Cleaning

beer for cleaning

Is Beer Good for Cleaning?

You may think beer’s good for drinking. Well, cheers to that, but there are other really good uses you can put beer to, so you’d better get another round in. You see, beer’s got alcohol in it. No kidding, right? The point is, alcohol has amazing cleaning properties, which is why rubbing alcohol features in […]

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steam cleaning a sofa

Can You Steam Clean a Sofa?

Sofas create a warm, inviting space for socialising with friends and family. Hardly a day goes by without them being used! Unfortunately, this frequent usage means dirt, crumbs, and other debris can quickly accumulate on and between the cushions, making the couch appear old and worn. While there are multiple ways to clean large pieces

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vintage pewter candlestick

How to Clean Pewter

Time was, you couldn’t move for pewter. This tin alloy was the material of choice for the vessels of millions of ale swiggers and mead quaffers up and down the land. It may not be quite such a massively popular material nowadays, but you do still find it being used in ornaments and knick-knacks, so

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clean brass with ketchup

How to Clean Brass with Ketchup

Got some brass that needs cleaning? Perhaps you remember Grandpa cleaning his brass decor with a bit of ketchup back in the day. But does this trick actually work? Believe it or not, cleaning brass with ketchup actually works, and can bring some brass objects back to life in mere minutes! Yep, good ol’ fashioned

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laminated flooring

How to Clean LVT Flooring

Luxury vinyl tiles, or LVT for short, is a durable, easy to maintain and practical type of flooring that is found in a number of homes in the UK. But how do you clean an LVT floor? It’s a lot easier than you might think to clean LVT flooring. Keep on reading to find out

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mop and water

Can You Mop With Just Water?

Not interested in using an expensive off-the-shelf floor cleaner to mop your floors? Or perhaps your mother-in-law just phoned to say she’s popping around, and you need to wash the kitchen floor at lightning speed, but you’ve run out of cleaner! Whatever your dilemma might be, there’s one burning question you’ve got to find an

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