Chester's Clean House: Weekly Recap

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July is always a very busy month around our house. The yard and garden are in full growth and require more of our time and attention. We haven't been getting a lot of rain lately so we have had to water the lawn more than I like. The indoors need extra attention also. When the air conditioning is on, the closed up house can really lower the air quality. I find that we have to dust twice as often and the air filters need changed more often. This most likely is due to the dog and cat shedding and the dirt the kids drag in. The Furminator and Dyson do help with the pets but since it is too hot outside for them so they stay indoors more. I hope you are all having a great summer and on to July's most popular posts.

January's Most Popular Articles

Here are the articles that got the most views in January. We have lots of great cleaning tips many of our new readers may not have found. Be sure to explore the Topic Cloud on the left side bar and use the search box in the top right to explore our tips. We are already at over 500 cleaning tips! If you like our tips please email or tell a friend about them.

Eco-Cleaning Weekly Recap

By using ordinary household items to clean you can make a difference to our environment. Vinegar, baking soda, borax and salt can do wonders around you house for a much lower cost than the toxic commercial cleaners. Here are the posts we published this week, and don't forget to look at our homemade cleaners for even more green cleaning ideas.

Recycling Week Recap

Recycling is one of the easiest things we can do to help protect our environment. Here are the posts we covered this week:

Cleaning 101 Weekly Recap

This week we posts a lot about cleaning basics. It is always a good idea to remember the basics when you clean. Things like blotting from the outside of a stain and working your way into the middle in a spiral can be the difference between an easy cleaning job and a nightmare.

Are we destroying our environment and poisoning our families by cleaning our houses?

Most of the cleaning products on the market today contain toxic chemicals. It is estimated that the average U.S. house has over 60 toxic chemicals in it. Over 3 million people are poisoned by household cleaning products each year in the U.S.; the majority are children under 6. The average American home's air also has chemical levels 70 times greater than outdoor air. Have you thought about what this might do to your heath, and the heath of your family?

In addition to polluting our homes, what is the manufacture of these chemicals doing to our environment? How are these products made? What kind of waste is produced in their manufacture and use? All of these questions are hard to answer, and large corporations don't want us to know.

At Chester's Clean House we have been posting tips to help you make your own household cleaners that are safer for the environment, get the job done as well as the toxic versions, and will save you time and money. We want to help the environment and spread the word of the wonders of vinegar, baking soda, and borax and we need your help. Please use the email icon ( ) and pass this along to somebody you care about, and we can start to make a change. Here is a list of our posts from this week and earlier that can get you started on making your own homemade cleaners and making a change:

How Many Dangerous Chemicals Do You Have In Your House?
What's in Oven and Drain Cleaners?
Truth About the Anti-Bacteria Fad
Do Product Warning Labels Really Inform Us?
Beware Of Your Furniture Polish
Bleached Paper Towels and Coffee Filters May Be Bad For Your Health
Open Your Windows
Tips To Keep Your Kids Safe From Household Chemicals
Potential Hazards of Borax
Homemade Cleaners - over 60 homemade cleaner recipes
Home Remedies - over 20 home remedies to rid your home of pests

Pet Week Recap

I love my pets, but sometimes they can be messy and mischievous. Here are the tips we covered this week that should help you keep them under control.

Quick Tip Week Recap

This week we looked at some quick and quirky cleaning tips. Remember to pass your favorite cleaning tips to us so we can share them with everyone else.

Hard Water Week Recap

Here are the hard water tips from last week:

Bathroom Cleaning Tip Week Recap

In case you missed any of our bathroom cleaning tips this week, here is a quick recap:

Previous bathroom tips:

Aroma Therapy Week Recap

Here are our posts from aroma therapy week:

Bug Home Remedy Weekly Recap

Here is a quick recap of the bug home remedies we posted this week:

Floor Cleaning Week Recap

We covered numerous floor cleaning tips this week and in the past. Here is a list of links if you missed any:

If you have a great tip that we haven't covered pass it along!

Kitchen Cleaning Week Recap

Here are some of the kitchen cleaning tips we posted this week:

Stop Refrigerator Odors - A through cleaning always help keep the fridge fresh.

Fruit Fly Problem? - Now you know where they come from, and how to stop them.

Get Cleaner Dishes From Your Dishwasher - The solid Jetdry really does work better.

Cleaning Grout in your Kitchen - Give this a try in the bathroom too.

Cleaning and Caring For Granite Countertops - Be sure to protect your investment. Treated correctly granite counter tops can last a lifetime.

Clean Your Dishwasher - Icky dishwasher equals icky dishes!

Stop The Spread Of Food Born Illnesses - Very basic info that could save your life.

Removing Tea or Coffee Stains From Countertops - I can forget this tip once I beat my addiction to coffee.

Cleaning Tile Counter Tops and Back Splashes - Clean tile looks so nice in the kitchen.

Turn Your Yellowing Appliances White Again - Turn back the clock on your appliances.

Keep your Kitchen Trash Can Fresh - Nothing kills my appetite more then the smell of trash.

Homemade Oven Cleaner - Fight the nasty stains in your oven without harsh chemicals.

Easy Microwave Cleaning - This one is so simple and works on regular ovens too.

Freshen your Kitchen in 30 Seconds - I love the smell of oranges.

Removing Stains From Granite Countertops - Keep your granite looking like new for years to come.

Cleaning Burner Pans - If baked on stains have blackened your burner pans, give these tips a try.

Laundry Week Recap

This week was laundry week. I hope you found the tips useful. If you have any tough laundry stains or tips you like to share please send them in. Here is what we covered this week:

Laundry Basics - You have to start somewhere. For most laundry pros this is all common sense.

Laundry Tips For Coffee Stains - Once too many times I have dribbled coffee onto my self. These tips really do work.

Wash Your Washing Machine - This is really important to help your washing machine last a long time. With the newer high end models costing over a $1000 you want that investment to last.

Removing Oil-Based Paint from Clothing - This is why I painting cloths. If you use latex based paint try using regular hand soap and hot water. It works much better if you get to it as soon as possible.

Removing Grass Stains from Clothing - If you have kids you will know how hard grass stains can be to get out.

Rid Your Cloths of "Ring Around The Collar" - This is an issue for me this time of year as it can get pretty hot around here. I use shampoo every week on my work shirts.

Reduce Stains on Pillow Cases With Starch - This works great, too bad it doesn't do anything for drool!

Set The Colors In Your New Cottons - I don't know why some cloths don't come from the factory with this already done.

Laundry Stain Fighting Tips to Maximize Your Results - A little knowledge can really help save your cloths.

Remove Grease Stains from Clothing - Next time you work on your car remember these tips.

Removing Sweat Stains from Clothing - It's really import to watch what you mix with bleach.

Supercharge your Ironing Board - I learned about this about 10 years ago and I can't even imagine how much time it has saved me over those years.

Removing Deodorant Stains from Clothing - This tip really helps my work shirts.

Chester's Clean House weekly recap

This week was homemade cleaner week. Homemade cleaners can be quite handy. In a pinch you can mix a few household items together saving a trip to the store and sometimes what got dirty. I find my self using more homemade cleaners because of the cost savings over commercial cleaners and their ability to be tailored to the task at hand. If you missed any of them this week here is a quick reference:

Easily Clean Your Shower with this homemade cleaner plus a few tips to make your shower cleaning go a little quicker.

Homemade vomit carpet and upholstery cleaner is indispensable. It not only cleans many of the stains left behind from vomit, but also the smell.

Homemade glass cleaner works as good as the stuff you buy at the store, but cost about 1/2 as much.

Homemade oven cleaner will help keep your oven clean without making food taste funny the next time you use it.

Homemade tough stain carpet remover has saved my carpets several times. Give it a try and let me know your results.

Next time you have a pet accident or smelly stain give my homemade odor remover a try. It'll freshen your day.

Keep the shocking moments away from your family with the homemade static destroyer.

Homemade floor cleaner will make quick work of your laminate floors. No more mop and bucket please.