Chemical Free Cleaning!

Do you struggle trying to keep your stainless steel appliances clean and smudge free?

Well struggle no longer. Use a microfiber cleaning cloth/dish cloth to clean all your stainless steel appliances with only water.

Just wet a microfiber dish cloth, wipe and walk, that is all there is to it. No more stainless steel cleaners with lots of paper towels.

We are all busy these days, and the last thing we want to do is spend allot of time cleaning, right!

We have jobs, kids or grand kids, pets, church activities, sport activities, music and recreational things we want to do, so who has the time or desire to spend all day cleaning; in order to have a beautiful, clean home. But we need to keep our homes clean and healthy; we just don't want to spend all of our "free" time getting that job done.

So what is the solution? The solution for faster, more efficient cleaning of a hard surface floor is cleaning it with a microfiber mop. Microfiber grabs the dirt, pulling it into the fibers of the fabric, helping to get the job done more completely, and you can clean chemical free.

So if you are pestered by pet hair, clean it up with a microfiber dry mop. The fibers in the microfiber mop pad will grab the pet hair, holding onto to it till you shake it or pull it off. Sweep an area, clean the mop pad off and continue sweeping. If the pad fills up with dirt or hair, it will not work efficiently, so it is important to periodically clean or shake off the pad to remove clumped up dirt and hair.

Do enjoy baking? How about all that flour, sugar etc. that seems to find its way out of your bowls onto the floor? Clean it up quickly with a microfiber mop.

Do you farm? Then you need a microfiber mop. It will help to keep, all that barn dirt & lime under control, which seems to get dragged into the house.

How about you moms with young children? Get a cleaner floor with microfiber. Using microfiber helps to greatly reduce the amount of bacteria found on any hard surface floor or a counter top.

Microfiber mops do a better job than a broom, no more vacuuming needed after dusting with a microfiber mop; and no more dusting sheets to buy either! The mop pads are reusable, just wash in regular laundry, dry and you're ready to go again.

So arise ladies, get off of your hands and knees! Let the microfiber's scrubbing ability do the work for you! Microfiber mops are great for cleaning all sorts of hard surface floors like:
Hardwoods
Linoleum
Laminates
Marble
Slate
Ceramic Tile
Tile
If it has a solid surface it can be cleaned with a microfiber mop.

No chemicals are needed when cleaning/wet mopping a floor with a microfiber mop. Just wet the mop pad in a bucket of warm/hot water, reattach it to the mop frame and mop away. Mopping with microfiber cleans a floor better than a string or sponge mop, and it helps to eliminate having a sour smelling mop around.

Using a microfiber mop is green cleaning! No chemicals here!

Some microfiber mops come with separate pads - a string dusting pad, a dry pad for sweeping the floor and a "wet" mopping pad. Others are more versatile, you can sweep and wet mop with the same mop pad.

First "sweep" your floors with a dry mop pad, and then just dampen it to catch all those spots that need an extra touch. Just wet the pad in your sink, or a bucket of water, reattach it to the frame and wipe up all those spills and dirty spots. The floor mopped with a microfiber mop dries faster too, because it leaves less water on the floor, so you can be walking on it sooner. That way you will have less tracking across your freshly mopped floor!

Need to "catch" a cobweb or two off your walls and ceilings? Take your microfiber mop after them!

Written by Marcia Loofboro, MWL Ventures LLC, co-owner of http://www.MerryMicrofiberCloths.com, home of affordable, dirt grabbing microfiber towels, cloths, mitts, sponges and mops.

Do you have a problem with getting your windows clean and streak free?

Have you ever washed your windows thinking you had them sparkling clean; only to discover, that when the sun came around, they were still streaked. I have lots of times, till I found microfiber cloths and towels.

Other tips I have used before microfiber towels are:

- To use newspapers to dry the windows with, but that left you with carbon on your ands from the print on the paper
- Using some vinegar in the water helps to cut dirt and grime
- Wiping the inside of the windows in one direction and the outside in the opposite direction. This helped me to know which side I had to redo.
- Another trick my mom used to use (on her windows that would get coated with road grime) was to wash her front porch windows with oven cleaner. It was the only way she could get them clean. She lived on a heavily traveled state highway, with lots of trucks and farm traffic. So that left her windows with lots of oil, dirt and exhaust residue on them.
- But my favorite tip was when I discovered microfiber towels and cloths to wash and dry my windows with.

What microfiber towels are best to use:

Microfiber comes in various textures and blends and so to clean windows, use a wet suede 16" x 16" MerryMicrofiber cloth for washing and a 20" x 40" MerryMicrofiber waffle weave towel for drying.

Just one 20" x 40" waffle weave will dry numerous windows, because of its special built in "pockets" that whisk the moisture away, first into the pocket and then deep into the fabric of the towel, leaving your window dry and streak free.

Depending on how many windows you have, you could use two to three 16" x 16" terry all purpose MerryMicrofiber towels for both washing and drying, or wash with a MerryMicrofiber towel and allow to air dry. Just remember to rinse your cloth/towel frequently in hot water to avoid streaking.

How the microfiber towel works:

The unique technology of the microfiber blend, gives you a towel that is soft, durable, dirt grabbing and absorbent. The microfiber blend is made up of polyester and polyamide (nylon). The polyester gives it its softness, and the polyamide gives it its absorbency. The "star" wedges gives it its scrubbing ability, with it's thousands of surface edges. This technology allows the fibers to pick up the dirt and pull it into the towel not just pushing it ahead of itself, like cotton does.

I recommend using hot water for rinsing your towels as you clean. The hot water causes the fibers to swell, thus forcing the dirt, oil and grime out of the fibers into your water. Rinse your cloth frequently for dirty cloths can also cause streaking of your windows. Using hot water and microfiber towels will help you to save money, eliminating window cleaner and paper towels.

Microfiber will save you time and money. You'll spend less effort to more efficiently clean your windows and mirrors. You'll also save money by eliminating the need or window cleaning products and paper towels.

Written by Marcia Loofboro, believer in chemical free cleaning and owner of www.MerryMicrofiber.com, home of microfiber towels, cloths, mitts, sponges and mops.

Cleaning with microfiber cloths and towels will help you do a better job cleaning in less time.

Whether you are cleaning with an 80/20 or 70/30 polyester/polyamide blend cloth, you will be able to do it better and faster.

For the fabric picks up the dirt and pulls it into the "wedged" spaces within the cloth, instead of pushing it ahead of itself, unlike cotton cloths. (Have you ever dusted with a cotton cloth, and found dirt and dust still on your furniture when finished, that is because cotton doesn't have the same dirt collecting ability.)

Microfiber actually grabs hold of the dirt, pulling it inside of the fibers of the cloth, and holding it in the cloth until you remove it by rinsing and or washing the cloth. In creating this type of cloth, the fiber has been split, increasing the surface area of the cloth, compared to a non-split fiber cloth.

It is like having a brush with a few bristles compared to a brush having lots of bristles, the more bristles increases its cleaning ability. A split microfiber cloth can have 200,000 fibers per square inch of cloth, that is allot of scraping surface action.

Microfiber, with just water, will disinfect surfaces, thereby eliminating the need for chemical cleaners. It has been found through a sustainability study at Royal Roads University in Canada, that this fabric, with only water did as good or better job of removing bacteria from hard surfaces, compared to using a cotton cloth with Lysol or bleach.

It will remove 99.94% of all bacteria off of a hard surface; holding the contaminants inside the cloth, not redepositing it back on the surface. Royal Roads University continues to use these types of products to clean with. (Royal Roads University: Progress towards Sustainability 2004-05 Fiscal Year Report).

So you are still saying how does this help me clean faster and more efficiently!

1. You don't need furniture polish while dusting your furniture, knickknacks, shelves etc, and you won't need to rewipe. Just take a dry or slightly damp cloth, I prefer slightly damp, and dust away! The fiber will pick that dust/dirt up, collecting it inside the cloth leaving your articles dust free. When it begins to become dirty, just rinse it in warm/hot water and keep on cleaning.

2. This type of cloth will help save you time, for you won't have wipe and rewipe, the same surface repeatedly; but since it barely leaves a film of water behind, it won't ruin any of your wood surfaces. All you need to do is wet it, wring it, wipe it and walk away.

3. Microfiber helps to remove allot of allergen particles from your environment and you aren't adding any extra chemical irritants while cleaning. This not only helps to protect and save our environment but also maintains a healthier you and a healthier family, saving on drugs and medical costs.

4. You can clean your bathroom with a damp cloth. Just wipe your sink, shower etc. with a damp cloth, rinsing it frequently in hot water, to remove the dirt and bacteria collecting in the cloth.

5. It will remove soap scum off your shower door.

6. To have beautiful, sparkling mirrors, windows or glass covered pictures in your bathroom, wipe them with a damp cloth, then either allow them to air dry or dry them with a second cloth.

7. Wipe your toilet off with a damp towel, and when you finished, you can even wipe up the floor using the same towel. (Some people like to use different colored cloths for different areas of the house, so they don't cross contaminate from the bathroom to the kitchen etc.)

8. Use a microfiber dish cloth to make quick work of cleaning up your kitchen, from wiping off stove, refrigerator, counters and sink. It is great for cleaning those hard to clean stainless steel appliances. Just wipe and walk away. Waffle weave dish towels are wonderful for drying all your dishes too.

9. I love using a microfiber dust mop to "sweep" my floors. They will pick up the finest particles of dirt, keeping your floors cleaner longer, and you may not have to wet mop your floors as often.

10. These dust mops will save you money, in the long run, over continually buying the paper duster sheets for Pledge or Swifter duster mops, for the pads are reusable and machine washable.

11. You can save time when giving your pets a bath: by using a microfiber bath towel. Their super absorbency will make quick work of drying off your pet, after a bath or after swimming. My friend found she need fewer towels to dry her pets off for one towel did the work of 2 cotton towels.

12. Use a damp cloth to remove pet dander and loose hair between baths. (This will also help to reduce pet allergens in your environment).

Do you have an office that is loaded with electronic equipment?

Who doesn't these days?

That is how we function in today's world, no more electric typewriters, (some are asking what are they?) word processors and as some of you go back even farther, to the days of manual typewriters. The electric typewriters were a little more touchy about spilling things on them, but today, if you want to fry your keyboard, just accidentally dump your pop or coffee on one and you are finished.

So how do we clean that equipment? There are spray cans full of air, but they are hazardous to your health and can even kill you, by depleting your oxygen level. So now your keyboard is clean but you are dead, or you may have frostbite on your fingers. Well that won't do, so what are some other alternatives.

Another, much more healthy and green alternative to cleaning your office and your office equipment is by using microfiber cloths, towels and mops.

A microfiber suede cloth is just the ticket for cleaning your computer keyboard, monitor, CD's, printers, fax machines, even those cameras. Its fine, soft texture cleans without scratching and leaves your equipment dust and lint free. Just remember to always clean your equipment with a clean cloth, as the dirt in the cloth can scratch.

If you have windows, mirrors or pictures in your office, clean them with a damp microfiber cleaning cloth and dry them with another cloth; or for just cleaning the windows you can mist them with a spray bottle of water and dry with a microfiber cloth. Then you will have clean, streak free, beautiful windows, pictures and mirrors in your office.

Do you hate to dust those knickknacks and treasures in your office? Who has time for cleaning when you're working? But now and then we do need to clean up our offices, for dust is hard on electronic equipment, and we do need to get rid of the dirt.

One way of getting rid of the dirt is by dusting all those treasures with a microfiber cloth. The microfibers will pick up the dirt pulling it into the cloth, not pushing it around, and you don't need a spray either; sprays add pollutants to our environment, which you don't want.

So just dampen an all purpose microfiber cloth or a suede cloth and wipe away. Soon you will have all those treasures clean without resorting to using sprays or chemicals.

Got a hard surface floor? Just dust or wet mop it with a microfiber mop, for microfiber even picks up the fine dust; no more vacuuming after sweeping with a microfiber mop.

So there you have it, how to green clean your office, without chemical cleaners.

Article written by Marcia Loofboro, owner of http://www.MerryMicrofiberCloths.com home to all your microfiber cleaning product needs.

Give your car a sparkling, streak free finish using microfiber car cleaning products, leaving your car shiny and foreign debris free, without the use of chemical cleaners.

Microfiber towels with their special technology won't scratch the paint and can be used naturally without harsh chemicals that can damage you or the finish on your vehicle.

Not only will your car be cleaner and shinier, but you will be healthier in the process, and helping to protect our environment by reducing the amount of chemicals we add to our soil and water supply.

Car detailers love microfiber for its cleaning and buffing abilities. Microfiber is great for getting the bugs off, just wet your rag and rub, microfiber has awesome scrubbing abilities. Use a terry microfiber towel for scrubbing and suede microfiber cloth for buffing your car after waxing.

The microfiber suede will glide across the surface and with its natural polish-like friction, requiring very little effort to buff your car. Microfiber suede is the best buffing cloth. With its low nap, the microfiber suede will buff your favorite vehicle, boat or RV to a beautiful shine, while not removing the wax.

Remember the thicker the nap on a microfiber towel the more it will pull in dirt or wax. So you will want to wash with a thicker napped microfiber towel and buff with a low nap microfiber. A towel cannot tell the difference between dirt and wax, as it will remove both.

If you find dust collecting in your car, just moisten a microfiber suede or terry all purpose cloth, lay it onto the surface and slowly pull it towards you. The dirt and oil collecting ability of the microfiber will suck it up and leave you with a spotless finish.
Got a film collecting on the inside of your wind shield, clean it with water or a little of your favorite window cleaner and a microfiber cloth. The microfiber will pull that film right off of there, leaving you will a clean and shiny window.

(Just remember to wash your "rags" after using in hot water and mild laundry detergent with no bleach or fabric softeners, to keep them in tip top shape for years to come.) Microfiber also dries faster with lower heat, than the heavier cotton towels, so will save you money, which you can use on your other favorite things.

Got an RV or are an avid camper, take these MerryMicrofiber cloths along with you for their quick cleanup ability. Microfiber will make fast work of all your cleanup jobs that come your way.

I keep a microfiber towel in our vehicles at all times, to have handy to clean up emergency messes, for wiping off the seats and dash when you accidentally leave your windows open and it rains, or for wiping off a foggy windshield.