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Computer Cleaning
Computer Cleanup
Tips for cleaning your keyboard, mouse and monitor from the cleaning experts at ACI.
Child Safety
Cleaning and Child Safety: Tips for Parents of Young Children
Ten simple year-round reminders for consumers to help keep their families safe.
Asthma And Allergies
Why Should People with Asthma & Allergies Dust?
For people who suffer from asthma and allergies, dusting can be a great way to avoid asthma & allergy triggers such as dust mite feces and pollen. The trick is to remove dust rather than spread it around.
Hand Sanitizer
Hand Sanitizer is No Beverage
SDA: Common sense needed in discussions over hand sanitizer use.
Stain Removal
Carpet Cleaning Tips - Removing Ink, Paint, Rust, and More
Spot and stain removal.

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Food Safety
Safe Feasting
Planning ahead can prevent five situations from causing food poisoning.
Asthma And Allergies
Cleaning with Allergies - Quick Tips
Fall allergy season is here. Use these quick tips to prevent the build-up of allergens in your home and to effectively remove them.
Vacuuming
How often should you vacuum?
Vacuuming more often can not only improve your health but also make your carpet last longer.
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.
Spring Cleaning
Survey: Love or hate cleaning?
How much do we really like or dislike cleaning?

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Telephone
Fingerprints and grime come off these hard-plastic appliances easily.
Rubbing Alcohol
Rubbing alcohol
An inexpensive, highly useful household solvent. Use carefully — it’s flammable.
Denatured Alcohol
Denatured alcohol
This solvent is a capable spot cleaner on many hard surfaces.
Alcohol
Alcohol
A solvent, degreaser and adhesive remover with many uses.
Monitor
Computer monitor
Flat panels are cleaned differently than the older CRT screens.

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Book
Simplify Your Space
Practical steps for organizing the spaces in your home using the C.A.L.M. approach.
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.
Clutter
The Queen of Clean Conquers Clutter
Shows you how to start small and get rid of clutter with hundreds of easy and practical tips.
Pet Clean-Up Made Easy, 2nd Ed.
Tackle any pet mess, any time, in a snap—from stains and smells to fleas and fur-balls.
Organizing Strategies
Organizing Do-It-Yourself For Dummies
Guide to organizing your home with step-by-step instructions for hands-on projects and full-color photos.

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Carpet Cleaning
Green Carpet Cleaning - Spot Removal
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.
Bathtub
How To Clean a Ring From Your Bathtub
Save hand-washing houseguests the horror of having to stare at a line of dirt and dead skin ringing the bathtub.
Leather
How To Clean Leather Seats
Leather seats are expensive. Keep them looking that way with a little cleaning and conditioning.
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.
Baking Soda
How To Clean With Baking Soda
When it comes to household versatility, baking soda is king. Here are just some of the many cleaning uses for sodium bicarbonate.