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Showing posts with label MY TIPS and TRICKS. Show all posts

KEEPING MY DARK LAMINATE FLOORS SMUDGE FREE - THE EASY WAY!

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Had a few friends over the other day and they were wondering how I kept my dark laminated floors so 'smudge free'.

The thing is, laminate floors are great but the darker ones show everything and I mean everything!  Everyone who owns them, knows this.  Everyone also warned me about this before I had them installed but I didn't care.  I love dark, warm colours inside so it was never a question of getting dark or light laminate flooring but rather how to keep them from showing all the footprints, smudges, etc.

First of all, let me say from experience, you'll never get a dark laminate floor completely smudge free or even shining like new - at least not for any length of time, but that's ok.  It doesn't matter anyways.  After awhile, you get used to the 'not-so-perfect-dark-laminate' and just enjoy it for how it is.

Yes, I've tried wearing socks but once your feet gets sweaty, it shows on the laminate also.  I also don't like using too much liquid or products such as Murphy's Oil, Orange-Glo, etc. because I don't want to create a build up over time.  The smart thing to do is to clean with the least amount of chemicals possible - try using just vinegar and water. (See the video I made at the end). The next thing to do and I think the most important thing in order to keep your floors looking their best after cleaning it is to wear something that leaves a minimum amount of trackable evidence.

Welcome to my discovery of the 'Slipper Genie'!...


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GRRR! NO MORE WASTED BREAD!

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Don't you just hate it when you go to take a couple slices of bread and you've discovered there's mold growing on them?? Yick! Grrr!
I am so tired of wasting bread that I had to take drastic measures.

I already took drastic measures a few years back when I literally had to throw out whole bags of bread that were molded from not being touched. I would bring them home fresh, then everyone would touch them and say "ooh, fresh bread, nice".  A week later, they would touch them again - "ooh, they are getting stale mom"... grrr.  "That's it!". I had decided to freeze the entire bread immediately after purchase, this way the freshness was locked in, and only took it out if it was needed the next day. This worked great for a short while until they wanted fresh bread NOW.... not later or tomorrow.  I would tell them to "throw it in the toaster".... "no thanks, we don't want toasted bread, we want fresh bread...".  So much for that plan.
"Yick!  Molded bread!"

They would eat 4 or 6 slices out of the bag then that was it. No one touched it again until they needed it - then it was stale. So then I would end up tossing out almost an entire loaf of bread!

Grrr!

The way the economy's been going lately with prices soaring on everything - especially bread, I had to do something.  I felt like we were slowly reverting back to the 1918s during the U-Boat era when bread was so scarce due to those merchant ships that carried the sacred stuff getting sunk left right and centre, that they had to start rationing it.   Maybe I should stick the poster below somewhere up in the kitchen as a hint...


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OMiGosh! LYSOL TOILET BOWL CLEANER - AS A DECLOGGER?

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2 of the many bottles of Lysol Toilet Bowl cleaners I have in the house
OMiGosh!
So today I've discovered that Lysol Toilet Bowl Cleaner can be used as a declogger.

Now I know Lysol® bathroom cleaners claims to clean  on contact, killing 99.9% of viruses and bacteria and all that jazz, but I've discovered it can do more than just clean toilets!

It all started when I was sick and tired of pulling hair out of the drains (eeew! yuck! I know, sorry).. so I was desperate for something... anything and was hoping I had some more of that  Liquid-Plumr® kickin' around somewhere. Nope!


Had to go to plan B.
I've discovered I had more than enough bottles of lysol bowl cleaners gathering dust in my bathroom cupboards so I started reading the back of one - the black bottle - to see if it would work - even though I knew it was for toilets. And yes, I know, all this chemical stuff is not good for you, it's not good for your brain and it can cause cancer etc.  I know all that already, no need to lecture me on it.  What doesn't kill you will not only make you stronger but wiser the next time around.  Besides, I do use alot of natural stuff also for cleaning - like vinegar, (check out our blog - MFS-The Many Uses Of), but sometimes those things just don't cut it!

So back to the task at hand. So I started reading and realized, of course, it mentioned nothing of unclogging drains but had all the trademarks of being able to do so with such words as 'deep-reach', 'thick formula coats' and 'removes lime scale and rust'... yup! That was good enough for me!  It could coat the drains with its thick liquid, remove rust (and hopefully hair) and reach deep into the crevices of the drains. Lol.  Let's try it!

I went ahead and poured some down the bathtub drain and actually forgot all about it - until a few hours later.

The smell was what reminded me folks!  The smell was really strong!! As a tip, if you're going to try this, plug the hole with a drain plug after pouring this product down your drain to avoid the smell of corroding hair and god-only-knows-what-else in the drains.

Anyways,  when I went ahead and turn the taps on - OMG folks.... it worked!  It worked like a charm!  And probably cheaper than the famous Liquid-Plumr®!  I feel like I'm doing a commercial here for these products - but I'm not.  I just wanted to pass this tip I've discovered.... on to YOU!

Hope it works for you too!


Note:  Unless you don't mind tarnished metal rings, be sure to pour the Lysol® Toilet Bowl cleaner directly into the drain and not around or on the metal itself!


BAKING POTATO WEDGES THE EASY WAY

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So today I thought I'd tell you a little trick I've discovered while I was making burger with potato wedges yesterday.

We were tired of the usual fries and wanted to have some wedges instead.  Alot of companies have come out with all kinds of tasteful wedges that you can just pop in the oven for 20 mins and enjoy.  Our favourite is the 'Savoury Extra Crispy' by McCain.  But enough of the free advertising.  The thing I hate the most is having to turn/flip them over after so much time - so I came up with a solution.


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