#MEwx Some clouds and fog with more seasonal temps and more tips on chemical free cleaning

Good morning Augusta

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This morning we have mostly cloudy skies with scattered showers . Highs in the upper 70s with Southwest winds around 10 mph, becoming north gusting up to 25 mph this afternoon.

Tonight we’ll have mostly clear conditions and less humid with lows in the lower 50s. Winds will be Northerly around 10 mph.

The outdoor temperature is 65.8°F, the dewpoint is 65.5°F and it feels like 65.8°F.

We received 0.18 inches of  rain here over the past 24 hours.

Today’s sunrise is 5:59 AM, sunset is 7:24 PM and we’ll have 13 hours 25 minutes of daylight today. Moonrise is 12:47 AM and Moonset is 4:44 PM. The moon phase is Waning Crescent and is 31% illuminated. Our next full moon will be on September 3 and our next new moon is on September 17.

The wind velocity is between 1.3 MPH and  3.6 MPH from the North Northeast.

The Relative pressure is 29.60, the Absolute pressure is 29.40 and falling with a weather graphic indicating clouds.

The Humidity is 99%, the UV index is 1 placing the average person at moderate risk and the solar radiation reading is 144.3W/m2.

Visibility is 10.0 Miles / 16.1 Kilometers with foggy patches and sun.

 

Here’s more from the book entitled the Room by Room chemical free cleaning book which is, like the others I’ve posted on this blog, free out there on the web. Enjoy.

 

Furniture

od and even pressed wood furniture can be difficult over the life of your furniture but now using these ideas and cleaning

tips you can find that it also doesn’t have to be expensive to keep your hardwood furniture and pressed wood furniture looking beautiful. There are tips

listed that include the use of oils to clean wood furniture. Oils that you can use in cleaning your wood furniture include olive oil, vegetable oils, or

even linseed oils.

 

When your furniture has been smoked by a fire or by cigarette smoke, you can use half a cup of vinegar and a quart of water plus an eighth of a cup of oil

to clean your wood furniture. The vinegar will loosen the dirt and the soot, the water rinses it clean and the oil replenishes to keep the wood shiny.

 

For everyday cleaning you can use a half a cup of vinegar and four drops of oil to clean your wood furniture. Keeping your furniture clean of dust prolongs

the life of the wood finish. If you live in a cold dry climate, doubling the amount of oil when making your cleaner will add more to the wood finishes.

 

For weekly cleaning of your wood furniture you can use one half cup of lemon juice and three cups of water to create a great smelling cleaner that will

get the dust and the oils from your skin off of the wood finishes.

 

A lemon polish that you can use to keep that beautiful shine on your wood furniture is mixing four tablespoons of lemon juice, twenty drops of lemon oil,

and five drops of olive oil. Pure lemon oils are found through your home centers. You can use this mixture in a spray bottle directly on the furniture

or on a soft rag itself.

 

If you have a water stain from a glass that was sitting on your furniture put toothpaste on a soft cloth and dab the area with the toothpaste. Be sure not

to rub too hard because gritty toothpaste will cause scratches. After the paste dries on the area, it will have pulling the water out of the wood and you

can wipe off gently.

 

A great polish for your wood furniture is take a bowl, squeeze a fresh lemon, using the lemon juice add a tablespoon of olive oil and just one teaspoon

of water to thin it out a bit. Using a soft cloth, rub this mixture onto your wood furniture for a great smelling clean.

 

Scratches

 

If you find a scratch on your wooden chair or table there are great scratch covers that you can make yourself to repair this unsightly mark. Using one half

teaspoon of olive oil, soak a tea bag in the oil. As the tea bag releases the color into to oil add additional tea bags as needed to create the color that

you are searching for. This will be a dark colored stain that should not be used on lighter colored wood.

 

If you have deep scratches in your wood; you can color the wood with the meat part of a walnut. You may have to do this a few times to get the cover that

you prefer.

 

To hide small scratches use a teaspoon of mayonnaise and rub hard on the scratched area. This will blend the color of the wood into the scratched area.

 

Do you have a jug of tea in the fridge? You can wet your soft cloth with some tea and dust your hardwood furniture to add a little color to your shine!

 

To cover wood scratches in your chairs or in your other wood furniture you can use a half a cup of vinegar with a half a cup of iodine. Mixing these two

liquids together dab a little bit on the scratched surface. If you are trying to cover a scratch in a darker wood use more iodine and if you are repairing

a wood surface with a lighter color use more vinegar in the mixture.

 

Do you have a juice or drink stain on your wood furniture? You can get stains out of your wood furniture by using mineral spirits for a deep clean. After

you rub the area with a soft cloth and mineral spirits clean the area with full strength vinegar. Polish as needed for a great clean and shine.

 

Is the wax building up on your furniture getting to be a lot of wax that is looking dirty? Your can remove the polish build up by using a half cup of vinegar

and a half cup of water. Rubbing your wood furniture with a wet cloth and then drying with a soft cloth will leave your wood with a clean shine.

 

Other Furniture

 

Cleaning your vinyl upholstery is easy using a dampened cloth with full strength vinegar. Wipe the entire seating and surface area to break down dirt and

oil from skin and hair. Rubbing the vinegar all over vinyl upholstery will keep your vinyl soft for years to come.

 

Polishing your leather furniture is inexpensive when you use linseed oil. You can boil two cups of linseed oil and then let it cool down and stir in one

cup of vinegar. After stirring well, you can use a soft clean cloth and polish your leather for a great shine that will also make your leather stay soft.