Homeowner Forum / Cleaning / April 2007

We have pretty good well water in unincorporated Naperville, IL,
Wheatland township, but we have orange stains on the grout and
fixtures. Not uncommon, but I figured it was just high iron content.
I

We are flooded in my furnished basement. We have furniture and carpet.
The water is still coming in after 5 days.
We are going to have the basement cleaned by a specialist. By that I
mean carpet taken up water sucked out, cleaned dried with fans and

I have accidentally used furniture polish for cleaning my wood floor
and made it slippery. Any suggestions will be greatly appreaciated.
Redd

She didn't even make it to the dance before she dripped soy sauce down
the front of the dress... any suggestions on how to get ot out?

One of the reasons I constantly have to clean my home office is due to
the volume of mail (bills etc) and important correspondence (e.g.,
Health Insurance docs) that generate a lot of paper trails.
Additionally, I have a lot of paper items from work that I need to keep

I have some fresh oil stains on my garage floor... what's the best way
to remove them?

I have had 3 ovens in my life, 2 self cleaning and 1 continuous
cleaning oven.  I know this is not a lot to base my opinion on, but
frankly, the continuous cleaning oven (CCO) was junk.  It was always
dirty.

I finally realized that if I trim down the bristles on my rattail
brush, I can really get into those fridge coils, plus get under the
stove, washer, and dryer too.
The brush is so stiff, that the circumference of the bristles made it

I have a window in a corner of the house which needs a security screen.
The window is lap and sash. The flyscreen has a wooden frame that is hold on
by slip around stoppers evenly spaced. One on each corner and in the middle.
The afternoon sun shines nicely in the bathroom.So the ...

I stayed at a hotel with a Jacuzzi in the room once and when I filled
it up and turned it on I could feel cold water squirt on me for a few
seconds.  I figured that it must have been from water that stayed in
the lines after the last person used it.  Pretty gross.

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I just bought a new truck. Floor mats don't do a lot of good around
mud, snow and water. Soon the carpet will be a mess.
I have seen, in model homes, a thin plastic film that looks like a
carpet runner but has a slightly sticky backing which holds it in

i've got a freezer that has a bad odor and wondering how to get it
out.heres my email address. SMALL-GEORGE@WEBTV.NET  i do appricate it.