Old Style Book - Can You Help?

Hi

I always use a microfibre damp cloth to dust with in the lounge (can buy quite cheaply at Lidls) as it saves money on polish & picks up the dust instead of spreading it around the room.

You can use one of these cloths either dry or damp without any harmful chemicals for most of the surfaces in your home ie mirrors,computer keyboards,walls and glass, very useful really!

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I expect this has been mentioned before on OS (I'm new around here), but one tip I always try and remember is that "water is your friend". This doesn't just mean soaking pots and pans, but also surfaces around the home. If something's been spilt somewhere and not mopped up straight away then speading a damp cloth on it for a while means when you come back you can just wipe it away - no point in scrubbing needlessly. No chemicals - even vinegar - needed!

We don't have a tumble drier, and I do miss it for getting pet hair out of things. Yesterday my DH and I attempted to clean the fleece blanket from our dog's basket by standing on two corners each and hoovering it like a rug (I'd started using the attachment but it was taking far too long). It worked pretty well - certainly better than it was. I got a bit more hair out by using some parcel tape but didn't do the whole thing as its just too big. If anyone has any better ideas for getting pet hair out it'd be great to hear them!

Hermia wrote:

I absolutely love those facial cleaning cloths for tackling cleaning jobs around the house. After you've used it on your face you can use it to get the gunk of your computer mouse and give the keyboard a quick wipe. I have also been using them in the library where I work to get gunge off the CD cases and book covers! They are brilliant. NB: if you've used one to remove make-up it's probably not a good idea!

good tip Hermia - you could also use cheap baby wet wipes to do the same & they are brill for cleaning light switches (just make sure they are not too wet!) computers, radiators & anything that has hard to reach fiddly bits in. (do not use after cleaning baby first)

sorry I didn't mean to offend anyone by mentioning microfibre cloths - I was only trying to be helpful.
I don't have shammy leathers & don't buy newspapers & as the cloths have saved me lots of money on cleaning products I thought others might find them useful. They have been mentioned on OS before & nobody has said anything about them not being OS.

Glad wrote:

I wouldn't have thought micrifibre cloths or face cleansing cloths were old-style though

shouldn't it be a shammy leather, scrunched-up newspaper or rags made from old clothes

I thought the old-style thing was about using stuff around the house? I don't have shammy leather and I don't buy newspapers (I read them on the web), so I'd have to buy them especially which would defeat the object!