Q is for Q-tips: A-to-Z Challenge

Posted on April 19, 2014 by dkatiepowellart

Okay, I am giving it away. My super secret cleaning tool. Q-tips Brand Cotton swabs and elbow grease. Sometimes, a bit of distilled water. That’s it. I cleaned the entire Marguerite McLoughlin Chinese Lacquer Sewing Cabinet using 10,000 Q-tips. Why that brand? I’ve tried the others, and they won’t stand up to elbow grease.

And we are famous for our cleaning-with-Q-tips expertise: Check it out!

Thousands of Q-tips . . .

Before and after cleaning. . .

The lotus cornice before cleaning. . .

Cleaning the Lotus cornice. . .

The Lotus cornice after cleaning!

Marguerite McLoughlin’s Chinese Lacquer Sewing Cabinet After Conservation Treatment

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hollywood baby turned beach gurl turned steel&glass city gurl turned cowgurl turned herb gurl turned green city gurl. . . artist writer photographer. . . cat lover but misses our big dogs, gone to heaven. . . buddhist and interested in the study of spiritual traditions. . . foodie, organic, lover of all things mik, partner in conservation business mpfconservation, consummate blogger, making a dream happen, insomniac who is either reading buddhist teachings or not-so-bloody mysteries or autobio journal thangs early in the morning when i can't sleep

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2 Responses to Q is for Q-tips: A-to-Z Challenge

Aewl

Aewl says:

April 19, 2014 at 3:53 pm

Very nice post. Mrs. Aewl wanted me to write about q-tips also, but I declined. Glad someone did.

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- dkatiepowell – cat lover but misses our big dogs, gone to heaven. . . buddhist began as zennie then turned to tibetan AND interested in the study of various spiritual traditions. . . foodie, organic, lover of all things mik, partner in conservation business, making a dream happen insomniac who is either reading mysteries or autobio journal thangs or buddhism early in the morning when i can’t sleep. . . lover of dotz . . . and dashes –
  
  zenkatwrites says:
  
  April 19, 2014 at 6:56 pm
  
  Mrs. Aewl is a very smart woman.
  
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