Window Cleaning Solution Ingredients: 2 quarts warm water
1/2 cup cornstarch Mix together and apply to the window with a sponge (Cobb likes to use a natural sponge). Buff it dry with paper towels or a soft lint-free cloth. Window Cleaning Solution for Tough Jobs Ingredients: 1 pint rubbing alcohol
2 Tbs. clear ammonia
2 Tbs. liquid dishwashing soap Mix this small amount and use it only for difficult things like mineral deposits on the window. Use nylon scrubbing sponge to clean the window. Rinse it real well. Note: This is also fabulous for cleaning windshields on your car. The Queen and B. J. Spitzke, a window-washing expert, share window cleaning ideas: - A wetting wand (also called a scrubber) (figure A) is used to wet the windows before you use a squeegee. It basically works like a giant sponge. You get the wetting wand completely wet and wring it until it is almost dry.
- With the wand, start in left hand corner and go across the top. Scrub the whole window. This will remove the soil so that you can clean it up with the squeegee.
- With a squeegee you use it dry and go from one side of the window to the other. Keep it dry with a sea sponge or chamois.
- To remove paint and bugs you can use a scraper (figure B), but use it on wet windows only.
- A couple of squirts of dish washing liquid in some warm water is great for cleaning windows.
- Be sure to clean the edges with a chamois to prevent water from dripping down.
- Newspapers can leave a great shine on your windows, but with white frames on your windows it can leave newspaper stains, so steer clear of that.
- To clean bug splatters, make a thin paste of baking soda and water and take a nylon sponge scrubber and simply rub it onto the window. It is a mild abrasive and will that the bug splatter right off. Continue on with your washing, rinse it off and dry.
- Micro-fiber cloths are wonderful to use. Simply wet them in warm water and wash the windows with them. They have special ones you use just to dry the window with.
- Never clean windows in direct sunlight because it will cause streaking and spotting.
- For hard to reach windows, consider buying an extension pole. Most squeegees and scrubbers are made especially to fit on these poles (figure C). It beats dragging out the ladder every time you do your windows.
RESOURCES :
Talking Dirty With the Queen of Clean
ISBN: 0743418301
Author: Linda Cobb
(1998)
Simon & Schuster / Pocket Books
Website: www.simonsays.com
Talking Dirty Laundry With the Queen of Clean
ISBN: 0743418328
Author: Linda Cobb
(2001)
Simon & Schuster / Pocket Books
Website: www.simonsays.com
The Queen of Clean: The Royal Guide to Spot and Stain Removal
ISBN: 0743437837
Author: Linda Cobb
(2001)
Simon & Schuster / Pocket Books
Website: www.simonsays.com
A Queen for All Seasons: A Year of Tips, Tricks, and Picks for a Cleaner House and ...
ISBN: 0743428315
Author: Linda Cobb
(2001)
Simon & Schuster / Pocket Books
Website: www.simonsays.com
GUESTS :
B. J. Spitzke
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