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Laundry
How Does Your Water Affect Your Laundry?
Your water supply may require extra measures for best results.
Soft Water
Make Household Chores Easier With Softened Water
Use soft water and you'll do less hard scrubbing.
Cleaning Products
Soaps Vs. Detergents
What exactly is soap? What is detergent? Many home cleaning products are classified as either soaps or detergents. Interestingly, many people really don’t know what these everyday words mean. However, it’s a good idea to take the time to learn, so you can understand their basic similarities and differences.
Laundry Detergent
On Laundry Detergent
The Soap and Detergent Association lays out the options for getting your clothes clean.
Flooring
Hard Floor Care Made Easy
When you get down to it, a hard-surface floor is easy to care for.

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Blogs

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Laundry
Laundry: Somebody Has to Do It
How to do laundry the right way and reap the benefits.
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.
Automatic Soap Dispenser
simplehuman Automatic Liquid Soap/Lotion Dispenser
While some technology can be a real letdown - this automatic liquid soap/lotion dispenser did not disappoint. Find out why.
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!

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HC-Pedia Entries

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Detergent
Detergent
A cleaning agent that, unlike traditional soap, works well in hard water.
Soap
The old standby is mild enough for personal use, but doesn’t work too well in hard water.
Rinse
This step in the cleaning process has the biggest impact on final results.
Surfactant
It makes water wetter!
Water
This is the universal solvent for cleaning.

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Laundry
Talking Dirty Laundry With The Queen of Clean
Strategies and tips for cleaner laundry from the Queen of Clean that includes a complete stain removal guide.
Life Lessons
The Philosopher Kings
Full-length documentary that explores the lives of eight custodians, working at prestigious U.S. colleges and universities, and the wisdom and lessons they've acquired.
Clutter
Clutter Control
Jeff Campbell turned his time-and-motion attention to the problem that plagues so many contemporary households: mild to utter chaos.
House Cleaning Tips
How to Clean Practically Anything
Consumer Reports provides hundreds of timesaving solutions for all around the house.
Common Sense Organizing
A step-by-step program for helping you take control of your home and your life.

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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.
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.
Carpet Cleaning
Special Tools for Green Carpet Cleaning
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.
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.
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.