In China, cleaning is a major part of ushering in the New Year. One of the traditional Chinese folk customs. A religious ritual that originated in ancient China to drive away diseases. This ritual later evolved into the end of the year clean-up. Chinese people say: on the 24th of the twelfth month, dust the house. People through the cleaning, to express the New Year of the old and welcome the new mind. At the same time, some families will throw away some old equipment, such as clothes, shoes, etc., and buy more equipment, which also represents the old and welcome the new.
You don’t need to clean the Windows in a cleaning. Do you think cleaning glass is simple? Then you are very wrong! The way is wrong, guaranteed to let you wipe the suspect life.
Four ways to clean glass, have to see!
1, “least effort” glass cleaning method
Every time you wipe the glass, you have to put a basin of water on the side to clean the rag, and then change the water, and then wipe the wash, wash the wipe, very poor. This way, you don’t have to run around changing washcloths all the time, it saves time and effort.
Detailed way: First of all, prepare several pieces of wet cleaning cloth, and then prepare a dry cloth and a small plastic bag. After laying the wet rag on top of each other, lay the small plastic bag on top, and then lay the dry rag on top of the small plastic bag. Using a paper clip, pin several rags and small plastic bags together at one corner. When cleaning the glass, first put the dry rag in a small plastic bag, use the outermost wet rag to wipe, skim the glass again, then turn the plastic bag over, put the wet rag in the plastic bag, dry rag outward, and then wipe the glass again. Back and forth, it will soon be able to wipe the glass. It is called “holding two pieces of cloth in hand, dry and wet are clearly separated.” A plastic bag, easy to clean the Windows.”
2, “the most saving” glass cleaning method
Newspapers wipe Windows. It’s supposed to be common. However, most people use a wet rag to wipe the glass first, and then use dry newspaper to wipe it, which does not reflect the “superiority” of wiping with newspaper. In fact, the easiest way is to use newspaper instead of rags.
Detailed method: First wet newspaper and ball up, and then directly used to wipe the glass. Because the ink on the printing paper meets the water, it can be released well, and the ink has a strong cleaning effect, so that it can be wiped more clean. The main thing is, wipe the glass with a wet newspaper ball, there is no need for a rag, and the newspaper ball is thrown away directly. You said it would be easier.
3, the “cleanest” glass cleaning method
No matter what cleaning agent you use to clean the glass, there will always be stubborn little stains against you. The problem is, you spent a lot of time wiping, and you can’t even make out which side of the glass the little stain is on! To get rid of the little stubborn stain, let’s rub it in a different way.
Detailed method: Take a wet cloth in the left and right hands, wipe each time horizontally with one hand, and wipe each time lengthwise with the other hand on the back of the unified glass. This way, you can find out which side of the glass the stain is on. If you find any stains, the glass will be clean and dry in no time.
4, the “most environmentally friendly” detergent
There are many kinds of cleaning agents for cleaning glass, and in order to be more environmentally friendly and low-carbon, we can use outdated beer and white vinegar to clean.
Detailed method: Pour the obsolete beer into the pot, and then put the rag into the pot to soak completely. After wringing out the rag, use it directly to clean the glass. Because beer contains alcohol, it evaporates quickly and does not leave a watermark on the glass. Similarly, white wine can also be used to clean glass; To wipe the glass with white vinegar, it is necessary to mix the white vinegar and water in a ratio of 1:2, and wipe the glass after cleaning the cloth with such water to prevent the glass from becoming flower.
In addition to cleaning the glass, there are many “big jobs” waiting for you at the end of the year!
[Obligation 1] : Wash large curtains
Curtains, because of disassembly and washing bad fortune, often washed at the end of the year, dust and dirt naturally accumulate more control, becoming the first thing for housewives to wash at the end of the year. So what are the ways to wash curtains?
1, let the curtains after washing do not shrink: some curtains are easy to shrink, such as neutral fabric curtains, washing should only choose neutral washing products, can help prevent shrinkage.
2. Good for dust thick curtains: easy to vacuum curtains such as velvet curtains, after dismantling, first shake the curtains by hand, so that the outside dust attached to the velvet cloth naturally falls, and then soak in water containing alkaline detergent for about 15 minutes.
3. Easily cope with the curtain color protection: the dirt of the curtain is mostly dust, if it is not a white curtain, it is not recommended to use bleach, so as to avoid discoloration, you can choose a neutral detergent product, clean and remove stains at the same time to achieve a better color protection effect. If the white curtains in the home are yellow for a long time, the curtains can be soaked with half a cup of salt before washing, placed a day later and then put in washing powder, the curtains can be restored to white.
4. Exert the maximum cold water washing effect: Many housewives have a record, thinking that winter clothes are not easy to wash and clean. In winter, the water temperature is low, the water hardness increases, the city reduces the effectiveness of the surfactant outside the washing product, and it is easy to get insufficient ablation during washing, which may cause incomplete cleaning and washing powder residue. Therefore, it is necessary to choose the right laundry products, such as Tide laundry detergent, containing a variety of active factors and water softeners, can be useful to cope with the difference in temperature and water hardness, and can be more useful in cold water to perform stain removal.
[Obligation 2] : Clean up heavy dirt kitchen and bathroom
The kitchen is surrounded by oil smoke every day, which is the top priority of cleaning and hygiene in the home, and the most headache for housewives. Don’t be afraid, Xiaobian has also gathered a few tricks for you:
1. Handle thick pot bottom ash: pot bottom ash can be washed with grass and wood ash (straw ash, incense burner ash, mosquito-repellent ash) mixed with a small amount of water scrub. The main factor of plant ash is potassium carbonate, which can chemically reflect the dirt on the bottom of the pot, and is healthy and useful. If you think the plants are poor, you can also try to wash them with washing powder. Be sure to rinse with water after washing to prevent residue from seeping into food.
2. Easy to fix the range hood: before washing, you can start the motor, spray the detergent on the fan blade and the inner wall, exercise the centrifugal force when mechanical rotation, the softened oil is removed, and then the inner wall is wiped.
3. Microwave oven washing: the dirt in the microwave oven often brings great health risks. When washing, you can first use a special container for the microwave oven, fill with water, heat for a few minutes, let the evaporated water wet the stain in the furnace, and then wipe the dirt in the furnace several times with wet paper, and then wash the oil completely with washing spirit.
4. Washing oil apron: When washing cotton apron, it is necessary to use washing products with good oil stain effect, like Tide washing powder, which is designed for ordinary stains as Chinese consumers, but rare is kitchen oil, and the washing effect is better.
5. Bathroom decontamination and cleaning: the bathroom is humid for a long time, which is easy to cause black spots and mold spots on the ground and walls, the toilet and bathtub are often overfilled with dirt, and at washing time, you need to use a special formula detergent to wash, such as Mr. Weimen toilet cleaner, which can remove all kinds of urine and water rust and other dirt in the toilet. The weird inclined nozzle design can shoot the toilet cleaning liquid into the hidden edge of the toilet that is difficult to clean, and clean more comprehensively.
【 Obligation 3 】 : Clean small corners of the home
In addition to the washing of large areas and large fabrics, there are often many small places and small objects in the home that need to be cleaned, such as hook marks on the wall and oil stains on the table. Cleaning time, you can exercise some old things, not only labor saving, but also lower carbon environmental protection oh.
1. Remove the mold and dirt in the corner or carpet and wall joints: use an old toothbrush to wipe frequently, such as the control of tenacious dirt, use a toothbrush dipped in detergent to brush off, and then wipe clean with water.
2. Wipe the hook sticky marks: First spread the cotton dipped in vinegar around the hook, so that the vinegar water can penetrate into the tight cracks, a few minutes later, you can easily remove the hook, the remaining adhesive can also be wiped clean with vinegar. In addition, the dirt on aluminum products such as aluminum POTS, aluminum POTS, aluminum spoons can also be rubbed with vinegar, so that the skimming aluminum products are both bright and clean, and do not damage its surface.
3. Easily wipe the glass: First wipe the glass with a wet cloth, and then dip a little white wine in the clean wet cloth, and rub it on the glass with a little force.
4. Let the furniture burn as new: Put a soft cloth in cool tea soaked, use it to scrub furniture such as tables and chairs, can make the furniture burn as new.
New Year cleaning, sweep away the old dust and dirt, for the family to bring the New Year clean health. Learn to clean, not only let the housewives save time and effort, but also ensure that every corner of the home, every detail of the recuperation and finishing, so that your home looks new, warm and clean to meet the arrival of the New Year!
[Obligation four] : Wipe the floor = recuperate the floor
We often wipe the floor, but for a long time, it is still difficult to keep the floor hot as new. This is due to the fact that when we usually wipe the floor, we ignore the maintenance of wood floors or floor tiles. How to kill two birds with one stone, both clean and heal the floor at the same time?
1. Two tricks to make wood floors shine
Use milk as paraffin wax. Stale sour milk is a superior wood floor cleaner. Due to the increased lactic acid content in sour milk, dirt, remaining albumin, fat and other factors can be removed. Can be used as an alternative to paraffin wax, to heal the floor. As long as the obsolete milk and water are mixed in a ratio of 1:2, and then put the rag in the basin and wring it out, and after wiping it hard, you will find that the floor becomes hot.
Wash rice water to make precious film. Rice washing water is a treasure, not only can clean fruit, but also can be used to wipe wood floors. Rice washing water contains potassium, crude fiber and starch, and its PH is about 7.2, which is weakly alkaline and suitable for mutual cleaning agents. Wood flooring for a long time, will accumulate a lot of dirt, the outside seems to have a layer of fog. Using rice washing water to wipe, not only can clean the wood floor, but also form a precious film on the outside of the floor, which looks hot and like wax.
2. Local bricks encounter oil
When you can’t get a stubborn stain off the floor with all your strength, try rubbing a cloth with a little linseed oil. It can help erase stubborn stains on the floor tile, and help moisten the floor tile, prevent cracks, so that the floor tile to maintain a superior finish.
[Obligation five] : Give the range hood a wash
When cleaning, washing the range hood is the most troublesome thing. Sticky greasy oil, is the hand sticky hand, rubber gloves sticky rubber gloves, even with many cleaners, it is difficult to wipe clean. Then let’s think about it for a change, every family has an old shower towel, we do not prevent waste exercise, use an old shower towel to rub a bath for the range hood.
Detailed way: With the old bath towel dipped in some dry flour directly wipe the hood, rub in the oil for a while, you can see that the flour sticks to the oil like rubbed off the mud, one after another fell down. The absorption of flour is very strong, and after catching the oil, the oil will fall down with the flour. After the oil is almost rubbed, then dip a bath towel in some water, wash the flour that remains in the lampblack machine, and the lampblack machine will look new.
Old bath wipes are very gentle and will not scratch the outside of the range hood like steel balls, making them an ideal cleaning cloth.
