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Clean up your trim

Your wall trim and baseboards are the workhorses of
your walls, weathering shoe scuffs, furniture dings
and wear from kids and animals. Wall trim gets
touched, especially by small hands, and fingerprints
make it look grimy, says Alicia Ice, owner of A+
Custom Cleaning, who handles both commercial
and residential clients. Choose a room, and clean
up the wall trim and baseboards. " Clean from top to
bottom, " advises Ice, who says this is good practice
for cleaning any room, and is how her crew tackles
cleaning jobs.
Hack: Ice says for white trim, Mr. Clean Magic
Eraser pads are your best friend. They shine up
trim like new with less elbow grease required,
and save you from having to repaint.

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Get the gunk out of your grout
Sweeping or mopping a tile floor is sufficient for weekly or
monthly maintenance, but to really get things clean and looking
fresh, you need to tackle your dirty and stained grout. Tracy Perry
is a tile contractor in Roanoke, and installs tile for a living. Perry
says she dilutes a cup of white vinegar in a gallon of water, and
gets at grout with a scrub brush. You'll need a brush with stiff
bristles that don't collapse, and you can find one for under $5 at
hardware and big box stores.
Ice also mentions steam cleaning as another way to refresh
grout. There are many steam mops on the market, but The New
York Times Wirecutter website, which conducts extensive
reviews on everything from lip balm to laptops, likes the Bissell
PowerFresh Steam Mop 1940, but cautions to only use it on
glazed tile or sealed stone to prevent damage. A flip down
scrubber on the mop targets grout.
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