Dry or Wet Cleaning: Which Is Safer?
You and I hardly even consider what takes place when we drop off our clothing at the cleaners ... percent of commercial dry cleaners use the chemical for cleaning purposes. What exactly is perc ... and within a short span of time. 39163352 Well, dry cleaning may not be the best choice, according [more...]
Date: 2009-01-14 01:19:06
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The green bathroom: a guide
Drains Your drains can be kept open, clean and odour-free without the use of corrosive drain cleaners ... and Tile Most commercial tile cleaners do more harm than good because many contain chlorine ... spot for a few hours before rinsing. For mould and mildew, rub tiles and grout with a cloth which [more...]
Date: 2008-07-05 23:57:04
Home-Made All-Purpose Cleaner
Commercially made all-purpose cleaners do a good job wiping away dirt and germs from your counters and appliances, but they leave behind chemical cleaning agents like alkylphenol ethoxylates (APEs), which ... and then used in multiple cleaning recipes.So my Thrifty Green Thurday tip of the week is to make [more...]
Date: 2009-01-08 14:53:00
Safer Alternatives to Hazardous Cleaning Products
I have a 3 and a half year old at home and recently we were watching "The Care Bears" ... surfaces with a rag sprinkled with baking soda.All Purpose Cleaner for spots on woodwork, tile ... but it is not toxic to you or your child. Commercial oven cleaners are severe irritants. Do not use this cleaner [more...]
Date: 2009-01-09 22:06:00
Where you “the cleaning expert” last year?
December 30, 2008 Before the year finally ends, we are given a chance to evaluate ourselves and our performance in the year that is to pass ... . What everybody should remember is that most commercial cleaners contain harmful toxins which can be very ... mean having your rust removers, carpet cleaners, stain cleaners at your reach all the time. A cleanup [more...]
Date: 2008-12-30 15:09:26
I WILL NEED SOMEONE TO CLEAN UP THIS MESS
Having a surprise party to congratulate a few of my staff on their recent promotions was sure a great one ... for them at all after I had invested in a commercial carpet extractor cum cleaner as one of my office ... the carpet? Gosh! Even the hard reached corners had them. Don’t they know that it would be really hard [more...]
Date: 2008-09-29 15:02:30
Keeping a cozy home isn't so difficult to do
It's a Saturday afternoon. You're thinking about maybe inviting a few friends to come over for a few cocktails tonight or maybe just keep it laid ... tools – vacuum cleaners, broom, dusters and the like. All dirty and dusty curtains, rags and other ... products as often as possible. Most commercial cleaners contain a wide range of toxins which [more...]
Date: 2008-12-13 06:57:03
iRobot To Intro New Product At CES
The Boston Globe is reporting that even though iRobot is feeling the economic pinch and will have a smaller booth at the Consumer ... to provide details. He said the company also sells a substantial number of its robot vacuum cleaners ... is a commercial release of the ConnectR, which has been languishing in the test phase for a looooong time. [more...]
Date: 2009-01-05 09:25:08
One’s wellness starts with cleanliness
December 12, 2008 After a long and tiring day at work, we hurry to reach for our car key and head home ... products sold in the market - natural rust removers, natural carpet stain cleaners ... products is undeniably increasing. The obvious reason for this is that most commercial cleaners contain [more...]
Date: 2008-12-12 10:44:06
Window cleaner removes grease stains
Funny About Money has hit upon a super-thrifty solution to getting grease stains out of laundry ... , when she remembered an old household hint: that window cleaner lifts grease from carpets and furniture. So Funny dabbed some rubbing alcohol (the key ingredient in commercial window cleaners) onto her tablecloth, let [more...]
Date: 2009-01-05 15:17:44
DIY - Flooring - Basic Carpet Care and Repair
Spills happen. Carpets get stained. Even everyday use will soon enough create a carpet that needs to be cleaned ... . Everyone sometimes runs out of commercial carpet cleaners just at the wrong moment. Using sponges ... from a pile rug can completely eliminate the problem. In most cases, the damage is a larger spot [more...]
Date: 2008-10-21 10:47:18
What Type of Equipment is Used in a Carpet Cleaning Franchise?
As may be expected, you will need a commercial grade vacuum cleaner, as well as a number of specialty attachments. If you are going to offer steaming and other types of carpet cleaning franchise, deep cleaning ... a van. Today, many business owners also use their vans for advertising purposes by painting the name [more...]
Date: 2008-06-22 02:42:39
DIY Flooring Home Improvement Projects - Basic Carpet Care and Repair
Spills happen. Carpets get stained. Even everyday use will soon enough create a carpet that needs to be cleaned ... . Everyone sometimes runs out of commercial carpet cleaners just at the wrong moment. Using sponges ... from a pile rug can completely eliminate the problem. In most cases, the damage is a larger spot [more...]
Date: 2008-11-24 20:14:19
Save money on housecleaning! (Part 1)
In today’s economy everyone’s looking for ways to save a buck (or two, or two hundred or more…) ... . Commercial window cleaners leave a fine, waxy residue and the vinegar alone won’t fully hack ... grout, laundry. Disinfectant: Arm yourself with 2 spray bottles. One with undiluted vinegar [more...]
Date: 2008-10-04 00:41:08
30 days to Health
JANUARY: 9. Before going to bed, write down 1 – 3 things that you are grateful for. 10. Look under your sink and discard all of your commercial household cleaners, e.g., Windex, AJAX ... elease digestive enzymes; it’s also alkaline. 12. Try using truly, all-natural sweetners: agave (low [more...]
Date: 2009-01-09 12:23:40
Provident Living: Make your own household cleaners
In today's economically challenged times, every penny counts. One way to save money is by making your own cleaning supplies. These homemade cleaning formulas are non-toxic and cost about 1/10th the price of commercial cleaners. SUPPLIESBaking sodaWashing sodaWhite distilled vinegarA good liquid soap or detergentTea tree [more...]
Date: 2008-11-06 18:33:00
Tips to travelling with the kids
Found this list from Cosavoo.com and wanted to share ... toddlers) even naps. commercial carpet cleaners you should only cover two major destinations ... to visit and think, “Will he be able to understand this?” Compare the length of the tour [more...]
Date: 2008-08-31 04:42:05
The perfect Christmas gift for your toddler
December 11, 2008 As parents, we think about the best gift to give our kids every Christmas ... recommend that you use only natural cleaning products. Most commercial cleaners can contain a high ... . As for your part, make sure that you clean it yourself – dust-off, disinfect, vacuum off and the like – [more...]
Date: 2008-12-11 09:47:44
The myth of Registry Cleaners
We have all seen the commercials. Does your computer have error messages? Is your computer running slow? ... I dare you to take the following Registry Cleaner Challenge. Install a fresh copy of Windows XP ... of what they find are bogus “errors”, 90% of which will never be problematic. Registry cleaning is a marketing [more...]
Date: 2009-01-12 23:47:54
Philadelphia Carpet Cleaning Solutions
Philadelphia Carpet Cleaning can be complicated, with so many solutions and methods to choose from. No matter what the job is, whether commercial or residential, Main Line Carpet Cleaners is ready ... . When hiring Main Line Carpet Cleaners you can be assured that our well-trained certified [more...]
Date: 2009-01-15 22:55:46
Orange Solv: All Nautural Citrus Orange Solvent High Active Cleaner
Dan Dillon: Hi this is Dan Dillon with Dillon Chemical and thank you for watching our video ... just about anything. It’s great for use on floors, walls, bathrooms, carpeting, and any type of industrial ... watched commercials for citrus type cleaners or you bought something before in a dollar store [more...]
Date: 2008-12-01 22:20:07
Lifestyle - Solay Simple Makes Cleaning Easy and Eco-Friendly
solay simple cleaning products We’ve all purchased household cleaners that weren’t as effective as their commercials led us to believe, ... of salt. This natural cleaning agent is mixed with additional non-toxic ingredients like purified water ... of green cleaners also includes a fruit and veggie wash, laundry soap, dish soap and glass cleaner [more...]
Date: 2008-09-26 11:00:00
The Intersection of Two of My Favorite Things: Science and Gin
I had a whole “Friday Night Happy Hour” ready to go in my head today. I was going to write about a new drink that I’ve been working on ( ... right now. Creating that scale of vacuum and low temperature on an commercial scale may not be very ... a gin “cleaner, and the flavor more crisp and refreshing…quite extraordinary, superb really…” with 10x [more...]
Date: 2008-11-08 03:38:18
Rentech Successfully Producing Synthetic Fuels at Colorado Demo Unit
Rentech, Inc. has successfully produced synthetic fuels at its Product Demonstration Unit (PDU) in Commerce City, Colorado ... neutral or even carbon negative footprint. These fuels are also cleaner burning and more efficient ... -up to commercial operations. In addition, the PDU provides the Company with engineering, design [more...]
Date: 2008-08-08 03:28:18
IdcN Design Museum Nagoya
国際デザインセンターデザインミュージアムLocated in the Nadya Park building in Sakae, ... of industrial and commercial design standards appear - telephones, vacuum cleaners, radios and a number [more...]
Date: 2008-08-26 05:24:00
Save Money In The Kitchen… 10 Easy Ways To Clean Your Kitchen With Vinegar.
I just finished mopping the floor and wiping off the counters, using vinegar and water to do both, ... commercial cleaner, even the eco-friendly ones. Does it smell? Sure does… But the smell goes away [more...]
Date: 2008-11-20 17:27:30
Review: Spot Shot
There are many days where I wish I could find the people who owned this house before we bought it and just ask them why ... a lot lighter than I would like though since they tend to show every single stain as well. Over ... . From just about every commercially-available stain remover, to sitting through a vacuum cleaner sales pitch [more...]
Date: 2008-10-01 06:32:53
He's back! A digital John Lennon
With permission from his widow, Yoko Ono, a digital John Lennon stars in a new commercial for One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) ... t the first time a celebrity has been integrated digitally for commercial means: Fred Astaire danced with a vacuum cleaner during a Super Bowl ad, and Elvis Presley and Muppets mastermind Jim Henson [more...]
Date: 2009-01-03 01:46:00
John Lennon’s One Laptop Per Child Commercial
Of course with permission from his widow, Yoko Ono, a digital John Lennon stars in a new commercial for One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) ... a celebrity has been integrated digitally for commercial means: Fred Astaire danced with a vacuum cleaner during a Super Bowl ad, and Elvis Presley and Muppets mastermind Jim Henson have also [more...]
Date: 2008-12-30 09:00:33
What if we just let it go?
December 3, 2008 — wickle Before I get too far into this post, let me say that I haven’t yet made a decision on this one ... Christmas.” Frankly, if people are going to kill each other for discounted vacuum cleaners and TV’s, I don ... meanings … One is the commercial holiday known for deceptive stories told to kids, massive over [more...]
Date: 2008-12-04 03:52:27
2009!… and 10 simple ways to go green!
HaPPy NeW YeaR!!! A new year has arrived and I hope your celebration was great, green and safe! ... be cheaper too. Maybe even consider a CSA. Buy less or NO commercial cleaners. Vinegar and baking soda [more...]
Date: 2009-01-02 07:19:38
Down and Dirty, Baby!
Greetings ReadersAt my current age I have noticed certain things through out the years ... . Squirting mops, pads that “click off” toilet cleaners, a shower cleaner that auto cleans your shower somehow, a carpet cleaner that you squirt, brush once (according to the commercial) and clean (yes [more...]
Date: 2008-12-10 20:41:00
John Lennon resurrected for charity ad
John Lennon is appearing in a charity public service announcement 28 years after his death ... has been integrated digitally for commercial means: Fred Astaire danced with a vacuum cleaner during a Super Bowl [more...]
Date: 2008-12-30 13:17:24
Office building real estate
If there is something good which has recently happened in the American mortgage industry, ... . These days, to invest in a commercial real estate business, whether it is for office, industrial ... cleaners or landscapers and take care of the home. It is actually right to hire a person to manage [more...]
Date: 2008-12-20 01:08:28
Revolutionary new Cyclone steam engine -- could it replace the internal combustion engine?
Since this blog began nearly two years ago we have been constantly on the look out for interesting new technology that might ... -pressure steam to drive the engine. The result is a highly efficient, cleaner burning engine, the company ... an original one, with seeming commercial potential, I read about this morning in The Miami Herald [more...]
Date: 2008-06-16 14:03:45
Not so Convenient Anymore
My microwave died over the weekend. I already miss it. I can remember way back when microwaves first became common ... when we moved to Cairo. It was right up there with a washing machine and a vacuum cleaner. I don’ ... Matthews. This Feed is for personal non-commercial use only. If you are not reading this material [more...]
Date: 2009-01-19 04:41:22
D.C. Therapy
D.C. now has its own apartment therapy page. AT DC, ... If generic household cleaners don’t work to clean your tile stains, try a commercial grout cleaner….We also [more...]
Date: 2008-09-26 20:45:20
Screw you, JC Penneys
JC Penneys has released and heavily promoted a viral ad in which a man buys a woman a vacuum cleaner for the holidays, and she puts him (literally) ... portion of the commercial was: here we are in a horrific recession, facing unbelievable and somewhat ... , I can only make sense of the commercial by assuming the wife or girlfriend is mind-bogglingly [more...]
Date: 2008-12-18 19:25:30
Carpet Undertanding Function and How to Cleaned
Carpet is everywhere! People who understand carpet know that its immense success and consumer acceptance is not due to chance ... for floor covering. Carpet and rugs found on the floors of residences and commercial buildings still ... on carpet. These methods are mostly used by professional cleaners and trained personnel [more...]
Date: 2008-12-09 17:26:47
Ellis Weiner: Free Levi Johnston
Get this: Inside John McCain's campaign the expectation is growing that there will be a popularity boosting pre-election wedding in Alaska between ... the purchase order for the world's most horrible vacuum cleaner, has done it for you. Mencken, thou ... wedding--it's like a commercial for a breakfast cereal--with real shotguns! Only this time the [more...]
Date: 2008-09-29 01:31:11
Recycling Facts
photo credit: istock photo The value of recyclables is driven by market demand ... . Bottles containing liquid laundry detergent, dishwashing liquids, shampoos and household cleaners ... for 4 hours. Americans throw away enough aluminum to rebuild the entire commercial airline fleet [more...]
Date: 2008-08-03 09:57:35
Is the Server Running - optimal use of redundancy on a budget
When purchasing a server, most companies select a server class computer from a reputable manufacturer ... you a lot of grief if the cleaning lady decides to connect her vacuum cleaner to an outlet connected ... . If we take into account only the garden variety commercial servers and ignore the hugely expensive fault [more...]
Date: 2008-12-06 21:11:00
Imagine there’s no death
Imagine there’s no death December 28th, 2008 Below is a new TV commercial for a project called “One Laptop per Child, ... up Fred Astaire to hawk vacuum cleaners, I don’t like this. This may be for a better cause — although ... ” which hopes to provide… well, you get it. This new commercial features John Lennon, who died [more...]
Date: 2008-12-29 01:24:15
The Gospel of Consumption
The Gospel of Consumption: Orion Magazine/ Jeffrey Kaplan And the better future we left behind Private cars were relatively scarce in 1919 and ... and most urban homes had electric lights, electric flat irons, and vacuum cleaners. In upper-middle ... , and popcorn poppers were becoming commonplace. And although the first commercial radio station didn’ [more...]
Date: 2008-11-07 17:40:25
~ Stylish Mirrors ~
Surf Mirror Creative surfboard shaped mirror designed by M. Perego ... cleaner to prevent shower steam, why not attach a discarded windshield wiper? The Mirror Puzzle ... and commercial interiors alike. Oh How Beautiful You Are Mirror Oh How Beautiful [more...]
Date: 2009-01-10 13:35:10
Why Use Vacuum Bag Cleaners?
The current vacuum cleaners were developed by a Chicago native by the name of Ives McGaffney whom the Chicago Cleaning Company contacted to produce a machine that can speed up commercial and domestic cleaning. The technology was later modified to create a successful model of the vacuum cleaner that we know today. This then paved the way for mass [more...]
Date: 2008-12-28 22:21:55
Roosters, real people, conflicts of interest, and stuff, oh my
While the rest of the blogosphere focused on GOP vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin, pharma bloggers concentrated on industry matters ... and women worried about vacuum cleaners and hair dryers is a bit politically incorrect, wouldn’t you say ... ’s new, celebrity-free commercial for Lipitor, featuring real patient John E. The decision [more...]
Date: 2008-09-05 16:24:32
Surveillance and Companion Robots -- Maybe not a Christmas present just yet
I have been searching the web for robots that could be useful to seniors -- today. Yeah, I know that's a tall order. So much research, so few commercial products, and I really don't want to count the companion toy dogs. And while vacuum cleaners and floor washers are interesting and available through Target [more...]
Date: 2008-12-11 18:29:59
Turns out, advertising stereotypes men too
We all know advertising preys on the worst gender stereotypes: Only men drink beer, of course, and women dominate the laundry detergent and household cleaner demographic. Feminists ... a cliff. The punch line? "Why we insure women only." You can watch the commercial here: Many [more...]
Date: 2008-06-16 16:25:00
Green Door Wish List for January 2009
Green Door prepares women and men with schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and other mental illnesses to work and live in the Washington, D.C. community ... in the Clubhouse really needs a vacuum cleaner to keep their unit in tip top shape.Bertha had to throw ... donating.We are in desperate need of a Commercial Refrigerator and Freezer for the Clubhouse [more...]
Date: 2009-01-09 22:43:00
