Editor's Note: Tom McNulty's articles and reviews poke fun at the stereotype of the housekeeping-challenged male, while offering useful tips for men — and women — everywhere.

 

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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.

About Tom McNulty, author of Clean Like a Man

Tom McNulty is the author of Clean Like a Man — Housekeeping for Men (and the Women Who Love Them). It’s filled with dozens of tips, tricks and MANdatory advice to streamline housecleaning. Published by Random House/Three Rivers Press, available in bookstores and on Amazon.com. Visit www.cleanlikeaman.com for even more manly cleaning advice.