Castle Cleaners

05/28/2016

Summer is here. If you'd rather spend your time enjoying this rather than cleaning your house, we still have a couple of regular openings. Text or leave a message at 907-230-3802 to discuss details and schedule an appointment.

05/14/2016

If you are busy with the kids, a job, miscellaneous meetings, lessons, FISHING, etc., a cleaning service is one cost effective way of lessening the load. For a sparkling clean, tidy, fresh smelling home, text or call Gwen at 907-230-3802 to discuss details and set up an appointment.

02/23/2016

Castle Cleaners is a house cleaning service, not a dry cleaners.

02/19/2015

Cold and flu advice from your local cleaning service: 1. USE your dishwasher. Hand washing does not sanitize dishes and silverware like your dishwasher does. 2. Buy a big pack of toothbrushes at Costco or Sam's and replace your toothbrush often when you are ill. You can often re-infect when you use the same toothbrush when you're sick. 3. Vacuum at least once a week, often times you are suffering from dust allergies when you think you're sick. 4. Wash your hands often. We still have one or two regular openings on the schedule. If you've been thinking about hiring a cleaning service, now is a great time to do it. Call Gwen at 907-230-3802 to schedule an appointment.

01/21/2015

REMOVING WAX FROM WOODEN FURNITURE IN A FEW MINUTES USING THESE STEPS:
Another client once asked how to remove a large area of wax from a nice, wooden table she had. I did some research and here's what we think works the best
1 Take a thin plastic card not like a credit card but like a gift card that is more flexible and gently work the card under the wax's edge and attempt to pop off as much of the spilled wax as possible

2. Let an iron heat up to a medium/light setting and have a supply of paper towels or folded tissue papers ready

3. Place the paper over the wax and gently run the iron over the paper that is treating the spot.

4. As soon as you see the paper is soaking up the wax, remove it and replace it with fresh paper and repeat the same thing several times.
5. When you think you have removed most of the wax, take a clean dry terry cloth towel and buff any remaining wax off of the area.

6. Finish by using your furniture's recommended polish or oil on the piece. Apply it in even strokes starting at the top of the piece and working down.
Allow the polish or oil to cure for an hour or so and buff again, this time using a 100% cotton jersey rag made from t-shirts.

It's our go-to cleaning rag. I hope this has been useful to you as these are the winter months and there's a lot of candle burning going on.

If the candle had color in it, you can mix soda and water to make a paste and lightly go over the stain so you're not damaging your nice furniture.

If you don't have an iron, call your mom and ask to borrow hers. Or use your hairdryer. I think the hairdryer route would take much longer. Besides, you know you want to go visit your mom, anyway.

Good luck with those delicate cleaning chores. If you don't feel like tackling them, you can always call Gwen and her team at Castle Cleaners at 907-230-3802. We've been in business for 28 years and have been serving Anchorage since 2003.

01/20/2015

Here's the recipe for our ever popular window cleaner. You will need an empty gallon jug, we use windshield washer fluid jugs, half a bottle of rubbing alcohol, two cups of ammonia. Pour those into the jug and fill it up with water with a few drops of blue food coloring (optional). We buy the smaller spray dispensers at the hardware store and there you have it! A much better product than what's in the stores, at a fraction of the cost.

07/13/2014

No, we won't vacuum your yard for you, but we will clean your house at about 1/3 the price of the national franchises. With over 28 years of cleaning experience, you get the same crew cleaning your home every time. We will clean your untidy castle at no outrageous fortune. Call Gwen at 907-230-3802 to schedule an appointment.

01/27/2014

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For those of us who are completely OCD, here are step by step instructions to clean the inside of your oven door window.

How to Clean INSIDE Your Oven Door

11/15/2013

This is not how we rid your home of dirt and dust. Artwork by Banksy. Call Gwen at 907-230-3802. We clean your untidy castle at no outrageous fortune.

10/22/2013

Today's cleaning tip: if you're using one of those "magic eraser" sponges, don't use bleach with them. They must have ammonia as an ingredient because we are noticing hydrochloric gas fumes as we are working today. Windows are open and fans are going! Lesson learned. Call Gwen at 907-230-3802 to schedule an appointment. Let US die of asphyxiation cleaning your house, not you! :D