Product Description

NOW UPDATED WITH MORE EASY, TIME-SAVING TIPS FOR TURNING YOUR HOME INTO A SPARKLING PALACE!

The down-to-earth housekeeping guide that brought the Queen of Clean® into your home is now better than ever! As always, her marvelous collection of tips and shortcuts gives you the keys to conquering dust, rust, stains, gum, clogs, odor, mildew, smudges, scratches, allergens, pet problems, and water damage. And she works her magic with the hidden cleansing powers of natural, inexpensive ingredients such as baking soda, lemon juice, petroleum jelly, tea, vinegar and more. Now, the Queen expands her domain with:

More penny-saving tips...

Thrifty hints for frugal living.

Waste not...

Don't trash it! The Queen finds fun, creative uses for everyday products.

An ounce of prevention...

Foil common household problems‹before they begin.

The Queen's favorite tales...

Happy endings to the most unusual and daunting cleaning challenges!

You'll also find handy sidebars, an updated index, and a revealing cleaning quiz to help you measure your status as a domestic diva.

Never be a slave to housework again!

Includes Helpful Hints From The Royal Guide To Spot And Stain Removal!

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #207550 in Books
• Published on: 2004-04-06
• Released on: 2004-04-06
• Original language: English
• Dimensions: .60" h x 5.36" w x 8.22" l, .70 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 272 pages

From Amazon.com
Stand back, Heloise, here comes the Queen of Clean. Armed with both common sense and ingenuity, Linda Cobb made a name for herself on Morning, Arizona. For those of you who don't happen to live in Arizona, she has written this helpful little book. Talking Dirty with the Queen of Clean tackles just about any household stain, stink, or accident you can think of.

"There are five cleaning products you should never be without," says the Queen, "and most of them are things you already have in your home." What are they? White vinegar, baking soda, lemon juice, club soda, and Spot Shot Instant Carpet Stain Remover (her favorite brand). With these simple items, you can clean and deodorize nearly every room in your home, thereby saving money on expensive store-bought cleaners and reducing the amounts of chemicals in your home. Did you burn a casserole? Fill the dish with hot water, one tablespoon of baking soda, and soak. Try cleaning brass and copper with half a lemon sprinkled with salt. It should shine right up (and smell good, too).

The chapters are short and sweet, and besides the usual home/pet/kid/upholstery cleaning techniques, the Queen also tackles patio furniture, the grill, electronic equipment, plants, and smoke and water damage. Did you know you can distract grasshoppers by planting basil around your flowerbeds? They'll eat that and leave your flowers alone. Here's our favorite tip: when painting or washing walls, wrap washcloths or old rags around your wrists and secure them with rubber bands. When you lift your arms, the paint or water drips will be absorbed instead of running all the way down your arms. Keep this book handy. --Dana Van Nest

From AudioFile
Cobb and her pesky cat, Zach, cheerfully dispense cleaning advice, with short breaks of jazz and classical music thrown in. In a squeaky-clean Midwestern accent Cobb narrates rapidly, justifying her warning at the beginning to take notes. Her humor about poor housekeeping (including jokes about dust bunnies doing a rodeo in the living room) keep the listener amused as she gives practical tips about every room of the house for every season of the year. Anyone who cleans (or needs to clean) will enjoy this peppy production. A.G.H. © AudioFile 2002, Portland, Maine-- Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine

Review
Dan Davis Good Morning Arizona, KTVK-TV, Phoenix Let's face it, cleanup problems are a stain on all of us, but since the Queen has been on the show we have all become sponges, soaking up every drop of information she has. And now with this book, the information...or sponge...is right there in your hands.

Carole Arnold The Carole Arnold Show; Metro Talk 14 KNOR Radio, Oklahoma City She's witty, warm, a walking encyclopedia. Linda Cobb knows how to take the 'oops' out of life!

Pat Simon The Pat Simon Show, WJBO Radio, Louisiana Linda Cobb is the undisputed Queen of Clean....If there's anyone who has the answers to the tough cleaning questions, it's Linda!

Joe Daily, morning show host WBNR Radio, New York Her enthusiasm is contagious, and her cleaning tips are both effective and fun. When Linda talks dirty everybody listens. She truly is the Queen of Clean.

John Nuzzo WBVP Radio, Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania We all look for solutions to life's little accidents that spot our daily lives. Linda helps with simple remedies using everyday products. Talking Dirty with the Queen of Clean is a must-read and a book to have at your side at all times. You're in for a real treat.