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Show Housecleaning Made Easier With Effective Solutions i ' A , 5 - m, f L.. j..- ,J - ' saia sr A good cleaner for washable walls and woodwork can be made at home. Combine one gallon water, one cup bottled ammonia. am-monia. ?i cup vinegar and V cup baking soda. k fulfil By PF.OGY MASON First step in seasonal house-cleaning house-cleaning is to get floors, walls and woodwork sparWing and shining. Before we proceed with painting or waxing, all surfaces must be thoroughly cleaned of dirt and grime. Washing of large areas is slow, hard work with ordinary soap and water. But when a spc-cial cleaning clean-ing preparation is used, the task is magically lightened and it's actually fun to watch the accumulation accum-ulation of soil disappear. If you like to make your own cleaning solution, here is a formula for-mula that is very good for washable wash-able painted walls and woodwork. To one gallon of water, add one cup of bottled ammonia, Vi cup bottled vinegar and Vi cud baking bak-ing soda. This solution is applied with a sponge or soft cloth, and it is not necessary to rinse. Remember Re-member that walls are washed by starting at the bottom and working work-ing up. Many new products are- on the market to simplify housecleaning. One of the newest, a bottled liquid liq-uid solution, is effective on floors, linoleum, glass, woodwork, walls and tiles. Easy to use, a teaspoon of this concentrated cleaner is simply added to a quart of water, hot or cold. The resulting solu- i One teaspoon of new, bottled cleaner, in concentrated form,; makes quart of cleaning solution.! Works magic on soiled walls, floors, woodwork, upholstery. tion whisks away dirt in a jiffy, yet is perfectly harmless to hands and painted surfaces. It may be used also on rugs and colorfast upholstery. Unless an excess of the solution is used, no rinsing is required. |