Homeowner Forum / Cleaning / July 2006

You see, it tangles in with other fibers and breaks off
into the air gradually! It even stays intertwined with your
body hair and the dust mites make it worse. Think
of that next time you lean on a plaster wall.

I need your help bad. My apartment-mate moved out and unfortunately, his bedroom and bathroom smell
to high heaven. It is a combination of body odor (he was very obese and sweated a lot) and rancid perfumes,
he would put this cheap garbage perfume and oil on a lamp bulb and it ...

I can't get a window cleaner and I don't fancy climbing up ladders, so does
anyone know if those sponge on a long pole things are any good for cleaning
the outside of windows? Or is there a better way?
Thanks,

Does anyone know how to remove oilve oil from dish cloths? Dish washer
detergent has no affect. The same for chlorene bleach and all other
attempts so far.

Recently we have been noticing that our clothes are starting to fall
apart.  It's like the material is getting very week and you can just
put your finger right through.  It's even been happing to our towels
that are less than 6 months old.  Does anyone know what might cause

How can I remove black stains on a porcelain bathtub caused by clothes
dye? I washed a pair of black jeans and hung them to try over the tub
and the drips caused stains that I've been unable to remove.
So far, I've tried bleach, ammonia, comet and ajax powder cleansers and

I bought a cd cleaning kit a long time ago and the cleaning solution is
all gone.  I wonder what other people use to clean fingerprints off
cds.  Do you buy a commercial solution or use something found around
the house?

I was just reading the vinyl cleaning post hoping it would cover my
question. We have a vinyl tile floor in the kitchen and bath, and I've never
had this kind of flooring before. I have been cleaning it by hand because I
have no idea if regular mopping, even sponge mopping, would ...

About a week ago, I noticed that shower drain wasn't draining as fast as
it usually did - cleaned it - though there wasn't anything that appeared
to block it.
Ran shower again, and noticed same thing... also noticed that at the

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Maybe it's a long shot...but anyone in san diego or southern CA know
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I checked Albertsons as others have suggested before and they didn't
have any....

Does anyone know how to remove bicycle tyre/tire marks from painted interior
walls?
Some of the walls originally had (absorbent) wallpaper on, and were then
painted over

How useful are all of the cleaning products out there?
I usually just scrub the bathroom down with a bleach water solution but
some people seem to swear by all sorts of expensive products.  Is there
anything to all of that other stuff or is bleach just as good a

I have a pine chair that has a mark on the arm as if it was covered by a
sticky label, but its ground into the pine. Any suggestions how I can
remove it please

Yesterday I severely burned a pan. I've gotten as much of it out as I
can yet the bottom appears spotty and dark. Does anyone know of a
product that will make my pan look like new? Also, the smell of the
charred pan remains in the house. Does anyone have any hints to get rid