Cleaning and Stains Resources from Home Directory

ALPCA Online: License Plate Cleaning Tips - Advice from collectors. Includes instructions for removing stickers and adhesives.

AskMen - Getting Rid of Typical Guy Stains - How to deal with various types of stains. Includes general rules for stain removal.

BellaOnline - Cleaning - Articles offering tips and lists. Includes a newsletter and discussion forum.

Bird Dropping Stain Removal - Question posted on a message board about removing the stain from paint; one answer posted.

Blackmon Mooring - Tips on removing carpet stains and spots. Features search by specific stain type.

Boston Apartments - Cleaning Tips - Offers tips for caring for appliances fixtures drains and glassware. Includes laundry hints.

Carpet and Rug Institute - Care and Cleaning - Covers difficult stains pet stains water damaged carpet and how to remove specific stains.

Carpet Stain Index - Stain removal guide for common carpet stains. Includes general rules for stain treatment.

Clean Up Pages - Stain removal odor removal and other special clean-up techniques. Features common household surfaces FAQ and a newsletter.

Clean Your PC - Advice on maintaining computers monitors mouse printers fax machines and scanners. Includes supply list. From TechTV.

Cleaning Recipes for a Healthy Home - Recipes for environmentally friendly household products. Includes information for reducing hazardous products in the home.

Cleaning Tips for My Little Ponies - How to clean the toy My Little Pony.

Cleaning Your Dutch Oven - Instructions on cleaning different kinds of Dutch ovens; from a general site on Dutch ovens that includes recipes and cooking tips.

Cleaning.com - Offers basic and advanced information. Features a forum and a newsletter.

Dilmaghani's Interactive Stain Removal Chart - Searches a database for a specified stain type. Includes instructions.

Do-It-Yourself Spot Removal Guide - Different kinds of carpet stains and how to remove them. Includes preventive maintenance information.

DoItYourself.com - Cleaning and Stain Removal Tips - House cleaning stain removal and carpet cleaning tips. Includes homemade cleaners. Includes home-made cleaning product recipes and a discussion forum.

Down the Ages - Cleaning polishing and insect repellent recipes. Features household recipes of past ages.

DrClean - Offers solutions to cleaning clothes carpets and curtains with step-by-step pictorial instructions. Includes information on handling disputes with professional cleaners.

Guidelines for Stain and Spot Removal from Carpet and Rugs - General stain removal guidelines as well as a list of specific stains for more detailed instructions.

Handyman USA - Cleaning Tips - Advice on dealing with mildew chopping blocks soot stains wood stains and piano keys. Includes cleaning recipes.

Home Cleaning Solution Center - Articles and advice on simple safe techniques and materials. Features recipes for household products.

Housecleaning-Tips - Tips for cleaning a kitchen and a bathroom as well as advice on controlling clutter. Includes lists of recommended cleaning tools.

How Stuff Works - How Home Dry Cleaning Works - Fully illustrated tutorial. Includes advantages and disadvantages of doing it yourself.

How To Clean Anything - Hints for in and around the house. Includes tips for recreation vehicles toys and sporting goods.

IVillage - Cleaning - Articles and quizzes on topics including laundry grease fires and upholstry.

Jenny's Hints - Cleaning and organizing home and garden. Includes tip of the week.

Label Talk for Consumers - Includes guides to common care symbols common home laundering and drycleaning symbols and stain removal answers to common care questions; from Textile Industry Affairs.

Making Choices About Salvaging Flood Damaged or Wet Furniture - Information about restoring furniture after a flood to prevent mildew and odors.

Making Choices About Salvaging Wet or Flood Damaged Carpet - Information about caring for carpeting that has has been damaged by flooding.

Messy Gourmet Archive - Stains - An archive of tips for food and cooking related stains.

Murgatroyd - Offers actions and remedies for clothing. Includes supply list.

Piano Care - Suggestions for cleaning and placement of pianos.

Realistic Living Presents Your Organized Home - Advice on home cleaning and organizing. Includes recipes for cleaning products.

Reducing Hazardous Products in the Home - Advice for avoiding hazardous products and recipes for cleaners to replace them. Includes usage guides.

Removing Mineral Deposits from Household Surfaces - Shows how to remove mineral deposits such as hard water stains lime soap scum and film from bathroom fixtures sinks dishes countertops and other household surfaces.

SoYouWanna Clean Your Apartment? - Basic plan of action for cleaning messy apartments. Features information for tough areas and how to keep an apartment clean.

Spring Cleaning Tips and Tricks - Advice on periodic procedures. Includes a room-by-room game plan.

Stain Buster - Advice on stain removal from clothing carpets and upholstery. Features technique overview cleaning solutions and bleach basics. From Good Housekeeping.

The Soap And Detergent Association - Information on use and composition of soaps and detergents. Includes cleaning products overview laundry products dishwashing and environmental topics.

Utensil Tips - Tips for caring for kitchen items from aluminumware to woodware.

Water Nuisances: Alternatives to Cleaning Deposits on Household Surfaces - Discusses many cleaning problems and solutions.