Floor Cleaning Tips
How to Clean Pergo Laminate Floors
How to Clean Pergo Laminate Floors Pergo is most recognized brand name in laminate floors. Because it was the first company to introduce the concept of laminate to the United States in the late 1970’s, many of us have come to use the brand name as its meaning, the way...
How to Clean Wood Floors
Wood Floor Cleaning Tips Dirt, sand and grit are the primary enemies of hardwood floors. Those common household ingredients—especially if you have kids around, act as a deadly sandpaper on that lovely caramel colored finish that you worked so hard to pick out. Sweeping, vacuuming and dust mopping are essential...
How to Clean Wool Rugs
How to Clean Wool Rugs The first step to cleaning your wool rugs is the vacuum them regularly to remove dirt, sand, dust, leaves and all of the other icky stuff we track into our homes every day. If you can, lightly vacuum them every day. Use a vacuum with...
How to Clean Your Carpet
Cleaning Carpets Eventually, we need to clean our carpets. Even if we don't have kids, or we take our shoes off before stepping into a carpeted room or we never invite guests over for fear of spills and stains, we have to clean the carpet. While some people clean theirs...
How to Deodorize Carpets
How to Deodorize Carpets Carpets are a wonderful addition to the comfort and appearance of your home but they attract dirt and odors like magnets. You can clean up the surface appearance of the carpet with a quick superficial sweeping with a broom, or a carpet sweeper or dragging out...
How to Polish Marble and Avoid Etching
How to Polish Marble and avoid Etching Marble is a hard crystalline calcite or dolomite rock that takes a high polish. It is unparalleled in it's beauty. Polished marble floors or countertops will look like they are wet just by the high shine possible when the stone is honed. Marble...
How to Remove Candle Wax from Carpet
Removing Candle Wax and Dye Stains from Carpet.How to Remove Candle Wax from Carpet Candles can make your home feel warm and inviting; they can fill your home with your favorite scent from cinnamon buns to evergreen and floral scents. Candles can also make a royal mess...
How to Vacuum Carpets
Vacuum Cleaning Tips I read someplace the other day about "How To Vacuum". The instructions said, "First, get your vacuum." Wow! That's probably the best advice you'll ever get! Actually, before I drag my vacuum out, there are a few other things you need to know first: Basic house cleaning...
Keeping the Carpet in Your House Clean
Tips for Removing Stains from Carpets and How to Keep Them Clean. The Best Way to Clean Carpets Everybody has their own opinion on the best way to carpet clean. Personally, I think there is an optimum way to do the job but there are different...