Talking Dirty With The Queen of Clean - Softcover

Cobb, Linda C.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1893048020 ISBN 13: 9781893048027

Publisher: Pocket Books, 1998

Synopsis

The down-to-earth housekeeping guide that brought the Queen of Clean into your home! Her marvelous collection of tips and shortcuts gives you the keys to conquering dust, rust, stains, gum, clogs, odor, mildew, smudges, scratches, allergens, pet problems, and water damage. And she works her magic with the hidden cleansing powers of natural, inexpensive ingredients such as baking soda, lemon juice, petroleum jelly, tea, vinegar and more. Now, the Queen expands her domain with: More penny-saving tips... Thrifty hints for frugal living. Waste not... Don't trash it! The Queen finds fun, creative uses for everyday products. An ounce of prevention... Foil common household problems‹before they begin. The Queen's favorite tales... Happy endings to the most unusual and daunting cleaning challenges!

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Review:

Stand back, Heloise, here comes the Queen of Clean. Armed with both common sense and ingenuity, Linda Cobb made a name for herself on Morning, Arizona. For those of you who don't happen to live in Arizona, she has written this helpful little book. Talking Dirty with the Queen of Clean tackles just about any household stain, stink, or accident you can think of.

"There are five cleaning products you should never be without," says the Queen, "and most of them are things you already have in your home." What are they? White vinegar, baking soda, lemon juice, club soda, and Spot Shot Instant Carpet Stain Remover (her favorite brand). With these simple items, you can clean and deodorize nearly every room in your home, thereby saving money on expensive store-bought cleaners and reducing the amounts of chemicals in your home. Did you burn a casserole? Fill the dish with hot water, one tablespoon of baking soda, and soak. Try cleaning brass and copper with half a lemon sprinkled with salt. It should shine right up (and smell good, too).

The chapters are short and sweet, and besides the usual home/pet/kid/upholstery cleaning techniques, the Queen also tackles patio furniture, the grill, electronic equipment, plants, and smoke and water damage. Did you know you can distract grasshoppers by planting basil around your flowerbeds? They'll eat that and leave your flowers alone. Here's our favorite tip: when painting or washing walls, wrap washcloths or old rags around your wrists and secure them with rubber bands. When you lift your arms, the paint or water drips will be absorbed instead of running all the way down your arms. Keep this book handy. --Dana Van Nest

About the Author:

Linda Cobb first shared her cleaning tips with readers in a weekly newspaper column in Michigan, where she owned a cleaning and disaster-restoration business dealing with the aftermath of fires and floods. After moving to Phoenix, she appeared weekly as a guest on Good Morning Arizona; since then she has shared her housekeeping tips on radio and television shows across the country, and in two New York Times bestsellers, Talking Dirty with the Queen of Clean® and Talking Dirty Laundry with the Queen of Clean®. She is also the author of a bestselling month-by-month cleaning guide, A Queen for All Seasons; The Royal Guide to Spot and Stain Removal, a handy, pocket-size laundry guide drawn from her previous bestsellers; and The Queen of Clean® Conquers Clutter, a collection of quick and easy organizing tips. Linda Cobb lives in Phoenix with her husband.

About this edition

• Publisher: Pocket Books
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 1893048020
• ISBN 13: 9781893048027
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 132