Kitchen Cleaning Tips
Posted By: Roxy
Date: 2004/3/18 5:05 p.m.

Kitchen Cleaning Tips
*For more effective dishwashing, add a few tablespoons of vinegar along with the dishwashing detergent when washing dishes. The vinegar cuts the grease and leaves dishes sparkling.


*To clean up spills in your oven, sprinkle the spills immediately with salt. When the oven has cooled, brush away the burnt-on food with a damp sponge.

*To disinfect smelly sponges, wash sponge thoroughly, then microwave it while it is wet, for a short period. When you see steam from the sponge, the bacteria in the sponge will be dead. Remove carefully, it will be hot! Wash the sponge thoroughly before use.

**Make sure the sponge has no metal components!**

*To remove hard-water and lime build-up in a teapot or kettle, pour in two cups of vinegar and bring to a boil. Let simmer for about 10 minutes, then rinse well.

*To remove mineral deposits in a tea pot or burnt spots on a coffee pot, put some ice cubes, cut-up lemon, and salt with a tad water and swish around and let sit overnight.

*To whiten an old stained sink , poor a half cup of salt in it and then scrub it with a lemon. Let it stand for a few minutes and rinse.

*To remove skid marks on linoleum rub the spot with toothpaste before washing the floor. Use nail polish remover

*To keep your plastic containers from getting stained from tomato based foods, rub the inside with vegetable oil before placing the food in the container.

*Kitchen surfaces: Mix in spray bottle, 1 part ammonia to 3 parts water. Or try diluted bleach solution in a spray bottle. It will remove stains AND disinfect.

*Removing kitchen and food odors: Soak pure vanilla on a cotton ball and place in a saucer. Put the saucer in the car or refrigerator to remove odors. Keep cotton ball out of reach of children as it contains some alcohol.

*Odor producing mold and bacteria in garbage cans: sprinkle 1/2 cup Borax in the bottom of the garbage can.

*Cleaning coffee maker: Pour straight vinegar into it as if you are making the coffee, no filter is need. Turn coffee maker on as if you were making a pot of coffee. Repeat this with a new batch of vinegar until it runs clear of calcium deposits.



20 Mule team borax...a natural cleaner
Posted By: Michigan Froggy
Date: 2004/3/17 1:57 p.m.

Did you know that to clean your sink, shower or tub...porcelain, fiberglass, or stainless steel, all you need to do is wet a sponge, sprinkle some mule team borax on it and wipe down your sink, tub or shower then rinse and they will sparkle. It even works on stainless steel appliances. I know it works because I have used it on all these surfaces.

Use 1 quart of water and 1 tablespoon of mule team borax to clean the inside of your refrigerator. It not only cleans great, but deodorizes too. To deodorize garbage pails, sprinkle some mule team borax on the bottom of the pail. When it comes time to clean the pail, add water and wipe the pail out and rinse for a fresh clean garbage pail. When dry, add fresh borax for deodorizing.

Use it in your toilet bowl for a fresh clean bowl. Sprinkle in 1/4 cup of mule team borax and swish with toilet bowl brush...let stand 30 minutes or over night then swish again and flush for a clean fresh toilet bowl.

For fine china, add 1/2 cup of mule team borax to a sink full of warm water. Wash china and rinse thoroughly, then dry for sparkly clean china. Will not fade designs on even hand painted china.

Laundry will come out cleaner even with hard water if you add 1/2 cup of mule team borax to the wash along with your laundry detergent. Your laundry will come out cleaner and fresher. Borax acts as a water softener as well as a laundry booster. To keep your humidifier free of odor, dissolve one tablespoon of borax per gallon of water and add it to your humidifier. Rinse out this solution from your humidifier before filling with pure clean water for use.

To shine up your pots and pans, sprinkle with borax and rub with damp dishcloth, borax is nonabrasive and will not scratch. Rinse well, dry and watch them shine. Add two to three tablespoons of mule team borax to your drains or garbage disposal and let sit for at least 15 minutes flush disposals with cold water with disposal on for a few seconds and flush regular drains with cold water for a few seconds.

Mattress stains and odors can be eliminated by dampening the area then sprinkling with mule team borax...rub into the area and then let dry. Brush off or vacuum the dried borax for a fresh clean mattress. You can do the same thing for pet odors on carpet. This is one of my favorite products. It can be used for almost anything and is an effective natural cleaner.

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