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Our best tips for removing yellow armpit stains from your favorite shirts. Tip #3 worked best for me! Our best tips for removing yellow armpit stains from your favorite shirts. Tip #3 worked best for me!

Q: So I am in my late 40’s, and in the last couple years, I seem to suddenly have underarm stains on all of my 100% cotton long-sleeve shirts (button down, dress-shirts). I don’t sweat a lot, have tried switching deodorants, and switched from using “All-Clear” to Wisk– with Clorox-two.   The stains are sort…

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cleaning a burnt milk stain from a black ceramic stove top cleaning a burnt milk stain from a black ceramic stove top

How to Clean a Burnt Milk Stain   Tip #1: Thank you at this website for all your suggestions on removing burnt milk from a black ceramic stove top. It may save my marriage.   My wife (the kitchen queen, who normally doesn’t allow me to set foot within her kingdom, or…er…queendom; i.e. the kitchen)…

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My favorite tip for cleaning kitchen floors by mopping with vinegar. One of my favorite kitchen floor cleaning hacks! My favorite tip for cleaning kitchen floors by mopping with vinegar. One of my favorite kitchen floor cleaning hacks!

Tip #1: When cleaning tile floors, try spritzing with vinegar and then sprinkling baking soda on a sponge and scrubbing.   See Today’s List of Best Mops for Tile Floors     Tip #2: I found the best cleaning and spot free drying on my tile floor is 1-part lemon ammonia to three parts water…

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Easy tips for removing grease from kitchen cabinets. You will also discover the clever trick for cleaning sticky wood kitchen cabinets. Easy tips for removing grease from kitchen cabinets. You will also discover the clever trick for cleaning sticky wood kitchen cabinets.

A reader was trying to help her mother-in-law clean her house by helping her remove the grease from her kitchen cabinets. The cabinets not been cleaned in several years. The problem is she had grease all over her cabinets. She tried several kitchen cabinet grease removers, but nothing worked. The grease remained.   Cleaning Cabinets…

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Ten uses for baking soda to clean your home that you've never tired before. Some of my favorite cleaning hacks! Ten uses for baking soda to clean your home that you've never tired before. Some of my favorite cleaning hacks!

1) Make a paste of baking soda and water and rub on insect bites to relieve itching. 2) Remove coffee and tea stains by scrubbing pots or cups with baking soda and a plastic scouring pad. 3) Add 1/3 cup baking soda to a wash cycle as a bleach booster or to the rinse cycle…

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