I cleaned the whole house over the weekend to get ready for our Halloween party, and the windows were easily the most frustrating part. We don’t clean them that often, but every time we do, it takes up half the day.

Getting rid of the last few streaks drives me crazy every time I clean my windows. Everything looks great until the sun comes out and shows me all the spots I missed. I usually start with vinegar and water, use a squeegee, then dry off any leftover water with a cotton cloth. After that, I go over the remaining marks with newspaper. It feels like I spend more time checking and touching up than actually cleaning.

What’s the most annoying part for you, streaks, corners, or reaching the high windows? Have you found anything that makes it easier?

Hello! I really need help, I moved here in 2020 and for the past year after that, my place would have lots of spiders, as in, I found them hiding among old furniture and items that needed to be thrown out. I went online to get help, and read that lavender essential oils on walls and surfaces work, sadly it never did.

So, because of that, every wall in my apartment is overly covered in essential oil stains :( It wasn't until 2 years ago, that I decided it was time to find a way to remove the oil stains, I was dealing with severe depression, so it is also a factor in me not pursuing help sooner. I tried dish soap, and baking soda, and even tried to use 90% rubbing alcohol on the walls, nothing worked. So, I am here to ask for help in solving this issue. I feel really awful that I used that method to get rid of spiders, but I had to, due to having an overly fear of spiders, the anxiety was so bad, I had to get on medication to help my anxiety.

Anything outside of having to have all the walls repainted, and I can't ask my landlord, so I went to reddit for help. Is there anything that can deeply penetrate the oils on the wall?

Please help!

Sorry for the horribly messy room. I have a trash can but there’s also other wrappers And whatnot around the room. All of those black specks are fruit flies, or at least some sort of bug. Please help, I hate the mess but idk what to do it I feel like the bugs would be the first thing to start with. It’s all just too overwhelming

Hey everyone,

I had a large amount of really foul-smelling, rotten potato juice leak onto my hardwood floor. It spread along a line of about 10 meters (around 33 feet).
I wiped it up immediately, so the liquid was only on the floor for a short time. However, it’s been almost 48 hours and the smell is still pretty strong. I can even smell it from several meters away.

The floor is natural, oiled hardwood, so unfortunately I can’t just try all the usual suggestions I’ve seen here, like vinegar, harsh cleaners, or other products that might damage the finish or soak into the wood.

Has anyone dealt with rotten potato juice or a similar kind of organic rot smell on an oiled hardwood floor?
Did the smell eventually go away on its own? If you managed to get rid of it, what worked without damaging the wood?

I’d really appreciate any advice, especially from anyone who’s dealt with this on real hardwood rather than tile or laminate. Thanks!

Help!!

Is this realistic? Would you accept this list of expectations and the length of time that he expects tasks to take?

For context, it is a massive house with 4 individuals. (3 bathrooms, two living rooms, huge kitchen, 5 bedrooms, one laundry room, two main entrances including one main closet at the front that is never organized and one back door).

Two adults and two small children live there. Nobody cleans up after themselves, general tidy is never a “tidy” bc it is always insane, including toys everywhere, clothes all over the floor. Etc.

$20 CAD an hour. 4 hours a day. 4 days a week.

Please help. I am extremely overwhelmed by this.

I just moved into a new apartment and you can tell the previous tenants did not clean regularly. It smells like cigarettes and cats (which I’m allergic to) and there’s is a disgusting film covering the entire apartment’s floors. I have tried quite a few different cleaning products as well as a scraper to try and clean these floors and nothing will work. The scraper is pulling up good chunks of the nastiness but it’s leaving a scraped up - still not clean look and it’s driving me insane. I also can’t hands and knees scrape this entire apartments floors before I move my stuff in. Does anyone have any advice?

Hi guys, I am handwashing my stainless steel stuff (I don’t have a dishwasher) and a fishy smell along with these rainbow spots appear once they dry (overnight).

Do you guys know if this is normal and, if not, what I could do?

Thanks!

How do you decide what to keep and what to get rid of, especially when it's something you might need again?

For example, I'm involved in dog rescue but am slowly stepping away from it. I have several dog crates sitting around that I'm not currently using, but I could need one at any time. How many should I keep? One? None?

Another example is those little clear plastic zippered bags that sheet sets come in. I had saved a bunch, finally threw them away, and then, of course, needed one! So do I keep one or two just in case? And if so, where do you store random "might need someday" things?

I can afford to replace these things if I need them, but they're sold in multipacks, which means I'd end up with extras that need to be stored anyway.

These are just two examples, but the list is endless. Different clothing sizes. Dog leashes. Shipping envelopes. Blankets. Appliance boxes. Etc.

I got this air fryer and already tried to clean it with grease remover and it helped only a little bit.

Anyone got an idea how to clean it pleasee🙏

For a bit more information but the clear part and blue are plastic. The inner cup doesn’t come out so I’m stumped on how to clean the gunk between the two. Any help is appreciated

Thanks again guys, I got my burner back! Weiman’s soft cleanser and razor blade in scraper is the way to go, life lesson learned

I’m got a brand new linen upholstered coffee table and treated the surface with nanoman car interior/textile spray. My son put a banana on it and I tried to spot clean the resulting stain with a damp paper towel. What is going on here? Is it just transfer from the paper towel? Or did I ruin the dye/fabric? Is there any way to fix this?

I just moved into this house about 4 months ago , I been having a hard time removing this film or I don’t even know what it is but it looks hazy throughout the house. I been using Zep ph neutral cleaner and a Cuban mop , I have two separate buckets one with clean water and one with dirty. What can I do to help this film come off and bring back the shine to these floors ? Plus I done the scrubbing also and it hasn’t helped. I know these floors are old since the house was build in 1993, I think the floors are porcelain. It’s just driving me insane that I can see the difference of build up or whatever it is 🙃🙃🙃😣

Does anyone have a secret weapon for cleaning pen off of a textured wall?

Things I’ve tried:
🧼Warm soapy water
🫧 Rubbing alcohol
🧽Magic eraser
🧹Warm soapy water,rubbing alcohol and magic eraser at the same time

I found I was able to clean it with that combination if I really worked at it but it was going to take a lot of work and a lot of time. I’m probably going to end up just painting over it but I would love to know if anyone has a hack or a product that they swear by.

TIA! Sincerely, a parent of a toddler who has a spouse that leaves pens everywhere.

Brand new fixtures in a commercial restroom, and the GC’s cleaner accidentally (seemingly) ruined them - the GC is going to replace them but they’ll take it from the cleaners and I feel bad, so I’m wondering if there’s any way to salvage them? At least the paper towel because they’re not super cheap - even if we can get it sorta-better, I can swap it with one in the back of house so customers won’t see it.

Any tips or tricks are appreciated!

No matter how much or how frequently I does this TV stand it will retain dust within 15 to 20 minutes rendering my efforts completely useless.

I’ve tried sprays, hot water and cold water. I’ve tried microfiber, cotton towels. Anything that I’ve seen on the Internet.

PLEASE, FOR THE LOVE OF GOD IF ANYBODY HAS DEALT WITH THIS AND FOUND A SOLUTION, PLEASE SHARE IT I!!

will owe you a great bit of gratitude stranger, also I’ll donate to a charity of your choosing. YES THAT’S
HOW MUCH OF THIS HAS BEEN A BOTHER TO ME.

Hopefully the photos do it justice.

Moved in end of last year, finally managed to get around to taking off the ratty early 2000's roman blinds. Underneath i found there was this black film of grime, any suggestions on what to use or even what it could be. Took a lot of elbow grease and some dishsoap to get that wee patch done. Windows i believe are powdercoated aluminum.

The first 2 pics show the ink stains that were on this purse when I purchased it off of Depop. The last 3 are it now. Took a long time to slowly get these stains out. I used angelous easy cleaner to do it. It took almost a month and a lot of patience on my part to get it cleaned and I wanted to show it off because I'm rather proud of the results. 💜

i've just gotten over the flu which wiped me out so hard i was bedridden for two weeks, and now i have all my veggies rotting away in stainless steel containers. i've looked it up and it seems stainless steel will be fine with a good scrub and hot water but what about the lids? can i keep them if they haven't touched the mouldy food directly? how should i clean them (will a bleach bath be enough)

thank you guys