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• The Lighter Side — Pumping Dirt: Cleaning Your Way to a Sleeker Physique

  Pumping dirt is the new exercise craze combining aerobics, calisthenics, weight lifting, and, yes, housecleaning.

• Before Guests Arrive: A Checklist

  Here is a short checklist to help make sure you are prepared for company.

• Sweeping Made Easy

  Sweeping can be downright simple if you follow a few basic principles.

• Is There Life After Housework?

  Don't let cleaning take over your schedule.

• Stone Care Made Easy

  Simple steps to natural stone care will keep it looking beautiful for many years.

• Wet (soak) mopping

  What to do when damp mopping no longer effectively cleans a vinyl, tile or sealed-stone floor.

• Damp mopping

  Used where lots of water could damage the floor or the subfloor.

• Dry mopping

  A cousin to dusting as it applies to hard flooring.

• Laminate floor

  These pre-finished surfaces are easily maintained by sweeping or vacuuming, and damp mopping. Avoid going overboard with cleaners and polishes.

• Mop, mopping

  A guide to the best tools and techniques for keeping many hard floor surfaces sparkling.

• Sprinty Mop

  Microfiber mop for replacing string or sponge mops.

• StarMop Pro

  Microfiber provides advantages over standard mops.

• Bissell Steam Mop Bare Floor Steam Cleaner

  The Bissell Steam Mop Bare Floor Steam Cleaner is a great way for asthmatics who are sensitive to harsh chemicals in floor cleaners to clean their floors. The Bissell Steam Mop Bare Floor Steam Cleaner cleans and sanitizes your floors with only water.

• Mary Moppins

  Unique mopping and cleaning system, using common terry cloth towels.

• Mr. Clean MagicReach

  Skip the stepping stool and make your arm longer for mopping floors or cleaning ceilings, shower enclosures and more.

• Scrubbee Doo

  Change heads and it's a microfiber flat mop, a string mop, a dust mop — as well as a floor, wall and restroom scrubber, a finish applicator and more.

• Real Simple Microfiber Squeeze Mop

  Wet or dry microfiber mop that traps dirt without chemicals, plus scrapper insert.

• Real Simple 4-Gallon Bucket

  Wide-opening bucket that accommodates a variety of mop heads and holds the Real Simple Caddy.

• Starfiber Angle Mop

  Hard to reach areas or corners? This mop is for you.

• Sprinty Microfiber Mop Wet and Dry System

  Use this versatile tool for dust mopping or wet mopping. Detergent is optional with microfiber's special cleaning properties.

• Speed Cleaning 101

  Cut your cleaning time in half.

• Green Clean

  Step-by-step guide to ecological housekeeping.

• Organize Your Office In No Time

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

• 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 — Housekeeping for Men (and the Women Who Love Them)

  A straight-talking cleaning manual for men.

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