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• Platinum

  Expensive fluids or professional cleaning aren’t necessary. Try this.

• Litter box

  Scoop daily for your cat’s health — and for the sake of your nose.

• Personal protective equipment

  It sounds like a big term, but it’s not. Personal safety is easy and inexpensive to ensure.

• Hard water

  Water chemistry has an important bearing on many cleaning tasks.

• Kitchen

  Timeliness is key in cleaning the most heavily used room in the house.

• Lye

  Be careful — as your nose has warned you already, this is a powerful and caustic substance.

• Toilet cleaners

  Some thoughts on different products for easing this task.

• MSDS

  What’s a Material Safety Data Sheet, anyway?

• Rust stain

  Don’t reach for bleach — it will make this stain worse. Here’s what to do.

• Hydrogen peroxide

  The pharmacy antiseptic makes a good, inexpensive spotting agent because of its mild bleaching action. It's also an effective germ-killing agent.

• Janitorial goods supplier

  The place to find professional tools.

• Gold

  Expensive jewelry cleaners aren’t really necessary. Try this solution instead.

• Hairbrush

  Simply comb clean, then soak, scrub with a small discarded toothbrush and rinse.

• Refrigerator exterior

  Blessed are the short, for they don’t have to see what the top of the ‘fridge looks like.

• Safety goggles

  Your eyes are vulnerable to injury during lots of cleaning jobs. Here's how to protect them.

• Denatured alcohol

  This solvent is a capable spot cleaner on many hard surfaces.

• Shower curtain

  The best way to clean a vinyl, polyester or cotton shower curtain, plus the skinny on shower rods and curtain rings.

• Dander

  Control shedding where it starts – on your dog or cat – with regular brushing.

• Scuff mark

  The best advice is “easy does it” when trying to remove scuff marks.

• Paint spot

  Latex or oil-based? Either way, take action quickly before it dries into a permanent stain.

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