16 ~- Friday, December 27, 1991 -— North Shore News

REGULAR READERS of this column may remember my delight when I was in- troduced to the cleaning magic of washing soda.

Peggy Tendo Whitaker

-ECOINFO

I’ve once again been plunged into domestic bliss with my in- troduction to the ‘‘EcoVap,"’ a steam-cleaning machine that uses tap water and electricity to take the scrubbing — and the reliance on toxic chemicals almost every house chore you can . think of.

The EcoVap is going great guns in Europe, where both homeown- ers and businesses such as hotels, restaurants and airlines are using them,

It’s just now being imported in-

to Canada by North Vancouver’s .

_ Stuart McDiarmid of Orca Inter- national Imports Inc.

He and his wife‘have been using their EcoVap, which looks much like a regular cannister vacuum cleaner with a flexible hose and different cleaning attachments, for about five months.

Just some of the jobs it tackles with steam power are cleaning the bathtub, the oven, carpets, floors, car upholstery, walls and win- dows.

You can use it to defrost your freezer, strip the wallpaper off a wall in 20 minutes, or even iron your clothes.

McDiarmid says ironing can be done in about half the time it takes using a conventional iron because the steam is so effective.

Now, its not often I wax rhap- sodic about major household ap-

Seniors exercise programs offered

N. SHORE Neighbourhood House is continuing its popular seniors’ chair exercise program for people who are 55 years of age and older.

Classes will be lead by Eleonora Krough, a qualified fitness in- structor who earned her certificate at Capilano College. Say orga- nizers, ‘‘We aze proud to have Eleonora instruct this program and we are inviting everyone to join the fun.”’

The ongoing program is offered on Tuesdays and Fridays from 11 a.m. to noon. The fee is $8 for a membership from January 14 to March 31, or people can pay a 50 cent drop-in fee each time they choose to participate.

For more information call 987-8138 or visit NSNH at 225 East 2nd St. in North Vancouver.

ENVIRONMENT EcoVap replaces need for toxic cleaners

pliances — and, at $1,395, this unit can certainly be considered major.

But | was curious enough to ask McDiarmid for a demonstration at the North Shore Recycling Pro- gram office, and was pretty darn impressed.

it’s not like I was being gullible or anything. No, assistant recycl- ing coordinator Bryn Johns and | were tough customers.

We had earmarked for the demonstration a mysterious splotch of horrible black goo that had been ground into the carpet one, or perhaps two, millenia ago by persons unknown.

Well, you had to be there. McDiarmid cranked the steam machine up to Warp Speed 5 and the stain was history — reduced to oily black stains on the cleaning rag that was covering the head of the steam brush.

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A lower steam setting took care of the fingerprints all over the wall, and he showed us the effec- tiveness of the window cleaning attachment on a few of our win- dows.

I begged him to come home with me to continue the demonstration, but he claimed to have an appointment elsewhere.

He did, however, say I could borrow the EcoVap so I could engage in some heavy-duty research on my own, and, even as 1 write this column, colleagues are putting floral tributes on my desk and saying nice things about me in carrying voices in the hopes that Vii let them engage in some EcoVapping themselves.

Now, I realize this isn’t the Happy Homemaker’s Household Hints column, so consider the ecological implications.

EcoVapping replaces or reduces

64 You can use it to defrost your freezer, strip the wallpaper off a wall in 20 minutes, or even iron your clothes. 97

your need for toxic oven cleaners, tug shampoo, bathroom cleansers, upholstery shampoo, and cleaners you might use in many other household appiications.

It's very user-friendly, and comes in a compact and portable storage case. While it may be beyond the means of many home- owners, businesses that do a lot of cleaning could consider the in- vestment.

For more information on the

Swiss-made EcoVap, call 2221.

Remember, Christmas trees can be taken down to the North Shore Transfer Station, 30 Riverside

Dr., North Van., for chipping.

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Lions’ Clubs will also be holding their local chip-ups, but times had not been confirmed to press time. Watch the North Shore News What's Going | On section for r updates.

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