handy tips for appliances

Appliances




To clean blender, mixer bowls easily, after emptying content, add a cupful of water, run for a few seconds. All clogged particles will easily get flushed out. Use this water to add to gravies, soups, etc.

To clean the inside of a mixer or blender throroughly, fill it halfway with water. Add a few drops of detergent. Run machine for a few seconds. Rinse with water. Invert on a cloth till dry.

Half fill blender with water, add a few drop of mild detergent, and run the mixie for a few seconds. Rinse with water and wipe. This will clean the mixie of any residual particles stuck under the blades or in the grooves.

Clean stains from electronic items like tvs, computers, etc. with some cotton douzed in spirit. Follow with a soft clean moist cloth, and finally a dry flannel cloth.

For apt usage of a microwave, compliment microwave cooking with traditional forms. Do the boiling, frying and seasoning part on a gas stove. While leaving the baking, sauteeing, cooking, melting, etc. to a microwave.

Place a large bowl half full of water, microwave on high till it comes to a boil. Remove and clean oven with a moist cloth, to remove grime and grease. Clean then as usual with warm soapy water dipped cloth.

Round or oval containers will spread heat more evenly in a microwave oven than square, rectangular or odd shaped ones.

Place a tsp. of soda bicarb in a corner of the fridge in a small crucible. This will keep smells of foods in the fridge from permeating each other.

Small cracks in plastic can be repaired by running a hot (not red-hot) screwdriver lightly along the crack.

Synthetic fibres stick to the bottom of the iron. Cool the iron, then rub the affected surface with nail polish remover to get rid of the stickly matter

To clean musty insides of a thermosflask kept closed for long, put in some tiny shreds of old newspaper and fill with warm water. Wash with soap water after 8-10 hours. The flask will sparkle as new and have no stale odours left.