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Citrus Fruits Can Be Excellent Household Helpers!BY: Anisa Author | Category: Women | Submitted: 2010-10-09 15:10:16
If you are one of those people who take care of different household works on your own you must know that citrus fruits like lemons, grapefruits, oranges etc can be used in a number of household tasks. They can do wonders and can solve many of your problems, whether its garbage odor or filthy sink, lemon and oranges have all the solutions. Let's have a look at their wonderful contribution as household helpers. * Pots having copper bottom can be cleaned using lemon and salt. Cut lemon and dip it in salt to clean pot bottom, it will give them extra shine and glow. * If you are unable to get rid of onion, garlic or fish smell from your hands, cut the lemon and rub it on your hands, the smell will go away. * To clean kitchen sinks and stoves dip half-cut lemon in baking soda and clean them, you will be astonished to see the shine. * If berries or any other sticky food item have left stains on your slicing board, rub it with lemon to remove stains. * To whiten white clothes add a quarter cup of lemon juice in the washer. * If your clothes have light stains that you are unable to get rid of or the stains of ink, apply a little lemon juice mixed with salt on the affected area and leave it in the sun for sometime, the stains will vanish. * To get rid of ants present in any corner of your house, grind 2 lemons and water (around 1 liter) together in a blender and fill a spray bottle with the mixture. Spray on the ants, being citrus-haters, they will run away in other direction. * Orange peels can work as sugar preservative; if you place orange peels in brown sugar bag, moisture content due to orange peel will not let sugar harden. * Orange or lemon peels inside your garbage bin will keep away the flies and let it smell fresh. * Mix vinegar with half lemon in a bowl and have the solution that will clean all your kitchen appliances and wooden cabinets. * Lemons are very useful when it comes to remove rust stains. * Take a bowl filled with water and add a few slices of lemon in it, place it in the microwave with a wooden spoon or non-metal stick in it and heat for 2 to 4 minutes. Once the microwave stops, remove the bowl carefully (as its hot) and clean the inner side of microwave with a soft sponge, this will clean away all the crud inside the micro and lemon peels will give a fresh smell to the inside of the micro. * If your flower vase have build up dirt or other perishables inside it, put some orange slices or lemon juice in it and let it stay there for a night. Clean it in the morning, all the build up will wash away. * Grease buildups can be removed with the help of lemon juice. * Kitchen counter tops can easily get dirty, add lemon juice to the paste of tartar and apply on counter tops, leave it for 15 minutes, clean it and you will be amazed to see them as new as before. * Lemon juice has medicinal properties as well. If you have the problem of heart burn add one teaspoon of lemon juice in one glass of water and drink it to get rid of heart burn. * Some fruits and veggies leave stain on your hands; to remove those stains cut the lemon in half and rub on your hands. * You wish your glassware could look more sparkling, well, this is possible. Next time after you wash your glassware, take some water having a few thin lemon slices, or lemon skin in it and rinse your glass pots and containers in it, see the sparkle. * To clean toilet bowls, add lemon juice in borax and after flushing the toilet (to make it wet) sprinkle the solution, leave it for two hours and then scrub the toilet bowl, see how it sparkle after you clean it. There are many other uses of citrus fruits as well which I will share with you some other time. So, now when you know how useful citrus fruits, especially lemons, can prove to be for your kitchen and other household activities, I recommend you to go for a little more lemons next time you visit your grocery store. Article Source: http://www.writearticles.org/ About Author / Additional Info: Comments on this article: (0 comments so far)
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