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Few Kitchen Cleaning Tips

Posted by on Sep 7, 2010 in Cleaning Tips, Tips | 15 comments

Here I am sharing a few kitchen cleaning tips with you. Potatoes will take food stains off your fingers. Just slice and rub raw potato on the stains and rinse with water. To clean your microwave oven, mix together 2 Tbsp. of lemon juice or vinegar and 2 cups of water in a 4 cup glass microwave safe bowl. Microwave on HIGH for two to three minutes. Carefully remove the bowl and wipe the microwave with paper towels. Repeat as necessary. For glass cooktops, there are special commercial cleaners that work well. Use them with a hard plastic scraper to remove burned-on food. Clean your glass cooktop as soon as it cools to avoid having to scrub burned food. Spread a layer of activated charcoal or fresh coffee grounds over the bottom of a cookie sheet. Place the cookie...

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Top 5 Uses of Baking soda

Posted by on May 21, 2010 in Cleaning Tips, Tips | 26 comments

Credit : RowdyKitten’s Stove top Cleaner : I always find difficult cleaning the glass stove top. Recently I tried cleaning it with baking soda and the result was pretty good. So here is the tip: sprinkle some baking soda on the stove top and pour some hot water over it. And gently cover it all over the grime and let it sit in it for 30 minutes. After that scrub clean and you will find a good result. And you didn’t spend ton of money buying expensive cleaners. Trash can or Garbage pail deodorizer : Just mix 2 tsp of eucalyptus oil with 2 cups of Baking soda. Store this mixture in a airtight plastic container. After wiping out  your Trash can or Garbage pail and it should be dry, just sprinkle 2 tbsp of  Baking soda mixture on...

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