How to Remove Red Kool-Aid or Fruit Punch From the Carpet

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Red Kool-Aid or fruit punch stains can make your carpet look unpleasant. Once the stains dry, they stick to the fibers of the carpet. Instead of replacing your carpet or hiring a professional to clean them, you can treat the red stain yourself to remove the dye from your carpet. Cleaning the stain i

What Can Eliminate a Strong Urine Smell?

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Interior odors can be frustrating for a homeowner, but often strong urine smells inside can be resolved once the source is located.

How to Clean Lye From a Stone Tile Floor

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Painting cupboards and walls in bathrooms and kitchens without proper floor protection is a guarantee of drips and drops spattering on stone tile flooring. The paint is easily removed with the careful use of a paint stripper, but making sure these chemicals are completely removed is important. Most

Care of Patina Copper Sinks

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The choice of a copper sink can add beauty and value to your home. However, you cannot clean and maintain a copper sink in the same way as you would a stainless steel, ceramic or cast-iron sink. Copper sinks have a patina that requires special care to maintain.

Homemade Bug Repellent for Gnats Using Beer & Dish Soap

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Summer is a time for relaxation, swimming or playing in the sprinkler. However, moisture from rain or water sports can attract gnats and other bugs, which are a nuisance. Chemical bug repellents are often expensive and can even be dangerous, especially if they contain DEET. Instead of purchasing com

How to Get Pet Stains Out of a Morrocan Rug

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Your pets might decide to use a Moroccan rug in your home as his or her bed. If the pet gets overly excited or simply has an accident, stains could find their way onto the Moroccan rug. You could use cleaning products to remove the pet stains from the Moroccan rug, but the chemicals in these product

Equipment to Clean Rooms

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Create a cleaning supply kit of tools necessary to keep your home clean and tidy. The tools you will need may vary depending upon your home. For example, a home with no carpeting may not require a vacuum cleaner. Keep your cleaning supplies in a centralized location in your home to make cleaning you

How to Use Windex to Clean Stainless Steel

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Stainless steel is a frequent choice for modern kitchen appliances and other home decor pieces. This shiny steel surface quickly dulls when fingerprints and dust collect on the surface. Stainless steel cleaners are available for purchase, but a glass cleaner such as Windex will clean the steel succe

How to Clean & Shine Cement Floors

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Cement floors are found in many garage and basement areas. They are also becoming popular as a flooring option in other areas of the home as well. Cement is a highly durable element, resistant to most stains and other elements. Cleaning and shining the cement floors requires just a few cleaning ingr

How to Remove Musty Smells From Laundry

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If your laundry smells musty, don't mask the odor by washing the items in laundry products that add scent. Instead, use a tactic that will remove the odor from the fabric. The musty odor is probably coming from mildew, caused by moisture. Kill the mildew and freshen your laundry's smell. If you toss

How to Sanitize Pet Stains

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While pets bring us joy and companionship, they can also produce stains in our homes, most commonly from vomit, feces, urine or saliva. These stains cause unpleasant odors and are a breeding ground for germs and bacteria. Once you remove the stains, you need to sanitize the area to remove these germ

How Does Paint Remover Work?

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Paint Remover BasicsPaint removers are liquid or semiliquid solvents that soften and aid in the removal of paint so the underlying surface can be restored to its original state, or recoated like new. For decades, all paint removers were very corrosive, and users had to be extremely...

How to Paint Distressed White Cabinets

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Creating the look of distressed white cabinets in your home could take years of wear and tear, or you could cheat a little and speed up the process with a specialty paint. Crackle medium or crackle paint is a thick clear paint used as a base coat that causes cracks to appear in fresh paint. You can

Fall Cleaning Checklist

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Fall is a crisp, cool season.Hay! Pumpkins image by Kimberly Reinick from Fotolia.comFall cleaning, like spring cleaning, is about making a fresh start from one season to the next. It is about leaving the summer behind and ringing in the fall season with a fresh, clean home. As with...

Awesome Homemade Floor Cleaner for Linoleum

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Linoleum is a durable material that has long been used as a flooring option, because it is resistant to stains and endures foot traffic and other wear and tear. There are a few commercial floor cleaning products on the market designed for use on linoleum floors, but you can make your own effective,

How to Fix the Wiring in a Non-Working Stove Burner

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Electrical stove burners run on a coil heating system in which electricity travels through thick conductive coils. The electricity heats the coils and transfers the heat to the burner plates. If the burner plates are disconnected or any portion of the wiring is broken, the burner will not work. If t

How to Stop Silver From Tarnishing

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Do you hate polishing silver? Silver jewelry, flatware, cookware and other silver products can be quite a daunting task to clean or keep clean if not stored or cared for properly. There are a few things you can do to stop silver from tarnishing.

How to Disinfect a Hotel Jacuzzi

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Hotels have a responsibility to comply with government-enforced health codes. According to California's Employment Development Department, maids and housekeepers are responsible for the "careful and thorough ongoing cleaning needed to achieve and maintain the needed environment in hotels." One respo

How to Clean Mold on Upholstery

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Mold spores float through the air. They are invisible to the naked eye, but they are part of your everyday environment. As floating spores they are harmless. However, when spores land on wet or damp surfaces they begin to grow. Mold needs moisture to survive. Remove the moisture and you inhibit its

How to Make a Fabric Water Repellent

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Nothing ruins a new pair of blue suede shoes or your outdoor canopy like a surprise rain storm. Fabrics naturally absorb water, causing them to become heavy and waterlogged, which in some cases can damage the fabric. When you treat a fabric with a water repellent, the water will bead up and roll off