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Safety goggles
Your eyes are vulnerable to injury during lots of cleaning jobs. Here's how to protect them.
Safety
Eye protection
Certain tasks put eyes at risk and personal protection equipment is needed.
Leaf blower
These handy tools also make quick work of cleaning hard surfaces outdoors. Pay attention to safety, though.
Personal protective equipment
It sounds like a big term, but it’s not. Personal safety is easy and inexpensive to ensure.
MSDS
What’s a Material Safety Data Sheet, anyway?
Volatile organic compounds (VOCs)
What they are, and how you can stay safe while using them.
Bleach
Chlorine bleach
This laundry aid is also an effective disinfectant, but be careful.
Solvents
Solvent
Solvents help dissolve soils for removal.
PH
pH
Following is a quick lesson in the chemistry of cleaning.
Ammonia
Ammonia
An excellent degreaser, but use in a well-ventilated area.
Alkaline
Alkalies
Best for removing grease and oil.
Solvents
Solvent safety
Use carefully to protect yourself, your family and the environment.
Bathtub
Bathtub ring
An easy way to keep a yucky problem at bay.
Sodium metasilicate
This highly effective cleaner is a phosphate-free substitute for trisodium phosphate.
Household Prod. Database
Interested in green cleaning? Chemical safety? The Household Products Database (HPD) can be a good place to look for information.
Well-ventilated area
Another term you’ll see frequently in HC-Pedia. What do we mean?
Degreaser
Degreaser
A wide range of cleaning liquids, from mild to caustic.
Lye
Lye
Be careful — as your nose has warned you already, this is a powerful and caustic substance.
Concrete
Concrete floor
Seal these floors, and you’ll simplify this cleaning hassle once and for all.
Trisodium phosphate (TSP)
An old standby that is still useful for cleaning walls and other surfaces.