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• Carpet Cleaning Products — How to Buy the Best Ones

  The Carpet & Rug Institute tests and certifies carpet cleaning products to help the consumer sort out fact from marketing hype.

• Microban® in Plastic Products — How Useful?

  Triclosan, an antimicrobial chemical, is now incorporated into many products, such as cutting boards and shower curtains. What kind of protection does it offer?

• Tips for Healthier Cleaning

  How to reach tip-top clean with less caustic chemicals.

• Stained Fiberglass Shower Floor

  Q & A with Tara Aronson.

• What Germs Are We Killing? Testing and Classifying Disinfectants

  Since all germ-killers are considered pesticides, the EPA requires testing to certify manufacturer's claims for safety and effectiveness.

• pH

  Following is a quick lesson in the chemistry of cleaning.

• Dilution

  Proper dilution is key to making cleaning concentrates work best, but how do you figure out those ratios?

• Green cleaning

  Safer product purchases and methods that may help spare the environment.

• Microban®

  It’s how advancing technology helps people keep bacteria at bay.

• Household Prod. Database

  Interested in green cleaning? Chemical safety? The Household Products Database (HPD) can be a good place to look for information.

• Stain X Neutral Clean Floor Cleaner

  Does it meet the mark of less work, more clean?

• Stain-X Poly Clean Wood Floor Cleaner

  This pH balanced wood floor cleaner cleans up.

• Restore Automatic Dish Detergent

  Tom McNulty puts this automatic dishwasher gel's "super-concentrated" claims to the test.

• Restore Toilet Bowl Cleaner

  Tom McNulty tests Restore's toilet bowl cleaner against two other brands and a friend's tough rust and hard water deposits.

• Restore Glass Cleaner

  It's a glass cleaner that tackles much more than glass. Is it worth its price?

• Butler Clean pH Neutral 32-oz. Concentrate

  For use on sensitive surfaces and on floors, in kitchens and showers. Protects surfaces while restoring sheen.

• Butler Clean Blue 32-oz. Concentrate

  A super-efficient high performance cleaner, excellent for neglected surfaces.

• Solay Simple Laundry Soap

  A salt-based and pH-neutral, laundry cleaner.

• Shaklee Get Clean™ Starter Kit

  An environmental-friendly, non-toxic cleaning kit.

• Red Juice™

  Jeff Campbell's heavy-duty liquid cleaner, Red Juice, safely cleans practically anything for next to nothing.

• Organize Your Office In No Time

  An organized office and more productive day is just a book away.
• Carpet Cleaning

  Carpet Cleaning Tips for Dummies®

  How-to guide offers easy carpet cleaning tips.

• Haley's Cleaning Hints

  Over 1,000 clever, inexpensive solutions help readers clean, deodorize, unclutter and organize their homes.

• Baking Soda - Over 500 Uses

  Baking soda tips from A-Z.

• Organize Your Garage In No Time

  Provides step-by-step instructions and easy-to-follow to-do lists to help you get your garage organized and keep it that way.

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