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• 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.

• 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.

• Stone Care Made Easy

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

• Is There Life After Housework?

  Don't let cleaning take over your schedule.

• 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.

• 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.

• Dry mopping

  A cousin to dusting as it applies to hard flooring.

• Sprinty Mop

  Microfiber mop for replacing string or sponge 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.

• StarMop Pro

  Microfiber provides advantages over standard mops.

• Stain X Neutral Clean Floor Cleaner

  Does it meet the mark of less work, more clean?

• Mary Moppins

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

• Wonder Mop®

  Fast drying, durable and washable.

• 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.

• 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.

• Starfiber Angle Mop

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

• Speed Cleaning 101

  Cut your cleaning time in half.

• 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.

• The Complete Idiot's Guide to Cleaning

  Simple ways to clean better and healthier.

• Houseplants For Dummies

  Cultivate your green thumb.

• Clean Care Seminars' Specialized Carpet & Upholstery Spotting

  An in-depth book for carpet spot and stain removal.

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