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- It’s best to follow instructions that came with the wallcovering. Read on if care tips can’t be found.
- Wet-dry vacuum cleaners are best suited to garages and unfinished basements since they tend to spew fine dust out with the exhaust air if you don’t install an optional filter. They can come in handy for limited jobs in the home, such as clearing out a clogged sink, sucking up pet accidents, etc.
- An explanation of how dirt can re-appear on a (supposedly) clean carpet or sofa.
- Where most people really need help is with large expanses of glass — this is where the streaks are.
- Consumer Reports offers an inexpensive, homemade cleaning solution.
- Take screens down to clean them. It’s a lot easier — and sometimes safer — than cleaning them in place.
- Cleaning is a snap on permanent finishes. Waxed or unfinished wood needs special care.
- Use a vacuum cleaner occasionally to keep ahead of dust, grime and cobwebs.
- Take it to the dry cleaner unless care instructions say otherwise.
- X-ray fluorescence (XRF) technology is a fast, highly accurate method for analyzing the soil removal capability of cleaning products such as vacuum cleaners.

