HINTS FROM HELOISE
Dear Heloise:
In the past I had difficulty cleaning the inside of my glass fireplace screen. It gets coated with sooty residue from the burning of wood.
Some of this is very hard to remove. I had tried many chemicals, even industrial grade cleaners. They did not work well. Then a friend suggested the following:
Wet the glass with a sponge soaked in water. Then put a soaked sponge in the ashes from the fireplace and apply them to the glass and scrub. Most of the soot and residue will come off immediately. Hard ashes need more applications. There may be an area around the edge of the glass that requires some scraping with a razor blade or putty knife.
— Bruce R., Garden City, Kan.
Dear Heloise:
Since we’ve had to wear masks, as a reminder to use mine, I have a mask hanging on the inside of my front door’s doorknob.
— M.E.B., Houston, Texas M.E.B., I like to keep several in my glove compartment in the car and a couple clean ones in my purse. This way, if I forget to bring one along with me, I have them right at hand.
— Heloise