Clean It Fast, Clean It Right: The Ultimate Guide to Making Absolutely Everything You Own Sparkle & Shine [Paperback]

Jeff Bredenberg (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 17, 1999

This book does for cleaning what Joy of Cooking did for food preparation. More than 250 experts tell you precisely how to clean more than 300 common items in and around your home. Not only will you get your carpets, countertops, windows, dishes, and laundry into pristine shape, you'll also learn how to clean:

CAMERAS from the dean of the New York Institute of Photography

DOLLS from a co-owner of the Denver Doll Hospital

FISHING GEAR from TV's Mark Sosin, host of Mark Sosin's Saltwater Journal

SHOES from the editor of Shoe Service Magazine

MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS from top musicians for the New York Philharmonic

BICYCLES from the technical editor for Bicycling magazine

PAINTINGS from a conservator at the Guggenheim Museum

FLOORS from the clean-up crew for the Los Angeles Lakers

EVEN TAXIDERMY from Roy Rogers Jr., who cares for that famous steed Trigger

AND EVERYTHING ELSE YOU OWN! from world authorities on fast and effective cleaning

What's more, you'll learn how to: Cut your cleaning time in half with secret shortcuts. Kill millions of germs you never knew were lurking. Conquer clutter. Protect your valuables from aging. Relieve allergies. And make powerful, Earth-friendly cleaning solutions that cost only pennies. A special bonus section tells you everything you need to know about buying and using more than 60 kinds of cleaning tools and chemicals.

Keep Clean It Fast, Clean It Right on an easy-access shelf in your home-- because you'll consult it frequently for decades to come!

Editorial Reviews

From the Publisher

"The 526-page book leaves no mess untidied or grime unwiped. It tells how to manage clutter from the kids' room to the office, and how to clean everything from antiques to woodwork." -Los Angeles Times

From the Back Cover

This book does for cleaning what Joy of Cooking did for food preparation. More than 250 experts tell you precisely how to clean more than 300 common items in and around your home. Not only will you get your carpets, countertops, windows, dishes, and laundry into pristine shape, you'll also learn how to clean:

CAMERAS from the dean of the New York Institute of Photography

DOLLS from a co-owner of the Denver Doll Hospital

FISHING GEAR from TV's Mark Sosin, host of Mark Sosin's Saltwater Journal

SHOES from the editor of Shoe Service Magazine

MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS from top musicians for the New York Philharmonic

BICYCLES from the technical editor for Bicycling magazine

PAINTINGS from a conservator at the Guggenheim Museum

FLOORS from the clean-up crew for the Los Angeles Lakers

EVEN TAXIDERMY from Roy Rogers Jr., who cares for that famous steed Trigger

AND EVERYTHING ELSE YOU OWN! from world authorities on fast and effective cleaning

What's more, you'll learn how to: Cut your cleaning time in half with secret shortcuts. Kill millions of germs you never knew were lurking. Conquer clutter. Protect your valuables from aging. Relieve allergies. And make powerful, Earth-friendly cleaning solutions that cost only pennies. A special bonus section tells you everything you need to know about buying and using more than 60 kinds of cleaning tools and chemicals.

Keep Clean It Fast, Clean It Right on an easy-access shelf in your home-- because you'll consult it frequently for decades to come!

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Product Details

• Paperback: 544 pages
• Publisher: Rodale Books (December 17, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1579540198
• ISBN-13: 978-1579540197
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.5 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.7 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 2.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #397,805 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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47 of 47 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A helpful book, July 21, 2000

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Barbara - See all my reviews

This review is from: Clean It Fast, Clean It Right: The Ultimate Guide to Making Absolutely Everything You Own Sparkle & Shine (Paperback)

If you have just started your own home and you feel that you are standing at the bottom of a mountain not knowing where to start cleaning from, then you should get this book. I wish I had this book when I first moved to my own house. It would save me time and also I wouldn't be so much stressed everytime I needed to clean (that's excausting myself twice a week).

The book begins with instructions as to how to organize your cleaning schedule, what should your priority be, and what should be the last thing to do. And clean it like a pro, fast & right! Also, how to get rid of your clutter once and for all. It gives you advise as to what kind of detergents you should use,which cleaners are hazardous, which ones you should avoid and why. What I liked here, is How to hunt microbes (!)

In part two, it has an A-Z reference with everything you can find in a house, and how to clean it, so when you have a problem with a particular item, you don't just scroll up and down to find it, the A-Z makes it so easy.

Part three, again it's an A-Z rundown of everything you will need to know about. In this part, it gives further and more detailed information about cleaners as well as tools for cleaning.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This is a well-researched book!, July 7, 2008

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J. Arena (Williamsburg, VA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Clean It Fast, Clean It Right: The Ultimate Guide to Making Absolutely Everything You Own Sparkle & Shine (Paperback)

Here is a huge volume of 526 pages that will put you in the know about everyday cleaning and also give you some very specialized knowledge about the cleaning of shoes, dolls, bicycles paintings, musical instruments and more.

This book is quite a discovery that I feel belongs as a reference manual in your home if you want to actually cut your work load by learning new and better methods and shortcuts. If you are "going green" you'll really like the directions to concoct your own collection of money-saving and "Earth friendly" cleaning solutions.

This book is a good investment that will pay you back many times over. The author consulted professionals in specialized fields to give the knowledge presented here some extra value.

It's always best to get your knowlede on any subject from multiple sources. However, if you are going to have only one book on house cleaning, I recommend this one.

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars How to book, January 20, 2011

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Misti - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Clean It Fast, Clean It Right: The Ultimate Guide to Making Absolutely Everything You Own Sparkle & Shine (Paperback)

Personally I did not find a lot of help in this book and areas I did, I found the solution not to work.