Guy Peters
House Cleaning Professional
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How to
Polish a Marble Floor by Hand
Has your marble floor lost its shine? Marble floors add a luxurious touch to any home with beautifully-textured surfaces. However, it’s important to use the right technique to polish a marble floor by hand in order to ...
13 Easy Ways to Remove Sharpie from a Desk, Countertop, Wall, & More
Get rid of permanent marker stains on wood, glass, plastic, & moreSharpies are great for making permanent marks on paper, but when they get on surfaces you don’t want, the stains might seem impossible to remove. Luckil...
How to
Clean a Vinyl Fence
Straightforward steps on getting your vinyl fence back in tiptop shapeVinyl fencing is a convenient solution to traditional wooden fencing. Not only does it not rot, but it usually doesn’t need to be painted. However, ...
How to
Clean Vinyl Furniture
Vinyl furniture requires regular upkeep to remain clean. For routine cleaning, use only mild soap and warm water to gently rub down your vinyl furniture. For stains, use cleaners like bleach and hydrogen peroxide. After ...
How to
Clean Mops
Your mop cleans your floors, but what happens when you need to clean your mop? Keeping your mop clean is actually really easy. In most cases, a wet mop just needs a rinse in between uses, while a dust mop just needs to b...
How to
Repair Wicker Furniture
Wicker furniture can be a lovely addition to your home if you are able to maintain it properly. It's easy to do basic repair, or you can use simple replacement reeds to do larger repairs! Your wicker furniture will stay ...
How to
Remove Oil from Wood
Because wood is porous, it absorbs oil very quickly, often leaving a nasty stain. Whether you’re dealing with cooking oil spills on floors and benches, or hand oil from repeated use of furniture and doors, removing oil...
How to
Polish Acrylic
Did you know that cloudy, roughed-up acrylic can be sanded down to a shine? If you didn’t, you’re in for a treat. Polished acrylic looks crisp, shiny, and smooth. You can even flame-polish your acrylic to give it a t...
How to
Unclog a Vacuum Hose
When your vacuum loses suction, there may be a something stuck in the hose that’s preventing it from working. When you suspect a clog, you can remove and clean out the main hose attached to your machine. If the clog is...
How to Clean Old Wood Furniture
Your old wooden furniture may have collected a layer of grime that makes it difficult for you to see the beautiful finish that it once had. But have no fear! With proper cleaning and maintenance, your old wooden furnitur...
How to
Remove Odors from a Couch
Many couches start to smell over time as dirt, grease, hair, and food crumbs accumulate. Couches can also get a quick blast of stink if a pet or child pees on them, or if you let your friend with stinky feet sleep on you...
How to
Remove Permanent Hair Dye from Carpets
The new hair color you picked is beautiful, but that spot on the carpet where it dripped? Not so much. Permanent hair dye is relatively easy to remove from carpet if you act quickly. But even if you don't notice a spot u...
How to
Clean Behind Radiators
While radiators don’t take up a lot of space in your home, they can be a bit tricky to dust and sanitize from time to time. Thankfully, there are plenty of ways to get rid of the dust hiding in the nooks and crannies. ...
How to
Clean Underneath a Low Bed
The space underneath your bed can easily be forgotten when you’re doing your regular bedroom cleaning, but it’s an area that collects a lot of dust (as well as spare socks and other lost items). Use a vacuum attachme...
How to
Clean a Greasy Floor
Grease and oil can make quite a slippery mess. Cleaning the oil up is pretty straightforward, but you need to know what products you can and can’t use on your particular floors to keep them in good shape. You may alrea...
How to
Remove Oil from Floor Tiles
Oil on floor tiles is majorly frustrating. Maybe you dropped a slippery bottle and you want to rescue your floor tiles right away. Oil might’ve also built up over time on your tiles, leaving behind stains that are tou...
How to
Clean Oil Off Vinyl Floor
If you’ve spilled oil or grease on your vinyl flooring, or if you have a set-in, oily stain, you might be worried about how to clean it up without damaging the floor. Fortunately, vinyl is pretty durable stuff, and a l...
11 Expert Tips for Conditioning Your Vinyl Furniture
Vinyl furniture makes a great durable replacement for leather, but it still gets messy and dries out over time. If you want to hide cracks and restore the look of your vinyl, there are a lot of easy things you can do at ...
How to Remove Milk Stains from Wood
You may have heard the phrase “don’t cry over spilled milk,” but what are you supposed to do when it leaves white, cloudy stains on wooden furniture and flooring? Even if you can't rinse the stains away with water,...
How to Avoid Microplastics: Reducing Your Everyday Exposure
Microplastics are a real concern—they seem to be found everywhere these days, from the arctic to deep in people's lungs. Everything that's made of plastic eventually breaks down into tiny microplastics that people brea...
