Janet Kaiser on wed 7 apr 04
Funny you should mention that, Lee, when I was only just thinking
about the arsenal of household cleaning agents under most sinks.
More will be added at this time of year as everyone gets
passionate about spring cleaning... Yet there is more than enough
to poison and kill several hundred people in the average home.
Elsewhere too... Take the innocuous bottle of vinegar on the
condiments shelf... I used it to clean a bathroom of severe lime
scale build-up on the tiled floor and walls due to the very hard
water in Munich. Enclosed space... Tiny window... Little
ventilation. I could have committed suicide or the perfect
murder... Burn out the lungs within minutes. For sure. Nasty.
Very. It was bad enough the few seconds I was in there blithely
watching the spectacular fizzing...
Sincerely
Janet Kaiser -- Taking a rest from hunting wood worm beetles...
We seem to have an infestation this year. Serves me right. It
comes of not doing the preventative work last autumn... My
wardrobe may have to go after spending years trying to stop the
spread to no avail... Certainly the top will be first to go after
I left it out overnight and the rain dissolved a lot of the 100+
year old glue... Neither is the veneer going to want to lie flat
ever again... Modern IKEA will not look half as good in this
Victorian house... Oh, for a tent and one set of clothing!!
GRANDMA'S ENVIRONMENTALLY SOUND SPRING CLEANING TIP OF THE WEEK:
use a HALF CUP of vinegar in a BUCKET full of warm water to
thoroughly clean polished wooden furniture of grime and dirt
before applying beeswax and polishing with a soft cloth. Use the
same mix with several drops of cedar oil (sandalwood oil if you
won the lottery... either available from chemists &/or healthfood
shops) for wiping the unpolished inside, underneath and backs of
the same drawers, cupboards, chairs, etc. Not only will it deter
insects from wood worm to moths, it will make you feel virtuous
for days... The perfume each time the drawers are opened beats
any of those artificial fabric softeners hands down...
*** IN REPLY TO THE FOLLOWING MAIL:
>He said that chlorine bleach was probably one of the most
>hazardous chemicals in your average house. It mixes with all
sorts of
>common things to create dioxins. Don't mix it with ammonia,
which is
>in many kitchen and bathroom cleaners. Will burn your lungs out.
*** THE MAIL FROM Lee Love ENDS HERE ***
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