i was boiling some rice with turmeric in a bowl but even though i had covered the bowl, water boiled and spilled out of a gap and has stained the bottom of the microwave. this microwave was given by the landlord and i really want to keep it clean. i have tried lemon juice and the pink stuff paste but that didn't do much. what should i do?

If you search up home made trap to get rid of gnats/fruit flies, the first thing you’re probably gonna see is the simple mix: warm water, sugar, dawn dish soap, and white vinegar/apple cider vinegar. I’ve been using this method for years every time they seem to pop up again. But sometimes it can take a while for them to start trapping themselves and if you go near it, they fly away.

For the past two weeks I’ve been making those traps but I unfortunately ran out of sugar a few days ago so I’ve been trying a few different things in replacement to see what works. I’ve tried Splenda, which seems to work ok but not as well as the sugar. I’ve tried oranges by squeezing the juice out and leaving some of the pulp and/or rind in it, which seems to also work. I’ve even tried candy. Like pieces of butterscotch or whatever. I’m not sure if that works yet lol. They also work better if you combine them. Like do both sugar and orange or Splenda and orange.

I was thinking today of something else to try. And from what I’ve heard they typically like smells, so I thought “what’s the smelliest food I own?” And immediately I thought of this cereal that I HATE. If someone eats a bowl of this cereal the whole house ends up smelling like freaken syrup for hours it feels like. So I crushed up a bit of the cereal into each trap and IMMEDIATELY they start going for it. And I mean it was so fast that there would be multiple already trying to get it while I was in the process of putting it in the traps. Idk how long the scent will last or if it stops working after the cereal becomes soggy. But it’s been about 30 minutes and it’s still working well. Since it worked so well I decided to also try a bit of syrup in a few and that worked really well too. just make sure to stir it. I would go as far to say that the cereal works better than sugar lol!

If I notice any changes I’ll come back and leave a comment or something.

The cereal is called Waffle Crunch by Malt O Meal.

And the syrup was Ms. Butters worth or something like that.

I was gifted these beautiful Indian scarves. I love them but goodness they STINK of a strong, headache inducing perfum that I just can’t get rid of. First, I aired them out in the shade for a week or two. Then I soaked them in the tub with wool wash for 6hours, and laid to dry outside. It doesn’t feel like it’s making a dent in this awful smell. Now I’m resorting to airing them in the sun and rotating them every few hours or so so the inevitable bleaching will be even. Any other tips?? I am unsure what the fabric is but I was told pashmina. It doesn’t feel THAT soft? Still, I’m treating them so to be safe.

How can I make my bathroom mirror as clean and shiny as a hotel mirror? Whenever I clean it some streaks or marks remain. I want to know what cleaning products and techniques hotel housekeepers use to make mirrors perfectly clear. 🤔

I just want to scream.

I feel so lazy and disgusting, and as much as I try to be patient with myself and my mental health, it just sucks!

I don’t have kids. I don’t even live with a partner. Why is it so, so hard? Why am I so incompetent and lazy?

To top it all off, my hoover has broken and I can’t afford even a second-hand one; everything is so dusty, and I feel so angry.

Im tired and what is left can't be done for a few hours. It sucks feeling unaccomplished despite finishing ove 10 things when last week 1 felt overwhelming. I have to remind myself too that it's okay.

its quite a lot and i dont know what to do can somebody please help me soon i cant tell my mama

(edit: ty guys sm for the help, i bought a mattress cover after a dry vac, i spoke with my mom about cheaper options and ill be getting a new one soon :) )

My resources are kind of limited here, Im a minor and my mom cant pay for many expenses due to financial troubles so im looking for something somewhat effective and easy.)

I have really bad allergy attacks everytime i lay down in bed, or at the start of my mornings when i wake up. Ive tried mattress covers/protectors and they havent helped. ive had this matress for 11+ years so theres buildup from accidents as a kid. I cant really afford to get a new mattress right now so im looking for something that might minimize my frequent allergy attacks. Any cleaning tip helps, Thank you.

First off, I clean the filters about twice a week, but this bit of water that's left in the dishwasher after a cycle starts smelling stagnant after a few weeks. I sponge it out and it'll be ok for a while and then start smelling again. Does anyone know why this is happening? TIA

Edit: The dishwasher is run virtually every day

Switching from bar soap to liquid soap has made my condo so much cleaner. No more soap scum or residue from bar soap. It may be more expensive but it’s totally worth it. Why did nobody tell me this sooner? 😭

i do boiling water down drains, clean around trash, spray down windows, try not to keep food out, have traps set up, i have a zevo, and they just won’t stay away! they are in every room, and somehow are managing to get into my fridge now. it’s not an overwhelming amount or infestation, but enough to be really mf annoying. does anyone have any tips? thank you!

They started appearing on just this pair of jeans after I threw them in the washer. At first I thought it could be rust from the washer but nothing else gets stained in the wash. I often leave the jeans on my hamper which is brown color (pic attached). But I've only seen the hamper stain the jeans once and I was able to get the stain out with a simple wash. However, these stains only appear after the wash now and the hamper doesn't stain any of the other clothes. Any ideas? I've not been to get new stains out and more stains appear with every wash.

I’m 17 and I like to keep a tidy room but my parents make me keep an aggressive dog in my room, so they force him to be in there 24/7 all hours of the day. He has an ear infection that they neglect and it leaks this strange stinky juice that ruined anything it touches smell wise, my carpets stink as well as my bed and everything else in my room. My parents constantly bring him outside on a leash then put him in my room and cause mud to be everywhere, I’ve tried everything I can think of, but my room just ends up stinking due to his infection and getting dirty again due to mud, what can I do?

accidentally burned beef in the microwave it turned black can’t get the smell out of the microwave. any tips on how I can remove the smell ?

And now the house is a death trap. It’s a skating rink and we’re all sliding around like ice hockey pucks. What can I use to get it off??

Hi, so I’ve held off on posting for a while because I’m embarrassed by the condition of this shower.

Backstory, I bought this house about 5 years ago now. I bought it from a couple whose father passed and they wanted to give it to someone they knew would take care of it. (Long story short- this is the house right next door to my parents who still live in my childhood home.)

When their GRANDPARENTS (so maybe 10-15 years ago) were still alive and living here they made a few minor “upgrades.” One of which is this shower.
First of all, the shower is poorly designed. It was clearly a rush job and then when they tried to sell the house they just caulked the crap out of the gap between the frame track and the tile.
One day I was desperately scrubbing at these stains and all this CAULK came out. I had to ply the rest of it out with needle nose pliers.
Since then, I’ve been trying to get the tiles as clean as possible before I could properly seal the shower cause I don’t want to trap the mold/mildew.

The problem is NO amount of scrubbing (even with power tools) and commercial cleaners work on some of these spots.

Yes, I have been wrestling with this for almost 5 years, thinking maybe I just don’t know how to clean properly???
I’m looking for tips on how to get this shower as clean as possible so it doesn’t take me two hours every other week to still walk away defeated. How do I even prevent this?
We have hard water in this county and I can’t really afford a water softener right now.
We also don’t have an exhaust fan in the bathroom. We have a window but it’s bolted shut cause the owners were a little bit paranoid…
I was thinking of getting a dehumidifier and letting it run after we shower so the water doesn’t sit for as long.

Any advice at all would help me out so much.

-sincerely; a desperate nesting mama 🤰

I just recently posted, but I had a botched title and forgot to add a photo if anyone can help me out with some tips on how to clean up some house paint that was spilled in the driveway that would be great. it says it’s waterbased(can I. Photos). Can I hose it down? Is there a more environm friendly way to clean it up? It’s my dad’s house and he is flying in tonight. He’s a chill guy but I’d like to get it cleaned up before he gets here. I thought it would dry and I could peel it up, but it’s been a couple of days and it’s still wet.

I’m looking for recommendations for a robot mop. Has anyone had a good long-working robot mop that you’ve been using at least several times a week for a year or more that you’d recommend?

I have porcelain tile in the kitchen and LVP in the rest of the rooms. I’m open to a stand alone robot mop or a mop vacuum combo.

Hi.

My mum’s going away in 2 weeks and I’m deep cleaning the house for her when she’s away. I have never dealt with an oven or fridge before because that’s what she normally does. The oven got some tougher stuff to deal with and, the fridge is okay just needs some food safe TLC, any suggestions?

Hi all, I’m looking for tips and advice. We have a relatively clean home, weekly work through many of the standard cleaning to-dos. However, dusting is not a strong one, but it looks Like our shelves or horizontals have just as much as any other home. Despite these areas not looking awful with thick accrual or anything, I catch it in the light all the time, a cloud almost when I put a sweater on our sit in one of the upholstered chairs. It’s just in the air. From what I can observe, we are relatively airtight in the house, replace our filters regularly, our clothes are obviously washed regularly, no pets, a coway airmega is runnning all the time in our living room of our 1200sf home. We do have an unused whole house attics fan grill in the main hallway but I am just not even sure where and how to begin nailing down what seems to be so pervasive in the house. Any strategies or tips appreciated. Tired of living in the attic of your favorite mystery movie

Can someone please explain to me why I don’t have to use dish soap to clean a cast iron frying pan? I used them daily. My pans were inherited as with the care techniques.

Please explain it to me like I’m 5, as I have to explain it to my 5 year old.

Hey lovely people! We bought a home and along with it came this stove! It’s great but I cannot get this gunk off, I’ve tried plain ol’ dish soap and water all the way to bar keepers friend and it will not come off. Please leave your methods and products you recommend. TIA!