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Clean Any Surface in Your House
Posted by Kevin Purdy at 9:00 AM on August 25, 2008
Real Simple posts a smart follow-up to their guide to assembling an ultimate cleaning kit: a guide to using those supplies to clean pretty much any surface in your house. This guide gives you the dos and don'ts of cleaning stainless steel, glass, marble, ceramics, hardwood cabinets and floors, butcher block, and much more. Those proud of their bamboo or other wood cutting board, for instance, might heed this advice:
After cleaning, rinse with plain water and pat dry. Water left on the surface will stain. Replace boards that have cracks, as bacteria can grow there. Sanitize with a slice of lemon, not bleach, which is unsafe around food.
This makes for a great forward to any uni types you know moving into their own digs.
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siliconkibou
Posted 10:30 AM 25/8/08
Real Simple has loads of great advice. Another site that's really comprehensive about cleaning and housekeeping is HousekeepingChannel.com ([www.housekeepingchannel.com]).
They have hundreds (thousands?) of articles, reviews, etc., on every cleaning/housekeeping topic imaginable.
Plus they have a Stain Wizard that walks you through removing common stains:
[www.housekeepingchannel.com]
And they have their "HC-Pedia" which has a pretty deep database of all types of cleaning guides, definitions, etc.
[www.housekeepingchannel.com]
For example, want to know how to clean marble? Use their site search to search for "marble" and you'll see a list of many articles related to the topic, plus you'll see HC-Pedia entries that match, as well, which contain care instructions, cleaning guides, and so on.
Full Disclosure: I run the design firm that designed this site and they've hired me on to make sure the site runs smoothly. However, I genuinely think it's a really fantastic site, and I don't directly benefit in any way from people visiting it.
siliconkibou
OGolly
Posted 12:06 PM 25/8/08
These tip sites are great, and I really appreciate them! Ain't the internet grand?! When I was a young man this was the type of experience-based knowledge only old, wise grandmothers knew, and then only a fraction of the working knowledge you can aggregate easily on a web site.
OGolly
James
Posted 1:24 PM 25/8/08
I got stuck on the first paragraph. How do I trust someone with such typos? (no, I don't trust my one advice, either)
"Use: A few drops of mild detergent, like dishwashing liquid, and warm water. (It coated with urethane or polyurethane, follow care instructions for Hardwood Cabinets)."
James
Natnie
Posted 1:48 PM 25/8/08
Wow, this is great. Now this is what I call Lifehacking.
Natnie
mistshadow2k4
Posted 4:24 PM 25/8/08
Interesting. I've been online since '01 yet I've never even thought of using the internet for housekeeping help. Cool links, thanks.
mistshadow2k4
Git Em SteveDave displays attention-grabbing vanity
Posted 1:17 AM 26/8/08
@James: It's not a typo, per see, but a proofreading error.
Git Em SteveDave displays attention-grabbing vanity
Tensor
Posted 2:55 PM 26/8/08
What ... (next) ... an ... (next) ... odious ... (next) ... website ... (next) ... trolling ... (next) ... for ... (next) ... page-views.
Its 17 products for god sakes just put them all in one page MAYBE two and lets get it over with.
Tensor