Just have to share with you about a fabulous DE-GREASER that I have found. ECOMIST has its own "de-greaser" concoction - I don't know alot about the Ecomist product line, but their site claims they are "food grade". I wouldn't suggest eating or drinking their product, but you can trust that the ingredients are definitely non toxic. Made from grains, potatoes, coconut extract, filtered water and tea tree oil and corn extracts, these products haven't any odour and are safe on bare skin. I have to express my excitement when I used this product on one of the dirtiest homes I had ever been asked to clean.
My longtime friend, K., had just moved into a "reduced price" newer home in one of our town's blooming communities; a young age of 8 months, just a baby, you would expect the place to not be too bad for dirt, it was so new! The agent assured her he had it cleaned. Well, you could say, this simply wasn't the case, the former occupants, tenants, obviously hadn't a problem living with dirt! This is hard to believe, but the layers of dirt to be found in this place made me wonder if an episode of hoarders had been filmed there. You could imagine her horror when she claimed it. Of course, the place had been cleaned out of all their stuff, but the debris...seriously, who has the nerve to leave a place in that condition? No wonder it was a "deal"! Apparently this upscale modern home had housed a few cats, dogs, and a lizard or two. Not sure if my friend had mentionned a snake and birds as well - wow, who knew you can have your own zoo in our town? The agent who sold the place to my friend assured her that he had it professionally cleaned - wow, if these people had been paid, they should be up on criminal charges for stealing - it's obvious they didn't even show or were they visually impaired? In which case, should they be allowed to drive?
My "partner in grime" and I started into this house like a White Tornado (my company name) in a flurry of activity. We came to a halting stop when we came upon the puddles, and I mean puddles of cooking oil caught on the stove top and in the hood range light covers. It looked like it had been raining cooking oil on the wall behind the stove. What we were going to use for this unbelievable greasy mess? Who cooks with that much oil? They had a gas range. I am surprised there wasn't evidence of a kitchen fire! I would normally use Fantastik on this but my friend is an eco-minded consumer and really didn't want her favourite cleaning friends to inhale the toxic fumes from the regular fair of environmentally unfriendly cleaning products. She had kindly went out and purchased a whole new line of cleaners we hadn't used before.
Well, what were we to do? We needed big help. We needed a tough cleaning agent that would cut through this oily swamp. Ecomist De-Greaser was all we had. Crossing fingers, we forged on. We READ the label and tried it out. Well, long and behold - hallelujahs going through my head (not out loud, or my cleaning partner may have wondered if the fumes, even though the products were natural, were getting to me) the stuff WORKED and worked well. I sprayed and yes, almost used the entire bottle - we did the wood cabinets, the stove top, stainless, steel, the counter tops, under the sink, inside the cupboards, the baseboards, backsplash and yes, the dreaded lamp covers sopping with cooking oil, and hood range. Unreal, "who uses this much cooking oil?"we wondered. I won't even try to imagine what their meals were like, who needs to dine at a greasy spoon when you can drown your food in oil at home? Yes, my "partner in grime", Em, (I repeat it because I love the saying) we were overjoyed and relieved because we really weren't sure how to battle this oily disaster!
My friend, was ecstatic too. This house took us almost 30 hours to clean! Yes, 30 hours for an almost brand new, 3000 sq ft. house! Well ECOMIST, your environmentally friendly and superior DEGREASER saved the day! As well, your cabinet and floor cleaners did a pretty good job too!
Now, my delightful friend who owns this house has it completely redeemed and renovated - its a showstopper - she is an intierior Decorator - so we would expect no less for her home. (you must check out her site - www.CREATIVEINTERIORDESIGNS.com or her fan page on FB: Creative Interior Designs.) Thanks to you, ECOMIST and alot of elbow grease (not cooking oil - lol), this transformation could and did happen and my friend and her family are all breathing better and living better because of it!
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