Comments on: Going Green Can Save You Money http://adeltarealty.net/blog/bonita-springs-homes/energysavings/ Homes for Sale in Naples Florida Thu, 26 Apr 2012 12:48:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: bob henley http://adeltarealty.net/blog/bonita-springs-homes/energysavings/comment-page-1/#comment-28049 bob henley Wed, 03 Sep 2008 16:13:49 +0000 http://adeltarealty.net/?p=1178#comment-28049 Thanks. This is really useful information and I'm going to pass it on to both my friends and to new Florida residents I sell homes to here in Sarasota. Thanks. This is really useful information and I’m going to pass it on to both my friends and to new Florida residents I sell homes to here in Sarasota.

]]> By: Jessica http://adeltarealty.net/blog/bonita-springs-homes/energysavings/comment-page-1/#comment-27846 Jessica Mon, 01 Sep 2008 18:31:45 +0000 http://adeltarealty.net/?p=1178#comment-27846 Green Cleaning Tips: Coffee, Red Juice, Wine, Tea, Or Ink Stains If you have any of these things on your carpet, you can get them out by following this stain cleaning solution. Blot up any and all liquid from the stain. You should do this as soon as possible and make sure to get up as much of the stain as possible. Do not scrub or rub the stain further into the carpet. Use club soda on the stain. Apply to the area and allow to sit for just a minute. Then, blot it up again. Keep repeating until the stain is fully removed. Once it is gone, apply clean water to the location and blot up as well. This will be a rinse. If this does not work, mix 1/4 tsp of dishwashing soap with a quart of water. Apply to the stain and then blot up to remove the liquid and stain. Still there? Then use hydrogen peroxide. Allow this to set on the stain for several hours. It will chemically react with it and release the stain. Blot if off again. Oils and Greasy Carpet Stains For stains that are greasy, apply a dry cleaning solvent to the area in a small amount. Use a terry cloth to apply it. Blot off and then rinse. If there is still a residue there, you can add a bit of baking soda to the location and allow it to absorb the stain. Vacuum it off. Chocolate Stains Scrape up and remove any excesss that you can. Then, use one teaspoon of dishwashing liquid and one cup of water. Apply gently to the stain. Be very careful not to rub it in. Blot the stain out with a clean terry cloth. Repeat as necessary. Afterwards, rinse with clean water and blot again Candle Wax Have a fallen candle or a few drips on your carpet? If so, scrape off all that you can with a dull knife. Then place clean white paper towels over the stain and apply a warm iron to it. This will help the stain to move from the carpet to the paper. Keep moving it around until it is totally absorb bed. If any greasy spots are left, you will want to apply baking soda to the area and then vacuum up. Blot, repeat, and then sponge it with clean water. How to remove Cola Stains: Take one teaspoon of neutral detergent and mix with a cup of lukewarm water. Blot. Mix one tablespoon of household ammonia with a half cup of water. Blot. Repeat step one. Sponge with clean water. Blot. Remove Oil/Grease Stains: To remove grease, put some talcum powder on the stain and let it sit for a few minutes. Then, you should brush off the powder and then wash the stain with one teaspoon of neutral detergent and 2/3 cups of cold water and scrub brush or sponge. Hope this was helpful... Own of Mighty Kklene Green Cleaning Tips:

Coffee, Red Juice, Wine, Tea, Or Ink Stains
If you have any of these things on your carpet, you can get them out by following this stain cleaning solution.

Blot up any and all liquid from the stain. You should do this as soon as possible and make sure to get up as much of the stain as possible. Do not scrub or rub the stain further into the carpet. Use club soda on the stain. Apply to the area and allow to sit for just a minute. Then, blot it up again. Keep repeating until the stain is fully removed. Once it is gone, apply clean water to the location and blot up as well. This will be a rinse. If this does not work, mix 1/4 tsp of dishwashing soap with a quart of water. Apply to the stain and then blot up to remove the liquid and stain.

Still there? Then use hydrogen peroxide. Allow this to set on the stain for several hours. It will chemically react with it and release the stain. Blot if off again.

Oils and Greasy Carpet Stains
For stains that are greasy, apply a dry cleaning solvent to the area in a small amount. Use a terry cloth to apply it. Blot off and then rinse. If there is still a residue there, you can add a bit of baking soda to the location and allow it to absorb the stain. Vacuum it off.

Chocolate Stains
Scrape up and remove any excesss that you can. Then, use one teaspoon of dishwashing liquid and one cup of water. Apply gently to the stain. Be very careful not to rub it in. Blot the stain out with a clean terry cloth. Repeat as necessary. Afterwards, rinse with clean water and blot again

Candle Wax
Have a fallen candle or a few drips on your carpet? If so, scrape off all that you can with a dull knife. Then place clean white paper towels over the stain and apply a warm iron to it. This will help the stain to move from the carpet to the paper. Keep moving it around until it is totally absorb bed. If any greasy spots are left, you will want to apply baking soda to the area and then vacuum up. Blot, repeat, and then sponge it with clean water.

How to remove Cola Stains:
Take one teaspoon of neutral detergent and mix with a cup of lukewarm water. Blot. Mix one tablespoon of household ammonia with a half cup of water. Blot. Repeat step one. Sponge with clean water. Blot.

Remove Oil/Grease Stains:
To remove grease, put some talcum powder on the stain and let it sit for a few minutes. Then, you should brush off the powder and then wash the stain with one teaspoon of neutral detergent and 2/3 cups of cold water and scrub brush or sponge.

Hope this was helpful… Own of Mighty Kklene

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