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• Stone Care Tips - Before and After the Party

  Protecting your stone surfaces — countertops, walls, vanities and floors — is a must before and after entertaining.

• Expert Stone, Tile and Grout Care

  Inside tips for making these hard surfaces easy to maintain.

• Stone Care Made Easy

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

• Removing White Powder from New Marble Floor

  Q & A with Fred Hueston

• Removing Stains From Stone, Tile and Concrete

  Oh, those nasty stains! How do you go about removing that red stain from the fruit drink your son spilled on the floor? What do you use to remove black marker ink from your white marble floor? Does lipstick stain? The list can go on and on.

• Corian

  A solid surface countertop line for kitchens, baths, sinks and lavatories, manufactured by E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Co., Wilmington DE.

• Quartz surface

  It's a lot more resistant to staining and damage than other stone or composite countertops. Cleanup is easy.

• Wet (soak) mopping

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

• Marble

  Solid as a rock? Not quite, if it’s unsealed marble.

• Wilsonart® laminate

  Countertops for kitchens, baths and other applications manufactured by Wilsonart International Inc., Temple, TX.

• Mr. Clean MagicReach

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

• Restore Furniture Cleaner & Protector

  Can an environmentally friendly polish match the performance of leading brands?

• Swiffer WetJet

  An all-in-one, ready-to-use mopping system.

• Clorox Disinfecting Wipes

  Clorox® Disinfecting Wipes are pre-moistened, disposable towelettes that clean and disinfect non-porous surfaces.

• Ladybug XL2300 with TANCS

  Concentrated hot moist steam vapor penetrates deeply into micro-pores and enables cleaning walls, floors, carpet, hardwood, marble, granite, stainless steel, fiberglass, chrome, glass, etc. leaving surfaces cleaner and, in the case of floors, more slip resistant than before. TANCS technology disinfects without chemicals.

• SCI Stone Color Enhancer™

  A clear finish that protects stone's surface and highlights its color.

• Pumie

  Pumice stone for removing ring around the toilet.

• SCI Stainless Steel Wipes

  Wipes that clean and protect stainless steel surfaces.

• Weiman® Granite Wipes

  Quick-cleaning wipes that remove grease and grime on granite and other surfaces.

• Solay Simple Multi-Purpose Cleaner

  A natural salt-based, multi-purpose cleaner.

• Real Simple: Cleaning

  Room-by-room strategies for cleaning every room in your home.

• The Complete Idiot's Guide to Cleaning

  Simple ways to clean better and healthier.

• Home Comforts

  A comprehensive, classic work on housekeeping.

• Cleaning & Stain Removal for Dummies

  Time-saving techniques to take on the whole house, plus specific methods for conquering spills and stains.

• How to Clean Practically Anything

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

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