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Home Maintenance
Preventive maintenance
Take care of household systems and cleaning tools, and they’ll take care of you.
Carbon Monoxide
Carbon monoxide
You can’t see it, smell it or taste it, but that doesn’t make it any less deadly.
Steam Cleaner
Vapor Steam Cleaner
Vapor steam cleaners are versatile machines that offer the benefit of chemical-free cleaning.
Biocontaminants
Biological contaminants
Keeping these at bay is the main point in a lot of cleaning tasks.
Oven
Oven, self-cleaning
The self-cleaning cycle works by incinerating stuck-on food and grease at high temperatures.
Toaster
For safety’s sake, unplug this appliance and let it cool first.
Sponge
Sponge
Some cleaning tools need cleaning themselves. This is one.
Rust
Rust stain
Do not reach for bleach - it will make this stain worse. Here is what to do.
Furnace
Furnace
Replacing or cleaning the filter regularly is key.
Rubbing Alcohol
Rubbing alcohol
An inexpensive, highly useful household solvent. Use carefully — it’s flammable.
Microfiber
Microfiber mop
A relatively new mop material that captures and removes soil through use of tiny, dense arrangements of synthetic fibers.
Hard Water
Hard water
Water chemistry has an important bearing on many cleaning tasks.
Dilution
Dilution
Proper dilution is key to making cleaning concentrates work best, but how do you figure out those ratios?
Marble
Solid as a rock? Not quite, if it’s unsealed marble.
Refrigerator exterior
Blessed are the short, for they don’t have to see what the top of the ‘fridge looks like.
Blender
Blender
Separate the parts, and clean this kitchen appliance easily.
Plastic case, electronic
More and more electronic appliances are housed in this material. Cleaning is easy.
Skunk odor
A tomato-juice bath isn’t as effective as this home remedy, several experts say.
Computer Cleaning
Computer tower
Dusting reduces buildup on sensitive components inside the case.
Refrigerator interior
Clean up all spills right away. Here’s how to do that occasional, thorough cleaning.