Glass cleaners loosen and dissolve oily soils found on glass, and dry quickly without streaking. Glass and multi-surface cleaners remove soils from a variety of smooth surfaces. They shine surfaces without streaking. Metal cleaners remove soils and polish metalware. Tarnish, the oxidation of metal, is the principal soil found on metalware.
Some products also protect cleaned metalware against rapid retarnishing.
Oven cleaners remove burned-on grease and other food soils from oven walls. These cleaners are thick so the product will cling to vertical oven surfaces. Rug shampoos and upholstery cleaners dissolve oily and greasy soils and hold them in suspension for removal. Some also treat surfaces to repel soil. Toilet bowl cleaners prevent or remove stains caused by hard water and rust deposits, and maintain a clean and pleasant-smelling bowl.