How to Clean Red Wine on Carpet

This can happen to everyone and you don’t no need to worry about it because there’re several ways how to get rid of spilled wine on your carpet. Some people recommend to buy “Wine Away” but not everyone has it at home. I prefer this way because you don’t need anything special.
You will need:

– paper towels
– a bowl
– vinegar
– washing liquid
– at least three (cotton) tea towels

1. Suck up most of the wine with a tea towel. Don’t scrab it or it’ll get worse.
2. In the bowl mix vinegar and washing liquid in the ratio of 2:1.
3. Steep a clean tea towel into the liquid mix and clean the carpet. Then try to dry out clean parts with another clean towel.

If the amount of spilled wine is really big then you need to repeat process few more times but you’ll end up with perfectly clean carpet!

P.S.: If you have no vinegar you can also use salt in case of emergency cleaning.

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How to Remove Pet Hair

Once you have a dog at home you’ll probably have its hair all over your place. Getting rid of dog hair isn’t always so easy.

Vacuuming
You must have really good vacuum cleaner otherwise it takes ages before you are done. But choose carefully because some brushes can easily damage your sofa!

Vacuum Your Dog
There’re various Hoovers in shops which are marked as “cat”, “dog” or “animal”. Apply them to your own Hoover at home and you can vacuum your beloved pet with it. Yes, really! Especially if you start vacuuming your dog since young age it will get used to and not mind it. It cannot hurt your animal so don’t worry about its safety.

Try Kitchen Sponge
Take a clean and normal sponge for a kitchen. If you have low-pile carpet then you should first vacuum the floor. Rub the carpet, fabric with the sponge and you will see that fur is rolling up to clumps. Pick up them and it’s done!

Sticky Roller
Same one you use for clothes you can use for your sofa etc. and it will also make your home a better place to live. If you don’t have one at home then you can try sticky tape! It’s not the best way but good for emergency cleaning.

The Brighton Cleaning Company will definitely find a good way so you can always contact us.

How to Get Rid of Smell in Washing Machine

Do you usually wash at 30 or 15 degrees? I guess your laundry is safe but sometimes you can smell an unpleasant odor from your washing machine. Expensive washing powder will not help you.

In most of cases it is enough to turn on programe with higher temperature. If you have new washing machine then you will find even programes which are there to clean the inside of your washing machine.

But if you don’t find any of these special programes than try special cleaning products and use it few times per year.

To be honest cleaning washing machine takes a lot of time.

1. Clean the filter. People say we should clean it twice a year but who has long hair or pets should probably do it more often. Take out the filter and flush it out.

2. Seal on the door is very important to clean. You would be surprised what can hide under such a narrow gum.

3. Be patient and clean all parts with a small brush.

4. From time to time use higher temperatures and smell will be gone.

5. Always close the door and the drawer.

How to Get Rid of Dust

Dust is everywhere and the worst thing is that you cannot really see it. It lives with you and there is no way how to get rid of it for good. We’re going to tell you how to fight a dust and why.

Most of the dust you can find on the floor. If you have a carpet you should vacuum it often. Dust contains the sporres, fungi, bacteria, polles, dust mites and their excrement and I bet that’s nothing you want in your home. A suprisingly large percentage of dust is human skin cells! Dust is most dangerous when it floats in the air and you breathe it.

How to get rid of a dust for lazy ones:

1. Buy robotic vacuum cleaner and turn it on at least once a week in every single room you have.
2. Wipe a dust with wet napkins.
3. Order cleaning of carpets at least once a year. Why not with The Brighton Cleaning Company?
4. Always put your clothes to the wardrobe. It helps.

How to get rid of dust for people who like cleaning:

1. Buy a special glove for wiping dust.
2. Clean your keybord regulary.
3. Reduce fabric in your home.
4. Often wash your small carpets.
5. Wash leaves of all your plants at least once a week

How to Clean Different Stains

In commercials we always see people who are able to clean every spot in few seconds and it seems like nothing ever happened but it usually takes a little bit more time.

Most important thing is to react quickly! You cannot leave spots on the fabric just like that. Let’s try some good tested ways!

Usually you will need: salt, lemon, vinegar, alcohol, ammonia, glycerine, mineral and regular water and soap. You can also buy special products to clean wine, ink etc.

1. Treat stains immediately after the occur. To clean the clothes underlay waterproof material. Put sufficient layer to the place you are cleaning. Ideal are paper napkins or paper towels. Never use colourful napkins or towels.

2. Rub the stain with a small cloth or a sponge. From edges to the centre. Don’t force it or you will destroy the fabric. For drying up your clothes you can use hairdryer.

3. For some spots is enough to use water and soap. Another disappear thanks to vinegar or lemon.

Last time we told you how to clean stains from wine. You can find it here.

Stains from Beer
Mix same amount of ammonia and alcohol. Dry up wih paper towel and clean with clear water. Then wash usual way.

Stains from Ketchup
Immediately wash fabric in a cold water. Then leave it in the water for few hours and apply some washing powder on the spot. If the spot is still there after few hours then try few drops of alcohol.

Stains from Coffee
For brown spots from coffee never use hot water. Use salt water and small cloth.

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5 Things You Can Clean With Lemon

Lemon? Have you heard about cleaning with lemon? No? It used to be very traditional and it still works.

Lemon – very useful especially when you use it together with salt

1. Kitchen Unit – Soak half of lemon in baking soda and use it for kitchen unit. Then wipe it with a wet sponge. Never use it for marble or stainless steel.

2. Cutting board: Use lemon juice to simply get rid of stubborn stains from food. Squeeze the juice of half a lemon to the stained area and let soak for 20 minutes and then wash off.

3. Dishes in the dishwasher: It will be much more effective if you add a teaspoon of lemon juice.

4. Plastic containers: Stains from tomato sauces and other acidic foods rub with lemon juice, let it dry in sunny spot and then just wash it as usual.

5. Shower: Squeeze some lemons into the spray container and squirt shower doors.

Try these tips and if you still suffer just contact The Brighton Cleaning Company.

How to Clean With Vinegar

It is a miracle for your home. It cleans stains, water stone and it is best natural cleaner. Distilled vinegar creates an environment that inhibits the growth of mold and certain types of bacteria. This multifunctional cleaner you can get if you stir half a cup of vinegar and a quarter cup of baking soda in two liters of water.

Dishwasher: To disinfect dishwasher pour half a cup if vinegar into the reservoir in the dishwasher and start washing program.

Waste: Pour vinegar into clogged pipes and let it work for 30 minutes.

Floors: For cleaning almost all kinds of floors (except marble or wood) add quarter cup of vinegar in a bucket of warm water.

Glass: Glasses will glisten beautifully if you add one cup of vinegar into the wash water.

Steam iron: Vinegar will help you get rid of sediment.

Mold on the walls: Spray the vinegar directly on the mold, rinse off after fifteen minutes and let dry properly.

How to Remove Hair Dye from Carpet

Have you ever spilled a little hair color on your carpet? It does happen in the bathroom and it is much easier to clean it there. If this accident happen you must act quickly! Did you come for an advice how to clean old stain? Well, it still can work!

1. Mix washing liquid with white vinegar and prepape two cups with hot water. One spoon of that mix belongs to each cup.

2. Take regular clean cloth clean the stains with that mix. Your job may be done now but if you still see the stain then you should continue.

3. Use cold water and other cloth and blot it until it dries up.

4. Now try alcohol and then dry up with a cloth.

5. Use hot water again and hopefuly your carpet is clean again but there is still a change for you. Let’s continue.

6. This time mix one spoon of washing powder, one spoon of ammonia and two cups of hot water.

7. Now leave for about half an hour but every 5 minutes put there a cloth to dry it up. After that just sponge with cold water. It should be done!

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3 Crazy Cleaning Inventions

Do you remember when we were talking about cleaning inventions? Here are three other ones.

1. Baby Mop

Doest it look crazy? I find it very amusing. Dress up your baby and let him/her down on wood or floor that needs cleaning. I bet it will be fun!

2. Self Making “Easy Bed”

That is for really really lazy people. I remember seeing this in one movie. Imagine that you would never have to make your bed again. Thing is that is much better do NOT make your bed as it keeps bacteria. Strange I know but it is true. Now you have an excuse why not to make your bed. See video here.

3. Vacuum Ball

It contains motor and it moves. It rolls around your flat. It is actually very clever but quite big. You cannot clean space near walls with this so you have to vacuum by yourself anyway.

Old School Tested Cleaning Tips For Floor

In The Brighton Cleaning Company we like using well tested ways which were helping for years and years so why not you?

Furniture and Floor

If you need to get rid of fingerprints on the varnished wooden furniture or laminate floor try cold black tea!

For dust in on the walls and shelves try mixture of regular vegetable oil with a few drops of scented essential oil. This mix pour into a spray bottle and spray onto dry cloth and just clean! It will be polished!

To get rid of germs there is no need to scrub floors but just do it more often. To treat older furniture try 1 teaspoon of olive oil, half a cup of vinegar and half a cup of red wine. Rub it well and let dry for 5 minutes and polish with a dry cloth.

Things of leather first clean with vinegar water then wipe with linseed oil and let dry.

Another old tips you can find here.