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Editor's Note: Tom McNulty's articles and reviews poke fun atthe stereotype of the housekeeping-challenged male, while offering useful tips for men — and women — everywhere.
With a bottle of this blue concoction and some cotton rags, you can rule the world — or at least the little corner of it you call home.
Windex® does 80 percent of what most "all-purpose" cleaners do: windows, mirrors, picture glass, countertops, stovetops, appliances from refrigerator to toaster, aluminum and porcelain sinks, chrome tub and sink fixtures, enamel, ceramic tile and vinyl.
While an ammonia-and-water solution does some of the same things just as effectively, Windex smells better and you don't have to mix anything.
Don't use it on Plexiglas, wood, fabrics and most plastics; most everything else, however, is fair game.
The final analysis: Windex is as good as ever, and that's pretty darned good.
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