You’ve heard that the air inside our homes is significantly more polluted than the air outside, right? In fact, some studies say it is three to five times more polluted! To top it off, our indoor air quality becomes even…
Browsing: Clean & Deodorize
If you’re getting ready to refinish old furniture or repaint old window frames, you’ll probably need to remove the previous paint first. If the existing paint was oil or latex — or it was an oil-based stain — then you’ll…
You’ve just finished that big paint job and it looks fantastic. Congrats! Now… what about those dirty paintbrushes, rollers, and paint cans? Well, if you used oil-based stains or latex paints, you can’t just hose them off and call it…
That thick stench of cigarette smoke really sticks to everything, doesn’t it? But what really stinks is that commercial deodorizers can be as nasty as the smoke itself. Gel air fresheners and deodorizing sprays emit harmful chemicals into the air…
When I was a kid, we would clean our grandmother’s antique water pitchers and silverware before every holiday dinner. I remember using some funky smelling cream that we’d rub on the silver until the black tarnish moved onto the cloth.…
If you’ve got a stale, musty odor in your basement, you may have a small water leak. Coupled with poor ventilation, the still water can quickly lead to mold build-up. These pesky mold spores also love hanging out on the…
Oh, the smell of a freshly painted room! It signals the beginning of a creative new endeavor and a fresh, clean start. It can also signal that it’s time to open a window and put on the fan. But if…
Well-marketed deodorizers often use chemicals to cover diaper smells and other odors around the home. There are two reasons why I don’t like that. The chemicals do not kill or absorb the odors. They only mask them temporarily, so the…
I’ve always been a bit freaked out by commercial air fresheners and fabric deodorizers… even before I became obsessed with reading labels and searching for non-toxic products. It’s because I can’t even walk down the cleaning aisle or into a…
I’m just going to come right out and say it. Spending money on glass cleaners completely unnecessary! Most store-bought glass cleaners use ammonia as their active ingredient. Sure, ammonia does a beautiful job on glass. But its fumes can really…