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Oxi Fresh Cleans Up on Entrepreneur's 2012 Franchise 500

Carpet Cleaner from Tesco
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(after the bathroom carpet broke the mechanical carpet cleaner, oops, sorry!)

Brought the hall carpet up a treat though.

Oxi Fresh Cleans Up on Entrepreneur's 2012 Franchise 500
Oxi Fresh has more than 235 carpet cleaning locations in 45 states, with more locations currently in development. Reader comments on Sacbee.com are the opinions of the writer, not The Sacramento Bee. If you see an objectionable comment, …
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Iowa Park man cleans up dirty carpets
Cindy Kahler Thomas/Special to the Times Record News Charles Horton owns and operates Advanced Carpet Cleaning. The company boasts a carpet restoration rotary machine that does 250 rounds a minute. Advanced Carpet Cleaning is a family-owned business. …
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Latest Cleaning Stains News

2008-06-21 – (97) – Cleaning a stained dress
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Four easy steps to jump-start outdoor spring cleaning
An environmentally-sensitive mold and mildew cleaner like Wet & Forget works over time to gently remove outdoor stains on virtually any exterior surface without scrubbing. Perfect for mildew and mold removal, the non-caustic, non-acidic and bleach-free …
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Ecological laundry stain treatments
Which is to say, I've become a bit of an expert at removing stains. Do you have a kid? We're talking poop stains on cloth diapers, spit up on my sweaters, homemade green baby food all over everything, and now grassy knees, muddy cuffs, …
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Restaurant inspections | PUBLIC RECORDS | Jan. 30 to Feb. 3

Restaurant inspections | PUBLIC RECORDS | Jan. 30 to Feb. 3
Burger King, 1301 Covert Ave., two noncritical violations: No grease trap log available at time of inspection; drink machine area needs cleaning. Eagles Country Club, 6000 Old Boonville Highway, no violations. Fazoli's, 5232 Weston Road, …
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No plans for pool
A: There are several easy ways to clean pennies. Some depend on elbow grease – a little soap and an old toothbrush, for example. Others rely on simple chemical reactions made possible with common kitchen products. If your pennies have green tarnish on …
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Pounding pavements to remove worst sewers tag
It is also reminding people not to pour oil, fat and grease down the drain. Severn Trent said it spends more than £10 million a year cleaning its 700km of sewers across its network. Helen Fee, service delivery manager for the area, said: “It's easy to …
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Packed San Jose mall partially evacuated after too much cleaner gets in air

Packed San Jose mall partially evacuated after too much cleaner gets in air
"It's just like you would do in your own bathroom if you poured too much into your toilet," Van Elgort said, adding the cleaner wasn't mixed with bleach or any other products. No one else was injured in the ordeal.
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Toddlers given industrial cleaning fluid to drink at Toby Carvery
I put it to my mouth and immediately it smelt like bleach. "The barmaid came and said: 'I'm really sorry, we've used the pipe fluid'. "I didn't believe her at first. The manager called the ambulance and gave us a bottle of the cleaner to show us and to …
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Latest Cleaning Stains News

Clean coats with care
He says the quality of the leather and how it was tanned will affect how it reacts to your attempt to clean it. He recommends you take a soft cloth and rub the dirty area. If you are lucky it will lift the oil stains. The longer a stain has been on …
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Lorene Bartos: Carpet cleaning
A spill or stain doesn't have to be a major disaster or result in a permanent stain. After the holidays and during the winter, carpets take a lot of abuse. When dealing with stains and carpet cleaning always act promptly.
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Lorene Bartos: Cleaning Bathrooms
Stubborn stains may require a little extra attention. Clean the stained area with any of the suggested cleaning products. Let the cleaner remain on the stain for about a hour, then rinse. In hard water areas such as Lincoln, a mineral deposit can build …
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Maytag Brand Revolutionizes Oven Cleaning With First of Its Kind AquaLift

Rolling the dice with this self-cleaning oven feature (yes, I pre-cleaned it). This thing is lit up like something out of “Close Encouters of the Third Kind”. I am scared shitless.
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Q: How do self-cleaning ovens work?

A: Self-cleaning ovens use an approximately 900 degrees Fahrenheit (482 degrees Celsius) temperature cycle to burn off spills leftover from baking, without the use of any chemicals. A self-cleaning oven is designed with a mechanical interlock (patented in 1982) to keep the oven door locked and closed during and soon after the high-temperature cleaning cycle, which can be approximately three hours. The door stays locked to prevent burn injuries. You can open the oven door after the oven cools to approximately 600 F (315 C).

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Maytag Brand Revolutionizes Oven Cleaning With First of Its Kind AquaLift
With industry leading capacity, flexible cooking options, and AquaLift™ self-clean technology to clean the oven, the new Maytag® range delivers the space to get it all done and the power to get it done faster. By Maytag Brand LAS VEGAS, Jan. …
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The kitchen doesn't have to be a domestic cleaning nightmare
Beginning by having a mass clean out of the fridge and freezer is a must, and will make the domestic cleaning experience run much more smoothly. The oven must also be tackled, both inside and out, with a cleaning solution designed to remove baked-on …
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Guest inspectors

Guest inspectors
Not the vinyl liner, but the outer fabric one? That loaded question, directed by a coworker to the group at large, drew mumbled responses to the effect of: I don't know, it's been awhile, and spread into discussions of how people cleaned the liner …
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Simple projects to spruce up the look of your home
If you're replacing tile, vinyl or linoleum flooring, a heat gun is a great tool to help soften the adhesive for easy removal. The Wagner HT3500 digital heat gun offers 12 precise temperature settings, making it an easy-to-use tool for …
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Clorox Healthcare(TM) Introduces New Line of Activated Hydrogen Peroxide
"Healthcare professionals told us they needed disinfectants that work fast and are efficient, compatible with healthcare surfaces and comfortable for use by cleaning staff as well as around patients," said Beata Grabowski, director of marketing, …
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4 Hot tips for making sure your email gets to where it needs to

4 Hot tips for making sure your email gets to where it needs to
Just as the New Year is an excellent time to clean house and embark on new endeavors, it's also an ideal time to clean out your email list. Every list, no matter how good the process behind building it has been, will need a scrubbing every once in a …
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Dogs and cats need clean teeth, too
For those animals who don't get regular dental treatment, veterinarians may schedule a dental cleaning. For that procedure, the dog or cat must be put under anesthesia and given a thorough teeth cleaning. "People are aware of the problems caused by …
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MPSJ screens new cleaning contractors
File pix Kinrara state assemblyman Teresa Kok, who met the 35 contractors who will be responsible for cleaning the area, said the figure was high compared with the 265 complaints which was received in same period last year. Also present was Subang Jaya …
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Mistress Of The Mix: It Smells Like Christmas Spirit

Mistress Of The Mix: It Smells Like Christmas Spirit
By Valerie Ing-Miller December 23, 2011 No Comments Printer-Friendly Due to an incredibly fortunate set of situations, my daughter is going to believe in Santa Claus for her entire life. For one, there really was a Saint Nick, and I've been to his …
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Baldwin Secures Order in Excess of Million for Blanket Cleaning Systems in
Baldwin will supply high performance IMPACT(R) automatic blanket cleaning systems to retrofit Heidelberg sheetfed presses (for a total of 84 printing units) in three of C&C's factories located in Shenzhen, Shanghai and Beijing. …
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Water damages old courthouse
A full inventory of damaged county equipment hasn't yet been completed, but Pence said it appears only one small printer sustained water damage. The county's fire-alarm system is directly connected to the Kalispell Fire Department. …
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How to Clean Your Keyboard

abstract expressionist on a bad day (or, the rag I use for cleaning my bike chain)
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My entry for day 225 of the 2009photochallenge; the theme for the day was mess. Cleaning bike chains is an extremely messy business; the mess left on this particular rag is eerily painterly.

How to Clean Your Keyboard
But if you don't stop to examine your keyboard every once in a while, you might miss the fact that it has become covered with crumbs, grease, and sticky soda stains (not to mention a coating of dust). And that's not all: A recent study showed that some …
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Fantasy gadgets run hot, cold, spicy and trashy
Grease from the meat would travel into a containment tube, which would be flame- and heat-resistant to prevent grease fires. This fantasy came from Mitchell Sullivan, Dan Balcerowski and Chato Garcia. Faster shopping was on the mind of an unnamed …
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A Cleaning Solution So Green That You Can Drink It
Update | 1:29 pm Lots of kitchen cleansers can cut through grease and grime. But what good are they if you get thirsty? After all, popular cleaning agents such as Windex and Drain-O are toxic. And there's a reason that you should never leave Mr. Clean …
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