Quick and easy last minute cleaning trick
Posted By: HAPPY NEW YEAR (Formerly Merry Christmas) on 2005-12-30
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Clean those vent covers from heaters, etc. the easy way. Put an old towel on the floor or beneath the vent to catch drips. Put hot water and your favorite cleaner (I use Fantastic because it really cuts the grease and grime fast) in a small bowl or pan. Take a medium to large paint brush and brush the cleaning solution over the slats in the ventilator covers. I do a quick brush over the whole thing first, then go back and start at top and work down. It will remove all the grime and gunk. Blot with a towel (real or paper). You do not need to remove the vent cover to do this. No need to rinse unless you use soapy solution.
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Thanks!!!
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Rip-off, oldest trick in the book - pyramid scheme
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up for small businesses/offices/clinics. You might know of somebody in your town who can give you a referral. Somebody from church maybe?
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Don't need to be cleaning no trailer.
Y'all can jist haul it off and git you a new one iffen it gets dirty.
I'd have taken pictures when you were done cleaning.
They just think they can rip you off. They obviously didn't have to clean a darned thing! (And I don't even know you, but believe your description of things) :)
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Donna 
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I definitely would have gone into CARPET CLEANING!!!!!!!!!!!!
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