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Show As soon as grease is spilled on the kitchen floor, pour ice water over the area immediately. That will make it harden before it has a chance to soak into the linoleum lino-leum (or wood, for that matter), and you scrape it off with a dull, flat-bladed table knife. The less linoleum is washed, the longer it will last; and washing wash-ing can be postponed in several ways. Wax new linoleum when it's laid, for one thing, and keep it well waxed. Also, when anything is spilled on the floor, wipe it up with a damp cloth immediately. The life of linoleum floor coverings cover-ings can be extended by giving extra ex-tra protection to the portions which come in for an extra share of traffic and abuse. The spot in front of the sink is the most popular popu-lar one; and an ordinary small throw rug will protect it from wear and dripping. Or, as a temporary measure, rip open a paper bag and stand on that while washing dishes. Additional drainboard space can be acquired temporarily if you have drawers on each side of your sink under the permament drainboard. Just pull out the top drawer on each side, put a big tray on each one, and stack the dishes on them. |
