Q. I have a nice-looking terrazzo floor that has rust spots made by paint cans left on it. I tried removing the rust with Rust Reformer and a little bleach rubbed with steel wool, but nothing worked.

Q: Thank you so much for your article on rust and oxalic acid ("Rust isn't her best color," Jan. 7). We have had this problem for years! And it is frustrating. We even have our water treated through ...

Every week, readers reach out to me with fantastic questions about a column of mine they have just read. Often they ask why I didn’t delve deeper into the topic. The answer is that newspapers — the ...

Do you remember asking the classic question in high school chemistry class, “When will I ever use this?” I admit that I was one who posed this question loud enough that I was rewarded with an ...

Q. I have a plowing company. Last winter while plowing, I left rust streaks on two properties. Though they are not very noticeable, they are noticeable. Do you have any ideas or solutions to removing ...

The previous owner of our West Seattle cottage left behind an ancient metal chiminea, which had drizzled a rusty stain onto the patio. But not just any rust stain: This one had really hit its mature ...