{"id":4293,"date":"2014-06-26T10:52:46","date_gmt":"2014-06-26T05:22:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/indonesia-furniture.com\/news\/2014\/06\/26\/sit-pretty-in-the-summer-but-clean-patio-furniture-first-2\/"},"modified":"2014-06-26T10:52:46","modified_gmt":"2014-06-26T05:22:46","slug":"sit-pretty-in-the-summer-but-clean-patio-furniture-first-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indonesia-furniture.com\/articles\/sit-pretty-in-the-summer-but-clean-patio-furniture-first-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Sit pretty in the summer &#8211; but clean patio furniture first"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The official start of summer may be next week, but in the Valley it feels like we&#8217;ve been sweatin&#8217; it out for ages. Already, we&#8217;re peering at our patio furniture and thinking: must make over. Here are three quick ways to spruce things up, courtesy of the studied neat freaks at maids.com:<br \/>\n                        <!--adsense--><br \/>\n\t\t <!--more--><br \/>\n 1. Sure, plastic patio furniture is durable and sun-proof, but you&#8217;ve still got to wash it. Give it a scrub with mild dish soap, rinse with water, and wipe dry to prevent water spots.<\/p>\n<p> 2. Give that dirty patio umbrella some thought, specifically this thought: The neighbors can see it, in all its grimy glory, from their backyard. Clean it up by opening the umbrella and attacking with a spray cleanser such as 409 and a sponge. Wash inside and out. Rinse off with a hose. Let the umbrella dry opened fully in the sun for about two days to stave off mildew.<br \/>\nadvertisement<\/p>\n<p> 3. Make the most of the summer sun by cleaning windows to let in the light. Use a solution of 50 percent vinegar to 50 percent water, and spray onto windows. Wipe clean with a sheet of newspaper, which makes for an extra shiny finish.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; The Arizona Republic<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The official start of summer may be next week, but in the Valley it feels like we&#8217;ve been sweatin&#8217; it out for ages. Already, we&#8217;re peering at our patio furniture and thinking: must make over. Here are three quick ways to spruce things up, courtesy of the studied neat freaks at maids.com:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4293","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-furniture-indonesia-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/indonesia-furniture.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4293","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/indonesia-furniture.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/indonesia-furniture.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indonesia-furniture.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indonesia-furniture.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4293"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/indonesia-furniture.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4293\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/indonesia-furniture.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4293"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indonesia-furniture.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4293"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indonesia-furniture.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4293"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}