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How to Sterilize Gardening Tools
Sanitizing garden tools is good practice even in a healthy environment but becomes critical when disease is present. Pruning is the most common way of transferring disease from one plant to the next, but shovels, garden forks and other tools also can spread soil-borne microbes from one area of the g
About Water-Damaged Hardwood Floors
Hardwood flooring is a beautiful addition to any home, but this unique type of flooring requires special care and consideration. Any home with hardwood floors should make use of rugs and furniture pads to protect the flooring. The most dangerous type of damage for hardwood floors, however, is water.
How to Use Crushed Coal to Absorb Oil
Activated carbon coal has absorbent properties that are ideal for collecting contaminants and small particles from water and other liquids. Coal often is used in water filters to help purify the water. You can use coal to soak up excess oil spilled on porous surfaces, such as a driveway. The coal pa
How to Clean Grout With White Vinegar
Vinegar has been used for over 10,000 years in cultures all around the world. Distilled white vinegar is commonly found in most American households. It has a myriad of uses from adding flavor and tang to culinary dishes to killing germs and most bacteria found on a wide variety of surfaces in the ho
How to Cover Textured Paint
Textured paint gives smooth walls color and depth at the same time, often eliminating the need for separate applications of wall texture and pigment. Unfortunately, the bumpy surface makes it difficult to paper over at a later date. Whether you want to remodel the walls to provide smooth, painted su
How to Clean Lacquer Off Brass
Removing lacquer from brass is a standard component of cleaning, preserving or restoring brass. You can use commercial or homemade cleaners to take off the lacquer in just a few minutes. Once lacquer is removed, brass can be polished to a high shine or relacquered as desired.
How to Remove Stains From an Englander Mattress That Is New
After a late night snack, or just a sick day in bed, food and drink stains may have made their way onto your mattress. Like most fabrics, removing the stain can be done, but it's not as easy as putting it in the washer. Mattress stains take a bit more time and patience to remove, but this can be don
How to Clean Salty Windows
Salty windows are inconveniences for those who face long, hard winters. Road salts prevent icing, but can splash onto your car windows. If you live in a coastal area, wind can carry droplets of saltwater to your home windows as well. In either case, when the water evaporates, white salt deposits rem
How to Remove Eyelash Glue From Clothes
Eyelash glue is used to bond artificial lashes to eyelids. It is an effective adhesive for its intended purpose, but the glue can be difficult to manage when handling cosmetics as fragile and small as fake eyelashes. This often results in excess eyelash glue being spilled, sometimes onto clothes. Th
How to Get Urine Smell Out of Carpeting
There's never a good place for accidents to happen when it comes to urine on the floor, but when urine gets onto the carpet it can create a smelly problem. Urine odor can get trapped into carpet fibers, making the smell linger long after the accident. Whether it's urine from your pet or difficulties
How to Make Taragon Fishtail Swags
Tarragon fabric is a specific shade of green that can complement a number of interior design schemes. For the do-it-yourself homeowner who does not want to sew an entire set of curtains, hanging the tarragon fabric in a fishtail swag is a simple solution. The fishtail swag frames the windows without
Water Stain Removal From Wallpaper
Removing water stains from wallpaper requires care and caution. Brownish water stains are usually caused by the tannin on the wooden frames of the house, which when wet, cause a dark water stain on the wallpaper. Many chemical-based cleaning products will remove the water stain, but they can damage
How to Make a Bleach Sanitizing Solution
Many people do not know they can make their own bleach sanitizing solution for a few pennies instead of spending several dollars for a commercially prepared sanitizer. It is simple and easy and very effective. You can sanitize surfaces, toys, handles and anything else that might be carrying disease
How to Clean Detergent Build-Up on Linoleum Floors
Linoleum flooring is made from linseed oil and other natural ingredients, such as resins and powdered corks. It is installed in sheets and often contains designs. The floor is covered with a vinyl sealant that protects the floor from damage. If you have linoleum flooring in the kitchen or laundry ro
Silicone Bakeware Cleaning Tips
Silicone bakeware is truly a gift to avid bakers everywhere. This soft and malleable material ensures that muffins and cakes easily pop out of their tins, and allows baked goods in complicated shapes like roses to maintain their shape. However, frequent bakers may notice that this silicone bakeware
Specifications for HP Calculator Models
HP produces a graphing calculator that can help in math classes.Jupiterimages/BananaStock/Getty ImagesHewlett-Packard, or HP, was established in 1939 by Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard, who were classmates at Stanford University. The company's first product was an electronic instrument for...
When Does Skunk Weed Flower?
The term "skunk weed" can refer to several different plants, but the most common is Symplocarpus foetidus, the Eastern skunk cabbage. This plant, which is native to swampy places in north eastern North America, is also sometimes known as "bear weed" and "polecat weed." The "skunk" and "polecat" adj
How to Keep the Contents of a Safe Free From Mildew
Sunlight and circulating air keep mildew away. Unfortunately, a safe does not have either. Safes are dark, tight-seamed, secure boxes that do not allow light to enter or air to flow. Many homeowners store valuable items in safes, including documents, money, and deeds, making them potential mildew ta