Talking Dirty Laundry with the Queen of Clean

by Linda Cobb

Book Overview

The Queen provides a complete stain removal guide--and ransacks your cupboard for amazing, inexpensive spot removers including lemon juice, meat tenderizer, WD-40, lubricant, salt, shaving cream...and more Whether you turn around family-sized wash loads seven days a week, air your dirty laundry at the local laundromat, or are among the seriously "laundry challenged," consult the Queen for no-nonsense advice--and fabulous results

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0743418328
• ISBN13: 9780743418324
• Release Date: January 2001
• Publisher: Gallery Books
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.52 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.3" x 8.3"

Customer Reviews

An essential resource for stain removal & basic laundry info

A very easy to read and follow book about removing every kind of stain that I've encountered. Organized by chapter for those who want to read it cover to cover. Great index for those who just want to look up their stain problem and find the solution quickly without reading the book cover to cover. Many of the stains can be removed with simple projects we have around the house. Other times specific chemical solutions are recommended. Often times she suggests both a specific chemical and an alternative with something you probably have at home already which is handy. General instructions such as dabbing at a stain, not rubbing at it, and why, are explained and are easy to remember (and work)! A great chapter on general use and care of the washing machine and another on the same subject with your clothes dryer. Why didn't anyone teach me this information? Why doesn't this information come with the appliances when we buy them? I don't know the answers but this book is the solution. Tips such as how to clean the fabric softener dispenser and how, and when to clean your dryer's lint collector, and a solution for when you discover wrinkled clothes in the dryer. General care instructions for all kinds of fabrics and items such as drapes and lampshades. A great resource for an inexpensive price. How about both of her books as a bridal shower gift or for the new parents?

THE QUEEN OF CLEAN IS TOPS AT TALK

By now many of us are familiar with the "Queen of Clean," the duchess of the dustmop, the princess of pressing problems - she's frank, funny, down to earth Linda Cobb, author of "Talking Dirty with the Queen of Clean." Who can forget Tang in your toilet? This foe of all that dulls the sparkle of our homes is evidently also a bundle of inexhaustible energy as she is a regular on morning television, and publishes a bi-monthly newsletter. Now, she's come to cure our Monday blues - laundry! If your T-shirts shrink, your socks are unpaired, your drip dries don't, the iron spews instead of steaming, give a listen to "Talking Dirty Laundry with the Queen of Clean." In addition, she has more remedies for spot removal than linen has wrinkles. These cures for grape juice on gingham or jelly on jumpers are all inexpensive, effective, and surprising!

Now I Know Why They Call Her Queen!

I have just saved a fortune! I had a small "mystery" stain on a very expensive blouse (a present from my grandmother) and I got it out using one of the Queen's remedies. This book is awesome. The Queen is so smart--and she's adorable too!

Finally - laundry made fun!

OK, I admit it. Laundry isn't exactly my favorite subject and I certainly had no intention of buying a book about laundry. But after enjoying the sense of humor and solid down-to-earth advice from the Queen of Clean's first book, "Talking Dirty with the Queen of Clean," I went for it. And I'm glad I did. Once again, the Queen provides great ideas for formerly impossible stains and new techniques for old products. Every home should have the complete Queen of Clean library. Write on, Queen!

Pink undies are gone for good.

This book could be retitled Laundry for Dummies. How hard can it be to throw some clothes in the washer and then the dryer? Depends on what is in the pockets of those designer jeans ! Ballpoint pen, crayons, chapstick and now I can get them OUT-OUT-OUT. This gal is the DIVA OF DIRT.