Talking Dirty Laundry with the Queen of Clean

The Queen provides a complete stain removal guide--and ransacks your cupboard for amazing, inexpensive spot removers including lemon juice, meat tenderizer, WD-40, lubricant, salt, shaving cream...and more Whether you turn around family-sized wash loads seven days a week, air your dirty laundry at the local laundromat, or are among the seriously "laundry challenged," consult the Queen for no-nonsense advice--and fabulous results Down with laundry drudgery Let the Queen of Clean(R) make wash day loads of fun Once upon a time, in a world fraught with shrinking jeans, dry-cleaning debacles, and endangered delicates, laundry was a dreaded chore. Then one happy day, the Queen of Clean(R) put an end to the vicious washand-dry cycle--with her all-new collection of ingenious tips and natural solutions for stress-free washing, ironing, sorting, and stain-busting Let the Queen show you how to:

-sort laundry like a pro

-remove spots, stains, scorch marks, and odors

-soften hard water-and save clothes from a dull, gray fate

-make your own fabric softener sheets in a snap

-say good-bye to pink socks, with a foolproof colorfastness test

-line-dry clothes without hanger lumps or clothespin marks

-decipher those fabric care symbols on clothing tags

-get the scoop on home dry-cleaning kits

-discover the secrets to lint-free drying-and quick fixes for when tissues, crayons, and other foreign bodies take a spin in the dryer