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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 Clean Oven Cleaner Residue From an Enamel Oven

By Deanna H

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A few easy tips for cleaning residue out of your oven... more »

How to Clean Permanent Marker From Whiteboards

By joshcrank

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Permanent markers and whiteboard markers can be all too easy to mix up. If you’ve accidentally written on a whiteboard with a permanent marker, you can try these steps to control the damage... more »

How to Clean Popcorn Ceilings

By Karen Cotton

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Popcorn ceilings are the bane of many a homeowner. Its texture makes cleaning incredibly difficult. Scrubbing the ceiling will cause the "popcorn" to fall off, leaving your ceiling with unattractive, bare patches of drywall. However, ... more »

How to Clean Rough Wood Furniture

By eHow Home & Garden Editor

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Picnic tables, benches and other rough wood furniture can be difficult to clean. Sap and mildew can stain the rough wood, and cobwebs can be a nightmare to remove. There are several ways to clean rough wood furniture, but you must clean it in a ... more »

How to Clean Stainless Steel

By CrystalKlotz

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How to clean stainless steel anything!!!.. more »

How to Clean Tarnish From Sterling Silver

By Reeney26

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Caring for your special silver is easy and cheap! This process may be used for jewelry, silverware, and more!.. more »

How to Clean the House While Watching Television

By Sheila Wilkinson

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Put on a good movie and get to work. That's right, it's the ultimate in multitasking and you will be amazed what you can do while not missing a bit of the storyline. If you have more than one TV, it works even better... more »

How to Clean the Inside of a Microwave

By smidgen

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This quick and easy method works every time for my household. Especially for the tough messes that have baked on in your microwave, yuck! Try these steps and have this hard messy job become a breeze... more »

How to Clean the Inside of a Microwave Oven

By sylvano

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how to clean a stainless steel microwave oven.. more »

How to Clean Tile and Grouted Countertops

By DiscountTickets

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Tile Counter tops Look Really Great, but can be really difficult to keep clean. Getting rid of that dirty grouted in between the tile can be a hard chore. Here is an easy way to clean the grouted counter tops.. more »

How to Clean Tomato Sauce Stains From a Carpet

By eHow Home & Garden Editor

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Spilled tomato sauce leaves a tough stain on carpeting. You should take care of any tomato sauce spills immediately if possible. The sooner you remove these stains the more likely you are to get the spots out. There are several ways to clean up ... more »

How to Clean Unsealed Tile Floor Grout

By amymcclair

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Newly tiled floors can be difficult to clean since you do not want to damage the newly laid grout before the sealant can be placed over it. Here are some tips you can use... more »

How to Clean Vaseline off Calkboard

By Becca

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Learn the proper way to remove Vaseline or any other oil based stain from a chalkboard... more »

How to Clean Walls

By Christine Sostarich

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The walls in your home may be dirtier than you think. Take a close look and you will see things you've never noticed. Here's what to do about it!.. more »

How to Clean With Hydrogen Peroxide

By eHow Home & Garden Editor

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Cleaning with hydrogen peroxide can dramatically cut your monthly household cleaning supplies bill. Use hydrogen peroxide to remove stains, do laundry and clean and disinfect surfaces in your bathroom, kitchen, bedroom, office and anywhere else ... more »

How to Clean with Natural Products

By pianistic

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You can find a line of Green Natural Products at the store, but did you know you probably already have the ingredients to Clean Green already in your home... more »

How to Clean With Vinegar

By eHow Home & Garden Editor

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Vinegar can be used to clean just about any household item. Many of the cleaners you see on grocery store shelves contain vinegar as one of their main ingredients. Its versatility, effectiveness and low cost make it a handy item to keep stocked ... more »

How to clean your bras

By onederland

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The best way to preserve any bra is to handwash it, but sometimes this doesn't do a thorough job of cleaning, and most of the time you don't have the time to do it anyway! Here are some tips to get them fresh again!.. more »

How to Clean Your Home for Holiday Guests

By eHow Home & Garden Editor

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Start early and be systematic so that pre-holiday housework is manageable rather than monstrous. This to-do list will help you stay on top of your work... more »

How to Clean Your Home Systematically

By lombard825

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Who has time for cleaning? There is so much else to do. Yet, if you want to live in a clean space that is healthy and dirt free then you have to put in the time. This article focuses on how to create a home cleaning system to clean your home ... more »

How to Clean Your House in 10 Minutes

By elatoria

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Unexpected company dropping in any minute? Don't panic! If your house isn't as clean as you'd like it to be, here's an Emergency Cleaning Plan that will take only 10 minutes!.. more »

How to Clean Your Surfaces Safely

By CLEANelizabeth

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Although the fad of 100% cotton diapers has faded there is a new use for them. I have always used them with all of my cleaning companies. It is 99.9% impossible to damage any and all of your surfaces when you clean using these diapers... more »

How to CLEAN YOUR WICKER BASKETS

By DUSTYMILLS

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THERE EVERYWHERE! THOSE DUSTY,DIRTY BASKETS THAT WE ALL HAVE. IT'S EASY TO MAKE THEM LOOK LIKE NEW AGAIN BY FOLLOWING THESE EASY STEPS... more »

How to clean your windows with tea

By Teagirl

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Cleaning your windows without any chemical ... Yeah baby!.. more »

How to Conduct a Home Energy Audit

By Sheila Wilkinson

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There are many ways that your hard earned energy dollars can slip through the cracks and holes of your home. Spending a little time finding the sources of this waste can pay back huge savings dividends later. No house is perfectly energy ... more »