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• How Does Your Water Affect Your Laundry?

  Your water supply may require extra measures for best results.

• Make Household Chores Easier With Softened Water

  Use soft water and you'll do less hard scrubbing.

• On Laundry Detergent

  The Soap and Detergent Association lays out the options for getting your clothes clean.

• Foggy Glassware Answers

  Q & A with Tara Aronson.

• 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.

• Soap

  The old standby is mild enough for personal use, but doesn’t work too well in hard water.

• Detergent

  A cleaning agent that, unlike traditional soap, works well in hard water.

• Denatured alcohol

  This solvent is a capable spot cleaner on many hard surfaces.

• Water

  This is the universal solvent for cleaning.

• Water softener

  A powder can help with laundering in hard water. There’s also a more permanent solution.

• Restore Automatic Dish Detergent

  Tom McNulty puts this automatic dishwasher gel's "super-concentrated" claims to the test.

• Ladybug XL Steam Cleaner

  The Ladybug XL Steam Cleaner is a great steam cleaner that will allow asthmatics to clean virtually every surface in their homes, with plain water and without using chemicals.

• Tide to Go

  Treat stains while you are still at the restaurant or picnic with a pen-sized stain-removing ... pen.

• Hamper with Wheels - Chrome Laundry Sorter

  This laundry sorter rolls on wheels and comes with three removable canvas bags.

• StarMop Pro

  Microfiber provides advantages over standard mops.

• Showers-n-Stuff

  Cleans showers and other bathroom surfaces using an acidic detergent that dissolves tough residues.

• Hoover SteamVac All-Terrain Carpet & Hard-Floor Cleaner

  All-terrain steam vacuum.

• Kaboom Shower, Tub & Tile Cleaner

  Removes soap scum, dirt, hard water buildup and rust without using harsh acids, ammonia or phosphates.
• Green Cleaning

  Clorox Green Works Natural Bathroom Cleaner

  Bathroom cleaner that removes soap scum, hard water deposits, and rust without harsh chemicals or residues.

• Eco Products Superior Bathroom Cleaner

  A safer all-natural biodegradable cleaner for bathroom surfaces.

• Carpet Cleaning

  Carpet Cleaning Tips for Dummies®

  How-to guide offers easy carpet cleaning tips.

• Common Sense Organizing

  A step-by-step program for helping you take control of your home and your life.

• Haley's Hints on DVD

  Everything from laundry advice to clever stain removal, ideas for pest control, as well as hints on cooking, painting, sewing tips and household storage.

• Clutter Control

  Jeff Campbell turned his time-and-motion attention to the problem that plagues so many contemporary households: mild to utter chaos.

• How to Clean Practically Anything

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

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