Joey Green's Cleaning Magic: 2,336 Ingenious Cleanups Using Brand-Name Products

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by Joey Green

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From the guru of discovering extraordinary uses for brand-name products come brand-new ways to make cleaning, organizing, and decluttering quick, easy, and a lot more fun The public is endlessly fascinated by quirky and offbeat uses for their favorite products and, this time around, Joey Green tackles household chores with his pantry full of cleaning power. Green's easy and effortless tips and tricks show how to scrub, deodorize, shine, and remove stains with products already in the house. While Green's suggestions may sound implausible, they are, in fact, highly effective. Most products on the market today are a complex mix of lubricants, abrasives, and cleansers, giving these brand-name products plenty of power to clean, dissolve, and fix in the most unexpected ways. Joey Green's Cleaning Magic offers clever ways to make household items do double duty, like using a slice of Wonder Bread to clean up tiny shards of glass from a kitchen floor—just pat it flat against the floor and toss it away—and wiping away the gunk from the bottom of an iron with Purell. This practical, useful, funny, and entertaining volume includes thousands of incredibly simple ways to clean up every room (and dusty corner) in the house. JOEY GREEN has authored more than 30 books and frequently appears on national television. He lives in Los Angeles. Automobiles AIR FRESHENERS . Bounce. Place a sheet of Bounce in the sun visor of your car or under the seat, inside a seat pocket, behind a visor, or inside the glove compartment to freshen the air. . Dial Soap. To freshen the air in your car, place a wrapped bar of Dial Soap under the front seat. BATTERY CORROSION . Arm & Hammer Baking Soda. To clean corrosion from battery terminals, mix one-half cup Arm & Hammer Baking Soda and two cups warm water and use a clean, old toothbrush to scrub the terminals with the solution. . Vaseline Petroleum Jelly. To protect clean battery terminals from corrosion, coat the terminals with Vaseline Petroleum Jelly. BUMPER STICKERS . Conair 1875 Watt Hair Dryer and MasterCard. To remove a bumper sticker, aim a Conair 1875 Watt Hair Dryer at the sticker to melt the adhesive backing, and then use the edge of an old MasterCard to peel up the sticker. . Cutex Nail Polish Remover. To remove adhesive residue left behind by a peeled-off bumper sticker, saturate a cotton ball with Cutex Nail Polish Remover and rub the glue. . Star Olive Oil. Saturate the bumper sticker with Star Olive Oil, let sit for five minutes to give the oil time to dissolve the adhesive, and peel off. CARPETS . Heinz White Vinegar. To clean imbedded salt residue from carpeting, mix one cup Heinz White Vinegar and two cups water and scrub with the solution. CHROME . Arm & Hammer Baking Soda. To clean chrome, sprinkle Arm & Hammer Baking Soda on a damp rag and scrub. Rinse clean. . Bounce. After cleaning chrome, polish the metal with a clean, used sheet of Bounce. . Gold Medal Flour. To clean chrome, sprinkle Gold Medal Flour on a damp sponge, scrub, rinse clean, and dry. . Heinz White Vinegar. Saturate a sponge with Heinz White Vinegar and polish the chrome. . Murphy Oil Soap. To clean chrome, mix one teaspoon Murphy Oil Soap and two cups water in a sixteen-ounce trigger-spray bottle. Spray the chrome with the solution and wipe with a soft, clean cloth. Rinse and dry. . ReaLemon. Saturate a soft, clean cloth with ReaLemon lemon juice and wipe the chrome clean. . Reynolds Wrap. To clean chrome, crumple up a sheet of Reynolds Wrap aluminum foil into a ball, dampen with water, and rub the chrome until it sparkles. . WD-40. Spray WD-40 on a soft, clean cloth and rub the chrome until it shines like new. . Windex. Spray the chrome with Windex and rub with a soft, clean cloth. DASHBOARDS . Bounce. Shine the dashboard with a clean, used sheet of Bounce. The antistatic elements in Bounce will help repel dust from the dashboard. DEODORIZING . Lysol Disinfectant. Is your automobile air conditioner blowing air that smells like mold or mildew? With the car parked outside, the engine running, and the air conditioner cooling on normal speed, spray Lysol Disinfectant into the air intake vent (found outside your car above the front hood, just below the windshield). Hold the can about ten inches away from the vent and spray for ten seconds. The air conditioning system will suck in the disinfectant and deodorize the entire system in seconds, killing any mold or mildew in the system. Be sure to turn off the car engine when you're finished. DOORS . Pam Cooking Spray. To prevent car doors from freezing shut, spray the black rubber gasket around the frame of the door with Pam Cooking Spray. The vegetable oil simultaneously repels water and keeps the gaskets supple and clean. FROST . MasterCard. To clean frost off the inside of your car windshield, scrape it with a clean, old MasterCard. HUBCAPS . Cascade. To clean hubcaps, remove them from the tires, place them in the dish rack of your dish

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