It’s finally come to this…your home has become so out-of-control, so chaotic that you’ve turned to the Internet to learn how to clean house. Risky, but if you’ve made it here you’re heading in the right direction. Here at How to Clean Things our philosophy is that house cleaning should be easy, low-maintenance, and non-toxic. Sounds simple enough, but following through on this will show you how different this strategy is compared to the just-spray-this-on-it, take-some-speed-and-clean-all-day method pushed by our commercial culture. We are constantly urged to bring more things into our homes, and when things get dirty, we use untested chemicals to get the job done. Yikes. (That’s right…yikes.) Read my latest article on how to clean a house, lest you end up like Mrs. Cuddles Bear.
First of all, cymbal cleaning is completely a matter of preference. Many great drummers are content to let their cymbals develop a deep, dark tarnish. This happens to cymbals when they are exposed to air or moisture. Tarnish actually protects metal. Some percussionists get rid of the tarnish for cosmetic reasons. They want to shine on stage; it’s part of the presentation. Others believe that shiny, clean cymbals emit a sharper, more resonant sound suited for heavier music. Whatever your reasons are, you can learn how to clean cymbals by reading my latest article. I cover commercial cymbal cleaners, common metal polishes, as well as natural, homemade metal cleaners. You’ll also find tips for cymbal care, maintenence, and storage. Follow any link to see how it’s done.
If you want to learn how to clean a bowl, you’re either pretty new to smoking pot or you’ve been smoking joints and eating brownies. Bowls, pipes, and bongs are great, efficient ways to enjoy marijuana; however, the marijuana resin that builds up in such pieces can be vexing. It ruins the taste. It looks disgusting. It interferes with your bowl’s ability to deliver a truly epic hit. Worst of all, it bonds to your bowl like cement. So what do you do? Well, you could go and buy a commercial bowl cleaner. Those products work well. However, I can teach you how to clean a bowl using several popular methods that cost almost nothing. Follow any of the links and you’ll be smoking from a clean bowl once again.
A few years ago, some college students in my state got into some trouble for holding up a sign that read, “Bong Hits for Jesus” at some small-town function. At the time, post- bong hit, I didn’t know if they they were taking bong hits in the Lord’s name or bong hits for the Lord upon his return. Jesus did have long hair, wore sandals, and talked about peace and brotherhood. I’m sure he would have enjoyed a good toke now and again. Miracles don’t come without stress. I thought about presenting Jesus with my resin-caked bong. The marijuana would be worthy of Christ, but resin sludge isn’t for the King of Kings. You need a clean bong for a Jesus visit. While I’m sure the students with the sign were (A) mormons and (B) trying to rationalize taking that extra bong hit before class, I think we should keep our bongs at the ready for the Second Coming. Be prepared. Read my latest article on how to clean a bong or risk being cast down into the abyss.
The garage door lifts and your willpower, your shame-driven initiative is overcome by the awesome scale of the task - the horror of it. Your synapses stop firing and your brain ceases to function. You’re left with an unsettling, thousand-yard stare and a box of garbage bags. You go inside, head straight for your computer and search to find how to clean a garage. You soon find a page that gives you hope, and blood returns to your limbs. It clearly outlines a logical strategy to clean a garage. You begin your task with renewed vigor, first deciding what it is you want your garage to be. You get rid of things in a logical fashion and you find organizers for what’s left. You learn much from this page and throughout the course of your battle. After some planning and a full day’s work, you are left with a clean garage and a new, confident outlook.
Kids today are not being taught how to clean fish or any other fresh game. Never in human history have people been so far removed from the food they consume. Where does it come from? What (or who) is in it? Who catches and prepares it? With eyes glazed over and mouths stuffed with chicken nuggets, these are questions we choose to ignore. Well, what are you going to do when the zombie apocalypse finally happens? What would you do if Wal-Mart and McDonalds were to close? You would be hunting, fishing, and cannibalizing the neighbors to stay alive. Your survival education begins with cleaning fish. While not as calorie intensive as your neighbors, fish are a great source of protein with myriad health benefits. Cleaning fish well takes practice, but it isn’t complicated. I demonstrate how to clean fish with a fillet knife and a cutting board. That is all you need. You’ll find much more on the page, including ways to store and prepare fish. Follow a link to read my latest article.
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.
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.
