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Real Estate Agent with RE/MAX Platinum

A friend emailed me a very helpful article and I thought I would share it with you:

 

If you just used up the last of your cleaning products, don't dash off to the store quite yet. Reach for these kitchen staples instead:

 

1. If you run out of furniture polish, use olive oil, white vinegar and lemon juice. The olive oil nourishes and prevents the wood from cracking, while the acidic vinegar cleans.

 

2. If you run out of fabric refreshing spray, use vodka instead. Both items are odor-eliminating ethanols. The spray is distilled from petrochemicals, the vodka from grain.

 

3. If you run out of glass cleaner, use white vinegar and dish soap instead. The cleansers in the soap wash away any grime, and the vinegar tackles bacteria.

 

4. if you run out of dry sweeping cloths, use paper towels instead. Like the pricey dry cloths, the grooves in your paper towels work to attract, and hold on to, dust, dirt and debris.

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 GIVING BACK WITH EACH HOME SOLD!

 

Kristin Johnston

Realtor, ABR, EPRO

RE/MAX Platinum

414 254 6647

kjohnston5@wi.rr.com

 

 

 

Daniel J. Brudnok, REALTOR
Berkshire Hathaway Home Services Fox & Roach, REALTORS - Exton - PA License #RS-225179-L / Delaware License #RS-0025038 - Downingtown, PA
SRES, e-PRO,ABR,GREEN,CSP

Hi Kristin,

#2 can make cleaning more exciting, LOL....have a great week.

Aug 27, 2012 11:40 PM
Fernando Herboso - Associate Broker MD, & VA
Maxus Realty Group of Samson Properties - Clarksburg, MD
301-246-0001 Serving Maryland, DC and Northern VA

You better not use my expensive Vodka to rub the furniture!  LOL

 

Aug 27, 2012 11:42 PM
Kristin Johnston - REALTOR®
RE/MAX Platinum - Waukesha, WI
Giving Back With Each Home Sold!

I thought so too Dan :-)

 

Fernando, I won't if you don't touch my Ciroq!

Aug 27, 2012 11:52 PM
Roger D. Mucci
Shaken...with a Twist 216.633.2092 - Euclid, OH
Lets shake things up at your home today!

Very helpful suggestions MM, but #2 is a sin.............wasting good vodka!  Deal with the odor until you can get out and get the fabric spray!

Aug 28, 2012 12:01 AM
Kristin Johnston - REALTOR®
RE/MAX Platinum - Waukesha, WI
Giving Back With Each Home Sold!

I didn't say use the good stuff Roger, LOL, but I know that would be my last resort  :-)

Aug 28, 2012 12:03 AM
Malcolm Johnston
Century 21 Lanthorn Real Estate LTD., Trenton, Ontario - Trenton, ON
Trenton Real Estate

That's a novel use for vodka Kristin, one squirt for the fabric, a little squirt for me......, another spray for the fabric..., another one for me........... Pretty soon I wouldn't notice that the fabric smells at all. Fabric spraying is an evening time activity now.

Aug 28, 2012 12:17 AM
Kristin Johnston - REALTOR®
RE/MAX Platinum - Waukesha, WI
Giving Back With Each Home Sold!

He hee...I agree with that philosophy Malcolm :-)

Aug 28, 2012 12:35 AM
Roger D. Mucci
Shaken...with a Twist 216.633.2092 - Euclid, OH
Lets shake things up at your home today!

LOL, I only have the good stuff MM...............

Aug 28, 2012 12:51 AM
Kristin Johnston - REALTOR®
RE/MAX Platinum - Waukesha, WI
Giving Back With Each Home Sold!

I bet you do Roger!!!

Aug 28, 2012 12:56 AM
Sharon Lee
Sharon Lee's Virtual Assistance - Jonesborough, TN
Retired and loving life

Good morning Sunshine-Glad to hear that there are additional uses for common products. Never would have thought vodka would have any other use besides imbibing. I learn so many great things for our very own MM.

Aug 28, 2012 01:02 AM
Kristin Johnston - REALTOR®
RE/MAX Platinum - Waukesha, WI
Giving Back With Each Home Sold!

:0) Glad to hear it Sharon :-)

Aug 28, 2012 01:09 AM
Christine O'Shea
Christine E O'Shea Broker - Naples, FL

Kristin, Love the vodka spraying to take out fabric odors, but I see it is the favorite topic for everyone.  Down in this area people drink vodka like it is water!  (not me, I favor wine)

Aug 28, 2012 01:27 AM
Kristin Johnston - REALTOR®
RE/MAX Platinum - Waukesha, WI
Giving Back With Each Home Sold!

Christine, yup!  I love both wine and vodka LOL!

Aug 28, 2012 01:37 AM
Sharon & Bruce Walter
Keller Williams Realty Lafayette, IN - Lafayette, IN
West Lafayette homes for sale

These are some great tips, Kristin!  Say do you remember the tip you once gave to get rid of fruit flies in your drain and around the sink?

Aug 28, 2012 10:39 AM
Lou Ludwig
Ludwig & Associates - Boca Raton, FL
Designations Earned CRB, CRS, CIPS, GRI, SRES, TRC

Kristin

Thanks for sharing the tips, and vodka is a multiple use product.

Good luck and success.

Lou Ludwig

Aug 28, 2012 11:48 AM
Sharon & Bruce Walter
Keller Williams Realty Lafayette, IN - Lafayette, IN
West Lafayette homes for sale

Hey Kristin, don't worry about responding to my earlier comment.  No doubt you are glued to the TV watching the RNC down in Tampa!  ^_~

Aug 28, 2012 12:39 PM
Wayne Johnson
Coldwell Banker D'Ann Harper REALTORS® - San Antonio, TX
San Antonio REALTOR, San Antonio Homes For Sale

Kristin-I think somebody is going to have to make a run to the store instead of using my good Vodka. I'm with Fernando #2 on this one.

Aug 28, 2012 12:46 PM
Kristin Johnston - REALTOR®
RE/MAX Platinum - Waukesha, WI
Giving Back With Each Home Sold!

Bruce, no not off hand, why?

You bet it is Lou!

Bruce, LOL  NOT!!!!

 

Wayne, looks like I didn't need the other tips, huh?  :-)

Aug 28, 2012 11:09 PM
Sharon & Bruce Walter
Keller Williams Realty Lafayette, IN - Lafayette, IN
West Lafayette homes for sale

Kristin, we do have an invasion of those pesky flies from time to time and I thought you did have a great tip on a previous post of using some household ingredient to dump down the sink to get rid of them.

Aug 28, 2012 11:16 PM
Kristin Johnston - REALTOR®
RE/MAX Platinum - Waukesha, WI
Giving Back With Each Home Sold!

Oh, now I am going to try and rack my old brain Bruce!!!

Aug 28, 2012 11:29 PM