hah, somebody on a forum sez they let it sit for HOURS!
Apparently there's Easy-Off BAM for tubs, specifically:
http://www.easyoffbam.us/product_info.shtml
― Dr Morbius, Tuesday, 24 June 2008 16:11 (fifteen years ago) link
That looks similar to GL, but maybe Ultrashine Bleach! is a magical ingredient.
― Jaq, Tuesday, 24 June 2008 16:16 (fifteen years ago) link
Another person sez at least 2 hrs for Easy-Off on the tub:
http://www.ehow.com/how_2244180_soap-scum-off-bathtub.html
This consumer got no results w/ E-O (maybe didn't wait long enough?), prefers something called KABOOM:
http://www.epinions.com/content_294686723716
― Dr Morbius, Tuesday, 24 June 2008 16:46 (fifteen years ago) link
lol KABOOM.
― Surmounter, Tuesday, 24 June 2008 16:47 (fifteen years ago) link
KABOOM! BAM! GREASED LIGHTNING!
So many explosive choices!
― Jaq, Tuesday, 24 June 2008 16:49 (fifteen years ago) link
well I bought the regular oven (fume-free) Easy-Off, so this is my last chance.
― Dr Morbius, Tuesday, 24 June 2008 19:58 (fifteen years ago) link
you're in danger of spending your deposit on cleaning products
― Bob Six, Tuesday, 24 June 2008 21:39 (fifteen years ago) link
sorry morbi, i was out of town. i answered over at the gay thread.
i forget - what sort of grime are you going after? i doubt it would do much for my tub, as it has ground in dirt due to the enamel being very worn. but e-o is magic on soap scum.
― Jesse, Wednesday, 25 June 2008 03:02 (fifteen years ago) link
http://a1468.g.akamai.net/f/1468/580/1d/pics.Drugstore.com/prodimg/157702/200.jpg
I found one of these on special.
Pro: With regular use, it's bound to be effective. I can see where it removed some stains; there are streaks of clean.
Con: I forget to use it. It's not really a shower/tub CLEANER, just a maintainer of clean. Not really that much of a "con," but a little. It uses a lot of fluid in each spray.
But I figured out how to remove the cap, so I'm going to refill it with cheaper cleaner, very diluted Fabuloso or another Scrubbing Bubbles product.
― Jesse, Wednesday, 25 June 2008 03:20 (fifteen years ago) link
Easy-Off worked!!! but I need to give it one more dousing to get a few more patches off.
Kitchen floor remains dull and kinda dirty alas ... heel marks, etc. Greased Lightning does little for the spots. It may be my downfall. I'm guessing I shouldnt use EO on linoleum (if that's what the tile is, I don't even know).
― Dr Morbius, Friday, 27 June 2008 17:35 (fifteen years ago) link
(actually I spent $150 just now to get an earlier flight home, dammit)
― Dr Morbius, Friday, 27 June 2008 17:36 (fifteen years ago) link
I use EO on linoleum. But not EVOO.
Did you use EO oven cleaner?
― Jesse, Friday, 27 June 2008 20:40 (fifteen years ago) link
on the tub, yeah! not yet on kitch lino, but it's getting desperate...
what the hell is EVOO?
― Dr Morbius, Saturday, 28 June 2008 16:43 (fifteen years ago) link
hahahah! extra virgin olive oil :) I doubt the oil cleaning method (OCM) would work on your floor.
― Jaq, Saturday, 28 June 2008 17:01 (fifteen years ago) link
Fucking Rachel Ray says "evoo."
― Jesse, Sunday, 29 June 2008 01:55 (fifteen years ago) link
For heel marks, I would recommend Goof Off or some kind of orange oil-based cleaner.
HEY.
What color should I paint the floor in my new apartment? The landlord covered the marred hard wood floors with a horrible brown. The walls are a nice moss green with a built-in book shelf unit painted purplish. I was thinking a silvery-bluish-grey. Off topic, but recommendations appreciated.
― Jesse, Sunday, 29 June 2008 01:57 (fifteen years ago) link
Ugh cleaning I hate you. We've been given four months to vacate but I've been here 8 years so the place has a lot of wear and tear. Whats worse is, for reasons unknown, they sent painters in last week and painted all the walls while we still live here! We agreed to it not realising at the time we were going to be given the arse. They made a tremendous mess (broken plaster and paint flakes, dirt, cigarette ash on the balcony, paint on the carpet, broke a lamp and a camera... oh god what a disaster) and then fucked off without cleaning a THING, it has taken me two whole weekends so far to get the place looking even habitable again.
Easy off BAM is awesome I have to say. The kitchen grease one gets rid of EVERYTHING but it is disturbingly toxic smelling. The bathroom one is good but so caustic, it seems to react weirdly with bathroom greases and leave a sick, sharp smell I dont like.
― Trayce, Sunday, 29 June 2008 03:16 (fifteen years ago) link
So I got the apt clean enuf for the landlady, and she gave me my deposit back. FANFARE, THE END. Used Mop n Glow on floor for the last wipe.
Of course the new place has an annoying amount of dust, crumbs and grime (a MUSICIAN lived here, natch).
― Dr Morbius, Tuesday, 1 July 2008 23:50 (fifteen years ago) link
yay for the return of the deposit - I HATE it when they keep any of it. And hey for your new place, look at all the cleaning expertise you've acquired recently - just blast everything with Easy-Off and be done with it.
― Jaq, Wednesday, 2 July 2008 00:02 (fifteen years ago) link
I don't want to clean anymore for at least 2 months.
― Dr Morbius, Wednesday, 2 July 2008 00:04 (fifteen years ago) link
As soon as my financial situation is straightened out (August????) I'm hiring a cleaning lady. Well worth about $100 a month because I'm not a neat or clean person.
― Jesse, Wednesday, 2 July 2008 03:00 (fifteen years ago) link
Please consider being an equal opportunities employer.
― Bob Six, Wednesday, 2 July 2008 04:53 (fifteen years ago) link
I took Martin Grelis at his word and tried his Easy Off Bam. I did not care for it. In fact, it was fucking useless. Hospital strength Domestos can't be beaten. It wins the Shower War every time. Get on board people.
― Hard like armour, Wednesday, 2 July 2008 06:00 (fifteen years ago) link
I'm reading a book in which a real estate agent recommends cleaning the tub with Tang and Pepsi. I wonder if this works.
― Jesse, Wednesday, 2 July 2008 13:58 (fifteen years ago) link
lol, do you drink them then pee in the tub?
― Dr Morbius, Wednesday, 2 July 2008 13:59 (fifteen years ago) link
Do *I*?
― Jesse, Wednesday, 2 July 2008 14:12 (fifteen years ago) link
no, anyone who follows this agent's book.
― Dr Morbius, Wednesday, 2 July 2008 14:19 (fifteen years ago) link
My father once got rid of a stain from his truck's steering wheel when he spilled orange soda on it.
― tokyo rosemary, Wednesday, 2 July 2008 14:26 (fifteen years ago) link
Cheap own band coke is good for cleaning stuff.
― Jarlrmai, Wednesday, 2 July 2008 14:30 (fifteen years ago) link
The book's a novel.
― Jesse, Wednesday, 2 July 2008 14:34 (fifteen years ago) link
Trust me, it would end in disaster; I know my limitations.
― Dr Morbius, Wednesday, 2 July 2008 14:38 (fifteen years ago) link
oops, that was meant re phonejack instal on other thread.
― Dr Morbius, Wednesday, 2 July 2008 14:42 (fifteen years ago) link
Ha.
― Jesse, Wednesday, 2 July 2008 14:42 (fifteen years ago) link
ALl of the flores are sweeped!!! I invite you to sharing this great fellings :)))))
― f_rankle, Tuesday, 3 February 2009 05:32 (fifteen years ago) link
And Washtub
Anyone psyched here for spring cleaning?
― Kevin Yates, Phys. Ed. (u s steel), Tuesday, 28 April 2009 13:27 (fifteen years ago) link
My House Stinks .
― Kevin Yates, Phys. Ed. (u s steel), Tuesday, 28 April 2009 13:45 (fifteen years ago) link
gotta attack the fridge this week
― loaded forbear (gabbneb), Tuesday, 28 April 2009 13:54 (fifteen years ago) link
I just moved into a new place, and it's pretty clean. Gave the entire kitch a good scrub with SimpleGreen degreaser and a brillo sponge, esp around the edges of the cabinet doors.
My mom says ammonia is a good degreaser -- somehow I never realized this, I thought it was just a disinfectant. Can anyone confirm? Ie can I use a crazy amt of ammonia on my disgusting oven hood that has so much grease on it that the dust and hair in the air has stuck all over and turned it black?
― guys i need to eliminate this business associate and im really nervous (Laurel), Tuesday, 28 April 2009 13:57 (fifteen years ago) link
Currently throwing away shite like a madman
― snoball, Tuesday, 28 April 2009 13:59 (fifteen years ago) link
It's probably a sign of how crowded it was/is in here that I've so far filled a standard wheelie bin and the amount of space has hardly increased at all.
― snoball, Tuesday, 28 April 2009 14:00 (fifteen years ago) link
ammonia is a good degreaser
It's not bad, but works better if punched up with some (chlorine bleach free - v.v. important) grease-busting dish detergent (like Dawn) for super heavy grease. Don't mix bleach and ammonia ever though - makes a vapor that is almost pure chlorine gas.
I've been trying out all the Method brand products - very impressed with their Tub and Tile stuff, especially since you can use it w/o gloves. Their wood floor cleaner smells like almonds and the mint glass cleaner works pretty well on stainless steel too.
― Jaq, Tuesday, 28 April 2009 16:25 (fifteen years ago) link
I have that Simple Green stuff - never seems to work as well as I want it to.
― Earl of Gothington Manor (Bimble), Tuesday, 28 April 2009 17:41 (fifteen years ago) link
i need to be cleaning right now but im feeling too lazy.
serious question: how much does it cost to get someone to clean your house once or twice a week? I have no idea.
― I wish I was the royal trux (sunny successor), Sunday, 12 July 2009 16:33 (fourteen years ago) link
Here the regular price is seven euros per hour. We pay a bit more, but then I really like her. Not sure how it works in other countries.
― Unregistered Googler (stevienixed), Sunday, 12 July 2009 17:50 (fourteen years ago) link
Mr. Clean Magic Eraser.
http://www.shespeaks.com/pages/img/review/mr-clean-magic-eraser_05102010131819.jpg
This thing is pretty fucking amazing. I was very dubious when I bought it, being skeptical of the manufacturer's bold claims and having heard that a friend's dad returned his for a refund at Target. But damn if it doesn't work like magic. It is far, far (really far) more effective than a scouring pad, sponge, or rag on everything I've used it on.
And the generic cheap-o versions work just as well.
― Jesse, Tuesday, 8 March 2011 01:59 (thirteen years ago) link
And the Roomba is a godsend, too.
― Jesse, Tuesday, 8 March 2011 02:00 (thirteen years ago) link
how fucking hard is it to put things in a bin without getting food all over the edge of the bin?
HOW FUCKING HARD UNIVERSE?
jesus!
― I see what this is (Local Garda), Saturday, 12 March 2011 13:05 (thirteen years ago) link
lol as a continuation of the above post...
anyone in london use a cleaner? how much you pay, how many hours per week, are they good etc?
― MAYBE YOU SHOULDN'T BE LIVING HERE!! (Local Garda), Monday, 13 June 2011 19:12 (twelve years ago) link