One of my most favorite things about Spring and Summer is looking out at nature through nice, clean windows. For some reason having clean clear windows just changes the feel of my home. Everything seems cleaner when the rooms are full of sunshine. The whole house seems brighter and cheerier.

 I do have a confession, though, in the past I didn’t wash my windows very often- in fact almost never. It was just such a daunting task. I have tons of them and they’re high – I couldn’t reach most of them without getting on a ladder. Not to mention how time-consuming it was. It seemed to be an all day long event.

 Worst of all was the lousy results after slaving all day long. I always ended up with streaks no matter which stuff I used – vinegar, Windex, alcohol – I tried them all.  None of them were very effective. I had to spray it all over and manually wipe it all off again. I think I covered every square inch of my window 17 times by the time I finished fighting all the streaks.

 It seemed pretty crazy as I thought about it – here I am smearing stuff all over the window when what I really wanted was nothing on the window.

 The sad part about this whole thing is I thought I’d just have to get used to dirty, dingy windows – I just didn’t have the time, the energy or the right tools. Then I found the tool I had been missing and the solution was so simple I couldn’t believe it.  I bought a steam cleaner and I’m so excited about it!

 Steam is just water so it doesn’t leave an oily film like chemical cleaners. The water is “distilled” in the machine so there are no hard water mineral spots left on the glass. The heat melts through sticky fingerprints, fly tracks, even doggy nose prints like magic. The shine is awesome and with no chemicals they even stay cleaner longer.

 My steamer has a squeegee attachment that’s so effective. I use the soft brush for scrubbing away all the weather and grime then I flip to the other side to squeegee away the moisture and dirt. That’s it! No endless polishing and no streaky residue left that just attracts more dirt. They’re streak-free and squeaky-clean in a single pass!

 I can even reach the high windows without climbing on a ladder. I just add extension wands so I can reach to the top while standing on the floor. I finish up any leftover water droplets with a microfiber cloth. Voila! Every window in the house is so shiny, streak-free and clean I can finally see outside again!

 Now I enjoy clean windows all the time. I can’t tell you what a difference my steamer has made. I can tell you I don’t miss how hard I had to work to get windows clean before my steamer. The whole house has never shined like this and with so little work it’s so rewarding. Yeah!

My son is a senior on the varsity wrestling team. He and I have both come a long way since he first started wrestling during his sophomore year. When he first informed me he wanted to try out for the high school team, I had all the normal parental apprehensions -plus some.

 Yes, I was concerned about injuries but when my son brought home some documents from the coach telling us of the viruses, germs and infections that can be picked up on the wrestling mats and wrestling gear, I was mortified!

 We’re talking MRSA, Ringworm, Herpes Simplex, Staph, Strep, and Hepatitis B to name only a few. These infectious, contagious nightmares were not just on the wrestling mats. They live in the headgear, pads, equipment bags and most other hard athletic surfaces.

 Aside from the threat of unhealthy germs, there was an unholy stench coming from every wrestler’s gear! Nobody had ever been able to kill the schtanky miasma that permeated the whole gym.

 The coach promised the wrestling mats were always disinfected before wrestlers were allowed to compete. They used chemical solutions that were applied by the old mop and bucket method. This just didn’t cut it for me. First these kids are exposed to viruses and germs and now chemicals, and how were their gear and the other surfaces being disinfected?

 I had the answer to this problem, STEAM, I just wasn’t sure who to go to about it. I contacted the team mom regarding my concerns and asked if she would be willing to set up a meeting with the coach. She was all for it, apparently this was a big concern for all the parents. Even the coach was eager to find a better and safer solution.

 We all met in the gym Friday evening and I presented them with the perfect solution to all our concerns. My steam cleaner and it’s awesome assortment of attachments was once again going to save the day.

 I knew the Center for Disease Control (CDC) in Atlanta recommends the best way to clean and sanitize a surface covered in contagious germs is with steam.  I had total confidence in steaming verses any other method they had tried but I printed off the page from the CDC’s website to convince the rest of the group.

http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/rr5217a4.htm

 I showed everyone how to clean the mats, floors, headgear, pads and all the other surfaces in the gym. Sanitizing with steam was faster, more effective, there was no waiting time for the mats to dry and best of all, the steam cleaner uses absolutely no chemicals to completely eliminate all those germs, bacteria and viruses.

 I asked them how they felt about this method verses the old mop and bucket method and they unanimously agreed there was no comparison.

 Every parent in that room was so impressed with the results that within 30 minutes they had come up with enough money to purchase a steam cleaner for the wrestling team and a rotation schedule of volunteers to do the job regularly. Talk about peace of mind. My son may get a few bumps and bruises but he will not be infected with any of those nasty illnesses.

 Every parent should check out this steam cleaner – it’s amazing around the house and now it’s protecting my child at school. Go to www.sargentsteam.com to learn more about using steam to sanitize your son’s wrestling mats.

Two days ago was bed changing day at my house. I have to be completely honest, I had been noticing an odor in my 4 year olds bedroom that I recognized

Clean up Urine on Mattresses

(URINE) but I couldn’t locate the source. My child has never been a bed wetter but as you all know accidents do happen.

Immediately I felt overwhelmed as I stood there staring at this stain wondering how I was going to remove not only the stain but the bacteria and odor. The mattress was fairly new and definitely not disposable but I was new at this kind of thing and didn’t know where to start.

I live a very hectic life so I needed a quick and convenient way to handle this situation. I researched this problem online trying to find the best approach. I wanted a sanitary method but every solution I found included some kind of chemical which I didn’t want to expose my child to.

I turned to the one thing in my closet that has never let me down, my Sargent Steam. I went to their amazing website for proper instructions and found this was going to be a lot easier than I had imagined.

These were my exact instructions. Attach 2 extensions and the rectangle brush covered with a cloth to the end of my hose. Turn the steam on and go north and south then east and west over the stain with a vacuuming motion.

Repeat this process with a clean cloth until the stain is gone. The steam removed the stain, killed the bacteria that was causing the odor and as an added benefit killed the unseen dust mites or other allergens that might have been present!

This took about 20 minutes, did an amazing job and not a nasty chemical was used. The mattress was dry by the time the sheets were laundered. That’s the kind of solution I was looking for and couldn’t find anywhere but with Sargent Steam.

I rest assured my child’s mattress is good as new and he is not sleeping with any little uninvited guests. I am always finding new reasons to love
my Sargent Steam even more. This thing is definitely addicting. I encourage everyone to check this amazing cleaning tool out and see
for yourself why I’m head over heals in love with my Sargent. Visit their website http://www.sargentsteam.com.

Sargent Steam is the ultimate green cleaning tool that lets you use ordinary tap water (super heated to 298 degrees) as your whole-house…clean-everything…sanitize-as-you-go…turbo-degreaser…dirt-blaster…chemical–free…indoor power washer. Imagine getting every surface in your home cleaner than it’s ever been without using chemicals!

If you’re like the average homeowner, there are probably 20 different cleaning chemicals under your kitchen sink. Different stuff for your tile, windows/mirrors, ovens, flooring, disinfectants for you countertops and toilet bowls. Most of it is smelly, harsh, toxic, corrosive, and not even remotely biodegradable. Half of it is dangerous, fatal-if-swallowed, poisonous, and downright deadly if mixed wrong. Since it’s consumable it’s expensive…the more you clean, the more you spend.

Consider the global impact of every household flushing all that chemical soup down the drain and then disposing of the empty bottles in the landfill. How much would Mother earth benefit if we no longer needed to produce, package or ship any of those household cleaning chemicals? How much better would you and your family feel if you never had to breathe bleach or ammonia fumes or wear rubber gloves again?

When the question is dirt, the solution is pure and simple and just around the corner at Sargent Steam. It’s water. Water is essential for all life forms and now, thanks to modern technology, it is the exclusive solution needed to clean anything dirty. Water turns microfibers into cleaning demons that leave nothing behind…no lint, no dirt, no residue or buildup. Sargent steam machines turn water into steam so powerful it will degrease an oven or barbeque in minutes and kill germs, mold and mildew on contact. Both are reusable and last for years so the more you use them, the less they cost per use.

Truly green cleaning steam machines and microfiber products are all we sell at Sargent Steam. Come see all that is essential for your greener, cleaner, healthier home in less time for less money.  If living green is truly important to you, your family and your planet do yourself a favor and visit Sargent Steam today.