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Make housekeeping easier with tips on cleaning and organizing virtually anything in your home. Candle wax on the carpet? Soap scum in your tub? eHow’s experts are here to help, with cleaning advice alongside tips on everything from ridding your home of cockroaches to getting the kids to help with chores. Learn to care for furniture, clean appliances and remove any sort of stain. eHow can even help you organize a junk closet, clean the stove or, if all else fails, hire a housekeeper or cleaning service.

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  • How to Remove Difficult Pink Hard Water Rings From a Toilet

    Here's an easy way to remove those brown or pink rings from the inside of a toilet. This eliminates the hard scrubbing with a pumice stone or the need for harsh chemicals.

  • How to clean the floors with the Shamerrific

    Go green with the Shamerrific! It is now available to help consumers wash and dry any surface without using soap or cleaning products. The magic ingredient -Water! The Shamerrific will clean any...

  • How to Clean Hair Dye From Carpet

    Cleaning hair dye from carpet involves blotting it up as soon as the stain occurs, applying a water and detergent mixture, flooding the stain with water and then applying a vinegar and water...

  • How to Remove Water Stains From Carpet

    Removing water stains from carpet involves dousing the area with an equally mixed solution of vinegar and water to neutralize the alkalinity of the stain. Remove water stains from synthetic...

  • How to Clean Hard Water Spots Off Windows

    House cleaning involves every aspect of the home including hard water spots that form on glasses and other glass surfaces. Cleaning hard water spots off of glasses and other glass surfaces uses...

  • How to Remove Hard Water Stains

    Hard water stains in a bathroom are easily removed by first pouring on vinegar and then using a toothbrush or small scrub brush and scratching it out. Hard water stains don't have to be a cleaning...

  • How to Remove Hard Water Deposits

    Removing hard water deposits around bathroom faucets is easily done by letting a warm water and vinegar mixture set for a short time on the stain then scrubbing with a toothbrush. Rid a bathroom...

  • How to Remove Hard-Water Deposits From Plastic Showerheads

    Removing hard-water deposits from a plastic showerhead is done by first unscrewing it, soaking it in hot water and vinegar for about 45 minutes and then using a toothbrush to remove calcium...

  • Cleaning Laminate Flooring

    Cleaning laminate flooring can be done in a variety of ways, including with a vacuum cleaner, with vinegar and water or with Windex and water. Dry up freshly cleaned laminate flooring to avoid...

  • Laundry Tips: Water Temperature

    When doing laundry, use the cold-cold water temperature to remove stains and effectively clean white clothes. Learn more about water temperature with tips in this free video on laundry.

  • Bathroom Cleaning: Fresh Water

    Fresh water when cleaning a bathroom is important to maintain a sanitary environment. Use fresh batches of water and disinfectant with tips from an experienced housekeeper in this free video on...

  • Bathroom Cleaning: Refresh Water

    Refreshing the water when cleaning a bathroom is important to prevent spreading germs from one place to the other. Refresh cleaning water for a bathroom with tips from an experienced housekeeper...

  • Bathroom Cleaning: Warm Water

    Warm water is best for bathroom cleaning to more easily soften any build up, grease or grime. Use warm water to clean a bathroom with tips from an experienced housekeeper in this free video on...

  • Cleaning Moldy Plastic

    In order to remove mold off of plastic, wipe down the surface with soapy water, or try using 409 if the problem if serious. Rinse moldy plastic with clean water after wiping it down with advice...

  • Filtered Water Storage

    Storing a water filter can be difficult in a small kitchen but it's important to find a place for fresh, filtered water. Learn how to organize and store water in your kitchen with expert tips in...

  • Water Saving Techniques

    To save water on a daily basis, turn off the faucet while brushing your teeth, washing your hands or washing your face, install a water-saving shower head, and get all leaky pipes repaired. Lower...

  • Cleaning Tips for Fiberglass Showers

    When cleaning a fiberglass shower, use a mixture of water and vinegar for regular cleanings, scrub tough stains with Bar Keeper's Friend, and use bleach water if the fiberglass is white. Clean...

  • Cleaning Yellowed Plastic

    Cleaning yellowed plastic requires mixing a splash of bleach with some water, submerging the plastic in the water for several hours, and scrubbing the plastic with steel wool. Find out how...

  • Stain Removal Tips for Linoleum

    Stain removal for linoleum requires using bleach on white floors or mixing baking soda and water, allowing the mixture to set on the stain, and using a scrub brush for difficult stains. Use...

  • What Is the Best Way to Remove Mildew From Walls?

    The best way to remove mildew from walls is to spray the area with a water and vinegar mixture, and scrub the wall with a sponge. For stubborn mildew, consider using bleach water to clean the area...

  • How to Clean Hard Water Stains on Stainless Steel Pans

    Stainless steel is easy to keep clean with the use of a good stainless steel polish. Let stainless steel pans sit in vinegar and water overnight to get rid of hard water stains with help from a...

  • How to Remove Hard Water Stains on Glass Shower Doors

    Hard water stains that are commonly found on shower doors are best treated with lemon juice that can be applied to a sponge. Use a paste that consists of vinegar and baking soda to remove hard...

  • Making Glass Cleaner With Vinegar

    Vinegar can be used in combination with water to clean glass and eliminate the potential for indoor air pollution. Use the formula of 4 tablespoons of vinegar to a quart of water to make a glass...

  • Quick & Easy Tips for Ironing Clothes

    A few tips for ironing clothes include making a homemade starch with cornstarch and water, as well as ironing all of the big areas first. Find out how old, stagnant water in irons can make clothes...

  • Removing Rust on Silverware

    Silverware gets tarnished easily, but rust can be removed by placing the silverware in an aluminum pan with a sprinkle of baking soda before pouring boiling water onto the silver. Make a paste...

  • How to Remove Water Spots on a Car

    It's best to prevent the acquisition of water spots on a car, but existing water spots can be removed by wetting the area and wiping off the water before it dries. Learn about auto detail sprays...

  • How to Clean a Stain Off Vinyl Flooring

    If vinyl flooring gets stained, make a paste with laundry detergent and water to scrub into the stain. Spray water on a vinyl flooring stain to rinse the area after it's been cleaned with help...

  • How to Remove Water Stains From Silk

    Removing water stains from silk involves dissolving laundry detergent in a large bowl of lukewarm water, soaking the garment in the bowl for 10 to 15 minutes, rinsing it under cool water and...

  • How to Wash Silk

    To wash silk, mix a gentle laundry detergent in lukewarm water, place the garment in the bowl, agitate it a little in the water, and let it soak for 10 to 15 minutes. Lay the garment out flat on a...

  • How to Shrink a Shirt

    Shrinking a shirt requires boiling water over the stove, pouring the hot water over the garment in a bowl, letting the clothes soak in the hot water until the water cools and washing it on the...

  • How to Clean Vinyl Floors

    Clean vinyl floors by mixing vinegar and water to mop the floor, or creating a mix of laundry detergent and water for stubborn stains. Use bleach water as a last resort for vinyl floors with tips...

  • How to Remove Hard Water Stains Naturally

    To remove hard water stains naturally, pour vinegar or rubbing alcohol on the stain and scrub with an abrasive sponge. Prevent hard water stains by leaving the shower door open so that it dries...

  • How to Clean Linoleum Floors

    The best way to clean linoleum floors is with a mixture of vinegar and water, because they are not toxic, and they don't use involve the use of wax. Use warm water so that vinegar will evaporate...

  • How to Hand-Wash Delicates

    Hand-washing delicate clothing items can be done by filling the sink with warm, soapy water, letting the delicates soak in the water for a few minutes and squeezing the garments to work in the...

  • How to Wash a Cashmere Sweater

    Washing a cashmere sweater involves filling up the kitchen sink with soapy water, gently working out the dirt from the garment, rinsing out the soap under the sink and rolling it between two...

  • How to Hand-Wash Clothes

    To hand-wash clothes, fill the sink with warm to hot water, pour in a bit of laundry soap, allow the garment to soak for a few minutes, and knead the clothes to work in the soap. Rinse the soapy...

  • How to Make Clothes Shrink

    To make clothes shrink, let them soak in boiling water until the water cools, wash the garments on the hottest setting in the washing machine and use the hottest dryer setting as well. Encourage...

  • Cleaning a 6-Gallon Plastic Water Bottle

    Cleaning a six-gallon plastic water bottle can be done by pouring a handful of un-popped popcorn kernels in the container, adding 3 cups of vinegar and filling the container a third of the way...

  • Cleaning Hard Water Stains in Plastic Bathtubs

    Cleaning hard water stains in plastic bathtubs involves using an all-purpose cleaner and lots of elbow grease, but maintaining a clean bathtub once a week can prevent stubborn hard water stains...

  • Cleaning Plastic Water Containers Using Baking Soda

    To clean a plastic water container using baking soda, add a small amount of baking soda to the container, pour a little bit of water into it, and work the mixture on the surface with a sponge. Use...

  • How to Conserve Water when Washing Dishes

    Learn how to conserve water when you are washing dishes by hand with expert cleaning tips in this free video clip.

  • How to Clear Your Drains Using Home Products

    Your sink is clogged and you're looking for a way to clear your drain without using heavy chemicals, right? You've come to the right place and it's easier than you think.

  • Removing Bathroom Water Spots

    Removing bathroom water spots is easy with these tips, so learn how to clean your home and get expert housekeeping tips in this free video.

  • Cleaning Carpet with Water

    Got Carpet Stains? Learn the best way to clean your carpet with machines in this free video clip about the required carpet cleaning chemicals.

  • Emptying the Dirty Water from a Carpet Steam Cleaner

    How to empty the dirty water from a carpet cleaner: Get carpet cleaning tips & techniques in this free how to video on the best way to clean carpet.

  • Adding Hot Water to a Carpet Steam Cleaner

    Adding the hot water: Get tips & techniques for how to steam clean your carpet in this free do it yourself video introduction to carpet cleaning with a rug doctor.

  • How to Remove Water Stains from Wood

    Learn the best way to remove water stains from wood, in this free video.

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