Talking Dirty with the Queen of Clean: Housekeeping's Royal Lady Shares Hundreds of Fast, Ingenious Tips!

by Linda Cobb

Let the Queen of Clean put an end to drudgery with her hints and solutions that get fabulous results - fast! Want to clean a coffeepot in a flash? Unclog a sink with a simple homemade solution? Remove a stubborn stain? Let Her Royal Highness of housekeeping show you how to turn your home into a sparkling palace - in no time at all! 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 that be a slave to housework. That's why she has assembled a marvellous 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 * Remove dust, rust, gum, fingerprints, stains, odours and mildew * Clean leather and upholstery, carpets, windows, walls, floors, kitchen appliances, grills and more The Queen counts her pennies too - with inexpensive, environmentally friendly cleaning concoctions and ingredients you might never expect. They include onion (a great rust-remover) lemon juice, vinegar, petroleum jelly, baking soda and tea - the wood cleaner you can drink.

Genres: Self Help, Nonfiction, Reference

192 pages, Paperback

First published March 1, 2001

Reviews

[Christie]

This book is filled with random pieces of information on how to clean things. Some of it I thought could be applicable to my house, some of it not so much. (Who keeps Tang and club soda in the house? Because apparently you can use that to clean your toilet in a pinch.) I was looking for a book that would tell me specifically the best way to clean something, and this wasn't really the book for that.

[Marie]

For what it is, a valuable resource. A super duper reference book for those of us who need advice on stain removal and other questions we never thought we had until we needed an answer. Cobb covers those nuts and bolts that our grandmothers knew all about and the next generation decided wasn't important. Well, it is. Do your laundry properly and the rest of your life is easy. (!)

[Phobean]

A quick, amusing read with a sort of "old-fashioned" voice. I did learn some about laundry, but I don't entirely agree with Ms. Cobb's approach towards dry-cleaning, which I personally try to avoid due to its hazard to the planet.

[Amandalynn]

i bought these back when we had only been married a couple of years but at the time i remember feeling like they would make a perfect wedding gift. as time has gone on i would have to give a collection of works for newlyweds.

[Laurie]

excellent source for cleaning everything! Everyday cleaning as well as problems! Excellent tips that are quite useful!

[Carrie]

A great resource, I keep this one in the laundry room for quick-reference during emergencies!

[Lauren]

It has lots of great tricks for getting stains out. I keep it in the laundry room as a quick reference. Thanks for the book Mom!

[Lynette]

This book was great with lots of tips. Hope I can remember them or at least remember to reference the book.

[Katharine Holden]

Useful tips.

[Randi]

Great reference, use this all the time!