I tried to update my original post but was unsuccessful. I wanted to share the before and after photos of my oven that had a grease fire over a year ago. I had tried dish soap and BKF to remove the baked on blistered looking grease with no change.

A kind Redditor suggested the yellow cap easy off. I cannot believe how well this worked! Thank you! It took multiple sprays and several wipes, but I now have my oven back.

I am now looking around my house to see if there’s anything else that I can clean with this product. I know that’s wishful thinking (and kind of a joke) but this magic stuff seems like it can remove anything!

I posted here a week or so back about how I was leaving an abusive relationship and moved into a horrible room with a carpet COVERED in mouse poop/piss. I appreciated everyone's advice so much and got to work right away. I couldnt have done it without yall I felt truly lost!

(Original post: https://www.reddit.com/r/CleaningTips/comments/1xobspv/moved_into_a_disgusting_room/ )

I put on an n95 and gloves. I work a full time job but I was dead set on making the space feel sane and liveable. It was exhausting, nasty work. I worked for hours every night when I got home, ripping out carpet, prying up carpet boards, and sanitizing with bleach. It was truly filthy. But I got it done.

Next I laid down multiple layers of kilz primer. It was so much work because all my stuff was up there. I had to move everything to one half of the room, prime, dry, then repeat. The landlady reimbursed me for supplies. The bare minimum but hey. Im just glad its over at this point.

The space finally feels clean and safe to walk in. My kitty had to stay with at a different house for safe keeping during all of this. I got to bring him home last night and he was so cuddly and sweet. I think he missed me too 💕 I have some cute area rugs im laying down just to make it cozy.

Thanks so much for all of the advice guys! I hope you eat some cake and watch your favorite movie today. You deserve it.

I have a 2 layer teacup and under the first layer there is water stuck as shown in the photo. I also can not pour it out.

Im 18 years old and this isnt even the worst my room has been. The worst part is how burnt out any amount of cleaning makes me feel, its so hard to maintain. Ive had my dad clean my room fully before, and id try and try to keep up the effort but eventually id fall back into my ways. Im also so used to it I dont even notice how bad it is in person, only photos show me how disgusting it is. Ive tried breaking things down into small steps but at some point it got where even that felt like too much. Not to mention its getting clear sweeping and picking it up isnt gonna be enough.

Hello! Will try to make this as simple as possible. I'm cleaning up the house for my mom who is an insane hoarder. Even when I was little I knew the way we lived was disgusting but I'm 19 now and can (sort of) take matters into my own hands. The cleaning is going fine so far, usual food disposal I'm fine with, I've done a lot already.

THE PROBLEM. I opened up this fridge that now that I think about it, I actually haven't opened in years since I've been away at university. I'm estimating this food is like years old, not even exaggerating. Something in it was green and it looked like there were dead insects, dead because they weren't moving, honestly I was in shock, grabbed just a few food items to bag up and shut the fridge door again but the smell was horrendous I was hurling so bad.

What on earth do I do? Like that's some next level stuff. I don't know if my stomach can handle opening the fridge again, the room still stinks no matter how many windows I open or air freshener I spray. Do I just have to lock in & clear the fridge bit by bit in that way? Do I throw the whole fridge away? If so, whilst I can definitely clean on my own, I don't know how I'm supposed to carry a whole fridge by myself and where would I dispose of it. The fridge now disgusts me. Sorry if this sounds like I'm rambling, I've never done anything of this nature before and I need desperate help.

But no real solution, so here’s how I was able to fix after using oven cleaner on blue oven. Compound and polish on pads using a low spin rate. Can’t see the blemish from the cleaner anymore.

Original post - https://www.reddit.com/r/CleaningTips/s/f9MCLR9NYP

I had cedar soap dishes in my shower and I discovered the residue from I guess the soap and wood together stained the tile??? Scrubbing bubbles, lime away, even a bleach spray did nothing.

I thought briefly it was residue that I could scrape off but I think I was scraping off the actual tile.

Even my razor’s handle left a stain (the black smudge on the right.)

I rent so I need to fix this 😬 but I’m not moving anytime soon.

Any ideas/advice????

I have this tiny, tiny bottle that is very precious to me, and I would like to try to clean up the interior. The problem is that, as mentioned, the bottle is very tiny. My current best idea is to get some pipe cleaners and go to town on it, but I would love to save myself some time and effort if anyone has any better ideas.

If it's relevant: the bottle was recovered from the bottom of a river, so the stuff on the inside is mostly river dirt/silt. Looks like there's a touch of rust on the side, as well.

Genuine question... how does everyone keep up with their cleaning and household in general? I am single, bought an 1800sq ft home 2 years ago, have 4 kitties, and work a full time job that is more than 40 hours. I also have some health issues and have been EXHAUSTED. How does everyone keep up? My house is not dirty but it literally looks like a tornado blew through my home on all 3 floors. Some dishes stacked up, laundry for days, shoes and empty boxes from packages laying around the garage, etc. Some days I am so tired when I'm done work, I just don't have the energy for anything else. Please share any tips you have to keep up!

A couple of days ago I arrived at a family member‘s house and will be staying for the week, the goal is to help them prepare to host Thanksgiving. This person is excellent at housekeeping and the rest of the house, bathrooms, etc. is immaculate. We have tried and tried and tried and we honestly keep making it look worse. Her stainless steel looks horrible.

IS THIS EVEN STAINLESS STEEL?
If so the name is just 🤯
She has been using Dawn, soo that did NOT work.
Since I have been here, we have tried oil. Everything is making it worse.

I have read the other posts, is there any new info coming out?

Any help, please!

UPDATE: I will visit Laundry and Spa day sub to check out what I can do to help with the scent. Thanks so much everyone!

Hi everyone! I’m looking for some advice on how to keep my clothing and bedding smelling fresh while in storage.

I’m not entirely sure what’s causing the smell, but I’ve noticed that my clothes and bedding develop an odd, stale smell after being stored for a while, even though I wash them beforehand with an odor remover and they smell amazing right after laundry.

For reference, here’s how I currently store everything:

* Bedding: Folded and stored on open shelves in my bedroom.

* Seasonal clothing: Stored in large plastic storage bins.

What’s particularly confusing is that even my bed sheets and pillowcases develop this smell. I keep my bedroom door closed whenever food is being cooked, and I also have an air purifier running in my room, so I’m not sure where the smell is coming from.

Whenever I take these items out after some time, they have this unpleasant, lingering smell that makes me want to wash everything all over again.

I’ve already tried putting dryer sheets inside the storage containers, but that hasn’t helped much.

Is there a proper way to store clothing and bedding to prevent this from happening? Should I be using different storage containers, moisture absorbers, or something else entirely?

I’d love to hear your storage tips, especially from anyone who has managed to keep their linens and seasonal clothing smelling fresh for months at a time.

Thank you!

It's overly perfumery and overpowering and sickly sweet. And the scent LINGERS. I have been using the green wipes for over a decade now because the yellow was too overpowering for me. SO bummed Clorox made this change - I may be a few months late to this change because I finally ran out of one in my house. Now I have to ration the last of the good ones I have left, sigh. Buyer beware!

any tips on how to get rid of this black eyeshadow that spilled on my new rug? :( if i touch it it smudges even more

Anybody have any idea how to get coffee stains from the inside of my flask, any help appreciated.

I have hard water (calcium carbonate) and am trying to figure out how to make sure it's not negatively effecting how clean my sheets are getting. I have heard that I can add vinegar to the wash to deal with it. Let me know what you folks think.

Pleqse i feel like i'm going to have a mental breakdown. I just came home after being away for one night and i almost threw up when i opened the door for my room. It smells like grease and oil and meat so densely. As if i put 50kg of greasy, oily, cooked chicken breast in the room and sealed everything shut. This has been CONTINOUS for the past 3+ years but nothing i do helps and my parents refuse to acknowledge it. My room is the only one in the whole house that has this issue. We have an open kitchen and my room is in direct way of it, my parents often forget to open windows or use the range hood and get mad at me when i ask them to. I'm genuinely going insane. I have been crying for the past 30 minutes i'm so disgusted and i want to throw up. I can't take it anymore it has been like this for nearly 5 years. I cant close my door i have no provacy because if i do even for 10 minutes the smell will get worse. I tried everything. I have my window open 24/7, i NEVER close my door, i literally got a new mattress, i used to clean and mist/perfume my bed weekly, i got a new closet, i keep vinegar everywhere at this point i have 3 small containers of vinegar in my room, or coffeee beans, or sprinkle baking soda, i keep everything freakishly clean, i threw away 70% of my things, i wash my bedding weekly, i shower twice a day and wash my hair every 2-3 days just in hopes that it will help but NO. Nothing ever helps. I'm so disgusted i keep gagging in my room. But my parents just keep telling me i'm hallucinating. They say they can't smell anything. I'm gonna go insane please someone help me what do i do.

Trying to find a reliable mop for cleaning. This is the cheap one Walmart has Ocedar has more reviews. My sister uses it but it's like $50 and I'm trying to winter prep to be on my own (I'm anemic, trying to make sure I'm not gonna be too cold during the winter) so any extra money that doesn't need to be spent is good. Don't mind spending the extra just will have to move money around. Just wanna know if this one is decent.

Edit: it says I bought it before because I ordered it for someone else. I didn't buy it for me then.

Tried to use my toiletbrush but that was too disgusting

Hey all!

Recently, my car got in an incident where some auto detailing chemicals (idk what kind of chemical) spilled all over the backseat of my car. Any advice on how to remove it? Thanks in advance!

I can’t seem to find a clear answer on this, and I don’t have vinegar or bleach unfortunately. It’s the washing machine in my rented apartment so don’t want to do anything that would mess with it. Thanks in advance!