Printable Stain Chart

Tack up this stain chart for quick reference when you need to bust grime and blotches!

By Cynthia Dermody

From Reader's Digest

Problem	Solution
Yellow blotches on porcelain sinks	Use a wet pumice stone and scrub gently, says Ellis Finch of the Maids Home Services in Honolulu.
Dirty gas-stove burner grates and drip pans	Place grates and cast-iron, stainless steel or enamel pans in a nonaluminum pot, cover with baking soda and water, and boil a few minutes, says Peter A. Ciullo, author of Baking Soda Bonanza. Let cool; soak and scour.
Stains on carpet or upholstery	Place the Woolite Pod ($4), a handheld tool with a built-in cleaner and scrubbers, over the stain. Dispense the solution and scrub lightly. In our test, it eradicated a three-month-old cola stain on a white cotton ottoman.
Grimy toilet bowls	Give the bowl an old-fashioned cleaning, then insert Kaboom NeverScrub! ($10 for a kit, $4.70 for a three-month refill) in the tank. Flush, and a cleaner goes into the bowl, not the tank, to keep parts from corroding.

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