A mopped floor occasionally dries with a lusterdulling film; if you mop it again with water containing a cup or so of white vinegar the floor will glisten. A pencil eraser or fine, dry steel wool is often effective in removing scuff marks left by shoe heels on resilient flooring.
Lift crayon marks by rubbing them with toothpaste or silver polish on a damp rag.
Instead of using commercial preparations, you can "wax" a floor by washing it with warm water to which you have added 2 tablespoons of furniture polish and V2 cup of vinegar. When cleaning an asphalt tile floor with water, use a wellwrung cloth or sponge; excess water can seep into the seams and loosen the adhesives that hold the flooring.
Rather than wax floors on your hands and knees, stand and use a longhandled paint roller. A roller not only speeds up the waxing process, it makes it easy to reach under a radiator or built furniture.
To clean up raw egg dropped on a floor, sprinkle it with salt, let it sit for 15 to 20 minutes, and then sweep it up with a broom.
Instead of using a rag to apply paste wax to floors, get a better grip and protect your skin with a glovetype potholder or workman's glove slipped over your hand. Such gloves have the added advantage of being sturdy and easy to clean. When washing highly waxed floors between waxings, use a solution of 1 cup of fabric softener in Vi pail of water to prevent dulling the shine.
A few drops of vinegar in the water used to clean the kitchen floor will help remove particles of cooking grease that have settled from the air. For a fast shine between floor waxings, put a piece of waxed paper under your mop and slide it around your floor.
After you've waxed a floor, wrap a bath towel around each foot and shuffle around the room to polish the floor in a flash. When it's time for a new coat of wax on a linoleum or tile floor, remove the old wax bv mopping with a solution of 3 parts of water to 1 part of rubbing alcohol.
Lift crayon marks by rubbing them with toothpaste or silver polish on a damp rag.
Instead of using commercial preparations, you can "wax" a floor by washing it with warm water to which you have added 2 tablespoons of furniture polish and V2 cup of vinegar. When cleaning an asphalt tile floor with water, use a wellwrung cloth or sponge; excess water can seep into the seams and loosen the adhesives that hold the flooring.
Rather than wax floors on your hands and knees, stand and use a longhandled paint roller. A roller not only speeds up the waxing process, it makes it easy to reach under a radiator or built furniture.
To clean up raw egg dropped on a floor, sprinkle it with salt, let it sit for 15 to 20 minutes, and then sweep it up with a broom.
Instead of using a rag to apply paste wax to floors, get a better grip and protect your skin with a glovetype potholder or workman's glove slipped over your hand. Such gloves have the added advantage of being sturdy and easy to clean. When washing highly waxed floors between waxings, use a solution of 1 cup of fabric softener in Vi pail of water to prevent dulling the shine.
A few drops of vinegar in the water used to clean the kitchen floor will help remove particles of cooking grease that have settled from the air. For a fast shine between floor waxings, put a piece of waxed paper under your mop and slide it around your floor.
After you've waxed a floor, wrap a bath towel around each foot and shuffle around the room to polish the floor in a flash. When it's time for a new coat of wax on a linoleum or tile floor, remove the old wax bv mopping with a solution of 3 parts of water to 1 part of rubbing alcohol.
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