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Cleaning & Organization

Cleaning & Organization

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Cleaning & organization are tough jobs. However, finding cleaning & organization tips on Hometalk will help you complete your projects faster and with less elbow grease. Check out ideas for ecological and green cleaning like making your own cleaning products from non-toxic items already in your home. Also, share photos of your latest organization success and inspire others who are looking to organize their homes. If you have a helpful cleaning & organization tip, share it with Hometalk members who have posted cleaning & organization questions.



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Cleaning & Organization: How to clean film from newly installed white subway tile in shower.

I just had my shower redone after experiencing a leak. I used white subway tile. I noticed many of them have a film that doesn't wash off and others feel rough. I am assuming it is from ...»
the grout. What is the best way of cleaning these? Thanks.

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Lynn C. Deltona, FL 12 hours ago
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  • Everyday products come with packaging that can easily be repurposed into organizing trays.
  • Simply trim the edge off.
  • This 1 simple packaging item can be used 10 different ways for organizing around the home.

Use Repuposed Packaging to Organize Your Home

Repurpose the packaging from common products you have around your home to organize items in your home. 1 packaging item is used to organize 10 different ways.
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Organized 31 Ashburn, VA 18 hours ago
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    Lynne 18 hours ago
    when i had five kids at home i had to get creative, even before it was popular..thanks for the ...»
    post and reminding us there's a use for everything

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Mandi Gubler Saint George, UT Yesterday
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Got Grease? Get LA's Totally Awesome!

My white kitchen cabinets have never looked so clean and grease free! Have you tried this yet? This stuff really is Totally Awesome and you can pick it up at the Dollar store!
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BungalowAtHome-Luci Nutley, NJ Yesterday
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    Donna C 5 hours ago
    I love this stuff.My sis spilled red juice on my carpet in living room I ran for the awesome ...»
    carpet cleaner by the time she got back in living room it was gone!

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Cleaning & Organization: I've had my stove (Maytag) about two years and have never cleaned the

oven. Until recently, it didn't need it. Now it does. I've never had a self-cleaning oven until this one and after quickly reading the instructions, I'm hesitant to turn it up to 500 degrees for so long. Is it better to do that or to clean it with an oven cleaner? Oven cleaning has never been a favorite thing of mine. Which works better? Self-cleaning or DIY? And if DIY, what's the easiest way to do it? In the past, I've always bought something like Easy-Off, but would rather go a more natural way, if possible.

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Louise Norcross, GA 2 days ago
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    Lisa C 54 minutes ago
    I have always turned mine on at night and in the winter. My plan is we live in Fl it is hot so ...»
    I do it at night when no one will notice so much and in the winter normally January after all the holiday baking is done. Tips move everything off the top and around as it gets very warm and things can melt! taking the shelves out is a good idea they will discolor.

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Cleaning & Organization: Getting smoke smell off artificial leather

I picked up a 'leather' looking chair someone had put out next to the road. It was beautiful burgundy on rollers. I stopped and loaded it in the back of my truck on my way to work. Didn't ...»
notice the smell till I unloaded it much later at home. I have tried window cleaner, orange oil cleaner, Pine Sol, leather cleaner, dish soap and have stopped short of bleach. NOTHING is working! I have the chair out on my covered porch and when it is really humid or rainy the smell about gags me. REALLY hate to pitch it, there just has to be something else I haven't tried yet. Any suggestions???

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Jeanine Witherell Eaves La Coste, TX 2 days ago
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    Jeanette S Yesterday
    Again, here I go with Odo-Ban. It can be purchased from WalMart or Sams...or if not there, ...»
    look on line. Every household needs at least a gallon of it around. Make sure you turn the chair on its front and spray the "insides". It could have been "used" by a pet and Odo-Ban will get rid of that smell. You have to take it to a garage like area and spray it over several days. If after a few sprays the odor does not go away and there is a covering under the cushion, you may have to take that loose and investigate for some source of smell. If it is a good chair in good shape, it is worth the effort. If you do not know how to put the covering back together, you may want to check with an upholstery shop before you start. They might give you a good price to put it back together for you. Just take care.

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10 Cleaning Tips by a Professional....bring the FUN back to Cleaning!

I own my own cleaning business and use these practical, time saving tips every day to make homes sparkle. (They think I spent all day cleaning because everything is so clean it looks brand new again!)

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Sew-Licious Home Decor Dallas, TX 3 days ago
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Cleaning & Organization: Does anyone know how to clean a very dirty "fawn" color leather couch?

When I bought these two couches in 1999, they cost me like $6,000+. The back cushions are not tacked down by anything and they are always getting squished down and well the thing looks ...»
sloppy (wish I'd known that they would do that before I purchased them! Que Sera, Sera!) and now with 3 toddler boys and others the color doesn't even look like what it was. They've been pretty beaten up; however, the frame is strong and they were expensive, what to do or is there anything I can do? They have been cleaned by people using the worst things so they are really in bad shape as far as the leather goes. Is there a way to re-stain them? (Though every scratch in the leather will show up pronounced, wow, I'm talking myself out of this!)

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Pamela Salo Oakhurst, CA 4 days ago
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    Priscilla E 3 days ago
    Try cleaning with a bar of Dove Soap. I cleaned a white leather to new with Dove.
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Cleaning & Organization: Cigarette smoke stains

My parents had some beautiful black and white etchings that are now mine. However, they were heavy smokers and although the prints were framed, the smoke penatrated and gave them a yellow cast. Is there any way of removing this stain?

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Madeline M Newport News, VA 4 days ago
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    Sia@South 47th 4 days ago
    Madeline M Ahhh, well I'd take ...»
    them in and have them checked to see if they can be cleaned via home-style. Better to be safe than sorry. xo

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  • I keep this filled and ready to go in the shower.
  • You can see the soap residue that had built up over time.
  • Can you see the glass now? Neither can I! It is so spotless and streak free it is amazing!

Miracle Wand for Cleaning Glass Shower Doors

Fill a dish wand with cleaning solution for glass. Makes for easy upkeep of glass shower doors.
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