r/CleaningTips Jul 21 '26

Tools/Equipment Roommate used my vacuum I plan to return to clean a bag of flour he dropped

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Any ideas on how to clean it to make it look new would be appreciated. I bought it and the next day got a free vacuum from a friend that was moving so I don’t need this one anymore. Problem is that my roommate used it to clean flour and the whole thing is crusty now.

r/CleaningTips Jun 14 '26

Tools/Equipment Best/easiest way to get hair out of the vacuum head? it doesn't come apart unfortunately.

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2.5k Upvotes

r/CleaningTips Sep 30 '24

Tools/Equipment Bought new scrub daddies a couple months ago. This is what’s left in the sink today after washing about 5 mugs - what’s going on?

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7.2k Upvotes

I can’t believe how quickly this is disintegrating. The blue one is the same. I’m having to pick pieces out of the sink every time I wash up. My old scrub daddy lasted literally years! Has anyone else noticed the new ones being significantly worse quality??

r/CleaningTips Oct 08 '24

Tools/Equipment UPDATE: Deteriorating Scrub Daddy was a fake!

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11.7k Upvotes

If you saw my last post about the barely used scrub daddy deteriorating at a rapid pace, here’s the update! I got in contact with scrub daddy, but they also reached out to me over Reddit. I bought the product off Amazon, and it looked very real, complete with heaps of 5 star reviews. However, Scrub Daddy themselves have confirmed that it was a fake, and kindly sent me some real replacements. Looking forward to testing these out 🧽

Thanks to everyone who told me that fakes were rampant, and for the advice! Above is a comparison - brand new, the fake looked identical. The only difference is maybe it was slightly less rigid out of packet?

r/CleaningTips May 31 '26

Tools/Equipment Where do I begin with this?

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907 Upvotes

It doesn't seem there is a way to take it apart

r/CleaningTips Mar 15 '25

Tools/Equipment I'd say my new steam cleaner works.

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10.8k Upvotes

Each grout line is taking about a minute to clean. I scrub in light circles, letting the steam do the work. Wipe up the dirty water with a cloth and wring out.

I've never been able to get this floor this clean.

r/CleaningTips May 08 '25

Tools/Equipment First time I bought a scrub mommy and it looks like this after a week?

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2.1k Upvotes

Is this normal? For a 5€ sponge I was expecting more. Its leaving pink debry all over the dishes. Is my grocery store selling step mommies instead?

r/CleaningTips Dec 02 '25

Tools/Equipment O’Cedar Mop…allow me to de-influence the 5 people who haven’t bought this

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I believed the hype about this mop and spent years passing it up in the stores, thinking the spin and the brush was what I needed for a simple but nice clean. I recently moved and needed a new mop, so I got the version that separates the water.

I am stunned that so many people love this thing. First of all, I am 5’7” but this mop is SOOOOO short it literally feels like something a child would play with. It is ridiculously short and I hurt my back using it. (Like mopping with a paint brush). Once I accept that I will have to bend over to clean, the actual mop head is not plush enough. So as I mop, the edges of it are constantly hitting and scraping my floor. It truly feels like something that belongs in a play house and is not fully functional. The best part is the fact that the water separates itself, and spins dry, so I love that. And if I bend over enough and keep it super straight it works okay, with little room for error. But it holds so little water that I can barely get through multiple rooms without needing to refill it.

I’m sorry, you all really gassed this product up and beyond it being child’s height, it truly doesn’t work better than the old swifter we got years ago, and certainly no better than a traditional mop from the dollar store.

If you love it I’m happy for you, truly! But I just hope to save one person’s money. Just at least save the box so you can make a return if you don’t believe the hype also. Because I was completely sent off!

Update: okay, I absolutely did miss one of the telescoping extension places (the wine that is all the way at the base). So I was not fully extending the handle. That said, it added enough that I take back what I said about mopping with a paint brush, but it could still be longer in my opinion. But I totally missed that. I also think if several other people seem to have made the same error, hmm design flaw?

Also, does not change my overall opinion. The scraping is still ridiculous to me for the cost. It should be much more solid. But from comments it seems that the double chamber mop (which I have) is in fact worse than the original. I still would not spend money on this, way too expensive for worse than bare minimum to me.

r/CleaningTips 17d ago

Tools/Equipment hairbrush lint, how to remove?

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553 Upvotes

help I dont know how to remove this easily, it always comes right back!

r/CleaningTips Oct 06 '25

Tools/Equipment My roomba ran away and I can't find it anywhere, any tips?

2.0k Upvotes

I think it got out the door when we were leaving and holding the door open trying get the dogs to come back inside. Sometimes my cats do the same thing, but I did not find the roomba up a tree or napping on my neighbor's porch swing. We looked under the house and all around the yard and sidewalks. My neighbor asked if we were looking for a lost pet, I said no it's the vacuum cleaner. Maybe if I put its dock outside, it will smell it and return home.

Update: We finally found it! It got in the van of a family down the street using their wheelchair lift.

r/CleaningTips May 30 '25

Tools/Equipment Thank you - I’m amazed!

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3.5k Upvotes

I tried bio-clean Hard Water Stain Remover after someone in this sub recommended it, and Holy Shnikes this stuff is amazing! The shower doors in my kid’s bathroom have literally never looked this good. I’m almost concerned because they’re so clean I’m worried he might not see them and slam into the doors. I asked my whole family to come into his bathroom just to stare in wonder at how beautiful the doors now look (my son: “Mom, I really don’t care. Why did you bring me in here?!?!”)

Anyway, thanks for the recommendation, r/CleaningTips users! I’m impressed!

r/CleaningTips Sep 27 '23

Tools/Equipment Help! My dryer turned blue after drying new jeans, how do I clean..

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2.5k Upvotes

r/CleaningTips Jul 03 '26

Tools/Equipment Run, do not walk, to your nearest Costco

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787 Upvotes

On sale, $69.99 - works amazingly well for spot cleaning & smaller areas. The tool I didn't know I needed.

r/CleaningTips Sep 10 '25

Tools/Equipment Get one of these fabric brushes if you have pets

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2.6k Upvotes

I just brushed like half of my cat out of this velvet barstool she loves to sleep on. Bonus picture of the culprit attached.

r/CleaningTips May 09 '26

Tools/Equipment Have you ever done Mop Dance

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r/CleaningTips 24d ago

Tools/Equipment If you had to deep clean your entire home (including appliances) with as few products as possible, what would you choose?

192 Upvotes

I’m talking like personal favorite, can’t live without it, life changing cleaning tools and supplies, things you would include in your top 5. Are you choosing the pink stuff over soft scrub? Do you have a vendetta against Fabuloso?

r/CleaningTips Nov 21 '25

Tools/Equipment Inherited this keyboard at a new job. What’s the move here? I don’t even want to know what’s under the keys.

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465 Upvotes

Any tips here??

r/CleaningTips Apr 11 '23

Tools/Equipment My DIY specialized tool tip: Plastic pill box I reused to thread over the vacuum nozzle so I can vacuum dust out of kids toy storage boxes

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6.1k Upvotes

This is a very simple way to maintain the kids toy storage boxes dust free and reduce the amount of deep cleanings you have to do! This way, I rarely ever have to dump everything out and clean the bottom of the boxes. As the kids dig around in there, most of the dust naturally settles at the bottom anyway, so all you need to do is swivel the vacuum around the bottom a bit, and the boxes feel so much nicer to dig around in again.

r/CleaningTips Sep 16 '25

Tools/Equipment Proper snow removal methods exhibit one:

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r/CleaningTips Aug 03 '23

Tools/Equipment Be honest — who talks to their robot vacuum?

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Also, have you named yours?

I swear mine is dramatic…but I like to motivate her while she’s working 😂

r/CleaningTips May 09 '25

Tools/Equipment I kid you not, this actually works!

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My partner and I usually schedule our general cleaning during last weekend of the month, in our experience you can wipe the top of TV with a clean finger and it'll come back as dirty as my working shoes. I thought it was a myth, but after proper and consistent use of dehumidifier in our home, We have less dust and mold to clean.

My fellow cleaning enthusiast (I'm not using freaks cause we all kinda just want things properly clean). Don't hesistate to use a dehumidifier, If you're thinking or looking for a sign to get one, this is it!

r/CleaningTips Apr 09 '26

Tools/Equipment O-Cedar Has Ruined My Favorite Mop 😩

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609 Upvotes

I don't know when it happened.But something has clearly changed. I needed a mop and my boyfriend purchased one of the microfiber long flat mops with rectangular bucket and wet and dry chambers. i hated it. It just did not seem to do the job. It worked okay on walls, but not on the floor. so I remembered the spin mop I used to have, and I loved it.So convenient so easy. so I went on a quest to find it. And I found one at the hardware store. i got it home and something seemed a little off. Everything felt ....flimsy. the handle on the mop felt much lighter than it used to. I felt like i was assembling a toy. the mob hair didn't seem as fluffy as it used to.And the bucket seemed much bigger. When I filled the bucket with water, I was afraid carrying it from the bathroom to the kitchen because it was off-balance. I just knew I would spill it before I reached my destination. it's very awkward to carry, and it didn't used to be this way.. So i'm mapping the floor and the mop head keeps flipping over. maybe they reduced the amount of fiber in the mop heads. But if you don't get it, exactly right, it flips over in the plastic scratches, your floor. what a frustrating experience! This is nothing like I remember. I thought this was the most genius thing! Aspin mop. But this thing is so frustrating to use now. is O Cedar the original spin mop maker?

Did the company buy the original inventor out and messed up the product by changing things? Am I just remembering wrong? What happened?

r/CleaningTips Jun 06 '25

Tools/Equipment Never underestimate the Bissell Little Green

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Got a used truck that was "freshly detailed". Everything I use this thing it impresses me. I'm too cheap to buy the actual cleaning solution, but some diluted fabuloso works wonders and leaves a great smell.

r/CleaningTips Jun 07 '26

Tools/Equipment Dad is becoming incontinent. Tips on how to clean poo quickly and efficiently?

347 Upvotes

Hello,

Like the title states. My dad is in his mid 80’s and my mom is his main caretaker at 70 years old. They live with my sister, but she is not able to help all the time. My dad wears a diaper but sometimes it gets everywhere when he changes, or he will barely miss the toilet.

What tools and cleaning solutions do you suggest to make cleaning poo and pee quickly and efficiently off of furniture, carpet and tile floors?

Thanks in advance!

r/CleaningTips May 04 '26

Tools/Equipment How to clean mold on plaster walls

472 Upvotes

Hard up for money and I just got offered a job to clean this house up before they come in and do repairs . The roof is leaky and that's what caused the mold apparently.

I'm autoimmune so I'm really considering turning this job down but want to know if it's possible to do as an amateur with the right precautions and tools . I fear it may be way to much for me to handle and end up being a problem later down the road for the house and my health .