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Stainless Steel
Stain Free Stainless
The lowdown on the kitchen sink.
Soft Water
Make Household Chores Easier With Softened Water
Use soft water and you'll do less hard scrubbing.
Homemade Cleaners
Natural Cleaning Products
Raid the kitchen and laundry room for safer alternatives to cleaning chemicals.
Dishwashing
Ask Nancy - Mineral Deposits on Glassware & Treating Tent Mold
Nancy Bock addresses how to prevent mineral deposits on glassware and how to remove mold on tent fabric without ruining its water resistant properties.
Laundry
How Does Your Water Affect Your Laundry?
Your water supply may require extra measures for best results.

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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
Spring Cleaning To-Do's You May Forget
While covering the usual spring cleaning to-do's, include these other tasks for a cleaner, healthier, and safer home.
Motivation
How to Make Cleaning Fun - Q&A
A paraphrased transcription of a recent media interview on "How to Make Cleaning Fun" ...
Steam Mop
Review: HAAN Slim & Light Steam Mop
How does this simple steam mop fare against messes? Find out!
Automatic Soap Dispenser
simplehuman Automatic Liquid Soap/Lotion Dispenser
While some technology can be a real letdown - this automatic liquid soap/lotion dispenser did not disappoint. Find out why.

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Mineral scale
That white or beige crust is coming from your tap water.
White vinegar
Think of it as an inexpensive mineral scale remover. It's not the best solution for most cleaning situations.
Vinegar
Not an all-purpose cleaner, though it does have several effective uses around the house.
Vinegar
Acetic acid
The main active ingredient in vinegar.
Rust Remover, Plumbing
These products help remove crusty scale from porcelain fixtures and other surfaces.

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Home Improvement All-in-One For Dummies
Bringing together the best advice from many experts, this home improvement manual will aid you in countless home projects.
Vinegar: Over 400 Uses
Good for our health, our home, and safe for our environment. Over 400 tips, some recipes, a bit of history and a lot of amazing uses for vinegar.
Speed Cleaning 101
Cut your cleaning time in half.
Recycling
Learning to Recycle with Terry the Trashman
A book designed to introduce kids to the importance of recycling (and their parents too).
Decorating Style
How to make a house a home - in affordable style.

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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 - 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.
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 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.
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.