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If we just cooked beans, lentils or other legumes, or some slow-cooking foods, it could happen that they stick to the bottom of the pot or of the pressure cooker. Water may also be missing and the pot may be singed. How to clean these stains without

As the laundry machine, the dishwasher can be regarded as an achievement of the family and, particularly, of women: it relieves of daily washing-up, making it possible to carry out other tasks. Machine dishwashing is characterized by upper-middle temperatures and by alkaline pH detergents, not adequate for

Hard water is not harmful (see article about softened water), but it makes less efficient detergency, particularly in machine washing. Household dishwashers are provided with internal water softeners, that removes lime form washing water on condition that periodically is reloaded with the specific salt. Lack of salt

Extravergin olive oil shows high nutritional value and is an excellence in Italian traditional food. To maintain high quality productions, it is recommended to clean the mill with efficient detergents containing no substances of toxicological concern and no fragrances that could modify organoleptic properties of olive oil.

As all homemakers know, garments and linen get blood-stained for a number of reasons: from nosebleed, to little wounds or scratches due to mosquito bites, or menstrual bleeding, from time to time we have to solve some little problems of our clothes. Here’s a good method: soak

Environmentally speaking, the best thing is to use cold water, in order to save energy. However, in detergency lukewarm is better than cold water. Why? First of all, dirt is better solubilized with increasing temperature values, as in most aqueous solutions… just think about sugar into coffe:

Babies’ pacifiers should always stay clean… but they often fall on the ground and in other dirty places. Mothers and fathers know very well this issue: how many times do we bend over to catch the soother? That’s most true when our baby begins to trial his

In addition to the usual cleaning of bathroom fixture, particularly with hard water it is important to descale periodically the faucets filters and the shower head. This is a good way: disassemble the filters and the seals; put everything into a plastic or glass bowl; pour Descaler

Did you make construction works in your house or your hotel and lots of concrete stains show off on the earthenware or klinker floor? Usual detergents are totally unuseful, aren’t they? Concrete remains untouched… What to do? The best choice is to use an acid product, but