical faults every year. the power lead is always a problem area as it gets pulled and can get damaged easily.

So carpet cleaning is not so hard after all. dry carpet cleaning will as i have said prolong both the life of your carpets and the periods between calling in professional carpet cleaning services.

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Carpet cleaning takes many forms from, vacuuming, spill clean up, to deep carpet cleaning. two out of these three you can do yourself cutting down the need for Professional Carpet Cleaning

Do you know the very easy way of dry cleaning your upholstery. Dry cleaning  your upholstery is important because it will not damage fabric that can not be wet cleaned, and maintaining the aesthetic value of your upholstery.

Vacuum cleaning has to be one of the most widely used and household items and is the number one tool for upholstery dry cleaning. To get the most optimized result with your vacuum cleaner use the right nozzle.

You must read completely the care guidance provided to you along with your upholstery. You must understand the content of these care instructions and method of cleaning. Further elaborations to the care instructions are available to the store where you purchase the furniture.

Leather upholstery cleaning can best be cleaned by using some hand soap after a good dust down to remove any particle that might increase the wear of your leather sofa

Wood based furniture are best taken care of by regular varnishing, some times crayon are helpful in improvising the scratch marks on the furniture.  

If you have chrome eyelets on your sofa that need cleaning? Apply light alcohol on it and give it a polish. Never apply lemon waters to clean eyelets. Handle them carefully as it may get loose

Most critical are the “Dry Clean Only” fabrics based upholstery as they required mostly professional upholstery cleaning. It is always advised that upholstery that is dry clean only be cleaned by professionals as your involvement in the cleaning job also involves risk of possible damage to it.