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Many people are searching for ways to decrease the amount of toxic chemicals used in their homes and natural carpet cleaning solutions can be effective. Both liquid carpet stain removers and powder carpet deodorizers can be made easily at home using non-toxic cleaning ingredients. Of course, all carpet cleaning solutions should be tested on a [...]
Cleaning the bathroom is not just a laborious task, but it can also be frustrating. Trying to remove those stubborn stains can seem impossible, and the gleam in your bathroom suite is long gone. Some simple tried and tested home remedies, however, can be really effective at speeding up the process of cleaning your bathroom. [...]
Untrained Housewife’s Founder, Angela England (that’s me) and @Heather Solos of Home-Ec101, are coming together to found a weekly Twitter chat called #homechat. HomeChat will, as you might guess, discuss all things home. Food, Cleaning, Organization, Home Safety, etc. When is #HomeChat Going to Take Place? #HomeChat will be taking place every Tuesday evening at [...]
I had the privilege of trying some of Full Circle Home’s cleaning products earlier this year, and now they have added even more to their line of eco-friendly cleaning tools. The Clean House Green House items add to an already outstanding line of products and to my own home. Eliminate Chemicals The idea behind the [...]
Today Wisk encouraged us to take a moment for ourselves by giving up a cute thing of lip gloss and a beautiful bath towel. I love lip gloss. But oily stains like those caused by grease, lip gloss, peanut butter, some lotions, cooking oils, etc can be a nightmare to get out of clothing! That’s [...]
Soapberries, more commonly known as soap nuts, are a “green” alternative to conventional detergents and are great for families with allergies and sensitivities. Finding the appropriate detergent to use in your laundry can be a hardship when you have small children or someone in your care with sensitive skin. Ordinary detergents are harsh on the [...]
Washing cloth diapers is something that cloth diapering parents will have to spend some time doing each day or week. However, knowing how to keep cloth nappies clean and soft as well as establishing a laundry routine will make things easier for new moms and dads. Here are some simple and effective cloth diaper care [...]
Tired of buying expensive surge protectors, only to discover that you can only fit two of your plugs onto the strip? Sick of seeing a huge tangle of wires and plugs, with two or three surge protectors connected together behind your television? Wait until you see the Socket Sense surge protector – this new type [...]
My two oldest kids had way too much fun helping me demonstrate the stain removal powers of Wisk laundry detergent with Stain Spectrum Technology. See their overboard antics. Remember when we learned about Wisk laundry detergent removing protein based stains from clothing, and how most clothing stains fall into the common categories of oils, protein [...]
As part of the Wisk with new Stain Spectrum™ Technology campaign, I got to participate in this cool science experiment with my kids. You can see in this video how we showed Wisk with Stain Spectrum™ laundry detergent fighting protein based grass stains. First we wrote Evan’s initial in Wisk with Stain Spectrum™ Technology laundry detergent on the stained [...]
