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• Window cleaner

  Consumer Reports offers an inexpensive, homemade cleaning solution.

• Wet (soak) mopping

  What to do when damp mopping no longer effectively cleans a vinyl, tile or sealed-stone floor.

• Lamb's-wool duster

  This professional’s tool could save you money.

• Furniture polish

  Dusting is all most modern wood furniture needs in routine cleaning.

• Sink, porcelain

  Be gentle, since true porcelain cracks and scratches easily.

• Ice maker

  Good ice depends on a clean freezer.

• Biodegradable

  A substance is biodegradable when natural biological decay processes can break it down into simple molecules.

• Broom

  Old-style corn brooms are much harder to use than their modern counterparts.

• Silk houseplants

  Plastics clean easily. Check for colorfastness before cleaning fabric plants with water.

• Window

  Where most people really need help is with large expanses of glass — this is where the streaks are.

• Wax, candle

  Successful removal depends on the surface.

• Heater, portable

  If it has a plug, make sure it’s nowhere near an outlet before cleaning.

• Sink, enameled metal

  Enamel is a tough, attractive finish, but it can be scratched or chipped.

• MERV

  A standard for rating heating and air-conditioning filter efficiency.

• Dust, dusting

  It's everywhere, all the time. Here's how to keep it to a tolerable minimum.

• Mat

  Hate dusting, sweeping, vacuuming and mopping so often? Try a set of these.

• Denatured alcohol

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

• Brick, interior (untreated)

  This porous surface can be cleaned using the right methods.

• Damp mopping

  Used where lots of water could damage the floor or the subfloor.

• Earthstone

  A solid-surface kitchen and bath countertop line manufactured by Wilsonart International Inc., Temple, Texas.

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