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The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 10, Issue 7 (October 1, 1935)

Some Spring Cleaning Hints

Some Spring Cleaning Hints.

When contemplating the Spring-cleaning problem it is a good plan to make out a programme of work to be done and adhere strictly to it. This is one way of doing the job methodically and will cause less disturbance of the usual routine of the home.

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In these days of vacuum cleaners and other labour-saving gadgets, the Spring-cleaning is not such a formidable task as it once was. For one thing there is not such an accumulation of dust and dirt, but there is always the need to do some extra cleaning.

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As a preliminary, it is a good plan to turn out cupboards and drawers before the actual cleaning begins. Everything that you can find no further use for should be cleared out. Send it to a jumble sale, give it away or put it in the fire or dustbin, but do not hoard useless articles. They only make a clutter and one very rarely uses an article that has once been discarded.

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All drawers, wardrobes, shelves, boxes, etc., should be emptied of their contents, and dusted, scrubbed with soapy water to which a little turpentine or disinfectant has been added, dried thoroughly and lined with paper, before putting the articles away again.

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All heavy hangings, etc., should be well beaten or shaken and hung out in the air. If they are not to be used during the Summer they should be parcelled up in newspapers with naphthaline or other moth preventative and packed away. Seal the edges of the papers so that there will be no possibility of moths getting at the articles.

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All pictures, curtains, curtain poles, blinds, etc., should be taken down and washed or cleaned. Any china vases, etc., should also be washed and ready for their part in the fresh appearance of the rooms.

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If you have not a vacuum cleaner with a brush affixed to do the walls and ledges, the next best thing is to tie a clean duster around the head of a soft long-handled broom, and sweep the ceiling and walls, changing or shaking the duster as necessary.

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After dusting any varnished surfaces with a damp duster, polish with a little good furniture cream and finish off with a soft duster.