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StrawberryDouche said:
I am here to spread the gospel of dishwasher tabs to clean your kitchen.

I've been seeing this around the Internet- put a tab in a sink or bucket of hot water and clean the kitchen. I rolled my eyes in Sure Jan fashion as anyone should at such an outlandish proposal.

Friends. My Brothers Sisters in Christ. I used it on my Sunday night kitchen scour and it is a miracle. Being the bleach queen, I added some to the water as well, and everything - every goddamn thing cleaned up without effort. The faces of the cupboards, the grunge behind the garbage can, those little orange specks of oil that get onto the walls around the stove and such; I wiped down my glass spice bottles, coffee bean jar, the salt cellar, and the ceramic utensil container and they ✨sparkled✨ as if they had gone through the dishwasher. I am not easily impressed by cleaning "hacks" and gadgets, but this was truly amazing.

You must try it. I'm sure it would work with the dishwasher liquid as well. They're both designed to lift and remove dried on food and grease.

UHMAZEENG.
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I'm so going to try this!! My splash back goes along an entire wall and is glass over a light teal, it's so hard to clean and I am endlessly frustrated by it.

I actually only started using my dishwasher this month after living here for a year, never had one in my life and just assumed there was no way it could actually clean things properly. I am now obsessed with it.
 
CharcoalChkn said:
I'm so going to try this!! My splash back goes along an entire wall and is glass over a light teal, it's so hard to clean and I am endlessly frustrated by it.

I actually only started using my dishwasher this month after living here for a year, never had one in my life and just assumed there was no way it could actually clean things properly. I am now obsessed with it.
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NoReturn said:
Like the pods in the below? Those things?
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YES AND THEY ARE MADE BY THE HANDS OF JESUS HIMSELF

I will brook no slander against dishwasher pods. I will however brook the fuck out of slander against laundry pods. What the fuck am I supposed to do if I am doing a small load? Or an extra dirty but not extra large load? Insanity.
 
1988 prick said:
Got an ant infestation as a surprise present as soon as I moved into my apartment.
tried plugging up the holes (with epoxy glue), it helps but only temporary cuz they just make new holes. anyway to eliminate em?
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Man, I believe my last apartment was made entirely out of ants, held together by about 20 layers of off-white paint.

I like diatomaceous earth; you pour a line of that down exactly like you're trying to ward demons out of your kitchen. It's truly nontoxic and pretty cheap.
Fields Of Rye said:
Diatomaceous earth is one of the best internal tools for dealing with insects I've come across. Simply dust small amounts in dry areas and the problem tends to go away quite quickly. It's just a kind of crystal that gets lodged in the carapace or spiricles of insects and they tend to stay the hell away from it.

It's not a 100% solution by far, but it's always my first go to when dealing with insects I don't want to nuke off the face of the planet. Everyone should have some of this stuff.
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Epoxy is rad but if you're in constant ant battle, you should just buy a tube of caulk. The kind in a toothpaste-type tube, not the big kind that needs a caulk gun; you can get it at the dollar store.

My ant response:
  • clean
  • caulk where they're getting in
  • diatomaceous earth if I can't tell or I can't caulk it
  • ant block around the outside of the house
Ant block is also like exorcising your house of ants; you walk around the whole house shaking out the container. They should print ant-banishing chants on the back like the colored votive candles print prayers in Spanish.
 
Motherf*cker said:
I have the same problem, my spouse used to have long hair and sheds more than a dog. I would recommend a rubber broom. View attachment 3626120
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Yes!! I remember seeing this earlier in the thread and having my family buy one for all the cat hair I sweep up each week. One of my cats has long hair and leaves tufts of it everywhere that just floofs into the air when you try and sweep it off the hardwood floors. Rubber brooms/dutch brooms are perfect for that and also work for getting thick layers of pet hair off of bedding and curtains, I also found they work great on really short carpets/rugs.
 
This summer we went from having a carpeted living room and a kitchen with sheet vinyl flooring to engineered wood. It looks great but holy moly it is a lot of work and any mess shows up.
 
Aunt Carol said:
My ant response:
  • clean
  • caulk where they're getting in
  • diatomaceous earth if I can't tell or I can't caulk it
  • ant block around the outside of the house
Ant block is also like exorcising your house of ants; you walk around the whole house shaking out the container. They should print ant-banishing chants on the back like the colored votive candles print prayers in Spanish.
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My preferred method is grab some bog standard wood glue, stir in a teaspoon of ant killer, and block the holes with that. They will dig through it, but take the poison back with them. Large holes get expanding foam insulation squirted in. Works a treat.
 
I have a shower stall for my bathroom, three walls and a door, tiled from floor to ceiling in a little tile coffin.

What's a good product/method for cleaning a cramped, tiled shower stall? I've been cleaning it while sitting on my floor, awkwardly scrubbing between the little tiles on the floor. It's hard to get to the tiles on the wall.

Is there anything that helps get into the grout and cracks of the tile?
 
anliteralidiot said:
I have a shower stall for my bathroom, three walls and a door, tiled from floor to ceiling in a little tile coffin.

What's a good product/method for cleaning a cramped, tiled shower stall? I've been cleaning it while sitting on my floor, awkwardly scrubbing between the little tiles on the floor. It's hard to get to the tiles on the wall.

Is there anything that helps get into the grout and cracks of the tile?
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NoReturn said:
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I made one of these years ago and it's still going strong. At the time, you could only buy (in Aus, at least) a whole battery powered thing with replaceable heads (+ expensive) . Got busy with a soap dispensing dish scrubber/brush, glue, and (lol) a roofing screw. The hole where I put the screw was where I pulled out the dispenser part. Cost less than $2 because I only had to buy the brush.
All that to say, if they're expensive, or you're just broke AF, you could probably make one.
Either way, it's worth having just for the time and effort saved cleaning.
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Dobbys Spare Sock said:
I made one of these years ago and it's still going strong. At the time, you could only buy (in Aus, at least) a whole battery powered thing with replaceable heads (+ expensive) . Got busy with a soap dispensing dish scrubber/brush, glue, and (lol) a roofing screw. The hole where I put the screw was where I pulled out the dispenser part. Cost less than $2 because I only had to buy the brush.
All that to say, if they're expensive, or you're just broke AF, you could probably make one.
Either way, it's worth having just for the time and effort saved cleaning.
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This is why your cat is interested:
 
Aunt Carol said:
This is why your cat is interested:
https://youtube.com/watch?v=rD5fviQ_i3c
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Oh yeah, she loves being brushed, at least once a day. If I've forgotten to brush her, she goes and sits near where I keep it and yells at me (and I love it). It's amazing how much loose hair comes out in the brush, and she feels so soft afterwards.

Back on topic:

I'd been meaning to share this for a while. Previously mentioned in thread was using a pumice stone for removing limescale/cleaning toilets etc. There's these things:
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I got them on Ebay for about $10 for a 2pk. Was pleasantly surprised by how well they worked, and I found them easier to use having a handle.
 
So I had a leak in my spare room's ugly popcorn ceiling, had to cut it out to drain it, etc. The leak from the roof layer above has been fixed, but now I'm not sure how to patch up the ceiling hole. DIY construction efforts aren't something I know much about. It's about basketball sized in diameter, any ideas, gorls?
 
A Beached Whale said:
So I had a leak in my spare room's ugly popcorn ceiling, had to cut it out to drain it, etc. The leak from the roof layer above has been fixed, but now I'm not sure how to patch up the ceiling hole. DIY construction efforts aren't something I know much about. It's about basketball sized in diameter, any ideas, gorls?
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Drywall patching kit, then paint over it. That'll close the hole, at least, but I'm not sure how to replicate the popcorn.
 
NoReturn said:
Drywall patching kit, then paint over it. That'll close the hole, at least, but I'm not sure how to replicate the popcorn.
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"Popcorn ceiling patch" is the magic phrase to look for. There are spray-on versions, too.
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