Australian green home and garden.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Stewart, Robin
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : Schwartz Publishing Pty, 2003.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Title Page; Copyright Page; Preface; Introducing the Green Concept; Chapter 1 Your New Green Shopping List; Bicarb soda (sodium bicarbonate, baking soda); Borax; Cloves; Eucalyptus oil; Fly-swats; Laundry and kitchen detergents; Lemons; Olive oil; Pure soap; Salt; Soap shaker; Scourer (nylon) and steel wool (plain, fine); Vinegar (white); Washing soda (sodium carbonate, 'Lectric' soda); Chapter 2 It's Easy Being Clean and Green; DAILY TASKS; WEEKLY TASKS; USING GREEN CLEANERS; Chapter 3 Your Kitchen; CONTROLLING BACTERIA; CLEANING; Adhesive labels (to remove from bottles and containers).
  • Aluminium saucepansBaby's feeding equipment; Boiled-over milk; Bone knife handles; Bottles, glass decanters and vases; Brass, bronze, pewter and stainless steel; Cake tins; Chopping boards; Copper pans and copper-based pans; Dishwasher; Dish washing; Drains (to clear blockages and disinfect); Egg stains; Electric frypan; Freezer (inside); Fruit and vegetable stains (on hands); Glasses (drinking); Granite bench tops; Kettle (to remove lime deposits); Knife blades; Laminex; Microwave oven; Oven; Oven door (glass); Oven (food spill); Painted surfaces; Pastry board.
  • Plastic electric jug and kettlePlastic ware; Refrigerator (inside); Roasting dish (burnt fatty food); Rubbish bin; Saucepan (burnt food stuck to bottom); Saucepan (to prevent staining); Silver (tarnished); Soap residue (in bottles); Stainless steel cutlery (to make it sparkle); Tea and coffee stains; Teapot; Thermos; Vegetables; Vinyl (scuff marks on); Vinyl floors (also ceramic, cork, slate, terracotta and vinyl tiles); DEODORISING; Chopping board; Dishcloth; Fish (cooking smells); Hands; Microwave oven; Oven; Plastic container; Plastic drink bottle; Plastic electric kettle; Refrigerator.
  • Rubbish binThermos; Unpleasant odours of all kinds; Vinyl and plastic surfaces (new); MOULD REMOVAL; Bread containers; Painted surfaces; Refrigerator; OTHER GREEN KITCHEN HINTS; Brown paper bags; Cellophane bags; Soap scraps; Steel wool; Chapter 4 Your Laundry; Bleach; Colours (running); Colours (to enhance); Eucalyptus oil; Fabric softeners; Felt hats (Akubra); Foam; Hard water; Iron care; Lace; Linen (to iron); Musty sheets; New clothes and bed linen; New jeans; New towels; Rinsing; Silk; Smoke (tainted washing); Sneakers (runners or white shoes); Soft toys; Stainless steel (troughs, taps).
  • StarchingWashing machine; White streaks; Woollen garments and blankets; Woollen sweater (shrunk); Zippers; Chapter 5 Laundry and Carpet Stains; Beer; Beetroot; Bird droppings; Biro; Blackberry; Blood; Burn mark; Candle wax; Cement; Chewing gum; Chocolate, cocoa and coffee; Collars; Cream; Curry; Egg; Felt pen; Fruit juice; Grass; Grease (or oil); Greasy clothing; Handkerchiefs; Ice cream; Ink; Jam; Linen (brown storage spots); Lipstick; Mildew; Milk; Nappies; Perfume; Perspiration; Rust; Scorch marks; Scorch (on wool); Shoe polish; Socks; Soot; Tar; Tea.