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  Hit The Deck

  Is your deck ready for summer or is it a dirty dark-stained mess? Here’s how to “hit the deck” with a few simple clean-up “solutions.” After general swabbing with detergent and water, attack winter wear and residual...

  • Posted June 9, 2014
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  Cleaning Dishwashers Has Never Been so Easy

  Over time, rust and lime can build up and become a problem. The insides of your dishwasher can be made to sparkle by using a powdered citric acid cleaner. For cleaning dishwashers of rust fill the soap...

  • Posted May 18, 2014
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  Baking Soda Around Your Home

  Baking soda can be your No. 1 household defense because it’s got at least 50 different uses around the home. A box in the fridge captures nasty odors — in the freezer, too. A few sprinkles in...

  • Posted May 11, 2014
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  Burning Candles at Both Ends

  Holidays put extra wear and tear on your home, and many people can mean lots of little accidents. Around this time of year folks use lots of candles. Candle glow is warm, festive and romantic, but candle...

  • Posted May 11, 2014
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  How To Clean Plastic

  Question What is the best way to clean a plastic skylight? Thank you. Mike Answer There are products made especially for cleaning and polishing plastic. You will need to go to a place like Tap Plastics or...

  • Posted May 10, 2014
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  Clean Your Chimney Mess Free

  Nov. 20 is the great American “smokeout,” when folks are urged to quit smoking for a day. It’s a good day to clean your fireplace flue to keep it from smoking, too. Cleaning a flue is a...

  • Posted May 4, 2014
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  Save Money on Window and Glass Cleaners

  Noah Webster published his first dictionary in 1828. In it, he defined “thrifty” as: economical and being frugal. Sound like you? Are you a thrifty person? A bargain hunter? Someone who enjoys finding a better, less expensive...

  • Posted May 4, 2014
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  Bath Tub Mildew Fighting Formula

  On groundhog day, it is said if the aforementioned critter sees his shadow we will have six more weeks of winter. However, if you look in your bathtub today and see a shadow, it’s an entirely different...

  • Posted May 3, 2014
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  Flushing the Odor Down the Drain

  Candice Bergen played Murphy Brown, host of “FYI,” a hard-hitting, fact-finding, news magazine show. She was intelligent about some things yet sometimes clueless about others — like the morning she woke up and said: “What’s that smell?”...

  • Posted April 23, 2014
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  Clean Paint Splatters

  Question We painted our bedroom and we spilled paint on our carpeted floor. We didn’t notice the splatters until we started cleaning up. The paint has dried. It is latex. How do we remove it? Ellen Answer...

  • Posted April 15, 2014
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