House Cleaning and Stain Removal Forum

Use Entry Mats
Most soil that gets into your home comes from your shoes. A good mat will prevent most soil and debris from entering your home and ultimately your carpeting. These mats will also help keep your hard surface floors cleaner. To keep your carper clean, we need to keep the dirt outside.
Reduce Traffic
To prolong the appearance and overall life of your carpet, reduce the amount of traffic in heavily traveled, ...

How to Keep Your Clothes Dryer Healthy.

A dryer vent clogged with lint reduces airflow, so your dryer doesn't dry as efficiently. An inefficient dryer also uses more energy, thereby costing you more money. Solution: Clean the lint trap before and after each load. Clean and inspect your dryer vent system yearly.

A standard cleaning will involve unhooking the dryer, cleaning the interior of the dryer where lint can be trapped, cleaning the ...

How to Control and Prevent Mold.

Moisture control and water intrusion prevention is the single most critical element in preventing mold growth inside buildings.

High humidity and temperature levels inside buildings can also cause moisture through condensation, resulting in fungal growth and contamination.

Immediate drying, cleaning and/or removal of water-damaged building materials must be performed within 48 hours of the initial water damage in order to prevent mold growth.

Sources of water intrusion should ...

A month ago I moved in with my boyfriend. And of course all the housework is on me now. His mom sits and knits all days long. All she can do is to criticise me all the time… not so long ago she declared that I must use green cleaning products, cause she’s worrying of her health and the health of her son. I’ve gone shopping but I can’t find anything. All of such products ...

Hi,
My dog likes to pee on my poor toddler's things.... I am looking for non-toxic ways to clean various things.

First, I have a fabric tent that is pretty large and can't go in the washing machine. It has mesh windows on part of where the dog peed, and my baby likes to press his face against the mesh and kiss me through it. So, I don't want to use anything harmful, but I ...

ive got a shirt that is 90% cotton 10% pollester someone got something on my grandson iron and it has left a black streak on the shirt for the life of me i cant seem to think how to remove it i did try using my good iron and using a piece of wax paper and trying to remove it that way it seemed to work a little bit but not much any help will ...

I read in many forums that you could use vinagar to clean linoleum/vinyl floors. Well I tried it and now they squeek when you walk on them. Is there any way I can stop the sweeking?

After I found out that my dog was pregnant, I moved her inside into the kitchen when she was within 1 week of her delivery date. She would go to the door when she needed out, so I didn't have any problems with urine in the kitchen, except in the mornings when no one was awake to let her outside. Now, 5 weeks and 4 puppies later, I cannot keep my kitchen clean. It's finally ...

We have a coal bin in our cellar with coal still in it. I would love to clean it out and use the space for storage. I just dont know how to get rid of the coal. Can I just throw it in the weekly trash pickup? Is it considered hazardous? Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated. I cant find any info on what I should do with it!!

hello everyone,

I would like to know if there is anything I can do to keep my brass flamingo to shine longer than it usually does?
It has been very tiring polishing it once a year but after about 5months it starts to get all dirty and not shiny.
Is there anything or any product I can coat it with to keep its shine longer?

Thanks,
Cleaning_Joy