Making It Sparkle

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Homemakers Making It Sparkle (NAPSA)—Don’t let your home become a “grime” scene—the Cleaning Queens have arrived to help you put some sparkle back into yourlife. Based on the popular Lifetime TV series, “How Clean Is Your House?” (Plume Books, $15), by Kim Woodburn and Aggie Mac- tb CLEAN Kenzie, is filled iS we iOSE with hundreds of handy tips to make your home shine in nearly no time. —_T/ Armed with trade secrets and inventive cleaning solutions, there’s no surface Kim won’t tackle and nary a nook that Aggie won't investigate. They'll take you through your home room by room, offering do’s and don'ts, step-bysteps and plenty of practical ideas for turning any home back into gleaming, like-new condition. For example: * Microwaveslices of lemon in a bowl of water. The steam will loosen the grime on the microwave walls and the lemon will leave your oven smelling fresh. * Dusty plants? Try stroking the leaves with a banana peel. The dust clings to the skin; the juice nourishes the leaves. * To remove rust from a castiron pan or wok, rub with half a potato anda little bit of dishwashing liquid. “How Clean Is Your House?”is available where booksare sold.