Sunday, April 17, 2011

Scrubbing Bubbles Toilet Cleaning Gel

When my step daughter moved in with us, we had one bathroom in the house at the time. Eager to demonstrate her cleaning prowess she pulls out this plastic wand with some gel stuck inside. At a glance, I wasn’t impressed, though I wouldn’t say it to her face without sarcasm and a grin. “That’s, um…great!”
She looked at me and motioned towards the bathroom. Apparently this piece of plastic stamps a small and quite decorative piece of gel onto your toilet bowl. Each time you flush, it wears some of this gel off and cleans as well as deodorizes the toilet.
OK, she wins..I was a bit impressed. The bathroom smelled clean and fresh without me having to do much (a win in my book) and the toilet always looked clean. For those who don’t care for cleaning the toilet…which I imagine not many of us do, this is a great way to help out.

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Burned Grease on Pots and Pans

If you burn more than you actually “cook” (that’s why I can’t ever have a cooking blog…it’d be filled with pictures of Ramen and bologna sandwiches), you have probably dealt with the grease that gets stuck on the bottom of the pan like it’s on a personal mission to never leave. I found the coolest trick that I can’t wait to try.
Fill the pan with water and place a fabric softener sheet in it. You can also dump in some of the liquid fabric softener instead. Leave it until tomorrow and voila! The fabric softener demagnetizes the grease and frees it from the pan.
I’m making greasy food tonight just so I can try this out, I’ll let you know how it goes!


Rust Stains in the Toilet and Coca-Cola



Try pouring a can of Coca-Cola into the bowl to eliminate ugly rust stains. Leave it there all night without flushing. I kind of thought this idea sounded like fun until I put some thought into it. Perhaps not being able to flush use the bathroom all night isn’t fun….

The acidity of the Coke will make the stains a lot easier to scrub out in the morning. I have read this countless times, but have never dealt with this type of stain myself. If anyone tries it, let me know how it works!

Saturday, April 16, 2011

For Those Unsightly Yet Inevitable Grease Spatters

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I have a friend who could cook an entire five course meal and walk out of her kitchen in twenty minutes or less leaving it looking like she was never there to begin with. I, am nothing like my dear friend. I can walk into my kitchen it contemplate cooking and it seems to magically become dirty at the very thought. Tonight for example, I really thought I had done a pretty good job at cleaning the kitchen after dinner only to come in later and notice that my walls are now sporting some pretty unsightly grease splatters. Go figure.