With a view to protecting our environment and while searching for home cleaning solutions that eliminate the need for chemicals, I came across a green carpet cleaner  on this website.

Cleanly designed, the products reflect a simple and cost-effective principle in home and office carpet cleaning. Using natural ingredients without chemicals such as Sodium Laurel Sulfate, Sodium Laureth Sulfate and Perfluorooctanesulfonic Acid, all of which are frequently found in most common carpet and upholstery cleaners, and all of which are known to be detrimental to our health and environment, the green carpet cleaner manufactured and used by the Green Choice Carpet provides a safe and effective alternative.

Motivated by the drive to create organic and safe products, the company strives to deliver superb cleaning results on a variety of surfaces in the home and office.It also seeks to provide these at a reasonable cost to the consumer by using trained and skilled staff, not hired contractors. Cleaning of carpets, rugs, upholstery, leather, mattresses as well as effective air duct cleaning is offered. Additionally, repair of water damage, prevention of mold and mildew in damaged rugs or carpets is also undertaken.

Ingredients used in the manufacture of the green cleaning line of products are derived from nature and stated clearly on the products.

The service is available widely and accessed easily through their website. The site is designed as cleanly as the products and well-trained and knowledgeable staff are on hand to answer any questions.

When I was a kid, my dad would do laundry, and sometimes my money would get washed in my pants pocket.  He would remind me over and over to check and empty my pockets before putting things in the clothes hamper, and I ‘d always complain and say, “Why can’t you check them?”

Fast forward several years later! My Do-Over Moment:

I’d been married for about a year, and we’d just bought a washer and dryer.  It was slightly used, but very new to us.  I think we’d had the set for about a month, when I opened the dryer one day and found the entire inside was covered in gum! It was cinnamon gum from my husband’s shorts pocket!

Miraculously none of the clothes were ruined.  The shorts with the gum inside the pocket had to be re-washed, and there were a couple of other pieces that had trace amounts of gum on them, but this was easily removed.  However, I had a dryer filled with dried gum!

So of course I did what any good blogger or modern housewife would do.  I ran to the internet to search for ways to get rid of the gum!  I found two solutions which worked very well for me.  Here they are:

Baking Soda:  In a bowl, make a solution of baking soda and water. Place the solution in the dryer, and use a washcloth to rub and scrub te dryer. This will loosen the gum and rub it away.

Dryer Sheets:  For small amounts of gum or for places where you’ve used the baking soda method but still have trace amounts of gum, take a dryer sheet and rub. Gum will become loose and stick to the dryer sheet.

Apart from these two tips, I’ve also learned that it’s a good idea to check all pockets before doing laundry.  I’ve asked my husband to try and remove things from his pockets, and at the same time, I try to check them myself before putting them in the wash.  I think this is a good compromise, and hopefully if everyone works together we can avoid this mistake in the future!

Disclosure:  I was compensated for this post as a member of Clever Girls Collective. All the opinions expressed here are my own.