Homeowner Forum / Cleaning / March 2008

A great product to use on your household carpets that is Green Seal
Certified is Procyon Carpet & Upholstery Cleaner. It will not only
save you time but also money with its exceptional dilution rate of
1:13 - 1:32, which is about 1/10th of a penny per square foot of the

I put a sharpie in my pocket with out the lid. I have 2 pair of jeans with a
big black blob...any help would be appreciated.

I tried to post this yesterday and it didn't come through. I'll try
again:
I have some beige microfiber dining room chairs. A small amount of
soot drifted onto a couple chairs from outside and I don't know how to

....six years later
It was an Ibanez L5 Jazz Guitar

anyone know the name of the deodorizer that is used in Bus/Train lavatory
catchment container?-- has a blue color
tia
peter

I'm looking for a general purpose household cleaner
that is frugal and earth friendly and safe to humans as
well.
Specifically want to use it for spraying on the inside

We got our daughter a shirt autographed by her favorite
soccer player.  It is signed in permanent marker but the
club warns about washing it with ordinary detergent.  Is
there a cleaner that will safely clean this shirt without

We just moved into a new home.  I don't think the previous owenrs ever
cleaned the glass shower doors.  Our shower doors seems to be etched
with hard water stains. Nothing I have tried will remove them. Even
CLR does not remove them. Any suggestions?  Thanks!

You know those fragrance oil vases that have the sticks coming out of
them? Well sometime overnight a few nights ago, one of those vases
'mysteriously' spilt and didn't get cleaned up (soaked in the
furniture all night).

Lightly dampen a newly-laundered old cotton diaper with distilled
water.  Turn OFF your LCD and carefully and gently wipe.  Look at the
screen from an angle to reveal any missed spots.  I like this method
as it uses no harmful chemicals, won't scratch your screen and costs

My helper bought this while I was recovering from surgery.
Afterwards, I had a hard time finding it, as I really liked it.
Any endorsements?  
VERIFIED complaints?

Does non chlorine bleach really work? If I put white socks in the washer and
let them soak with non chlorine bleach will they turn out whiter than white?
I assume I can't use chlorine bleach as it will damage the elastic. Thanks!
Cameron

Could anyone please advise me on how best to clean large tiffany
pendant lampshades.  We have not long moved into a new house and there
are years of built up sticky grime on them.  Both lampshades are
really fragile and are suspended on long chains hung from the apex of