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To help you keep your home and clothes stain-free, we’ve gathered the smartest, simplest stain-removal advice and tools to tackle common offenders, starting with food spills. First, some ground rules: ...

Question: I have rust stains at the bottom of my pool. I have tried metal-removal additives with no success. Someone mentioned I could take a long piece of PVC piping and hold one end over the stain ...