I’m pretty sure everyone is intimately familiar with aluminum. You can barely toss a cat across the room without having it hit something that’s made from it. I think, because it’s so common, that it’s often times not even thought of or given any attention. It’s just always there. My favorite use for it is naturally bee….uhh…..soda cans. A very close second, however, is cookware. Aluminum is very well known for it’s ability to conduct and transfer heat. And it’s inexpensive. Yay! But, just because aluminum cookware is somewhat inexpensive doesn’t mean it should be neglected. Even things that don’t cost an arm and a leg get expensive if you’re constantly replacing them. With that in mind, I put together this article on how to clean aluminum. Now don’t get me wrong, this article is not only for aluminum cookware. The advise given here can be used on any bare aluminum surface. So if you’ve got some aluminum that you’re looking to clean but don’t know the best way to go about it, look no further. Have a gander at my article on How to Clean Aluminum.
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Now that’s one dirty piece of brass. Ha! That’s funny if you’re me. Anyway, Nils, a good friend of mine and a fellow contributor to the websites, had this dirty ass brass cat statue thing. I’d been staring at this jaguar/leopard/panther for years before I finally felt compelled to do a little something about its appearance. I had cleaned brass before so I knew it wouldn’t be difficult or take much time or money. What I didn’t know was how many ways there were to do it. It’s unbelievable. And they’re all easy. Since cleaning that little cat statue I’ve been feeling compelled to spend six straight days going to garage sales and antique shops looking for grimy little brass things that other people have deemed worthless and giving them a little face lift. It’s actually kind of fun to clean brass. Especially when the object you started with is really tarnished and the final product looks like something completely different. I’m not saying the brass cat was that bad, but it did need some attention. If you’re curious to see how it turned out, check out this article on How to Clean Brass.
I recently received an engagement ring made, as tradition would have it, of diamonds in a gold band. After the initial excitement of the proposal, I experienced a few ridiculous moments during which I was afraid to actually wear the ring because I knew wearing it would quickly spoil the perfectly smooth shine of the new gold. Dust and oils from my skin would get on it, and it would get dull. I’m wearing it anyway, of course, and I can see it gradually collecting a little bit of dirt and oil. But I’m not worried anymore, because I know that cleaning gold can be a quick, easy, and inexpensive process. My latest article, appropriately titled How to Clean Gold, shows exactly how to do it. Take a look.
Stainless steel is a huge trend in kitchen decorating and cookware right now, and it’s obvious why: it’s durable and hygienic on the practical side and neutral, shiny, and sleekly attractive from an aesthetic standpoint. Or, at least, it’s all of those things until it gets smeared with fingerprints, dulled with grease, and spotted with bits of food. The truth is, cleaning stainless steel is very easy (yet another reason to fill your kitchen with it), but many of us simply don’t know how. That’s where my latest article comes in. It shows how to clean stainless steel quickly and easily with common, all-natural household products. So now you know.
It’s that time of year again. Time to pull the good silver out of the box to set your holiday table, only to discover that your once-sparkling forks are black with tarnish. Since tarnished silver doesn’t impress your guests—it’s ugly and tastes funny—and it’s a waste of good silverware to hide it back in the box and use the stainless steel everyday stuff, you’re probably going to want to clean your silver. Except that you don’t really want to, because cleaning silver is difficult and time-consuming, right? Actually, it doesn’t have to be. I can show you how to clean silver in ways that are quick and painless. Also, as always, the methods you’ll see here are easy on the environment.
