It’s a no-brainer. Here are my top five handy recipes to help you get started saving all that money you’ve been spending on cleaners: Homemade eyeglasses cleaning solution. Fill a spray bottle ...

Gently buff the wood to leave it evenly coated. This is regarding the person who was cleaning her oven and got some oven spray on her vinyl flooring. This happened to a friend of mine — she used ...

“Use vinegar and water to clean eyeglasses, [but] not contacts ... Irene just uses her homemade cleaner and a soft hankie. We did some number-crunching in the On The Cheap lab and figure ...

Dear Mary: I used to buy a packet of “blue jeans softener” in a store that has since gone out of business. Added to the first washing, it would make a pair of new jeans feel like they had been ...

Dear Reena: I’m wondering if you have a homemade eyeglass-cleaner solution. I need something that is safe for plastic lenses that have been coated with an anti-glare and anti-scratch coating.

That should start the softening process. Dear Mary: Could you please recommend a homemade cleaner for plastic eyeglass lenses that won’t scratch or harm non-glare coating? -- Jerry T., ...