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Now I did say I would talk about the cleaning power of vinegar, so here goes…White distilled vinegar is an effective, cost-effective, eco-friendly household cleaner that has multiple uses.
And here are some great uses instead of just putting it on your chips…cleaning stubborn food stains from the inside of a microwave, deodorising a drain, cleaning glass and windows, removing lime scale from taps and kettles, clean and remove grime, mildew and general scum from window sills, sinks, taps and surfaces.
In fact you name it vinegar can often do it, and there is no magic recipe to making it work, just grab yourself a bottle, a cloth and go for it!

I have recently noticed that some of my jewellery has become quite dull and is in need of a good clean, but I wouldn’t have known where to start if my Gran hadn’t given me some top tips.
There are two ways of cleaning dirty jewellery which is gentle and cost effective. The first one being vinegar and an old toothbrush (yes, you will hear loads of cleaning tips involving vinegar), soak your jewellery in a bowl for 15 minutes and then give it a light brush with the toothbrush to get into the nooks and cranny’s. Dry with kitchen towel and see the difference!
Second tip: Place your jewellery in a pocket size piece of tin foil, add some bicarbonate of soda (look in your mums cooking cupboard) and again add a little vinegar. The tin foil somehow acts as a magnate with the bicarb and draws the dirt away, dry with a bit of kitchen towel and look at the sparkles!

With the modern world being encouraged to do things to aid the protection of the environment and the world we live in it is becoming increasingly popular for businesses to get in on the act and do their bit. This helps businesses public relations and also puts their own contribution to saving the planet.

So what do dry cleaners do for the environment? Well you’d be surprised!

They have a service called Green Earth cleaning which uses pure silicone which is a safe solvent which is environmentally friendly.
Encouragements are made to recycle clothes when people want to simply get some new clothes although they don’t actually need to. This way it prevents the build up of clothes in landfill sites.

Dry Cleaning is a method of cleaning that has been very popular for many years (since the early 20th century) but what make it different to any other cleaning of materials?

Well the difference with dry cleaning is that rather than water been used to clean a material a solvent is used to remove and stains, the solvent is usually tetrachloroethylene. This form of cleaning is required if the material to be cleaned could be damaged by water or soap detergent.

This process of cleaning was at one time undertaken in a separate factory/warehouse due to the risk of fire the solvents carried, the dry cleaned garments were then transported to the shops to be picked up by the customers.

Lots of people go to work in pressed trousers but hoe many actually clean them on a regular basis? Some people will leave this as long as possible as it is too time consuming or annoying to pop down the dry cleaners and get your trousers sorted out.

This is important as trouser can become creased by your trousers rolling up when you sit down; the problem with this is that the creases are visible when you walk, so as a result action is required.

Your best bet is to get them down the dry cleaners for a clean and press, that way you get them in tip top condition for longer.

Did you know that there are many dry cleaning services available to you? Well there are many to services in all modern dry cleaning shops that can cater to your every cleaning need!

Services include

• General dry cleaning
• Executive Services
• Laundry and Ironing service
• Duvet Cleaning
• Curtain Cleaning
• Carpet and rug cleaning
• Wedding dress cleaning
• Skiwear
• Formal wear
• Shoe repairs

These services are all available at most dry cleaning shops as added extras to the customer, diversification is vital to open new areas of income for the businesses and to increase the customer’s service level.

I’ve lost track of the amount of times I’ve fallen in love with an item of clothing and only after I’ve taken it home have I discovered that it is a dry clean only garment. My heart used to sink at this point when I considered that this £40 short was now going to triple in cost over the next year or so.

After much searching on the internet for whether you could wash dry clean only clothes I decided to just bite the bullet and go for it.

My washing machine has a hand wash setting so I just put my delicate items in together and hang them up as soon as the cycle is over. So far I’ve been lucky!

I know it is always a headache giving your dog a bath. The reason I know is that I used to have a large Labrador cross Husky who was very energetic and very afraid of being anywhere he may be cleaned. Seriously, he used to bolt away when my Dad got out the hose to clean the car and he would not go anywhere near our bathroom for fear of being washed again! Obviously this was after his first bathing experience! If you have a dog that behaves like this, it’s advisable to trick your dog with bribes of treats and attention to get them into the bathroom and then to shut the door so they cannot escape without being let out! You will need several people to hold the dog in place and you will need to be wearing clothes you are not bothered about being soaked! Hold the dog in the bath, put the shower on and massage in some specialist doggy shampoo. Then rinse the dog, making sure to wash all the bubbles away. You will need to keep the dog in the bathroom for a while after the washing because if you let him out and he runs into another room in the house he will shake his fur, splattering everywhere with water. We learnt our lesson after the first time.

I was speaking to my Granddad yesterday who said he doesn’t believe in dry cleaning, he thinks it’s just a myth where people spray perfume on your clothes, wipe any stains off with a damp cloth, fold the clothes up nicely, put them in plastic bags, charge you the earth and then just hand them back to you. I was watching Men Behaving Badly the other day and it seems that Tony (Neil Morrissey’s character) thinks the same thing. These instances made me wonder how it is done, because actually I had no idea, for all I know the fairies could come and clean them with fairy dust! I’m just glad when my red coat comes back bright again! Apparently they use an organic solvent which is usually tetrachloroethylene to clean the clothes. They go into a drum which is similar to a washer/dryer which has a chamber that contains a straight, perforated drum that turns within an outer shell. The shell holds the solvent and the rotating drum holds the garment load. They chamber is filled with some of the dry cleaning fluid and this has an effect on the clothing at 30 degrees. During the wash cycle, the dry cleaning fluid is passed through a filtration chamber and then fed back into the cage. Complicated eh?! It just proves, it’s not a myth.

I went to visit my friend this weekend as it was her 28th birthday. And because it was her birthday there were lots of presents, mostly flowers, plants and chocolates! She was getting ready to be taken out for her tea by her lovely boyfriend and had a new dress on that had cost the earth. It would’ve been unlike us not to crack open the toblerone on her birthday as it is tradition, and especially with it being a fruit and nut toblerone! Yes, it was good, however once we had eaten a couple of pieces she stood up and realised that she had bits of chocolate scattered over her new black dress. We looked online for cleaning tips in a panic and found various products suggested, however in the meantime I got a damp cloth and sponged the chocolate off her dress to see if it would work. It did, by the time we had decided on an antidote to the situation from the hundreds of suggestions online the dress had dried and the chocolate had gone leaving the dress perfect again! It just goes to show if you act quickly, there’s not too much chocolate and you use the magic substance called water anything is possible!