[.uk] Clean It Fast, Clean It Right: The Ultimate Guide to ... (ISBN 1579540198)

Amazon.com Review:
You might be surprised to discover that this very useful, comprehensive book on cleaning is also a lively and entertaining read, filled with anecdotes and amusing stories from real people. Before launching into basic cleaning techniques, the author tackles the health effects of cleaning, decluttering one's home, techniques for cleaning room to room, and tips on how to get the best results from dry cleaners and steam cleaners. Also included is a section on the facts one needs to know about more than 60 cleaning tools and chemicals, how they work, how to buy them, and what safety precautions to take. This book will be an indispensable asset to anyone interested in cleaning the home safely, thoroughly, and with an eye toward not poisoning yourself or the environment while doing it. Keep this one handy, as you will be referring back to it and paging through it for years to come. --Mark A. Hetts

Here's why this one STANDS APART from similar books::
The author did her research and asked experts how to clean items she wasn't familiar with. As an example, she goes straight to the team leader of specifications for Bowling Balls to find out how to clean a bowling balls and finds out what substances could actually hurt them. Covers both the basics (upholstery, stuffed animals, vases, wallpaper) and the more unique items (whirlpools, taxidermy items, motorcycles). I'd be surprised if the reader didn't find new information in this one!

Great Resource:
This really isn't the type of book you sit down and read. It is the type of book you keep around for reference. Having said that though, I did sit down and page through this book and go many ideas regarding how to clean things that i thought I was doing a find job cleaning. What I learned, however, is that there might be a better way, a safer way, a less damaging way to clean something. The author went right to the source of experts for cleaning directions. Want to clean a golf ball, crayons off a wall, hard water spots in a shower? Here is the way. Want to take care of cooking odors, clean a tuba, make a broom last longer? Here is the way. Excellent resource. Enjoy.

I didn't learn much.:
I found this book dissappointing. It overstates the obvious. Unless you are totally clueless and never had to pick up your room as a kid, you probably know all this stuff already. A waste of money.

This is a well-researched book!:
Here is a huge volume of 526 pages that will put you in the know about everyday cleaning and also give you some very specialized knowledge about the cleaning of shoes, dolls, bicycles paintings, musical instruments and more. This book is quite a discovery that I feel belongs as a reference manual in your home if you want to actually cut your work load by learning new and better methods and shortcuts. If you are "going green" you'll really like the directions to concoct your own collection of money-saving and "Earth friendly" cleaning solutions. This book is a good investment that will pay you back many times over. The author consulted professionals in specialized fields to give the knowledge presented here some extra value. It's always best to get your knowlede on any subject from multiple sources. However, if you are going to have only one book on house cleaning, I recommend this one.

Just talk to your mother!:
I thought this book had some really weird ideas that wouldn't work. Some of them might even damage stuff. I am sending this book back and asking my mom how to clean things, even though I am embarrased that I do not know already. This book is no substitute for real experience.