http://www.howtocleanthings.com/blog Thu, 25 Sep 2008 20:51:13 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en It seems like every place I’ve ever lived in as an adult has had at least one nasty rust stain somewhere, usually a reddish column running from the overflow drain into the basin of the bathroom sink or tub. You may think this reveals something negative about the general level ... http://www.howtocleanthings.com/blog/how-to-clean-rust As I have written in my article, the term mildew is actually plant mold, but popular usage of the term now refers to mold growing in moisture-prone areas of the home like bathrooms and basements. In my place, it was the bathroom. The mildew was present in the shower the ... http://www.howtocleanthings.com/blog/how-to-clean-mildew Wild party. Four in the morning. The last sorry soul just dragged himself out of your kitchen and you're ready for bed, but wait - Is that red wine all over your granite floor? And is that more red wine all over your granite countertops? Yes, these things happen. If ... http://www.howtocleanthings.com/blog/how-to-clean-granite So, ok. Maybe you've not yet been able to fund that amazing marble statue of your favorite Greek god, but perhaps you do have some fantastic marble countertops, or a floor. It would be great if all you had to do was stand there and admire the smooth texture, and ... http://www.howtocleanthings.com/blog/how-to-clean-marble I have several fond memories of carpet from my childhood. Oddly enough, I'm pretty sure they all end up with a carpet stain of some sort. For instance, when I was a little tyke living in Dawson MN, we had a sun room that was used as a kids playroom. ... http://www.howtocleanthings.com/blog/how-to-clean-a-carpet-stain Last week I unearthed my wife's Nintendo from a neglected pile of boxes untouched since we moved. I hooked it up only to be confronted with a blinking screen or garbled graphics. Since they haven't seen any action in years, I decided it was time to clean our collection of ... http://www.howtocleanthings.com/blog/how-to-clean-a-game Every time I clean my floors, I have this debate with myself over whether I prefer hardwood or carpet. Usually, the winner is whichever surface I’m not cleaning right at that moment, because each is unruly in its own special way. Hardwood has its dust bunnies and its drying time ... http://www.howtocleanthings.com/blog/how-to-clean-carpet Mold and I have a history. When I was in third grade, I developed acute allergies to mold and dust. I would wake up with splotchy red eyes, and a nasal cavity brimming with gelatinous ooze. I looked like an extra in a low-budget horror film. Neither my parents nor ... http://www.howtocleanthings.com/blog/how-to-clean-mold   When was a kid, I used to want to be a window washer - the kind that rappels like a ninja down sky scrapers. I loved washing our car windows with a squeegee while my father put on gas. There is power in a squeegee; as you glide it across ... http://www.howtocleanthings.com/blog/how-to-clean-glass When I’m not busy writing how-to articles, I work for a large chain of retail stores that recently replaced its DOS-based cash register system. The new registers have LCD touch-screens, and every time I start a shift at the register, I have to fight my gag reflex, which gets all ... http://www.howtocleanthings.com/blog/how-to-clean-an-lcd-monitor