How To Clean It publishes practical guides for cleaning a home: floors, kitchens, grills, metals, fabrics, and the outdoor pieces that live in the weather. The site is a reference, not a cleaning service and not a store.

The guides were rewritten in October 15, 2026. Older pages that repeated the same job, or that used a different design from an earlier version of the site, now point at one current article. Dates on the articles are update dates, not a claim that the method was invented that week.

The advice is general household information. Surfaces, finishes, and local rules differ. Test a cleaner on a spot that does not show, follow the label on the product you buy, and stop if a material softens, changes color, or smells wrong. Jobs that involve gas lines, tall chimneys, pool chemicals at scale, or fuel systems are described only so you can see the limit of a home job.

We do not take payment to rank a product, and the guides do not exist to funnel you to a single brand. If a method here is wrong for your finish, tell us. Corrections go to [email protected] or the contact form.

How To Clean It is the publisher of this site. A separate legal name is not printed here because the public identity of the site is the publication itself. Mail for privacy requests uses the same address.