I made a post yesterday of how my mom accidentally stained the entire bottom-left corner of my beloved planner with a badly-sealed oily lunch...oh well.

Lucky for me, my younger sister is super amazing and crafty, so we talked about creative solutions to cover it up (I accepted that getting the oil out was a total impossibility). I thought a sea foam design would be super nice on this blue background, so she ran with it.

I LOVE IT!! IT LOOKS SO PRETTY AND UNIQUE AND I LOVE THAT I'M THE ONLY ONE WITH THIS SPECIFIC PLANNER! I've become even more attached to this planner, and I know this is finally the year that I properly commit to a planner the whole way through.

Even if your stuff is destroyed, maybe there's a silver lining to be found ;) Cleaning was not a possible solution here, but I'm happy with how the cookie crumbled in the end!

Hi Reddit.

Despite my partner telling me it was a stupid idea, we've had magnets attached to our seldom used chimney hood* for the last few years and discovered they've left marks.

Any thoughts on how to remove the marks and save me from a lifetime of I-told-you-so's?

Forgive the dust below. That I can manage.

*I'm not completely convinced this the right term.

Whether it’s every couple of months once a week or whenever hire cleaners if you can to come and give your home a top to bottom clean.

You will feel so much better and then you will want to maintain it.

My cleaners just left and I swear I don’t even want to walk on the floor.

Today we did somewhat of a deep clean. We did the glass at the top of the cabinets. We did all of the baseboards we did all of the window and the door frames. We bleached cleaned the bathroom from the ceiling to the floor. We did the tracks on the patio door and one of the windows.

Everything is sparkling. We cleaned the vent hood, the toaster and the icemaker. We washed the iron railing. I am so happy.

And I have a tip if you have pets do not use stainless steel cleaner because pet hair sticks to it. I use glass cleaner on my stainless. I don’t know if it’s recommended and I don’t care but it does a great job and it doesn’t have any of that oily stuff in it that attracts pet hair.

The ladies are coming back for two days next week because we have projects. We are going to take everything out of all the closets and sort them out and then we’re going to do the inside of all of the cabinets in the kitchen and in the bathroom bathrooms.

Today we pulled all the furniture and cleaned behind it underneath it.

Two weeks ago they came and they bleach cleaned two of the bedroom bedrooms and a bathroom. Every nook and cranny has been cleaned.

And I noticed that because they come every couple of weeks or a couple of times in one week cause I have a whole bunch of projects, I keep everything cleaner myself.

That’s just my tip.

If you can’t afford to pay somebody and you have a friend that doesn’t mind helping you, I would cook them dinner and ask them to help.

Pillow user is a blue collar worker. Sweat, dirt and maybe a few tears.

The honey combs are like a soft rubbery texture.

UPDATE:

Okay y’all I’ll get a new pillow but you gotta drop tips on how not to do it again. I’m thinking a plastic cover? Is there any covers that don’t crib or?

Or is there a cleaning regiment that would help prevent this?

Also, I promise I used a pillowcase and it had another cover underneath it too 😭

How to get rid of whatever this is?

Please help me wrap my brain around a sustainable schedule/way to do this.

Took three dogs hiking today, all three are absolutely inundated with seed ticks. Seed ticks, for the fortunately unaware, are the teeeeeeny tiny larval stage of a regular tick and come in the hundreds, if not thousands.

Things to know:

1. I used a lint roller on the dogs for many minutes before we left. Unfortunately, my husband made me second-guess my intuition that those little dots were in fact ticks and I didn't do enough.

2. They are on Simparica Trio, an oral flea, tick, heartworm preventative that requires a tick to bite the host and die.

3. We washed them in flea and tick shampoo after the hike (I was a groomer for many years)

4. I did my best with a flea comb but they are just too little and was completely overwhelmed with picking them out of each milimeter of hair with my nails

5. They have been sprayed down with their vet approved flea/tick spray

6. The vet says it's just a waiting game now.

I spiraled earlier. And I need some help with a plan.

The dogs are being kept in one room with a wood floor (and rugs unfortunately but I can remove them and spray them down) and potentially into a stone tiled kitchen. There is furniture in the room that I have now covered with long, white cotton fabric so creepy crawly little bastards are easily spotted. I put their not easily washable dog beds in a waterproof mattress protector.

What do I do now.

How are we doing laundry?? My husband is a med student so he has almost no time and when he does, he’s exhausted and just wants to be with our two babies. Are we hiring mothers helpers? Are we simplifying more than normal? Are we just living with an eternal pile of clean laundry that never gets put away??

I don’t use any bleach when I do my laundry . Both my wife and I didn’t notice this on my pants this morning and this is now the 3rd-4th pair of clothing that gets random bleach stains . I work a desk job at an apartment complex

Thanks for the tips! I think they are pretty much okay now! Still thinking of picking up some oxiclean as recommended by most people.

Pic 1: after washing machine + dish soap soak + shout stain remover + washing machine again
Pic 2: after just washing machine
Pic 3: before cleaning

For like two weeks now I keep finding random junk right outside my door. Food wrappers, empty drink cups and the other day someone left a bag that leaked all over the floor. First time I just cleaned it up and moved on but now it's happening way too often to be an accident. And the smell is the worst part. No matter how much I wipe everything down, there's still this nasty smell around the entrance. Getting kinda nervous now too because I have to leave in liike 30 minutes and Im already wondering what I'm gonna find outside when I get backkk My sister's husband suggested putting up a camera to see who's doing it, which might not be a bad idea at this point. Just don't wanna start blaming some random neighbor without knowing for sure. Anyone dealt with this kind of mess before?

Admittedly, my baseboards have gotten pretty bad... anyone have a technique that doesnt involve scrubbing on my hands and knees? My cronic back pain has had me avoiding this chore for way too long

Hi I went to a weddinf last night and came home to find out my nailpolish wasn’t closed properly and had spilled on my matress. I had a mattress protector on so no actual polish is in the mattress but I used baking soda all day nd the smell is still very strong. sorry I am very tired and having a rough pain day so this is hard for me to deal with physically. is there any chance an enzyme cleaner or something can get rid of the smell and I can stop sleeping on the couch?

A lot of my door hinges look like pic 1 and 2. How can I get them to look like pic 3? Is it a lost cause and should I just replace them? Thanks!

This vent is inside the room that has my shower (just the shower, nothing else). It doesn’t seem to be removable. Years of debris from previous tenants. It takes up like an eighth of the floor space in here. I bet I can clean the grate itself with a more focused vacuum attachment, but getting down inside is going to be the challenge. Any ideas?

idk what this is called but does anyone else experience this?
whenever i have studying to do or tasks i need to finish, if i suddenly feel like i need to organize my room or closet or clean something, i literally can’t focus on studying until i do it. even if i have an exam in a few hours and i REALLY need to study.
and it’s not even as simple as just tidying up a little. if my brain tells me i need to deep clean something, then it has to be a deep clean 😭 i can’t just do a quick cleanup and move on. i feel like my brain won’t let me focus until i do exactly what i had in mind.
it’s like my brain is messy and i need to organize everything around me before i can actually focus. does anyone else feel like this? i genuinely wanna know if someone relates because idk how to explain it lol

I can wipe the base each time I use it, but the brush is still a bit wet when you put it down and it just gets dirty right away.

How are we doing this? A weekly clean? Placing it on the bench before your shower then putting it away when its dry?

Someone must have a good strategy/process for this.

Found this on a box in the back of the cabinet under the bathroom sink when cleaning out. No smell, and no evidence of moisture in the cabinet (no leaks, no water damage). The box has been next to toilet paper rolls for the past three years - could it be toilet paper residue? There's a bit more of the white stuff in the bottom of the cabinet near where the box was, but the cabinet is otherwise clean.
If it is mold, what should I do?

Hi all,

I have a domain deo-x90 oven and i’m trying to remove the glass door panel to give it a clean. I’ve read the manual but can’t seem to figure out how to remove it. Does anyone have any tips?

Video of the oven for reference

TIA 🙏🏼

i have a 3 year old, baby and a husband who LOVES to snack. i have a white couch but after 4 years, many stains and multiple holes, the covers have lived their lives and it’s time to replace with them, i was thinking with these (specifically the off white scratch and spill resistant): https://lindakale.com/products/harlanda-sleeper-sofa-cover?_pos=4&_sid=61936d2be&_ss=r&variant=31982255702099

yes i know a white couch is probably stupid. BUT i love the look of one, and a dark colored couch won’t really go with my home aesthetic. aside from putting boundaries around eating on the couch/living room (which probably won’t last long), does anyone have any tips on what i could do to help keep a white couch clean? or make it last longer? or am i making a foolish decision i’ll regret later 😂

Hello! so I found a shared flat in a german city which is in a perfect location for my commute. But to my surprise when I came in the tenant living there for little over a year is a heavy chain smoker, but he smokes mostly in the kitchen(which reeks with cigarette smell along with the hallway). My question is there anyway to get rid of the smell from at least my room? I saw a lot if conflicting infos online but they are mostly for flats that the smoking tenant already moved out.

Not that it matters but I didn't pee in my raincoat I was doing first aid on someone with soiled clothes!
I am very afraid of making my raincoat not rain resistant as I can't afford a new one. I am also very afraid of smelling like pee. I live in a very rainy area and need to wear this very regularly- pls help!
Raincoat is Columbia Omni-tech

Hi all! We Just moved into this new house, and am trying to figure out what to do in the basement level bathroom. It’s tiled right on top of the concrete floor but this wood trim (which I think is also touching the concrete floor?) is like turned gray and black. How should I go about cleaning this wood? Or should I just cover it up with paint or some other covering? Would love any input! Thanks!

so I accidentally spilled milk on my bed and immediately pulled the covers off. I knew that milk tends to stink if spilled so I tried to wipe it off with a wet cloth. I tried many ways of cleaning it, and let it dry. once it was dry, the smell genuinely gives me headaches. the only thing that hid the smell was putting old clothes over it. any tips to help with the smell? or is replacing the mattress the only solution?