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[-] tamal3@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago

I want true cleaning hacks. I just got a dishwasher last week for the first time in my life and it's a huge time saver. What else is like that? The most common sense of course is putting things away after you use them, and another hack is cleaning the kitchen before bed, but what else? Does wiping down the shower every time I use it help? Should I get a used roomba? Are there any roomba-type-objects that mop? Give me the knowledge please.

[-] rumba@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 week ago

Get one of those car window cleaners, The kind they use at the gas station with the wiper blade on one side and the scrubby sponge on the back. Use it in your shower every time after you shower. Scrubby side first wiper side second. It literally takes 30 seconds to scrub down everything and while it's never completely clean it never gets groady.

Treat your grout with bleach. Spray the wall wipe the bleach off the tile itself The grout will absorb it a little bit and it'll keep mold from forming.

If you have a glass shower door you can treat it with rainx the same way you would do your windshield. It's not get any appreciable muck on it for weeks. It is unfortunately a fair amount of work to apply the Windex properly.

Get stainless steel cleaner to clean stainless steel. It really makes a difference.

The oxalic acid in Bar Keeper's Friend will remove tarnish from copper with zero effort. It can also remove burned on food to an extent.

If your range hood is covered in grease and dust, pour olive oil all over a paper towel and use that to wipe off you hood first. Then use a soapy rag to clean off the oil.

Slightly damp magic erasers will remove almost anything from painted drywall. You can do the same spot about four or five times usually before it needs to be repainted.

Don't use a steam mop on luxury vinyl plank. Only use a spray mop and neutral pH cleaners specifically designed for flooring. Definitely not fabuloso.

Remove the baskets from your dishwasher once in a while and scrub the insides down with the magic eraser.

Clean your dishwasher filter every time you run it, or be prepared to replace the pump every other year.

Take your shower heads off and soak them in CLR if they start spraying water in strange directions.

[-] tamal3@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Magic erasers?! Like the ones I used to get at the at supply store?

[-] rumba@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 week ago

Melamine foam sponges, like Mr clean brand, but you can source them cheaper if you search around.

[-] Ironfacebuster@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

There are mopping robots, I have a Braava by irobot

Be warned: that specific model (M6) cannot clean the inside of corners! I'm sure there are newer (and nicer ones) that can do that, since irobot has been super behind the curve for a long time

On the other hand there are now combo vacuum/mop robots but idk if those mop corners very well since I don't have one

[-] tamal3@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

Do you also have a robot vacuum, or do you just let the mop do it's thing? I have two very hairy animals, so we get tumbleweeds of hair around the house.

[-] Ironfacebuster@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Yeah, I do

I have a shark matrix and it does pretty good, of course it has the same issue with the corners though! I definitely don't recommend roombas for pet hair, I have a long haired dog and the roomba would usually just roll up the hair into balls and deposit them in random areas on carpet. The shark doesn't seem to do it (and also has a bristle brush and not rubber, which I anecdotally think is better)

[-] ammonium@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

A big drying rack for things that don't go in the dishwasher. Drying with a towel sucks and is unhygienic.

[-] tamal3@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

I've been putting things out on a towel when that happens, and putting the towel away after. So far so good, but I haven't been cooking much recently.

[-] 0xD@infosec.pub 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

For me it's just cleaning something somewhat every day that makes the "bigger" cleaning sessions so much easier. Not sure if that's what you mean but bouts of depression made me ignore things for longer times and it took so much more energy to get it back into shape afterwards.

Like, I'd vacuum the living room while waiting for the water for coffee to boil. As for the shower, once weekly is fine to not have to scrub, but I also don't have hard water.

[-] tino@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

My best life hack to reduce cleaning time is "no shoes in the house". This is the easiest thing to do and yet, it seems impossible to tell that to my friends and family when they visit.

Also, do less laundry: your clothes don't need to be washed each time you wear it.

[-] tamal3@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

What about muddy dog feet? 😂 That's my shoe rule too, and I also second your laundry practice. I'm not sure I've ever washed some of the pants I own...

[-] umbrella@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

if you ever get a robot vacuum, don't skimp and try finding a quality one.

i tried a cheap one and its useless.

[-] plim@feddit.dk 1 points 1 week ago

fuck dishwashers, I have a triple drying rack.

[-] ammonium@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago
[-] andros_rex@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

How do you ensure that things get clean though?

My current apartment doesn’t have a dishwasher, and I can’t stand it. I can hand wash but I’m not content that the germs all got washed away, and it still feels like I can scrub the whole thing and still have spots left that only show up when the dish dries.

[-] tamal3@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

As a lifelong washer by hand, I would call those very clean dishes!

[-] Evotech@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Robot vacuumes!

Buy a cheapish roborock, even used. The S5 is great

[-] pseudo@jlai.lu 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Does wiping down the shower every time I use it help

That help tremendously. You should take the habit of clearing and wipe every place you use as you finish using them. You build the habit one place at the time and you never have to scrub more than one time a year max. The key is to clean as it is not dirty, this way it is super easy (just a wipe) and it never have the chance to be dirty.

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