Synopses & Reviews
Want to clean a coffeepot in a flash? Unclog a sink with a simple homemade solution ? Do away with microwave odors? Banish those dust bunnies? Let her royal highness of housekeeping show you how to turn your home into a sparkling palace -- in no time at all!
Step aside, Martha...Here comes the Queen of Clean, and her down-to-earth housekeeping guide for those of us who live in the real world. After all, the Queen has better things to do than be a slave to housework. That's why she has assembled a marvelous collection of miraculous cleaning tips and surprising shortcuts that get the job done quickly and well. Without a lot of fuss, you can solve hundreds of cleaning challenges in every room of your home:
- Remove dust, rust, gum, fingerprints, stains, odors, and mildew
- Clean leather and upholstery, carpets, windows, walls, floors, kitchen appliances, grills, and more
- Deal with damage form flooding and fire
The queen count her pennies too-- with inexpensive, environmentally friendly cleaning concoctions and ingredients you might never expect, including
- Tea -- the wood cleaner you can drink!
- The amazing rust-removing power of the onion
- Lemon juice
- Vinegar
- Petroleum jelly
- Baking soda
- ...and the five cleaning products you should never be without!
Let the Queen of Clean put an end to drudgery with her hints and solutions that get fabulous results -- fast!
Review
John Nuzzo
WBVP Radio, Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania
We all look for solutions to life's little accidents that spot our daily lives. Linda helps with simple remedies using everyday products. Talking Dirty with the Queen of Clean is a must-read and a book to have at your side at all times. You're in for a real treat.
Review
Carole Arnold
The Carole Arnold Show; Metro Talk 14 KNOR Radio, Oklahoma City
She's witty, warm, a walking encyclopedia. Linda Cobb knows how to take the 'oops' out of life!
Review
Joe Daily, morning show host
WBNR Radio, New York
Her enthusiasm is contagious, and her cleaning tips are both effective and fun. When Linda talks dirty everybody listens. She truly is the Queen of Clean.
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Dan Davis
Good Morning Arizona, KTVK-TV, Phoenix
Let's face it, cleanup problems are a stain on all of us, but since the Queen has been on the show we have all become sponges, soaking up every drop of information she has. And now with this book, the information...or sponge...is right there in your hands.
About the Author
About the Queen
Linda Cobb first shared her cleaning tips with readers in a weekly newspaper column in Michigan, where she owned a cleaning and disaster-restoration business dealing with the aftermath of fires and floods. After moving to Phoenix, she appeared weekly as a guest on Good Morning Arizona; since then she has shared her housekeeping tips on radio and television shows across the country. Linda Cobb lives in Phoenix with her husband. Visit her popular Web site: www.queenofclean.com.
Table of Contents
ContentsForeword
More Foreword
1. Beating the Bathroom Blues
2. Kitchen Duty
3. Cleaning Products You Should Never Be Without
4. Rust Never Sleeps
5. Taming Dust Bunnies Without a Whip
6. Floor Cleaning -- Now Stop on It
7. Today's Wood -- Tomorrow's Heirlooms
8. Off the Walls -- Wash Them Like the Pros
9. Up, Up and Away -- Upholstery Cleaning Made Easy
10. Leather Report
11. Meticulous Marble -- Leave No Stone Unturned
12. The Queen's Royal Carpet Treatment
13. Are Pets Turning Your Home Into a Barnyard?
14. Baby, Oh Baby and Kid's Corner
15. The Nose Knows -- Odor Control
16. Hot Tips for Irons and Ironing Boards
17. Taking Charge of Electronic Equipment
18. The Care and Hanging of Pictures and Paintings
19. Paint by Numbers
20. The Grill Drill
21. Everything Under the Sun for Patio Furniture
22. All Hands on Decks
23. Concrete Solutions for Cleaning Cement Driveways and Patios
24. At the Carwash
25. Do Away with Window Pains
26. Flower Power
27. Bug Out -- User-Friendly Post Control
28. Putting Your Best Foot Forward
29. Turning Down the Heat on Fire Damage
30. The Big Drip - -Water Damage Restoration
31. Taking the Atchoo-Cough-Cough Out of Your Air Ducts
32. Stop the Science Experiment -- Mold and Mildew
Resource Guide
Index
Your Personal Tips and Hints