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Articles, Hints & Tips

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Homemade Cleaners
Natural Cleaning Products
Raid the kitchen and laundry room for safer alternatives to cleaning chemicals.
Braving the Bleach
Tips you need to know before using bleach or bleach-containing products.
Water Damage
Salvaging Sewage?
Common myths about what can be saved after a sewage disaster.
Mold
Treating Shower Mold
Mold loves a moist environment.
Laundry
Whitening Your Whites
How an egg timer gets your whites cleaner, plus more important tips about chlorine bleach.

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Blogs

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Disinfecting
Q & A: To Disinfect or Not Disinfect?
Q: I purchased an all-purpose cleaner at a janitorial supply store that doesn't require rinsing, but I noticed that it makes no claims about killing germs. Do I need to use a germ-killing cleaner for regular cleaning of the kitchen and bathroom in my home? Or do I only need that occasionally? - Carolyn E.
Green Living
Green your darks, lights, and whites
Summer might be one of the easiest times to "go green" in your laundry room.
Steam Mop
Review: HAAN Slim & Light Steam Mop
How does this simple steam mop fare against messes? Find out!
Humidifier
Crane Cool Mist Humidifiers
These humidifiers are attractive, easy-to-use, safe, and provide needed moisture to dry indoor air and to treat cold and flu symptoms naturally.
Spring Cleaning
Spring Cleaning To-Do's You May Forget
While covering the usual spring cleaning to-do's, include these other tasks for a cleaner, healthier, and safer home.

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HC-Pedia Entries

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Fungicide
Fungicide
Mildew and mold are fungi. Bleach, borax, and other common chemicals effectively fight outbreaks.
Mildew
Mildew
Usually just another name for mold.
Fungicide
Antifungal
These drugs are different from the agents used to fight fungi on surfaces.
Borax
Borax
Cleaner and brighter, thanks to this booster.
Trisodium phosphate (TSP)
An old standby that is still useful for cleaning walls and other surfaces.

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Books & DVDs

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Home Improvement All-in-One For Dummies
Bringing together the best advice from many experts, this home improvement manual will aid you in countless home projects.
Green Cleaning
Cheaper, Greener, Cleaner: Ceiling to Floor Savings
Easy-to-follow recipes for inexpensive, homemade cleaners that are better for the environment and for your health.
Green Cleaning
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Green Cleaning (2nd Edition)
Focuses on cleaning each room of your home the "green" way and without harmful chemicals.
Dust
The Secret Life of Dust
Details the often overlooked subject of dust and its impact on humans and the planet.
Real Simple: Cleaning
Room-by-room strategies for cleaning every room in your home.

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Video Clips

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Shower
How To Clean a Shower
If the grime in your shower looks like something that would be more at home in a horror flick than in, well, your home, it’s time to take control.
Bathtub
How To Clean a Bathtub
Whether you shower in it or use it for long, luxurious baths, there’s nothing clean—or relaxing—about a tub full of grime, mold, or mildew.
How To Clean a Toilet
The gross-out factor of cleaning a toilet cannot be underestimated—but the gross-out factor of not cleaning a toilet is even worse. Better clean the toilet.
Carpet Cleaning
Green Carpet Cleaning - Using Green Cleaners
In this video series, experts Allen Rathey, president of The Healthy House Institute (HHI), Professor Liz Goldsmith of Florida State University (FSU) and University of Massachusetts lab scientist Heidi Wilcox, explain how to remove tough spots and stains from carpet using green cleaning methods. Different carpet types, prevention, home-made and retail green products, and specific green cleaners and tools that work are covered in depth.
Carpet Cleaning
Green Carpet Cleaning - Home-Made Green Cleaners
In this video series, experts Allen Rathey, president of The Healthy House Institute (HHI), Professor Liz Goldsmith of Florida State University (FSU) and University of Massachusetts lab scientist Heidi Wilcox, explain how to remove tough spots and stains from carpet using green cleaning methods. Different carpet types, prevention, home-made and retail green products, and specific green cleaners and tools that work are covered in depth.