Archive for July, 2009

How to Clean Blood

When I was growing up, I was pretty tough on both myself and my things. I’ve had stitches more times than I can count. And of course, to the chagrin of my mother, damn near every time I cut myself bad enough to require stitches, I also bled all over everything I came into contact with. Luckily, since I was the third of three boys, my ma knew how to clean blood. Indeed, she was a blood cleaning machine. It’s true, blood stains can be very difficult to get out, which was pointed out to me repeatedly. But at least, through watching her, I’ve learned how to clean up blood all by my little lonesome. Whether you are cleaning blood from your nose, your leg, your eyes, or from any other part of your nasty body, check out this article and learn how to clean blood stains using things you’ve probably got sitting in the cupboard already.

How to Clean Wool

People are surprisingly intimidated when it comes to washing wool and cleaning wool. I think the problem is that we read too many labels and they all say “Dry Clean Only”. And yeah. Sometimes that’s probably true. And that’s why I don’t buy those things. When it comes to cleaning wool though, despite what the tag says, you don’t always have to dry clean wool. I think it’s entirely possible that they put that on the tag because either they are too lazy to tell us how to do it right or they underestimate the ability of the people purchasing their products to take care of them properly. Either way, it’s bull doody. It’s actually pretty easy to clean wool. It’s kinda time consuming, but easy. If you have some wool garments that need some cleaning and are looking for a simple method for how to clean wool, have a look and a gander at this article.

How to Clean Urine

I lived in a house for about a year that smelled like piss before I gave in and decided to learn how to clean urine. Gross, I know. I was in college, smoked a lot, and just didn’t really let it bother me. My girlfriend, on the other hand, was bothered. The thing is, it was cold and dry out when we moved in, so the smell wasn’t noticeable. Once summer and humidity hit, it stunk like hell. She tried countless different things to clean urine. We don’t even know what kind of urine it was. It could have been dog urine, cat urine, human urine, ghost urine, elephant urine, who knows. We didn’t. Still don’t. We did, however, eventually figure out how to clean urine properly. Which is good, because we are now the proud owners of a couple cats. And every now and then, things happen, and you need to know how to clean urine. So, no more blabbing. Check out this article.

How to Clean Pennies

One of the coolest things about collecting pennies is that not too many people do it. Granted, it’s probably more than I would guess. But still, it can’t be too bad. Otherwise, nobody would ever get good pennies back as change from the store. Or maybe, the fact that we do on occasion get a nice wheat penny, is simply because only a very small percentage of retail clerks collect pennies. Which is a good thing. Because every time I get behind the counter, I rifle through the pennies in the tray the first chance I get. And because of that, I have a pretty respectable penny collection. And because of that, I know how to clean pennies. And yes, I know, you shouldn’t go about cleaning pennies all Willy nilly. Some of them are valuable and you don’t want to screw that up. Most of them, however, ain’t worth a damn. They’re just cool. And dirty. And so it’s easy to understand how one such as myself (and you, of course) would want to know how to clean a penny. Well my friend, if you want to know how to clean copper pennies, wheat pennies, steel pennies, or even zinc pennies, check out this article.

How to Clean Coins

Yeah, yeah, yeah. I know, never clean coins. Numismatic value blah, blah, blah. You know what? I don’t care. Sometimes you have a coin, it’s dirty as hell, and you want to clean it. Nothing wrong with that. People are smart enough to realize or figure out on their own if coin cleaning is a good idea. It could be a foreign coin you picked up on vacation and you just want it to look nice. It could be something you found on a good day. Maybe it’s something as simple as a coin from the same year you or your kid were born. Maybe you want to clean old coins for a school project. Whatever. All you want to know is the best way to go about cleaning coins. Well you’re in luck! I’ve been collecting coins for years and even though I know most of them aren’t worth crap, I still like them. Some of them, I like even better after I’ve done a little coin cleaning. So, if you simply want to know how to clean coins, regardless of their value, check out this article.

How to Clean Oil

I had to learn, by threat of death, how to remove oil at a fairly young age. My first car was an ‘81 Olds Toronado with a sphincter control problem. As much as I loved that car, it was perhaps the most environmentally unfriendly car in America at the time. I think it would have passed Mexican emission standards, but not by much. And then it would have thanked them by leaving behind a nice oil slick. While it is more common to have to clean up oil under older cars, new cars are often guilty of dripping oil too. It’s just one of those things. And these days, with the economy doing what it’s doing, many people are simply choosing to live with cleaning oil instead of spending all the cash to have someone find and fix the leak. That’s where I come in. If you need to know how to clean oil spills or how to clean up oil stains that have been there awhile, check out this article.