Stains

Did you know that there is a cleaning product that’s safe and all natural, cleans, disinfects and deodorizes, and doesn’t cost a fortune? And that you may already have it hidden in your refrigerator door!

So, what is this magical cleaning product? It’s plain old lemon juice. You can use lemon juice instead of bleach to clean your house safely and effectively. In fact, you can use it in places you wouldn’t consider putting bleach.

If you’ve even tasted lemon juice, it’s pretty obvious that it’s a strong acid. Have you ever tried using lemon juice to clean a penny? The beauty of an acid is that it dissolves things water can’t. This includes dirt, grease and also parts of bacteria vital to it’s survival. Next time you clean, ditch the sponge, bleach and chemical cleaners and pull out a fresh lemon. It’s easy to hold, packed full of cleaning power, and can be thrown away when you’re done.

You can mix lemon juice with water and put it in a squirt bottle. You can use it along with your all purpose cleaner to scrub the kitchen, bathroom, and even clean walls and floors. The acid will cut through mineral deposits on bathroom fixtures.

Instead of adding bleach to your whites, add lemon juice instead. After washing, hang your clothes in the sun to dry and you’ll see how white your laundry can be without the smell and dangers of bleach. You can mix lemon juice with cream of tartar and rub into stains.  Just don’t leave them out in the sun to dry as it may fade the spot.

Lemon juice can also be used to polish, shine, and remove tarnish from the copper, chrome, and other metals in your house. Simply add a little salt or baking soda to a freshly cut lemon and rub it onto the metal’s surface, rinse well and polish dry.

Try mixing lemon juice with baking soda to make a great natural drain cleaner. It works just as well as vinegar and baking soda, but leaves that lemony scent.

Have you noticed lately that most disinfecting products have an version that smells like lemons? That’s because lemons naturally have a fresh, clean scent. Instead of cleaning with lemon scented chemicals, what could be better than getting your fresh lemon scented kitchen from actual lemons?

Leave it to Watkins to improve on mother nature! We are pleased to introduce a new line of non-toxic plant-based cleaning products that harness the power of lemons naturally. You’ll can choose from all-purpose cleaner, liquid dish soap, automatic dish washing detergent, toilet bowl cleaner, furniture polish and liquid laundry detergent concentrate all scented with natural lemon oil.

These are just a few of the many uses of this powerful cleaner. Cleaning with the power of lemons not only removes dirt, it also disinfects to keep your family safe. What a great way to leave your house looking and smelling great.

If you live in an area that has hard water or well water your toilet bowl can become badly stained with ugly iron and other mineral deposits. You might even think you that need to replace your old toilet. Here is how you can easily make an old stained toilet look like brand new! Just follow these simple steps:

1. First, bucket flush - lower the water level in the bowl by quickly pouring a bucket of water in it.
2. Next, squirt a generous amount of Watkins toilet bowl cleaner around the bowl and under the rim.
3. Now go relax, have a cup of tea or beverage of your choice and let the cleanser do the work.
4. After you’ve finished your tea or in 15 minutes or so go back and give the bowl a quick swab with a soft bowl brush then simply flush all the stains away.

Wasn’t that easy? And your bowl should look like brand new. Extreme cases may need a second application or you can do steps 1 and 2 before you go out to work or before you go to bed, allowing the cleanser a longer time to work.

Watkins toilet bowl cleanser is so powerful it’s only recomended for use on vitreous china, the material toilets are made of. Use weekly, a small squirt and quick swab is all you need to do to prevent further mineral stain build up.

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 bathroom gets a lot of traffic and can be a challenge to keep clean. Here are a few ways you can keep your bathroom cleaner on a regular basis.

• Try Watkins organic cleaner in your liquid hand soap dispenser, this will prevent the soap scum and dirt build up in your bathroom sink when washing your hands. A daily swipe with your soapy hands will dislodge shaving hairs and dirt so you can rinse them down the drain.
• Avoid bathtub ring by adding a bit of Watkins bubble bath or organic cleaner to the bath water.
• Keep your shower stall and tub sparkling by spraying the interior with Watkins tub and tile cleaner right after you are done showering and giving it a quick wipe. You only need to do this about once a week to keep on top of soap scum and mineral deposits.
• Give your toilet a quick swab every day or so with the soft bowl brush from Watkins and a few drops of organic cleaner.

Regular use of Watkins tub and tile cleaner will prevent the build up of everyday dirt, soap scum, mildew and mineral deposits. The citric acid formula is powerful, yet has no irritating fumes so you’ll breathe easier. Works well for cleaning the sink, counter top, tub, shower enclosures and tile. For best results and to avoid waste use the optional trigger sprayer that’s available.
For cleaning the toilet and other tough bathroom cleaning problems Watkins Bathroom Cleaner Plus will quickly and easily make short work of it. This effective yet biodegradable bowl cleaner clings to vertical surfaces for better cleaning, plus doubles as a hard-surface cleaner for tubs, tile, porcelain, grout, and fiberglass. Eliminates rust, lime, and offensive odor as it cleans. We like the pleasant cherry-almond scent. Bathroom Cleaner plus is powerful so for best results start at the bottom of your tub or shower and spread the cleaner upwards as you’re cleaning to prevent clean drip lines.

For a heavy duty build up of rust, lime and other mineral deposits in your toilet bowl you need the professional strength of Watkins Toilette Bowl Cleanser. Extremely hard water can result in embarrassing stains that simply will not come out. When nothing else on the market will get your bowl clean this will, it will even make an old stained bowl will look like brand new! It cleans, deodorizes and disinfects, yet is safe for septic tanks. Extremely powerful; for use on vitreous china only. Depending on your water hardness use once a week or so to prevent future mineral deposit build up.

You can find these products through a local Watkins dealer or by visiting my Watkins Online Store to have them delivered right to you door.

Oh no! You’ve just taken your laundry out of the dryer and you discovered that your favorite garment has a grease stain. Don’t worry, even though it’s already been through the dryer Watkins degreaser will remove the grease stain.

I always try to pretreat any oil or grease based stains with Watkins degreaser before I wash our clothes but sometimes I miss seeing a stain until after I take the clothing out of the dryer. I bet this has happened to you too!

Here is what I do; pour a little straight degreaser on the stain, you only need enough to cover the spot, rub it in and leave it sit for a few minutes. Then I rewash the garment and like magic the grease stain is gone.