House Cleaning and Stain Removal Tips
Cleaning Cloth Diapers Congratulations on your new little bundle of joy. Choosing to go with cloth diapers or disposable diapers is a personal preference. If you do choose cloth diapers it will mean you have extra laundry and it may seem that washing them sounds a little gross but there are benefits. One, you’re not…
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How to Clean Hard Water Stains When I was a girl, I got an allowance for doing chores and one of them was to clean the bathroom. We had hard water in my area and part of my job involved removing hard water stains from the sink, bathtub and toilet bowl. I absolutely hated to…
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Mildew Remover for Fabric I don’t know about you, but I’ve always thought of mold and mildew as the “l,m,n,o,p” of fungi. Just as pre-schoolers put “l,m,n,o,p” together when they’re learning the alphabet, I’ve always put mold and mildew together. But, as it turns out, there are differences. Among them is that mold is often…
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Marble Floor Cleaning If they’ve been able to keep the marble floors in St. Mark’s Basilica clean since the middle of the 9th century, we should certainly be able to keep ours clean. But there are tricks to cleaning marble floors. Marble is porous, soft and easily stained or damaged by acids. Sealed marble floors…
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How to Make Laundry Soap There are usually three reasons people are interested in making laundry soap. Saving money, reducing their allergies, and environmental impact. You will save making homemade laundry detergent versus buying commercial products and you will eliminate some of those allergic reactions that can be caused by chemicals, dyes, and perfumes that…
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How to Clean Ceramic Tiles A new ceramic tile floor. Tile is a durable and beautiful addition to any home, and you should know the proper way to clean it. To keep your ceramic tile floor looking great for years to come, a little maintenance is required. Sweeping: Thoroughly sweeping the floor or vacuuming (use…
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How To Clean Up Mold Deciding on the best way to clean mold depends on the surface the mold has taken over. For example, you’ll clean mold from patio furniture a little differently than you’ll clean shower tiles because the cushions can’t take abrasive cleaners like tiles can. How to Clean Patio Furniture: If you…
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How to Clean Your Dishwasher Doesn’t it seem that cleaning the dishwasher is like cleaning the house before the housekeeper comes? Why do you have to clean something that has soap and hot water running through it every day? If you take a good look inside your dishwasher tonight when you load it, I suspect…
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How To Clean and Remove Odors From Your Mattress Did you know that you spend one third of your life sleeping (or trying to sleep)? For you trivia buffs, that’s about 200,000 hours over an average life span. Since we spend so much time sleeping it’s important to know how to maintain a mattress in…
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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 regularly, others wait until a…
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