Cleaning Stained Coffee Mugs and More

                Today I am doing another cleaning project. Instead of calling it Spring Cleaning, I call it Fall cleaning. Two to three times a year I clean out my kitchen cupboards.  Then I scrub down the shelves and donate to Good Will what I do not need or want anymore. Then I clean the outside of my cupboards with a cleaner for cupboards and wood. Today I am going to give you some easy tips on cleaning your coffee mugs and the outside of your cupboards.

Dirty Coffee Mugs

              

  Let’s start by pulling out all those coffee mugs that are stained from coffee and tea stains. Don’t throw them away just because they have stains.  I have a very cheap and easy way to clean them.

Take some Baking Soda and add a little water to make a paste, rub a little around inside of your coffee mugs and let sit for a couple of minutes. Then take a damp dishcloth or sponge and wipe out the stain. This paste takes out the coffee and tea stains very easy with very little effort.

For pennies, you have a nice new looking and clean mug you don’t have to throw out. Baking Soda cleans so many things around the house.

Wood Cupboard Cleaning

                Your wood cupboards need to be cleaned and oiled several times a year or they will dry out and look dull and old. I oil and clean my cupboards 3 to 4 times a year to keep them looking clean and new. When we upgraded our cupboards in our old farmhouse, instead of buying new ones we decided to reface them. For all the cupboards we replaced in our house it would have cost us over $25,000 thousand dollars. We thought this was outrages so we decided to reface them instead. Refacing means that you keep the inside original and the doors and handles are replaced with new wood cupboards. We used Kitchen Refacers, they refaced my kitchen cupboards, pantry cupboards, laundry cupboards, bathroom cupboards, and my entryway cupboards. They refaced all of these cupboards for a little over $5,000 thousand dollars and got the whole job done in a day. My cupboards look just like the expensive cupboards. To keep them clean I use a lemon oil to keep them looking clean and new. There are several kinds of products you can use on wood cupboards, just look on the cleaning isles of your local store. The oil based ones are the best to keep your cupboards looking new.

Pledge or Scotch has great products to clean cupboards.

This is what my cupboards looked like before I cleaned and shined them up and this is what they look like after I used the lemon oil.

                Cleaning your coffee and tea mugs don't have to cost a fortune when all you need is a little Baking Soda and water. Don’t throw them away, cleaning them is easy. Cleaning you cupboards is easy also, just wipe down with an oil based cleaner form your local store. These products are fairly cheap and easy to use and find. Always check to make sure these products are safe for your cupboards before using. Buying Cupboards can be very expensive, why not check out refacing your cupboards next time to save a bundle form Suzie Homemaker.

Stain Remover for Stainless Steel Pans

How many times have you burnt on some food in your stainless steel pans? Well, my oldest daughter decided to make a batch of popcorn in one of my stainless steel pans and did not add enough oil and burnt my pan pretty good. I tried Soft scrub and then I tried an SOS pad and it would not take out the stain. I thought my pan was ruined. So I did some research and I found an easy recipe for cleaning my burnt stainless steel pan. So today I am going to show you my burnt stainless steel pan before and after I used this recipe.

Here is my stainless steel pan my daughter burnt popcorn in. As you can see there are a lot of little black dots from the popcorn. Like I said I scoured and scrubbed and still could not get this pan clean until I tried this easy recipe.

First take your pan and put 2 to 3 inches of water in the bottom. Next add ¼ cup of baking soda and ¼ cup vinegar. Stir the baking soda and vinegar together and boil for 15 to 20 minutes. Take off the burner and let cool for 30 minutes

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After the liquid is cooled I just took a sponge and a little dish soap and washed the pan out. With very little effort the burnt on popcorn stains disappeared. If the stain still does not disappear repeat the process over again.

Instead of using all those harsh chemicals I used things I already have at home. This recipe is easy and very inexpensive to make and use. Hope this helps with some of your burnt on stains from Suzie Homemaker.