December 2011
2 posts
TIP: How to clean Hardwood floors
Use boiling water and two teabags to clean
hardwood floors. The tannic acid in tea creates a beautiful shine for hardwood floors. Let two teabags steep in the boiling water for a few minutes. Pour the tea into a bucket. Take a soft cloth and wring it out in the tea. The cloth merely needs to be damp, not soaked. This will enable the floor to dry quickly. Wash...
TIP: How to clean Hardwood floors
Use boiling water and two teabags to clean hardwood floors. The tannic acid in tea creates a beautiful shine for hardwood floors. Let two teabags steep in the boiling water for a few minutes. Pour the tea into a bucket. Take a soft cloth and wring it out in the tea. The cloth merely needs to be damp, not soaked. This will enable the floor to dry quickly. Wash...
July 2011
1 post
Socrates told us that the “Unexamined Life” is not worth living and I must admit that if we don’t re-evaluate where we’re going and make some course corrections here in the USA soon, then countries like China, Russia, India, Brazil, are going to eat our lunch. What are your thoughts ?
June 2011
2 posts
Home Improvement
Installing flooring: The inside story
Jun 7, 2011 2:12 PM
Vinyl flooring is still tops for resisting dents. But Consumer Reports latest flooring tests show that the best bamboo and oak floors can fend off most other wear for about the same price. Whatever type of flooring you choose—solid or engineered wood, plastic laminate, vinyl, linoleum—you’ll certainly want it to...
Monday, June 13, 2011
Consumer Reports Weighs In On Wood Flooring
Consumers put a lot of stock into what is published by Consumer Reports, the non-profit group dedicated to helping buyers distinguish “hype from fact and good products from bad ones.” So it’s important to know that Consumer Reports recently published guidelines on installing flooring. The guidelines cover...
February 2010
1 post
Green Speak
Natural: Aproduct that is made from materials and ingredients nfound in nature, with little or no human intervention
January 2010
3 posts
QOTD: “If you don’t know where you’re going any road will get you there”
Green Speak—
Greenwashing: A superficial nod to the environment from marketers and businesses that historically were not interested in sustainable concerns are doing so now to improve their public relation standings with the consumer or public.
Green Speak :
Green Building- Abuilding designed to conserve resources and reduce negative impacts on nthe environment, whether it is using less energy, water, building materials or land.
December 2009
1 post
?OTD: When you think of “Green Flooring” what comes to mind?
November 2009
5 posts
Green Speak—
Certified: Acknowledging that a product is genuine to what it claims, typically having gone through a third-party process
Eco-friendly: An alternative to goods usually bought in most stores. These products are made with the environment in mind.
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July 2009
2 posts
“It’s your Attitude that determines your destiny.!!!!
Be thankful each day...”
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