Cleaning

That looks similar to GL, but maybe Ultrashine Bleach! is a magical ingredient.

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

lol KABOOM.

KABOOM! BAM! GREASED LIGHTNING!

So many explosive choices!

well I bought the regular oven (fume-free) Easy-Off, so this is my last chance.

you're in danger of spending your deposit on cleaning products

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.

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.

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).

(actually I spent $150 just now to get an earlier flight home, dammit)

I use EO on linoleum. But not EVOO.

Did you use EO oven cleaner?

on the tub, yeah! not yet on kitch lino, but it's getting desperate...

what the hell is EVOO?

hahahah! extra virgin olive oil :) I doubt the oil cleaning method (OCM) would work on your floor.

Fucking Rachel Ray says "evoo."

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.

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.

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).

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.

I don't want to clean anymore for at least 2 months.

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.

Please consider being an equal opportunities employer.

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.

I'm reading a book in which a real estate agent recommends cleaning the tub with Tang and Pepsi. I wonder if this works.

lol, do you drink them then pee in the tub?

Do *I*?

no, anyone who follows this agent's book.

I'm reading a book in which a real estate agent recommends cleaning the tub with Tang and Pepsi. I wonder if this works.

My father once got rid of a stain from his truck's steering wheel when he spilled orange soda on it.

Cheap own band coke is good for cleaning stuff.

The book's a novel.

Trust me, it would end in disaster; I know my limitations.

oops, that was meant re phonejack instal on other thread.

Ha.

ALl of the flores are sweeped!!! I invite you to sharing this great fellings :)))))

And Washtub

Anyone psyched here for spring cleaning?

My House Stinks .

gotta attack the fridge this week

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?

Currently throwing away shite like a madman

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.

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.

I have that Simple Green stuff - never seems to work as well as I want it to.

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.

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.

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.

And the Roomba is a godsend, too.

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!

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?

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!

u know i've thought of a phrase you could shout at them....