Cleaning Tips

How do I remove tea/coffee cup stains from coated marble bench tops?

Firstly, you will need to remove the coating which is likely to be polyurethane. To do this, soak a piece of cloth in acetone (nail polish remover), lay it over a section and then cover it with a piece of plastic so the acetone doesn't evaporate before it softens the polyurethane.  Then get some warm water and rub it off with a piece of pantyhose.  Then remove the tea stains with some plaster of Paris and a little glycerine.

How do I remove the sour smell in my car from a spilt cup of coffee?

Rub it down with glycerine and sprinkle it with talcum powder, then, when it's dry, vacum it up.  The glycerine dissolves the coffee stains and the talcum powder absorbs the glycerine. 

How do I remove fruit stains from my child's clothes?

Wipe with glycerine and hang in the sunshine.  To prevent it from happening again, keep a can of scotch guard by the clothes line and while the clothes are wet give them a light spray, if they make a mess of themselves again, you can wipe it straight off.

How can I get highlighter and felt tipped pen stains out of my clothing?

Highlighter:  Soak garment in salt water and then freeze it.  Pen:  Soak pen ink stains on in rotten milk.  First rot some milk in sun, then once rotten strain the lumps out and put the lumps over the pen ink stain.  Then you need to wash the clothing in the washing machine.