(StatePoint) While spring cleaning is not the most dreaded seasonal task among Americans — in an American Cleaning Institute survey, 80% of respondents said they would rather spring clean than fill out their tax forms — there’s no reason to make it harder than it needs to be.
Rust-Oleum, a maker of a wide array of cleaning products, offers these tips and insights for beefing up your cleaning caddy and tackling your spring cleaning checklist with ease:
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