How to Clean Soot from Carpet
Soot stains may occur on your carpet near your fireplace or wood burning stove. These stains can be difficult to remove as soot is slightly oily, and the stain may spread if you attempt to scrub it with water or other standard carpet cleaners. Vacuum your carpet often where soot accumulates to preve
How to Get Rid of the Smell of Clorox
Bleach is often the only option for removing tough stains from fabrics and household surfaces. Unfortunately, the scent can be overpowering and often hard to remove. Vinegar, which you may already have on hand, deodorizes and neutralizes bleach. Vinegar can eradicate bleach odor on surfaces, on your
How to Remove Foam on a Desk From a Foam Backed Desk Blotter
The adhesive foam backing on a desk blotter provides scratch protection but can adhere to the surface of a desk from extensive contact over time. Trying to pull the foam off the desk is futile, while scraping will only damage the surface. To remove the foam from the desk, apply a homemade solution t
How to Remove Melted Butter Stains
Hard to remove food stains can make laundry time a chore. Even the tiniest stain can ruin an expensive outfit. Melted butter contains a greasy residue that settles into fabric and the greasier the stain the harder it is to remove. You can remove melted butter stains by following a few steps.
Drip Pans That Fit GE Stoves
Keep your GE stove looking clean by replacing drip pans on a regular basis.shiny surfaces image by askthegeek from Fotolia.comDrip pans are the metal containers under the burners on a stove. They catch the food that spills while you are cooking and help to protect your stove. Drip pans...
How to Decorate With Tissue Paper
Gift tissue papers can be decorative materials with a little bit of imagination and elbow grease. You use tissue papers to embellish a decorative item to make it a work of art that can be a focal point of the room. There are different types of tissue papers to choose from; there are colorful ones an
How to Remove Knife Marks Off Fiestaware Dinnerware
Fiesta ware is a type of dinnerware produced by the Homer Laughlin Company, founded in 1871. The company introduced Fiesta ware in 1939 and produced it until 1969, when it retired the brand. The company reintroduced Fiesta ware in the 1990s. Vintage Fiesta ware is now collectible, although blemishe
How to Get Glue off of Pictures
Compiling your photographs into albums allows you to organize them and group events and holidays in one place for future generations to look at. Often, especially in older albums, the photos are held in place with glue, making it difficult to remove them if you want to reorganize an album or simply
How to Tint Glass
Tinted glass can be great to keep heat out of a house of vehicle. In a few steps any one can tint their own glass.
List of Cleaning Duties for a House
Whether you are moving out on your own, starting a job as a housekeeper or hiring a housekeeper, you may want to make a clearly defined list of basic cleaning duties. Defining housekeeping duties---yours or someone else's---provides clear expectations of what you need to clean around the...
Ways to Clean for a Household
Involving the whole family in cleaning can make things easier.Woman cleaning the house. image by maron from Fotolia.comFor many families, especially those with busy schedules, finding ways to keep the house clean and things running smoothly is a constant struggle. When it comes to...
How to Clean Spots From Drinking Glasses
Drinking glasses may sometimes appear with grayish, white spots on their surface. This is usually the result of hard water residue, but sometimes it can be soap scum. These spots usually form on fine glassware, such as wine glasses that have been washed in a dishwasher. Removing these spots is a mod
How to Remove Magic Marker From Clothes
Permanent markers, such as Magic Markers, leave a dye or pigment stain when they're swiped or leak onto clothes. This dye stain can quickly seep into the surrounding fibers, creating a larger stain. It's important to isolate and remove the stain as quickly as possible, but even in the best circumsta
How to Remove Latex Glue From Floorboards
Latex glue is most useful for bonding a carpet to a floor. It is a very effective adhesive that prevents the carpet from moving. When the carpet needs to be replaced, the latex glue becomes exposed and should be thoroughly removed from the floorboards. This may seem like a difficult task, but can be
How to Take Care of Slate Floor Tiles
Slate tile floors can add beauty and elegance to any room in your home. A natural stone, slate tile is durable and can withstand a lot of wear and tear. But it doesn't come cheap, so it's important to properly care for the tile so it doesn't become damaged. Slate tile is not only an aesthetic asset
How to: Floor Maintenance
A neat floor creates a positive first impression of your home or business and also promotes good health. Regularly sweeping and mopping prevents dirt and debris from aggravating allergies, attracting pests or scratching the floor's surface. Buffing and waxing the floor protects its surface and keeps
Everything You Need to Know About Country Save Laundry Detergent
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How to Clean a Cloudy Plastic Solar Cell
Solar panels are exposed to mother nature 24 hours a day and they can get dirty very quickly from rain, dust, pollen, chimney ashes and various other environmental debris. When solar panels become cloudy or dirty, they can become less efficient and in some cases decrease power consumption by 30 per
How to Remove Hot Wing Stains
Hot wings, which are chicken wings drenched in sauce, are a delicious, but messy, snack. If you are eating these wings and have a dollop of sauce land on your favorite T-shirt or jeans, you may consider tossing your clothes in the garbage after a regular cycle in the wash doesn't remove the stain co
How to Get Rid of Mildew on Clapboard
Unless you live in an extremely dry area, mildew is unavoidable. You can delay the spread of mildew by a couple of years, if you use a stain with mildewcide on your clapboard; but you're never going to be permanently free of it, because mildew can grow on almost any surface that gets damp.