Mother of Six and Vice President of Promotional Products Business
I was cooking the other day, and I looked down at the front of my shirt, and I thought to myself, “I have got to learn to wear an apron more consistently”.
Aprons can be a fun, colorful item as well as utilitarian product. When logoed with clever sayings or tag lines, they are an excellent way to advertise your brand.
I was cleaning my bath tub last Saturday, and I could not get rid of the hard water spots. Yeah, grant it, if I would clean my tub more often, I wouldn’t have this problem. After being married for 27 years, I know that I am not going to turn over a new leaf and clean my bathroom every Saturday so I had to come up with another solution to get rid of hard water spots.
I bought ”Lime Away” at the grocery store. I wasn’t too impressed. Then, I tried “Comet” even though I know it is a harsh cleaner and can leave abrasions, but the water spots didn’t even begin to budge. I asked around to see what other people do to get rid of hard water stains. An older lady in my neighborhood said vinegar works because of it’s acidic nature giving it the ability to soften hard water. I sprayed the hard water spots with vinegar and let them stand a few hours, and then I reapplied more vinegar, and when I scrubbed the hard water stains, to my surprise they came right off.
I don’t care for the smell of vinegar, but I’ll put up with the strange smell to have a clean tub. Since vinegar is cheap, I enjoy the savings that I can use to buy other things for my bathroom like:
I am often aghast when I look at the front of my shirt, to find spots and spills that I wonder how I could be so sloppy. I used to throw my spotted clothing directly into the laundry, but since it generally takes me a week or so before I get around to washing my clothes, the stains would dry, and became immovable even after being treated with stain removers.
I did some experimenting, and I discovered that stains were easily removed by pouring a little liquid detergent on the affected area, whatever brand is your favorite (I usually use an off brand or one that is on sale), and leave it to soak in a bowl of cold water overnight, or until I get around to washing the garment.
I rarely have a stain that I cannot remove anymore. The trick is applying the liquid detergent as quick as possible, and then immediately letting it soak in cold water. I have not had a problem removing even hard to remove substances like oil, tomatoe base foods, chocolate, etc. since I started applying liquid detergent to my stains.
The only thing that I have found that liquid detergent does not remove is ink, but I learned awhile back that hair spray removes ink. Give it a try sometime and see if it works for you too.