Homeowner Forum / Cleaning / September 2006

Does anyone know the best thing to use to clean outdoor patio furniture?

I live by myself in a one-bedroom apartment.  I work from home as well.
I think it would take an hour a day to keep it reasonably clean, two hours
to have it spotless.
That's including laundry.

How do you clean an aluminum baking pan that was used for roasting?...
there are baked on black, dark brown, light brown difficult to remove
residues
How would that home cleaning remedies guy on public television, Graham

I have a fairly new carpet, I dragged some furnture across it now I
have the 2 foot sofa leg creese in my carpet I tried a lot of things.
Any surgestion on how to make this look like the rest of the carpet
again?

At the bottom of cat litter boxes is usually a dark brown or gray
mineral that doesn't scrub off.
A few years ago I tried using CLR I think it was.  It bubbled up and
got rid of it.  It did not hurt the plastic litter box at all.  It

mineral oil which is non toxic is great for removing those sticky
labels and odds and ends that will not come off---also good to clean
the sliders in windows - they also will slide easier. you can buy this
at a drug store- in a pinch you can use baby oil as this is mineral oil

any idea how to clean a stain of red wine from a painted wall? (short
of repainting the whole
wall)...
thanks

A few years back we had a new bathtub installed.It has made into the tub
a gritty feel at a certain spot to help keep you from sliding, instead
of using a mat. I forgot to mention it is white and over the years the
gritty spots have become dark colored no matter how hard  I try to ...

I have a khaki colored couch and it is beginning to look a little
dirty.  I wanted to clean it and then treat with Scotch Guard.  Are
there any suggestions on how to best clean the couch?  The cusion
covers are 100% cotton.  I have heard people talk about oxyclean and

Any idea on the best way to clean toys?
I have, for starters, a fair sized box of Lego... It was in a cardboard box
(I'd say it's about a 2' cubic box) and I dig this box out to find that the
cat has peed in it.

picking blackberries yesterday i got some of the juice on my shirt.  any
simple ideas on how to remove please?

What do you folks recommend for cleaning kitchen cabinets? They are dark
pine.    Thanks

haven't posted here in ages, but now would like to ask-- are there any
good cleaning uses for an old flannel sheet?  It has a 6 inch hole in
it, but I hate to chuck the whole thing out.
Thanks.

Hi there. I have a lot of short sleeved 'Gabicci' tops which I wear on an
everyday basis. The tops are 52% cotton and 48% polyester. The area under
the arms has become creased and hard which I think is due to a mixture of
sweat and deodorant. These stains are not effected in any ...

Im thinking of setting up my own Domestic cleaning business! Ive been trying
to come up with an apt name ....i wouyld appreciate any ideas?
Deb