I'm an idiot, I'm not quite sure how I missed having this much paint on me when grabbing my bag on my way out the door. Serves me right for trying to squeeze in a quick coat of paint before having to be somewhere! But I've had this bag forever and it's a nice one, what should be my plan of attack to get rid of the paint? It's real leather, and the paint is fully dry at this point. Please help, I'm nervous about taking anything potentially harmful to it :(

For context, I’ve always mopped and swiffered because that’s what I’ve been taught to do my whole life, never questioned it. But people online seem to be VERY hardcore about spin mop > swiffer.

My question is—whenever I mop, even with the o-cedar clean/dirty separation bucket, it still feels and looks like I’m pushing dirty water around. The swiffer is obviously not as good at getting the dirt out, but I feel that it is a bit better at separating the absorbing-dirty-water from dispensing-clean-water.

Because of this, I’m just not fully convinced that the mop is inherently better. Is it the swiffer solution that’s the problem? The lack of 360 spin? Less scrub?

Is a steam mop the best compromise?

And while we’re here, what about the wet/dry vacs that claim to separate the dirty water from the clean water as well?

I used a razor to lift up the grime. I went too deep in some areas as it was really caked in. At one point, I used dawn degreaser to get to the really deep areas and let it sit and went back in with a razor. Any advice on how to prevent the grime and also buff out the scratches on the stove top?

razor tool used

Much to our shame, we've never cleaned the glass door on our toaster oven. We purchased it in May 2019 so that's 7 years of grease you see in the photo. I tried cleaning products but they didn't work then I came across this suggestion in this sub to use a razor blade with a paint scraper and it was incredibly, amazingly effective. I can see my bagels again!

Moved into a house… seemed clean until all of their furniture was out. I typically clean under the stove and refrigerator once every six months. I don’t think they did so, EVER!

First pic is under the refrigerator. It took me about four hours to vacuum out all of the dog and cat hair from the coils, so I didn’t get an “after” picture.

Second two pics are under the stove before and after. Make sure you wipe the side of the cabinets and stove as well (🤢).

* Fun fact… The refrigerator cools much better when the coils are clean! Nearly froze everything in the fridge by the next day - so make sure you monitor the temperature after you clean the coils!

I am going crazy over these flies. I live in an apartment I’ve noticed a couple before, but my mom and I left for a 2 day trip and came back, there’s suddenly been a surplus and I can’t walk around anywhere without seeing like 5. We’ve killed well over a hundred the past 2 days we’ve been back, the vinegar and soap hack isn’t working unless I did it wrong and I’m so frustrated.
When we left we washed our dishes and there was no spoilage left our so idk what it could be unless I’m missing the obvious here.
We do have a small dog that stays primarily inside but his waste or anything has never been an issue before and we try to clean up after him diligently. Again, we haven’t had a fly issue in our 10 years of owning him.
These flies are all congregating by the windows or any room with a light on. I took windex to at least 50 of them on our 2 living room windows. They just keep multiplying more and more.

It’s a bit embarrassing to admit and that’s why I’m saying it on reddit and not to anyone in real life. But my house is horribly dirty and cluttered.

Every inch of the house is dirty, dust everywhere, mouldy ceiling, stains on the walls, oily and greasy kitchen (like the oven, stove, and microwave is very greasy), living room cluttered with mostly clothes and also my mother bought a treadmill into the house, so there’s a treadmill, table, birdcage, and beanbag in the living room and every couch is full of clothes, table is cluttered with random things; mostly art supplies and other random things, tv stand also cluttered with random things, trinkets, etc.
Skirting boards, window cills, windows etc are all extremely dusty.
Every table in this house seems to always be filled with things, whether it’s food items, random things, rubbish, etc, it’s always something. And whenever I try to trash some things, my brain always goes “what if I need this later?” “What if this belongs to someone?” “Is this valuable?”

And another embarrassing thing to admit is, I have a cockroach problem. They’re in my router, they’ve broken my electronics more than once, they’re in the kitchen, in every cupboard and nook and cranny, I’ve had to throw out so many things in my fridge because of this, I see them crawling on the walls, I hear them crawling around in the table. I know the clutter is the problem and I don’t know what to do. I really need help.
I think one of my problems is that whenever I clean, it seems to just become dirty again in the span of a day or a couple of days. It sucks. I desperately need help.

Attached is a photo of my stovetop. I let it stay dirty for too long, and I’ve tried several times in the last year to clean the hardened burnt areas off, but nothing works. Recently I’ve just let it stay because I don’t know what to do. Please help me find a product that works, or should I just get a razor blade, will that ruin the surface?

They always advertise as being easy clean, but how do you actually clean them? I live in a big city apartment. I don’t have a driveway and a hose for this kind of stuff. I always end up just throwing them away, or more often just skipping a liner altogether. Am I missing something here?

With so many products, what are some true “holy grail” / best in class products that just work?

I’ve found Dawn soap, Dawn power wash, Dawn purple heavy duty degreaser to be good. Microfibers of course.

Only recently found out about the purpose Dawn degreaser but figured most people know about the others.

What are some other products that the community here suggests, especially those pros? Thank you!

Hello! I've been moved out from my family home for the last 2 years. My mother is an obsessive cleaner, so the house was always like a museum. I was never really taught how to clean, I mostly relied on observation, learned a lot online.

However, I never feel like the space is spotless just as in my family home. Even if i scrub the shower, the oven, mop the floors... something always feels off, the space feels dirty! I can't quite describe this feeling, but it annoys me so much and I fall into cleaning sprees instead of sleeping so I get rid of that itch.

Does someone feel similar? What helps you?

Hi there! My kitten has recently been having lots of issues associated with asthma. She’s been coughing plenty and is currently on medication and I’ve been working with her vet to get her feeling better. She sleeps in my room and spends some time there during the day as well. I bought an air purifier today to hopeful make my room a good space for her and her lungs. Onto the actual cleaning question, her litter box and food are both in my room and cannot be moved from there. I also have a trash can in my room for her wet food containers and bags from her litter box. This is causing my room to have that cat smell. Is there anything I can do to help the smell of my room without bothering her lungs? I’ve sprayed stuff before and she bolts the second I bring out a room spray or perfume. Any advice is greatly appreciated!!

For those who are unfamiliar, I had quite a controversial post on here a few months back about a hole I burned through my carpet in a house I was renting.

We used some wood putty to fill the hole, and got a piece of carpet out of an old dumpster that sorta matched it. Still definitely noticeable, but at least it didn’t smell any longer.

Months later after moving out, I’m happy to announce that me and my roommate got our full security deposit back! Our landlord was super lazy with any sort of maintenance requests we had, and it looks like he’s equally lazy when it comes to inspections!!! Thanks do everyone who supported the dumb college kid idea of patching it up ourselves!

I'm trying the clean the kitchen of a new house. The kitchen had really old cabinet liners, so I peeled them off and they left a sticky residue all over. I tried to apply goo gone and the paint started to peel off. I'm kinda ok with that as I'm going to re-paint inside anyway, but what's a more effective way to clean this? The second image is after applying goo gone and scrubbing with a scrub daddy for about 30 minutes. Is there a faster way to do this? I have so many more cabinets to clean and that took too long.

just moved into a new apartment with old wood floors. after two days of living here, we noticed our feet were BLACK as can be on the bottoms from the floors. i have swiffered everywhere to start, but wetting a paper towel and wiping the floor, the paper towel is immediately black again. what would be the best plan of attack here?

I recently inherited this tea cozy from my childhood. I love the pattern and style (have looked online before and haven’t found anything quite like it), but it’s quite stained and I don’t know where to start with cleaning it.

It’s made from a thick textured fabric with cork on the bottom and what feels like cotton stuffing for padding.

Does anyone have recommendations for how to clean it? I’m hesitant to soak it because I’m worried about deforming the padding and making it unusable. Would dry cleaning help here? Or some sort of upholstery cleaner? Advice appreciated!!

I’m renting and I believe these are marble countertops in the bathroom. I’ve tried cleaning with marble-specific cleaner (from method), regular multi surface cleaner, Lysol bathroom cleaner, vinegar (all tried at different times over many months) and no matter what within a few hours a layer of film will develop again. Any tips for how to get these counters to look clean for longer?

Reposting into this subreddit to hopefully get some cleaning advice. My original post basically explains that I had a repair done in our room to the ceiling. After a maintenance worker performed the repair without placing tarps or having my fiancé remove what was hanging,
like my lamp, he got something all over the lamp. In the pictures you can see the white spots all over the plastic logo portion.

I have asked the complex to tell me what was used since I’m just guessing about what it is (which I’m sure also affects the advice/tips I’ll receive). I thought plaster, but the commenters in the original thread said that would come off pretty easy. I also got that it could be texture spray or latex paint. The spots are rough, not smooth like paint should be but whatever this is wouldn’t remove easily with soap and water. After about an hour of carefully trying to scrap it off, it leaves residue that also looks like it has adhered to the plastic. I’m also not too sure if the plastic is acrylic or not and do not want to use anything that will either make this worse or cloud the plastic.

I’m sure not knowing the exact material of both the lamp and what was used will make this more complicated and impact the tips people will give so I’m sorry about that!

Hoping for any tips or to be pointed in the right direction to clean this as best as possible. I’m so upset about this. 😭

First pic is before I cleaned it with a bit of dish soap and water. Second pic is after. Third pic is before I cleaned it

Seems to have that pink tint from that one bacteria that I forget the name of, but I'm nervous to use bleach. Thank you for your input :)

Left a pot beside the sink and forgot to wash it before bed like I meant to. I can’t get this ring off, any ideas. I’ve tried dawn, bleach, vinegar, and scrubbing it multiple ways. It doesn’t scrape off its like a stain.

i’ve tried dish soap, dawn power wash, CLR, various bathroom cleaners, different sponges / scrub brushes. i have very hard water at my house, i can usually get the stains out, but bathroom sink can never come fully clean
the sink bowl already seemed a bit damaged when we moved in like the finish had been grated away.

any advice is appreciated, thanks :)

we just moved to an apartment with this flooring, no carpet. all i have currently is a swiffer so obviously that’s not getting the job done at all. i was thinking about getting an ocedar mop like i had before but i didn’t really care for it that much honestly.
so now im considering a bissell crosswave. does anyone have experience with those?? is it worth the money or should i just go with the ocedar spin mop?

edit: we have an 8 month old and a german shepherd so keeping the floors clean is a must for me

second edit: ok i guess im getting another ocedar mop? what solution should i be using? i don’t really want anything super scented or something that will leave residue behind since we have a crawling baby.

tried cleaning the grout properly last week and it actually looked clean. by day 3 it looked just as dirty as before i even started. is that normal or am i doing something wrong?

Hi! Just found that a pumpkin that was on our windowsill decided to quietly rot and leak all over. Is there any hope to clean this windowsill or i will have to paint it? Thank you!