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How to Remove Permanent Marker from Everything

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Permanent markers can be very risky to use. A tiny mistake can ruin your favorite shirt. Remember that day when your artistic son pulled on a beautiful graffiti on your newly painted wall? And you thought ‘well, I just have to live with that’. Well, now he has also ruined your favorite leather bag, and you have to find the solution.

Relax! Permanent marker is no longer so permanent. Here you will find a solution to the permanent marker drawings on your surfaces.

With this information, there is no doubt that any future permanent marker drawings (you can’t get rid of markers, you need them) will not stress you out.

Remove Marker from Cloth

How to Remove Permanent Marker from Fabric

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On white clothing- if the stain is on a white garment, then you can remove the stain by dipping the stained area in water containing bleach. If it does not immediately come out, you can let the clothing stay in the water for a few minutes, then wash it off.

Remember to take the necessary precautions before handling any bleach such as wearing gloves since bleaching agents can be harmful to the skin.

For purely or partially cotton clothes, you can squeeze some citrus juice like lemon juice before attempting anything else. If the citrus juice method does not work, you can use alcohol by dabbing a little rubbing alcohol on the stained area.

For satin or silk clothing, try using sodium borate, milk or lemon juice on the stain. Dab any of the above stain removers on the stain continuously until the stain is gone. If this does not work out, you will have to look for professional help since these fabrics can be susceptible.

Couch and cushions

Permanent marker on your upholstery? Well, that would seem like a tragedy, but a little trick like sprinkling some baking soda will work. After sprinkling baking soda on the upholstery, scrub it thoroughly with a small brush or a toothbrush.

Repeat this process over and over again to eradicate the stain.

Remove from Walls

remove marker from wall

Whether it is just a tiny stain that you put on your wall or your kid’s magnificent artistic drawings, this trick will restore your wall. There are a number of ways, but the simplest is rubbing your wall with melamine foam. You will, however, need to rub very gently to avoid further ruining of the paint.

Another technique you can use is by using aerosol hairsprays or using a lemon essential oil. Just dip a clean cloth in lemon essential oil or spray with a little aerosol hairspray and gently dab on the affected area.

Wood and furniture

There are various methods we can use to get rid of marker stains on your wooden surface. The first trick is by adding a bit of alcohol on the stained area. Leave it a few minutes then blot the alcohol out until the surface is dry.

If the stain is still stubborn, then you can go ahead and mix a little toothpaste and baking soda. Add the mixture to the stain and then wait for a few minutes. With a dampened cloth and in a circular motion, rub the mixture gently from the surface. At this point, the stain will start to vanish from the area.

Another trick is by introducing the stain to damp melamine foam and rubbing very gently on the stain. Those are the three simple tricks you can use to clear off any permanent marker stain on your furniture or wooden surfaces.

Remove from Carpet

Carpets are also among the surfaces that might be stained by a permanent marker. I remember sometime back when a friend accidentally dropped a black permanent marker on her pink carpet. It was tough to get rid of the stain until one day her mum showed her this trick that I will share with you. In not less than five minutes, her carpet was clean again.

Her mom dampened a clean cloth with distilled white vinegar and repeatedly dabbed on the stain. As she continued dabbing, the stain disappeared, and my friend’s carpet was all clean again.

So, one way of cleaning a permanent marker stain from a carpet is by using distilled white vinegar. Another trick that one can use is by dubbing the surface with a cloth dipped in alcohol.

Aerosol hair spray can also work very well in removing such a stain.

Remove from Leather

A permanent marker can easily get on your leather seats or your leather bag. Instead of using your favorite bag to store unimportant stuff, you can use this fantastic trick to clean the stain.

The first method you can use is dabbing distilled white vinegar on the leather using a dampened cloth. If this method does not work, you can use an aerosol hairspray to clean the surface. Remember, this stain DIY stain remover works faster and better the earlier you choose to use them.

Remove from Plastic

You may have labelled your plastic containers, but now you want to remove the labelling. It’s super simple; removing a permanent marker stain from plastic is much easier than removing it from another kind of surface.

You will need a small amount of hand sanitizer, rub it on the affected surface using paper, and the stain will come right off.

Remove from Skin

Remove from Skin

When we gave a title about removing a permanent marker from everything, well we meant just that. It’s effortless to get permanent marker markings on our hands when writing, and it tends to be so stubborn. You just can’t wash it off.

However, do not be worried that your hands will be unappealing for your next meeting. We’ve got a solution for you. Look for a clean cloth, slightly dampen it with rubbing alcohol and rub the area with the cloth until the stain is gone.

Conclusion

Since we cannot stop using our permanent markers, we should also be ready to counter any stains that may result from using them. However, the phrase ‘permanent’ should not mean that the stains too are permanent. The reason, as discussed above, is that we already have the solution to these stains.

One thing that we should remember is that we need to handle these accidental stains as soon as they occur. This way, getting rid of a permanent marker stain will not become a daunting job.

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Benefits of a Clean Bedroom

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Cleaning helps you to rest and to feel light. It’s important to think about the best ways to get your hands on clean sheets. A good sleep means a comfortable night’s sleep. Many people find it hard to sleep when their house is not cleaned because they don’t feel comfortable with their surroundings. Our house may be tidy and organized, but it keeps us awake at night just the same.

Your bedroom needs to be the place where you can go and shut out the rest of the world. Sometimes you can feel so stressed out listening to your alarm clock, stairs are not cleaned and laundry needs to be put away. This is why many people find, having a clean home and life, is something that helps them to relax.

Bedrooms are where you take your rest after a long day. If your room is not cleaned, you can feel irritable, not sleep or even not want to be there anymore. This results in extra pounds and less relaxation. By having a perfectly clean place, you can actually be more relaxed. Most of your day is spent in your bedroom, so it’s worth it.

When you first bedroom, it’s not that easy. You may want to make a few connections online or go use a neighborhood cleaning service, but you really cannot evaluate a cleaning service by an estimate. There are many things to clean. You need to make sure your bedroom is cleaned weekly, and your bathroom is cleaned twice a week. If you happen to have a pet cockroach or flea problem, it’s best to start out slowly and don’t use the services of a cleaning service if you haven’t caught them yet.

In the Laundry Room

When you arrive from work at the end of the day, your bathroom needs to be cleansed, and the toilet needs to be cleaned once every few months. This is something you will notice when you come home. If your service cannot clean to your specifications, they should have a few suggestions to come up with an estimate. The toilet and the floor, both of these areas are very critical to clean.

Before You Clean

If you find odors in your house, you should go into your kitchen and run your hand over the odors. If you find them over and over again, you need to call the service to have these areas cleaned. This may require that you let them into your house in a few hours or even the next day, or you may have to hire extra help for these tasks. This is why you need to have services stop to clean in areas that they simply cannot reach.

When Choosing

It’s important that you choose and Hiring Services that fits your needs. Getting them to have a schedule to do the things you need them to tasks may not always work out. Luckily you can now simply define what you need through the ” DESK D Mann”, so you know at what time is your kitchen cleaned each and every day, and in what hours. There is even an “hour” designation in most households.

When looking for a cleaning service, you will want to make sure that they clean and disinfect, dust, window, and vacuum your driveway. You can tell a lot about the services by the type of cleaning they will use, and how they clean. Changing the dust on the doormats can tell a lot about what type of cleanliness a house will have. Often the maids find their homes a bit too “lived in” to clean them.

Final Words

With each year I pick up the phone I have on my moms express, and to if she has any personal favorites for a special cleaning. She then calls up a few companies that she knows or what she thinks is the best and that fits our families needs. Sometimes she’ll ask or hang up if she can be there in person to give her an estimate or to look the place over and for suggestions.

How to Keep a Bathroom Smelling Fresh

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When you start shopping for bathroom furniture, accessories and other bathroom essentials you will soon notice that no matter how much you clean you just can’t keep it looking fresher and better than it did…unless you keep your bathroom smelling fresh.

In fact, that is a challenge in itself. Scientists have spent years to figure out new ways to make our bathrooms smell better and be more appealing.

Just by painting and cleaning your bathroom it can help, but the best way to keep anything fresh inside is to get rid of the moisture! But you won’t want to do that!

The best way to get rid of the moisture you can use a dehumidifier. That’s right, a machine that makes your room a little colder than usual and sucks all that moisture out of the air.

While you are Desiling your bathroom you will probably replace the soap, shampoo and soft- motivating it not to have to rely on water from the shower head or bath soaker. This is the key to keeping a fresh looking bathroom. By repeating odorous activities like bathing, cooking, I.Q., teeth brushing and shaving you are not making the air toxic.

If you are using soaps most liquid products you will want to remove them from your skin while you are in the bathroom. Many establishments include soap in their products. You can get more soap in a clean spray bottle than you have in years.

Keeping a clean bathroom includes doing the following:

  • Get rid of any old, duplicate towels or paper products and replace with fresh ones.
  • Wipe down the floor with a disinfectant, leave, or absorbent cloth or microfiber cloth.
  • Eliminate any stains that accumulate through daily use.
  • Take out the shower curtain and wash. Replace if necessary.
  • Dust the tiles and grout using a dry microfiber cloth.
  • Clean one room at a time and get it up to day before you spray the air fresheners.
  • Take out the shower curtain and use a damp washcloth to clean and add more soap in a spray bottle.

Soak and rinse one toilet brush in a bowl of warm water and dish soap to make sure it is clean, dry and ready to be put back into the replaceable parts.

  • Bathroom fans can help to keep your bathroom nice and fresh.
  • When you have a scheduling chart with you, it’s really a matter of habit to keep this up on a daily basis.

It’s also a good idea to schedule times to use your bathroom. Keep the freshly made fruit punch and soda in a small refrigerator with a few empty boxes of soda or water, so that you have it on hand to clean up after your shower or bath time.

  • Keep a stored supply of shampoo like Condition Required in a large shaver bag or a travel bag.
  • Keep a supply of backup toilet tissue, so that you won’t run out on a busy day.

Keep a Bathroom Clean

Bathroom Clean

Bathrooms and kitchens are the rooms that house millions of disease-causing germs. No matter what type of tile, sink, counter, floors, or doors, it is possible for mold to grow within the walls, on the bathroom floor, or underneath the sink, and behind the toilet tanks and toilets. Bathrooms and kitchens are also susceptible to water damage, floods, and sewage leaks. This article will list the most harmful places to keep your bathroom clean and how to detect and prevent these deadly germs.

Bathroom: The Pump Station. It places the bathroom pump in-between the wall and floor of the bathroom. This is usually located in the deck outside the bathroom. Then, it pumps water out into the yard and into the drainage system. The goal is to keep water from splashing onto the floor tile to keep mold growth to a minimum. A wall-to-wall plushing carpet combination would also prevent pressure in a bathroom.

Cleaning up and Disinfecting in Given Areas. Some areas of the bathroom need to be kept clean and dispose of mold spores that have gathered inside the shower area, along the baseboards around the water closets, around the floors, and behind the toilets. Artwork hanging on the walls, and pictures measuring over 2 feet on the wall should be removed as soon as it becomes wet. Lastly, the baseboard should be cleaned from any spores in the edges of the base and from on the walls.

If you have a houseful of ants, they could be living inside the walls. Remove the baseboard and cover the wall with a waterproof material. This will prevent water from getting into and stains forming on the wall. Take out debris and rubbish accumulation inside the bathroom and generously wash the walls proactively. This may include repainting if there is a stain covering the wall. Baseboard can be replaced with new ones.

How to Clean Bedroom Walls Easily and Perfectly

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The thought of a designated person to keep the house cleaner is something that most people could come up with and most people can address successfully. However, what about the designated person to clean the bedroom walls, for instance? What about painting a wall and then installing the bedroom furniture? Considering this in the context of the intended purpose, there is no doubt that this is a more effective approach than getting all of your walls painted to an even color.

Ways to Clean Bedroom Walls Easily

In addition to cleaning the walls, you are upgrading the room to look fresh and you are predictable.

Clean Bedroom Walls

The room in which you live in is a private and personal space. It is only natural for you to want to keep that atmosphere as clean and tranquil as possible. This is thing gauze that will give you a sense of vivacity, to see your bedroom as your own little haven from the rest of the world. The problem can sometimes be the cleaning efforts.

Even though some think that cleaning the bedroom walls is a task best handled by the bedroom. Most people have no intention of saving time by contracting the task to another person; which, in their opinion, is a wasted effort. After all, they like the rest of the activity and their work habits. Their minds have no doubt been made up to put this thought as a reality. However, you may possibly be surprised to find out that cleaning a room is not comparable to cleaning anything in general.

If it is really hard to get everything in a room clean, then more than likely it is because the mess lies on the surfaces of those items. The solution is to take your hard earned time to clean it up. It may not take you all day to get it done;but you will surely appreciate it in the long run.

The traditional way of cleaning a room is getting down on your knees with a brush. There are no assumingly My stets cleansing techniques, just grime gets stuck into the cracks all by itself. No wonder they call them spider webs! Once you have made sure that the surfaces are completely clean (meaning that they are clean enough to go with a quick squeegee), then you need to get to the source of the trouble.

Look at the room for its overall design and cleanliness. You should be able to get a sense of how to properly go about cleaning the room as well as how it feels clean within the overall room design. This way, it is possible for you to see the general direction you should go with your own room.

Get a better feel on what materials you will be dealing with. How the room is made can in some cases effect your way of cleaning it. For example, wood may require the use of a chemical cleaner. At the bottom line, some materials will require more elbow grease than others.

No matter what you are cleaning, remember that you do not want to leave anything until its time of its execution time. When cleaning, you will not have time to inspect every tiny corner; drying items before they have attended the dust bunnies.

Instead spend a considerable amount of time cleaning the designated areas and then move on to the other rooms. It only makes sense.

Final Words

One should stop to consider the necessity of cleaning as it relates to mind and body. The way things turn out, frequent cleaning will not only make your life easier but you will be able to live healthier as well. That way, you can enjoy your Southwestern bedroom design to the fullest delight.

How to Clean House Fast and Easy

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There is an old saying that goes, “You can’t eat the elephant, one bite at a time”. It is true with house cleaning. We say one big bite at a time.

The good news is it is no big ask, we can eat the elephant and in one day we can clean our home. But it takes a bit of courage. The root problem of time is feeling that your home is not clean. But if you follow a few simple rules we will want to make your home sparkling clean in no time.

Way to Clean House Fast and Easy

Cleaning Schidule

The first thing is you should develop a schedule. Make a list of the rooms that you are going to clean and see how long it takes each. Tell yourself that if you do it one day, it will leave you with somewhere to work on on another day.

Remember, it is a tough reality that we are never going to be able to clean house quicker than we do it. This is because we are humans with no natural super healing factor. So when we feel motivated to clean, we should make sure our schedule makes room for it.

If you think of your rooms it is easy to put the easy items down like a bed, make the bed, wash the bed every time, deal with the bathrooms, and clean the bathroom.

Bedrooms are pretty easy, just sweep and mop. But if there is a carpet than you should steam the places that are in the hard reach, carpeted of course, offering debits of being stop pedup.

Another Simple Way

Another really simple item with keeping your house clean is to clean your mirrors and windows. While you clean your refrigerator of children papers that you have thrown they can eventually end up as a breeding ground, a place where bacteria would work to breed and spread to the rest of your home. Also if you do not have some way to clean your refrigerator it would be a good idea to have that, wipe or spray with glass cleaner.

A safe and non toxic cleaner that will last for a long time and make a nice shine.

Kitchen can be a hassle because of the place where some of things can be quite dirty. But if you know how to stay on top of it you will have it clean the fast time that you want. Your empties are a place that needs to be cleaned on a regular basis. They are after all where you prepare food, so you want them to be clean.

But also you do not want to keep the place a mess, make cleaning so much of your task because it is easier to clean up after yourself than it is to clean up a big clean job which you started some time ago.

The bathroom is also a place which needs to be kept clean. The first thing is all those hair products, your curlers and the other beauty products and the tooth paste. If you throw these into the trash bin, do not under any means throw them out in the trash. Keep the products and keep the bottles that can, and put the bottles that have empty prints on the bathroom where you can get them.

Final Words

Other areas of the bathroom that should look clean and tidy are the toothbrushes the soap dispenser and the bathroom door. While you clean these, also dust them.

This is what a clean house is all about, a clean home can be completely cleaned up in one day if you try and do it.