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Braving the Bleach
Tips you need to know before using bleach or bleach-containing products.
Laundry
Whitening Your Whites
How an egg timer gets your whites cleaner, plus more important tips about chlorine bleach.
Oxygen Bleach
Oxi-type Bleach Stains
Stain removal products containing oxygen bleaches must be used correctly or bleach spots may result.
Tile
How To Clean Bathroom Tiles
Moisture makes a fertile breeding ground for mold and mildew.
Caulking
For Dummies® — Caulking Your Tub and Shower
How to remove old caulking, treat for mold and apply a new, protective caulk line.

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Green Living
Green your darks, lights, and whites
Summer might be one of the easiest times to "go green" in your laundry room.
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
Survey: Love or hate cleaning?
How much do we really like or dislike cleaning?
Motivation
How to Make Cleaning Fun - Q&A
A paraphrased transcription of a recent media interview on "How to Make Cleaning Fun" ...
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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Mildew
Mildew
Usually just another name for mold.
Fungicide
Fungicide
Mildew and mold are fungi. Bleach, borax, and other common chemicals effectively fight outbreaks.
Bleach
Chlorine bleach
This laundry aid is also an effective disinfectant, but be careful.
Bleach
Bleach
It's not just from a chlorine bottle anymore.
Laminate countertop
Cleanup is a snap, but be careful to prevent surface damage.

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Organize Your Office In No Time
An organized office and more productive day is just a book away.
Green Living
Jeff May's Healthy Home Tips
Whether you're a renter, a landlord, or a homeowner, Jeff May's Healthy Home Tips will help you keep your home a clean and healthy place to live.
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.
Clean Like a Man
A straight-talking cleaning manual for men.
House Cleaning Tips
How to Clean Practically Anything
Consumer Reports provides hundreds of timesaving solutions for all around the house.

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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.
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.
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.
DIY
Green Cleaning All-Purpose Spray
HC Producer series winner Leslie Reichert demonstrates how to make your own DIY green cleaning all purpose spray.
Leather
How To Clean Leather Seats
Leather seats are expensive. Keep them looking that way with a little cleaning and conditioning.