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How to Clean Hardwood After a Toilet Overflow

May 3, 2018 by Heather Solos Leave a Comment

Q: How do I clean up my hardwood floors after a toilet overflows. This question appeared as a comment on How to Clean Up After a Toilet Overflows The difference between cleaning up toilet water on your typical bathroom flooring e.g. vinyl or tile and cleaning up hardwood is the hardwood is porous.   The advice…

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Filed Under: Clean It, Fix It Tagged With: Bathroom, Flooring

How to Clean Up After a Toilet Overflows

March 30, 2016 by Heather Solos 15 Comments

How to Clean Up After the Toilet Over Flows

Dear Home Ec 101, So, twice this has happened lately thanks to little girls who don’t always flush when they’re supposed to. I have all the towels to mop up the water and um mess, from the toilet overflow itself. Then I have to wash the towels, floor, and toilet. And then I feel the need…

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Filed Under: All, Clean It Tagged With: Bathroom, Floors, Germs

Fighting Back Against That Lived-In Look

March 22, 2016 by Heather Solos 3 Comments

how to fight back against that lived-in look

Hi Home-Ec 101, I admit, I am a terrible housekeeper, but I am trying to improve, and I long for a house I can be proud of. We have lived in our 1957 Cape Cod home for 8 years. It probably came with a certain amount of wear and tear, but our 3 kids, 2…

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Filed Under: Clean It Tagged With: Bathroom, Family Room, Flooring, Kitchen, Living Room

Cleaning The Bathroom: A Home-Ec 101 Guide

February 3, 2015 by Jendi 1 Comment

bathroom cleaning

If guests are coming over the bathroom is the first room I head to with cleaning supplies. It definitely helps to give it some attention weekly, and once I met a woman that wiped hers down daily so she never had heavy cleaning in the bathroom. Whatever your choice is – or if it’s a…

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Filed Under: Clean It Tagged With: Bathroom, Bathtub, guide, shower, Sink, toilet

Cleaning Bedrooms And Closets: A Home-Ec 101 Guide

January 7, 2015 by Jendi 1 Comment

bedroom and closet cleaning

The designers and decorators often tell us that bedrooms are to be an oasis. A calm place where we can go to relax and sleep. I don’t know about yours, but mine tends to be where things get stashed during the dash that happens when someone is arriving in 10 minutes. I don’t mind that…

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Filed Under: Clean It Tagged With: Bathroom, cleaning, guide

Soap Scum and Acrylic Bathtubs

July 2, 2014 by Heather Solos Leave a Comment

Dear Home-Ec 101, How do I remove built up soap scum from my acrylic tub? Signed, Scummed in Scuddy Heather says: Soap scum is a generic term for that funky film that is created by soap and hard water creating a loving bond with your tub or shower. It’s ugly and a pain in the…

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Filed Under: Clean It Tagged With: Bathroom, Bathtub

How to Clean a Bath Mat After a Toilet Overflow

December 12, 2013 by Heather Solos 5 Comments

how to clean a bath mat

Dear Home Ec 101, I found your article on How to Clean Up After a Toilet Overflow useful, but I was wondering if you could tell me how to clean my daughter’s colorful bath mat? Thanks! My Cup Overflows With Gratitude Heather says Isn’t adulthood fun? The good news is that your bath mat is…

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Filed Under: Clean It, Wash It Tagged With: Bathroom, laundry

Hard Water Deposits in a Toilet Bowl

December 17, 2012 by Heather Solos 12 Comments

how to clean hard water deposits out of toilet

Dear Home-Ec 101, During the walk-through when we purchased our current home, we flushed our toilets, but did not raise the lids. After we moved in, to our horror, two of our toilets were gross! First problem, I am told that it is hard water deposits, so when toilet waste is flushed down, stuff catches…

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Filed Under: Clean It Tagged With: Bathroom, toilet

How to Fix Stained Acrylic Tubs and Shower Pans

September 17, 2012 by Heather Solos 2 Comments

how to fix a stained tub & shower pan

Dear Home Ec 101 How do I get rid of the dirt and grime stains on the bottom of acrylic bathtubs? Same for the acrylic floors of most stand-up showers? I have tried cleaners and bleach to no avail. Thanks! Signed, Scratched in Screven Heather says: Surfaces such as acrylic, while fairly inexpensive when compared…

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Filed Under: Clean It Tagged With: Acrylic, Bathroom

How to Clean a Very Dirty Toilet

February 2, 2012 by Heather Solos 36 Comments

How to clean a very dirty toilet.

Dear Home Ec 101, How do I clean a really gross toilet? It has all that yellow and brown crud inside that just won’t come off. I heard that pumice stones scratch the porcelain and only make it worse. Please HELP! Signed, Skeeved in Skaneateles   Heather says: Since people searching for how to clean…

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Filed Under: Clean It Tagged With: Bathroom, Bathroom fixtures, toilet

How to Clean a Grimy Bathtub and Surround

January 26, 2012 by Heather Solos 12 Comments

clean grimy bathtub

Dear Home-Ec 101, I have a 25 year white tub surround that has accumulated a darkened tint due to left over scum even after cleaning it often enough for this very busy mom and full time art teacher.  What is fast and quick and odorless, green, effective, etc. Seems that I am also very good…

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Filed Under: Clean It Tagged With: Bathroom, shower, Tub

How to Scrub a Tile Floor

September 7, 2011 by Heather Solos 3 Comments

scrub a tile floor

Dear Home-Ec 101, I was looking on your site for information on the best (and hopefully most efficient) way to scrub floors.  I found posts on your site about linoleum and mopping, but the only thing I found on scrubbing was a sentence saying that scrubbing floors required significantly more water.  I have tile floors…

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Filed Under: Clean It Tagged With: Bathroom, cleaning tile, Flooring, Kitchen, Tile

The Unappreciated Importance of Regular Toilet Cleaning

November 19, 2010 by Heather Solos 8 Comments

toilet cleaning

Dear Home Ec 101, I have a 9 month old baby girl and as she is becoming more mobile, it is becoming a lot more important to me to keep things really clean. She loves crawling into the bathroom and playing with those little plastic screw covers at the base of the toilet and as…

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Filed Under: All, Clean It Tagged With: Bathroom, Body Fluids, Cleaning 101, Eco-Friendly, Germs, toilet

How to Fix a Constantly Running Toilet

July 22, 2010 by Heather Solos 8 Comments

Dear Home-Ec 101, The toilet, in my bathroom is constantly making noise. It sounds like water is always running. Is there any way to turn that off? Signed, For the Love of Pete, Someone Jiggle the Handle Already! Heather says: There are a few things that can go wrong inside the tank of a toilet…

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Filed Under: All, Fix It Tagged With: Bathroom, DIY, how to, Plumbing

Cleaning The Bathtub

November 30, 2009 by Heather Solos 35 Comments

clean bathtub ring

Dear Home-Ec 101, I’m hoping you or your readers can help me with this household problem.  Our bathroom has a plastic-inserted bathtub, and it seems as if no matter how much I clean and scrub away at it, the tub still has this scummy ring around it that won’t go away.  I’ve tried several commercial…

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Filed Under: All, Clean It Tagged With: Bathroom, Bathtub, Hardwater, Reader Questions, soap scum

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