Just in time for the holidays, Real Simple online has introduced a new, interative guide to common stains and how to remove them. Stains are organized as follows:
Arts & Crafts
Beauty & Health
Home & Nature
Sauce & Condiment
Drink & Dessert
Simply click on the stain and steps for removing them appear. The guidelines look a bit “sponsor” driven, [...]
What is felt? Felt is a mass of wool. Rather than being woven, it is pressed and manipulated using hot water and steam to create a strong, smooth, light, extremely water-resistant natural fabric. The same basic technique has been employed for generations.
According to the Southeastern Felt Supply Co…”Wool becomes felt when it is subjected to [...]
While shopping (you remember how to do that, don’t you?) for Thanksgiving, keep these 5 essential cleaning items for the holidays close by. Yes, we can all pick up an extra bottle of liquid dish washing detergent, but some things can slip our minds.
First, have tons of extra kitchen towels on hand. The Organic Flour [...]
“…no wire hangers, ever!” is not only Clean+istry’s favorite line from Clean+istry’s favorite nightmare mother, it is one strategy mentioned in Susan Fornoff’s piece “How to make clothes, bedding last longer.” A must read in tight times.
The article includes many great tips. Here are a few we like best:
Better quality fabrics, under proper care, will [...]
When it comes to Halloween, about the only thing to be counted on is its messy aftermath. Susan Fornoff, writing for the San Francisco Chronicle gives 5 tips for dealing with Halloween mess, 3 of which concern cleaning.
Treat candy apple stains by rinsing the fabric in warm water, followed by rubbing liquid detergent into the [...]
We finally bought plynyl doormats, from Chilewich (in chesnut) for our front entry and rear sliding doors. Very hot.
Clean+istry is generally not impressed with maintenance guidelines offered by manufacturers, but the plynyl website knocked our shoes off. (figuratively speaking. We strictly adhere to a shoes-off policy)
Plynyl is a woven synthetic fiber that is frequently installed [...]
Paprya is not your mother’s shag carpet. By Ulf Moritz for Danskina, it is made of 45% paper, 55% wool (for toughness) and then treated with a water-resistant solution.
Its 1.5 inch pile can be vacuumed (which attachment?) and spot cleaned. At $106 a square foot, we’d prefer testing it first.
Available in 12 [...]
B_E_E_ (stands for Beauty Engineered for Ever) is a New Zealand based company committed to developing cleaning products that not only clean well, but excel “environmentally, ethically, and sensually.” Who could argue with that?
We like the packaging. Correction: we LOVE the packaging. For some time, Clean+istry has labeled all of our [...]
Clean+istry frequently fields the question “what are HEPA filters and why should I care?”. When Clean+istry was just a pup, starting out in the world, we would sometimes end up in a cloud of dust while vacuuming. We were then forced to continue vacuuming the dust that we had recirculated. The circle of dust created was wicked [...]
Wash the Brookville Rug with a water hose, along with the dog, the kids and any significant others that happen to be around and dirty. The Brookville Rug, made from DuraCord, resists stains, is UV resistant (no fading) and stands up to the weather. The DuraCord fiber is hand-hooked to create a tufted [...]