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Green Cleaning
Six Ways to Use Essential Oils for Healthy Housecleaning
How to make your own formulas for a more natural approach to cleaning.
Essential Oils
Essential Oils: A Cleaning Essential?
Decide whether cleaning with essential oils is a good fit for your home.
Green Cleaning
Milder Alternatives
Recipes for homemade cleaners from Hannah Keeley.
Homemade Cleaners
Natural Cleaning Products
Raid the kitchen and laundry room for safer alternatives to cleaning chemicals.
Wood Paneling
Clean Wooden Wall Paneling Like a Pro
Sealed wood is easy to clean since you're really cleaning the finish — not the wood itself.

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Motivation
How to Make Cleaning Fun - Q&A
A paraphrased transcription of a recent media interview on "How to Make Cleaning Fun" ...
Spring Cleaning
Take it outside (starting with the garage)
How to clean up the garage and use the spring weather to take care of essential home repairs.
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.
Steam Mop
Review: HAAN Slim & Light Steam Mop
How does this simple steam mop fare against messes? Find out!
Organizing Products
Storage Solutions - Looking Up
Running out of space in your garage? Consider if an overhead garage storage rack will work for your home.

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Iron Skillet
Iron skillet
Here is one instance where lots of scrubbing can actually be harmful. Do it the easy way!
Cleaning Terms
Emulsification
A process that helps cleaning products break down and suspend fats and oils.
Alkaline
Alkalies
Best for removing grease and oil.
Oil spill
Act quickly, or these spots can be a real nightmare to clean.
Respirator
N95 respirator
An essential tool used to protect people from hazardous fumes during certain jobs.

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Clean Care Seminars' Specialized Carpet & Upholstery Spotting
An in-depth book for carpet spot and stain removal.
Is There Life After Housework? 2nd Ed.
A revolutionary approach to cutting your cleaning time 75%.
HELP! Around the House
Subtitle: A Mother’s Guide to Getting the Family to Pitch in and Clean Up
Speed Cleaning
Old-fashioned housecleaning is time-consuming. Try Speed Cleaning.
Recycling
Learning to Recycle with Terry the Trashman
A book designed to introduce kids to the importance of recycling (and their parents too).

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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.
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.
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.
DIY
Green Cleaning All-Purpose Spray
HC Producer series winner Leslie Reichert demonstrates how to make your own DIY green cleaning all purpose spray.
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.