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• Grill Cleaning

  Clean Your BBQ for Sizzling Summer Cookouts

  Here's how to prevent your grill from getting dirty unnecessarily, and clean up before and after cookouts.
• Smoke

  Smoke Damage - A Menace to Civilization: What to Do?

  Where there's fire, there's usually smoke. Although experts do their best to contain a fire, they are all but helpless in controlling the billowing clouds of smoke that fire creates. What can you do once the damage has been done?
• Cleaning Science

  Expert Q&A: What are the biggest misconceptions about green cleaning?

  Exposing myths of green cleaning.
• Laundry

  Back to Black: Keep Darks from Fading

  Learn how to keep blacks black, protect bright colors in the laundry, and get rid of melted chocolate on your clothes.
• Carpet Cleaning

  The Science Behind Clean Carpet

  CRI's Seal of Approval (SOA) program uses precise science to test carpet cleaning products to help ensure certified products will get your carpets clean.
• Pets

  Housecleaning with Fido and Friends

  How to keep your house clean when you have pets.
• Laundry

  Laundry Logic

  Don’t throw money out in the wash. No need to rely on professional cleaners when you learn laundry basics.
• Clutter

  The Mail Toss

  Don’t even think about carrying your mail to the family room, living room, bedroom, bathroom or car.
• Organizing Strategies

  Five Great Winter Organizing Tips

  Organizing isn’t always about overhauling that room or digging everything out of a closet. Sometimes it is the simple, small steps that keep you organized.
• Water Damage

  Prevention and Cleanup: Water Damage From Winter Storms and Cracked Pipes

  Every year the combination of winter storms and frozen pipes causes millions of dollars in water damage to homes and buildings. Here's what you can do to prevent problems or clean up.
• Stain Removal

  Consumer Reports Tests Reveal Which Stain Treatments Really Work

  Which stain removers work best at removing a variety of stains? CR tested them on coffee, blood, wine, sebum, motor oil, and grass stains.
• Mold

  The Truth about Mold

  Why you might have it, how to make it go away.
• Backpack Vacuums

  Backpack Vacuums — New Secret Weapon

  10 cleaning solutions with a backpack model vacuum cleaner
• Enzymes

  Laundry Detergent — How Enzymes are Changing Your Wash

  Adding enzymes to laundry detergents provides consumers with the cleanest wash yet.
• Vacuuming

  Eight Myths of Vacuuming

  Are you an informed consumer? Consider these eight myths, and corresponding truths, about vacuuming.
• Washing Walls

  Washing Flat Paint or Enamel?

  Attack a wall with the right approach.
• House Cleaning Tips

  Ready for Guests?

  They’re coming. But don’t panic. With a little planning, you’ll look like you have it all together and make visitors feel genuinely comfortable in your space.
• Odor Control

  How to Make Your Home Smell Good - The Right Way

  When you smell something foul, you may be tempted to reach for a can of air freshener. However, that will only mask the odor. Instead, learn how to remove odors the right way.
• Carpet Cleaning

  Carpet and Rug Institute (CRI) Expands the Seal of Approval Program

  New pet odor and stain category, new Platinum Level for extractors and systems, and energy efficiency rating option for vacuums introduced.
• Motivation

  Your Housecleaning Style

  Are you a clean freak or a more easy-going type? Customize your cleaning habits to your personality and self-expectations.

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