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• Marble

  Removing White Powder from New Marble Floor

  Q & A with Fred Hueston
• Cleaning Science

  New Enzyme Alternative to Bleach - Keeping Whites Whiter Naturally

  Anyone who has washed or worn white clothes knows that white shirts stop looking white after a few washes and start to turn a shade of gray. A new laundry-detergent enzyme helps prevent this from happening, without the use of bleach.
• Dishwasher

  Dishwasher Trouble?

  If your dishwasher is leaving spots on the glasses or detergent clumped in the dispenser, the Soap and Detergent Association offers a list of common problems — along with their solutions.
• Spring Cleaning

  Spring Cleaning: No Longer a Necessary Evil

  While spring cleaning is not the necessary evil it once was, now is still a good time to do those annual or semi-annual chores.
• Washing Machine

  Turning Laundry on Its Side

  Benefits of the front-loading washing machine.

• 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.
• Carpet Cleaning

  How often should you have your carpets professionally cleaned?

  Can you get the same results by doing it yourself?
• Motivation

  How to Make Cleaning Fun - Q&A

  A paraphrased transcription of a recent media interview on "How to Make Cleaning Fun" ...
• 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.
• Spring Cleaning

  Survey: Love or hate cleaning?

  How much do we really like or dislike cleaning?

• Quilt

  This is another cleaning challenge with no one-answer-fits-all solution.
• Dust Mites

  Dust mites

  These tiny creatures can cause allergies and other respiratory problems.
• Backpack Vacuums

  Backpack vacuum cleaner

  Pros use this machine all day, avoiding back strain and repetitive stress injury.
• Stain Removal

  Juice spill

  Even ugly blotches will come out completely using the right methods.

• White vinegar

  Think of it as an inexpensive mineral scale remover. It's not the best solution for most cleaning situations.

• House Cleaning Tips

  How to Clean Practically Anything

  Consumer Reports provides hundreds of timesaving solutions for all around the house.
• 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.
• Green Cleaning

  Green Cleaning for Dummies

  Provides sustainable and healthy solutions for every room in the house - from the kitchen and bathroom to the laundry room and garage.

• My House Is Killing Me!

  A step-by-step approach to identifying, controlling and often eliminating the sources of indoor pollutants and allergens.

• Secret Confessions of a Clean Freak

  Quick advice for quick routines to get cleaning done quickly.

• 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 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.

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