I’m a poor college student, so when I do my washes, I tend to mix colors and do it on cold. That way colors have less of a chance of running. It works better than you’d think. After a while my whites start to get a little darker, I suppose because of the blacks in the wash, including a shirt I just got (first wash!). This shirt, among a few others that could use some whitening, have that plastic shirt logo/band names/design.

I had my roof leak during all of the wonderful rains we received for 4 weeks straight. The rain came inside onto a mattress on my daybed. Cleaning it is a mess!

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I need to get the smell out of my area rug. The dog pooped on it.

Need advice on how to get candle wax out of pew cushion at church. It is left over from New Year’s eve’s candle light service.

I left some ziploc plastic bags in a suitcase that was stored in the attic. Now the suitcase has an odor. Any ideas about how to get rid of the odor? Is there anything I could put in the suitcase for freshening while in attic storage? It’s dusty (and hot) up there, so we need to keep it zipped shut. Thanks.

I am trying to clean up my condo. I have done really well. I am cleaning as I pick up, put away and straighten. There are repairs that need to be done and I can’t do them. I have asked and am going to put up a sign at church asking for help. As I put stuff away I know it doesn’t go in that place but I don’t have room in the place where it should go.