How to Clean Plasma TV

Periodically wipe all appliances to make sure dust particles do not get in the way of their performance. It also ensures the durability of your appliances. To clean plasma TVs, you should verify with your brand’s manual what is the ideal way of cleaning your television.  

Although you can actually do the cleaning while the television is off, it is best to turn it off. There are spray cleaners that are available in the market that are safe to be used. Again, check first with your manufacturer, to be safe. Make sure to use lint free cloth whenever possible to erase marks that are left on the screen.  

You will be surprised how becoming your tv set will be after your regular maintenance. As for the plasma stand, you can use a dedicated cleaner, like a wood furniture conditioner, for stands made of wood. When you choose to use a damp cloth on the stand, make sure to follow it up with a dry cloth.

Blow Dry Toughened Fridge Gasket

A fridge does not have to be age old to have a hard and non-functional gasket.  Did you know that in a few minutes, the toughened fridge gasket could actually go back to being functional again?

Turn on the the blow dryer on high and concentrate on the toughened parts of the fridge gasket.  Most service people would just have the part replaced altogether.  But here is something you can actually try yourself.  Just make sure the refrigerator is unplugged from the electrical outlet.  

Washing Walls

It is way cheaper to wash walls than have them repainted. Sometimes all you really need to have done is have your walls professionally washed. You are more likely to save 75% of what you have allotted for a professional wall painting.

For those regular wall washing that you do yourself, keep in mind to wear a washcloth around your wrists to catch all the drips from the wet cloth. A wristband might do the trick.

How to Care for the Fireplace

Winter is here again. Are you and your household prepared for this cold season? How do you maintain your fireplace? During this winter season, you would have to clean the fireplace and hearth at least once a week. Vacuum or brush up ashes and wipe off the hearth with a damp cloth or sponge specifically for the fireplace.

Some households prefer to have gas fires or even on of those contemporary electric fires. There are a lot of state of the art hole in the wall fires available in HotPrice.co.uk that you might want to check out. They probably the top store to look into when it comes to quality at unbelievably low prices.

The walls of the firebox should always be cleaned with a dry bristle brush or the dusting attachment of the vacuum cleaner. Be careful not to scrub the firebrick or cement block with water. Doing this may reduce heat retention.

Clean the fireplace chimney flue at least once a year. It will be best if you get the services of a professional chimney sweeper. Dust brass and iron fireplace tools and fire screens regularly. Wash them occasionally with warm sudsy water. Also make sure to sprinkle damp tea leaves over the ashes before removing them to reduce the dust. Wash and coat your slate hearth with lemon oil once every six weeks.

Cleaning Products Cabinet

For safety measures, I can never emphasize enough the importance of having a safe storage area for all the cleaning products that we have in our households. This definitely should not be the cabinet where food supplies are kept.

Always make sure to return all the products that you use for household cleaning in the containers that they came in. Never use containers that you normally use for food. For extra caution, label containers with warning or "poison."

Cleaning Methods

Do you always follow the manufacturer's direction on cleaning supplies? Sometimes when the label says use only a capful, it is too tempting to pour more than just that and maybe trick the whole thing to come off faster. Know that these cleaning stuff have been tested and pouring more than what's necessary will just make it harder to rinse off and definitely more expensive to use.

Always cover half of the holes in the top of a can of your cleanser or your scouring powder with masking tape. When you do this, you are almost assured that one can will last you twice as long.

Cleaning in Layers

Have you ever heard of cleaning in layers? It is a mindset of organizing a cleaning schedule to suit your specific needs. This is what I do at home. Being the work from home mother that I am, I am left with nobody but myself to do the house chores, so I figured I must devise a way wherein things will be less cumbersome for me. Thus, the cleaning in layers.

Layer1 - Basically covers the everyday things that needs to be done. Dish washing, floor sweeping, garbage emptying, bed making, and for those who have toddlers like me, picking up toys.

Layer2 - These are tasks that are to be done once or twice a week like vacuuming, for non-tropical countries - watering the plants, cleaning the garbage pail, cleaning the bathroom, toilet and dusting the furniture.

Layer 3 - Once a week deep cleaning like mopping or scrubbing the floor. I consider myself blessed because I have a weekend girl who comes over to do this for me. Polishing furnitures, cleaning the fridge, changing the linens.

Layer 4 - This involves projects like washing the windows, woodwork jobs, cleaning the oven, polishing silvers, washing summer and winter blankets. Cleaning the screens and storm windows also fall under this layer. Choose a fixed two hours per week for these or add them to your Layer 3 to do's each week as they come up.

Keeping house should not be as hard as it seem. It just needs a system and have it work for you. Happy cleaning! :D