OS Cleaning Tips and Quick Questions...

billieboy_2

billieboy wrote: »

Anyone got any ideas for getting rid of a water mark on a varnished dining room table (a plant pot got put on it without a coaster underneath :mad:)? TIA.

Sue

Well I found the answer by searching on t'internet. Et voila. Use a medium hot iron with a piece of cloth (ie table napkin) and iron the mark away. It really works! :T Here's the link to where I found it.

pepsimax62

Working as a cleaner the best thing I've found for cleaning a stainless steel sink and removing stains off wall and floors,is a good old fashioned cream cleaner.I've had to clean the dirtiest tea stained sinks going and the cream leaves them gleaming,specially if you buff them up after.

wildthing01

hi - anyone got any ideas to help me clean my stainless steel cooker hood? had a bit of a disaster with cillit bang - it was cleaning the built up grease really well till i got called away for a baby-puking emergency (hubby got a mouthful of sick -serve him right for bouncing the baby around right after a feed!!!!) anyway, by the time i returned, cillit bang has left horrid stains all over cooker hood and i can't get it off!! need to do something about it before hubby sees it - he will not be happy and we CANNOT afford new hood!!! i'm wondering whether that doctor power (have i got the right name??) abrasive cleaner stuff will work???

zippychick

Hi Wildthing:hello:

I know the answer but can't remember. Need more coffee

There is a thread with loads of ideas , so have a look and I'll add your thread to that one later. This means in future people can find all the ideas together

Cleaning cooker hood

Thanks
Zip

Edit - Billieboy - glad you got rid of the stain. Off to check that link now

M.E.

It may be that the cilit bang has taken the surface off the stainless steel, so try rubbing with baby oil or moisturiser or even spray polish. It might work and certainly won't harm.

wildthing01

hi - thanks M.E. - i think you're right - it has taken the surface off - i did try baby oil and just tried polish - no effect!!! i think i'll try some of the abrasive cleaner stuff, in the hope that it'll rub the whole surface down and make the stains blend in a bit. only other option will be to just let lots of grease build up again, so you can't see it!!!!! wish i'd cleaned it more regularly now - but recently had a bad pregnancy and couldn't face kitchen for the whole nine months.....

wildthing01

aha! found the answer to the cillit bang disaster - 'astonish' oven and cookware cleaner + lots and lots of elbow grease! it's polished the stains off mostly - needs another application i reckon then should be good as new!!

Eenymeeny

Hi I wonder if anyone can advise me please? I've bought a bottle of 'something' from an asian supermarket today which I was told was white vinegar, suitable for cooking or cleaning. The label is all in Chinese but when I look at the 'very' fine print it lists it's ingredients as glutinous rice 70%, water, wine and sugar. It was only £1.15 for a 620ml bottle. It's obviously not white vinegar but probably rice wine vinegar, if there is such a thing! Should I return it or are there any other uses for it? I'm not really into Chinese cookery, I wanted to use it for cleaning. So much for getting it in an Asian supermarket, think I'll stick to English in future:D
Thanks for any help you can give...:)

Courgette

Hi, just a couple of questions any of you lovely people might be able to help me with

I've read about using Olive oil and lemon juice as a wood cleaner. Does it have to be olive and what's the ratio? Presumably it just goes in a bottle and I put it on a cloth when needed

I'd also like to freshen up the floor boards in my living room. They're vanished but the last time they were done properly (as in sanded and a million coats of varnish) was about 12 years ago. They're looking very tired but taking everything out of the room just isn't an option. There's patches where the vanish has come right off and they're just a bit (!) manky looking. Wondered about giving them a really good scrub with disinfectant then putting a fresh coat of wax on them. Any other ideas?

Many thanks

foxgloves

Hi - I've just spent a couple of hours cleaning up & oiling our big pine dresser with walnut oil! I like it drizzled onto salads but it had gone a long way past its use by date and I didn't want to chuck it out as couldn't see why it couldn't be useful for oiling wooden furniture. I didn't add lemon juice, though have heard that adding lemon is the traditional method. I applied the oil with a cloth, not loads but enough to get it glistening, let it soak in for 10 mins then polished it off with one of those e-cloths for wood. It has brought off loads of ingrained dirt and looks so much better.