HowTo: Clean Water Marks/Stains Out of Surfaces
You try your very best to politely impose upon your guests to use coasters for their drinks. Yet, there’ll be a few who might conveniently forget to obey your orders. Best is to be assertive and walk around to ensure you’ve put a coaster under each and every one of their drinks. Your guests might think you’re a clean freak who’s anal about water marks but trust me, it’s worth being anal about this than to moan and groan about the stains they leave behind- which you have to clean!
Well, here are some tips for cleaning water marks off your wood/solid surfaces for those of you who weren’t anal enough about the coaster rule.
The low-tech method
Stir up a concoction of baking soda and olive oil in equal parts. Rub the mix into the stain and let it sit for a couple of minutes. Start polishing the surface with a damp cloth until the stain is completely gone.
A forum post on MalaysianBabesForum even suggest you could use baking soda as an exfoliant. Strange. Do this at your own risk, I say.
The hi-tech method
You’ll need a rag (an old t-shirt will do just fine) and an electric iron. Put the rag on top of the stain and iron over it with medium heat until the stain is completely removed. Make sure you don’t overdo this as too much heat may have an adverse effect on the surface you’re cleaning (especially wood) so lift up the rag every now and then to check if the stain is gone. Repeat until the stain is completely removed.
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hi friend, i am an avid reader of your site. can you recommend to me a good place to buy flatware (forks, spoons knives etc,) that are cheap and modern looking, and also crockery nearby kl or pj area? i am hoping you will know as i am out of ideas.
by the way, great job on the site.
thank you.
Jabbaar, unfortunately I didn’t go through the process of buying cutlery and tableware because much of it came as gifts for our wedding from family and friends.
However, you can find some moderately priced wares at the Jusco Home Centre in the old wing of 1 Utama. Don’t expect to get anything designer there though. You can go a notch up on the budget and look in stores like Live It Up (LG floor) and Barang Barang (Ikano Power Centre). You never know, they sometimes have specials. Oh also, at Ikano, you can check out the small shops in the same vicinity as the 10 minute haircut saloon. They’ve got some home shops there too (i remember buying some wine glasses there for a reasonable price)
I’ll give you a shout if i come across any warehouse sales info too.
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