13 THINGS your housecleaner won’t tell you.

Plus cleaning tips, including this one: “The Mr. Clean Magic Eraser is your friend.” Yes, I’ve sung the praises of the Magic Eraser here before.

She’s also a big fan of Barkeeper’s Friend. That’s great too. I use it every now and then to get the knife-marks off of stoneware plates and the residual dinginess out of coffee mugs — a bigger issue now that dishwasher detergent has been ruined by eco-reformulation. A few swipes with a scrubbie and they look like new.