How Do I Clean My Suede Chair?

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Suede is a favorite choice for many home furnishings. It is soft, yet durable, and feels buttery soft against the skin. Cleaning suede is quite difficult, and you can ruin the material if you are not careful. Whenever possible, take your suede chair to professional cleaners. Since this is not always

Budget Carpet Ideas

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Carpets were first used in Asian countries and eventually gained popularity in the global market. Today, carpets have become an essential accessory to homes and offices around the world. Carpet serves as a floor covering, giving your room a cozy and elegant look. If you are interested in getting one

How to Build a Base for a Jetted Tub

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Jetted tubs must be covered around the base with a wooden frame and sheathing to hide the plumbing for the jets. Although these tubs are set directly on top of structural floors, they are not considered finished until a base is completed. You can build a base for your jetted tub in four to eight hou

How to Launder Sheer Curtains

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Sheer curtains filter light, enhance privacy and add elegance to any window. Most fabrics used in sheer curtains are machine washable, but you must handle delicate sheers carefully to avoid damage to the curtains, or yellowing of the fabric. Launder sheer curtains only when necessary and use quality

Products to Remove Pet Hair on Furniture

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Pets may be stress relievers, but they can also be stress producers when strands of their hair cover your furniture. Most people resort to just brushing the furniture to remove the hair. However, this method is labor-intensive and doesn't completely solve the problem. Now, there are...

How to Get Rid of Brush Marks When Painting a Fiberglass Door

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Painting a fiberglass door starts with a latex primer followed by a high-quality acrylic paint. When painting your door, it is important to use a paintbrush designated for acrylic paint. However, even with the best products and techniques, brush marks may appear after curing. Get rid of these marks

How to Get Rid of Permanent Marker

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Permanent marker pens are useful, but when you discover your child has decorated your furniture, walls, floor, or even himself with one, you may wish they had never been invented. However, permanent does not have to mean forever. The ink in these pens are not dyes; instead, they adhere themselves to

How to Use Laundry Bleach as a Disinfectant

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There are many uses for laundry bleach. It can brighten glasses, kill weeds, increase the lifespan of cut flowers, and---disinfect. Laundry bleach is also known as chlorine bleach or sodium hypochlorite and is mostly known for its ability to remove stains and whiten clothes. The contents of laundry

How to Make Perfumes & Linen Sprays

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Perfumes and linen sprays are both things to use if you want to make yourself or your surroundings smell better, but they need different ingredients and different procedures if you are going to make them yourself. The fragrance to alcohol ratio is different, as well as the kind of alcohol used in th

What Are the Raw Materials in Paraffin Wax?

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Paraffin wax is a multipurpose substance that is used to make crayons and lubricate bullets.wax crayons image by Aleksandr Ugorenkov from Fotolia.comParaffin wax is an odorless, colorless substance from a chemical family of alkane hydrocarbons. All substances in this family are composed...

How to Make a Trip Wire the Easy Way

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A trip wire mounted across a doorway to alert you to a stranger's presence can be a life-saving safety precaution. A homemade trip wire can be installed in a few minutes.

How to Display Wine Labels

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Certain bottles of wine have special meaning---perhaps it was the wine you drank the night you graduated college or were engaged, maybe it was a rare vintage you enjoyed while traveling, or maybe you simply adore the artwork and want to put it on display. Saving entire empty wine bottles with beauti

Home Remedies for Removing Spots & Stains from the Carpet

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How do I Clean Terrazzo Tile?

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For over 2000 years, terrazzo has been used as a material for floors. Composed of one part Portland cement to two parts marble, additional pieces of marble are added to create a mosaic form during installation. The marble itself is very resilient, but the cement is porous and prone to easy staining.

How to Clean Rusty Metal Without Removing the Paint

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Conventional wisdom says that if you want to remove rust from a metal object, you will have to sand it or use some other abrasive method to get the rust off. This can be tiring and time consuming although it is certainly effective. If you want to get rust off a metal object without removing the pain

How to Remove the Mold & Mildew Smell From Towels

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Every once in a while, someone in the family may forget to hang up a wet towel after use. Perhaps you forgot about a wet towel that was left in a damp basement for an extended period of time. Upon discovering such towels, you may find them smelling of mold, mildew or must. Sometimes musty odors pers

How to Get Rid of Cat Odors From a Basement Floor

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Having cat odors on a basement floor is very unpleasant and is unhealthy for you. The reason for the odors to be lingering is because the cats urine was soaked into the pours of the cement floor. The horrible odor will not leave until you clean the floor really well. There is a certain way you can c

How to Put a Cleaner in the Monster 1200

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The Monster 1200 SuperClean is a hand-held steam cleaner and sanitizer, according to the product manufacturer Euroflex Products Limited. Although the cleaner is powdered mainly by water converted to steam, it also has a sanitizing function. To kill bacteria and viruses, you add a cleaner called Clea

How to Make Your Own Window Draft Blocker

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A draft blocker is an inexpensive way to keep cold air out of your home. Make a draft blocker in less than an hour by sewing a few simple seams or joining fabric with fusible webbing. Choose fabric in a color to match the room or make it stand out with a bright fabric or colorful print. Add a touch

How to Kill Crabgrass During the Summer

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Crabgrass is a common, fast growing aggressive weed that can easily take over your lawn. Crabgrass is more than a nuisance, it can turn a once beautiful lawn into a weeded mess. The best defense against crabgrass is prevention by killing it before it starts to germinate. Unfortunately, circumstances