Archive for October, 2006

Have you noticed that your coffee maker is taking longer than usual to brew lately? If your coffee maker isn’t performing like it should, it may need to be cleaned. Every time you brew a pot of coffee, lime and other minerals in the water form a scaley deposit inside the machine. This mineral scale reduces the coffee marker’s efficiency and you’ll end up having to wait longer for your morning cup of coffee. Or even worse your coffee maker could stop working altogether!

Here is how to quickly and easily clean a coffee maker:

1. Empty the filter basket and place it back in the machine. Empty and rinse out the carafe or coffee pot with water.
2. Place 5 cups of cold water in the coffee maker reservoir and add a half cup of Watkins Mineral Deposit Remover. Or mix one part Mineral Deposit Remover to ten parts water.
   
3. Brew solution through coffee maker and discard.
   
4. Rinse by brewing plain cold water, cycling two or three times.
   
5. Wash the carafe or pot, lid and filter basket with Watkins degreaser and hot water.
   
6. Wipe down the exterior of the coffee maker with soft cloth using the degreaser solution.
   

Now, you have a sparkling clean coffee maker! Regularly cleaning and maintaining your coffee maker will not only improve it’s performance, it will extend it’s life and save you money. Clean your coffee maker about once a month, or more often if you brew more than one pot of coffee a day. I’ve used this method to clean a drip coffee maker, an automatic coffee maker, and even an espresso machine. It only takes a few minutes and there is no odor or fumes, opposed to using vinegar. You’ll enjoy a better tasting cup of coffee too.

Note: If your carafe or coffee pot is coffee stained, pour a small amount of Watkins Prewash or Creme Cleaner on a damp cloth, wipe the stained area, then rinse the carafe well.

Enjoy your coffee! I know I will, since I cleaned my coffee maker.

The holidays will soon be upon us. That generally means entertaining and all the preparations that follow. I want every part of my home to sparkle just like my event.

One of the areas that usually is last on my weekly cleaning list is my rug. Thank goodness for Watkins Pro-Stain Rug Cleaner. I add 1-2 tbsps to 3-4 cups of water and tackle any spots. You know those spots such as coffee, cola, food, a pet’s dirty paw print etc.that just didn’t get noticed immediately. Using Watkins Pro-Stain Rug Cleaner full strength on those other unexpected problems such as vomit, blood and/ or urine will remove all traces of the stain and odor.It’s amazing how cleaning those few carpet and/or upholstery spots can spruce up an entire room and save you time.

I recently assisted my daughter with a move into an apartment in Minneapolis. The apartment Manager warned us that there were a few stains on the carpet that the professional carpet cleaner just couldn’t remove. Luckily, I had taken my Watkins Pro-Stain Rug Cleaner, along. We had no idea what those spots were from but in no time at all that carpet was totally spot free. The same concentrations of this terrifc rug cleaner work great on those new microfiber or upholstered sofas/chairs.

You guessed it, the Watkins Pro-Stain Rug Cleaner stayed with my daughter in her new apartment. It’s reputation is rippling through the apartment complex.

Lorraine Cenatiempo