2,001 Amazing Cleaning Secrets

by Jeff Bredenberg

Book Overview

Keep your house sparkling with this comprehensive and fun encyclopedia of cleaning. Featuring ZAP-the Zone Attack Plan-a unique top-to-bottom system with a complete step-by-step weekly plan. ZAP... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0762104899
• ISBN13: 9780762104895
• Release Date: January 2004
• Publisher: Reader's Digest Association
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 2.25 lbs.
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

Customer Reviews

Very well worth having!

2001 Amazing Cleaning Secrets is a purchase that will pay for itself. It will help you save money on using professional cleaning services by letting you in on the cleaning secrets of the pro's! You'll learn about how dry cleaning can actually (in some instances) be worse for your valuable possessions than running through a washer. Furthermore, this book will help you save lots of time with methods that instantly short-cut housecleaning like magic. This book is a real find, and would even make a good gift for newleyweds or college grads going off on their own!

A Must-Have for Any Homemaker

When I first received this book as a gift from my mom, I was amused--it's written by a man! Well, I gotta tell you, battle of the sexes aside, this is an indispensible little volume, and the author sure knows his stuff! When you read the book, you'll see that he interviewed cleaning professionals from all sorts of trades--uphostery cleaners, carpet cleaners, house cleaning professionals and even collectors asking them their tricks and secrets for how to clean it properly. Then he wrote this book, and it's a wonderful little treasure to have around the house--realtors should give it out, it's so handy! For instance: Did you know that there is a difference between "dry clean" and "dry clean only"? And that dry cleaning down items makes the feathers brittle and can ruin your item? That the best way to clean your disposal is with a 1/2 cup of baking soda and ice cubes? That what your mother told you is true--citrus peel really is good for the disposal? You'll find all of these tips and 1994 others in a very reader friendly alphabatized format with little tips, tricks and warnings in the margins added in the margins. Honestly, there's literally nothing in your home that you can't find a way to clean better, easier or faster with this book. From Furs to Fountain pens, Down to Telephones, it's in there. As a full time home maker, I use this book twice as much as I do Mendlesonson's Home Comforts--that's how handy the information is. It's a great buy and will save you a lot of grief, grime, and Googling! And along with Bridal Bargains, it makes a great engagement gift. Five stars for value and practicality.

Inspiration for cleaning!

This is a great book. If you've dreaded cleaning and didn't know where to start, this book inspires you, helps you organize yourself and puts cleaning in perspective. It should be handled as you do any other work...by organizing yourself. It helps you form a method and a routine which you must get accustomed to after which cleaning will not be a 'chore'. You will become a professional at it and feel happy to be in a clean home.

2001 Amazing Cleaning Secrets

I can't believe how many things are in this book. If you think of anything it's in there. I have to get one for my mother now.