DIY Home Cleaning Products that REALLY work

Op try Dawn

Dawn cleans pans. It doesn’t get the baked in crud off the bottom.

[quote] Op try Dawn

Is Dawn the house cleaner’s name? Contact info please.

Soak it in dawn bitch it will loosen up your bad cooking

I cleaned my windows with a mixture of white vinegar and dish soap and they have never been cleaned. I use vinegar to clean all surfaces and my bathroom floor. Cheaper, less toxic and works just as well if not better.

Why do all this cleaning when you can hire a hot muscled guy who will take off his shirt and do it for you at a nominal cost ?

Dawn dish soap. I used it directly on pit stains and saved a favorite t-shirt from being tossed due to body odor. I use dawn to clean the toilet too.

The right colored.

[quote] I used it directly on pit stains and saved a favorite t-shirt from being tossed due to body odor.

Ewwwwwwwwww! Gross. Toss the friggin shirt and replace it if it stinks of BO. Yuck !

No. It was a favorite shirt. I treated the pits with dawn before washing in a machine and the pit stain along with the stench is gone.

Combination of baking soda and vinegar to clean drains. Make sure you use just enough for it to bubble up.

Same as R11, with a round of boiling hot water afterward. Doesn’t remove total blockages so well but it will clear minor drain buildup.

[quote] BTW, I am still looking for something to clean baked-on / caked-on pans. Salt and baking soda ain’t it.

It's not DIY, but Easy-Off oven cleaner. Try the fume-free one.

After that, do more regular maintenance with EG Barkeeper's Friend.

I have a friend who’s a bar keeper.

A couple of years ago I bought a 20kg bag of citric acid and a 10kg bag of bicarb soda from a wholesaler. Combined with double strength white vinegar from the supermarket, they helped tremendously to clear the drains. They are great for cleaning. Make up the citric acid powder with boiling water at a ratio of 1:3 (be extremely careful and use a faceshield and rubber gloves which can withstand corrosive chemicals) and you can clean pretty much anything. If that doesn't do it, use a flour sifter to add in bicarb. Don't just throw lumps of bicarb in there. Always do this kind of cleaning over a drain (sink, shower, bath), and you'll help stop the muck building up down there.

I'll tell you one that DOESN'T work! LOL!!! Two years ago I read a blog that gave DIY for feminine hygiene and one of them was dousching with yoghurt for a yeast infection! Suffice to say it took me days to get all of the clotted yoghurt out from down there, everytime I'd shower I'd have another clump of what appeared to be cottage cheese drop out from inside me! GROSSS LOL!!! I made on comment on the gal's blog about my experience and she told me I wasn't supposed to used flavored yoghurt (I used Danone Boysenberry, because it's my favorite and I always buy it in bulk when it's available at Costco), so I tried it again using plain yoghurt and wouldn't you know it, I'm trying to scrape all the curds of yoghurt out from down there for days after, the only difference is these don't have chunks of boysenberry!!! LOL!!!

Did you eat the curds and whey?

R16 is Liza Minnelli.

[quote]a combination of white vinegar and dish soap in a spray bottle

half and half? (i.e., 1:1 ratio?)

I'm guessing way more vinegar than dish soap.

Bar Keeper's Friend With Benefits for a more powerful scrub

Dish soap: how do you combine with vinegar?

meh. I have a special degreaser used by painters and other professional tradesman. Even the lowest possible solution removes grease and grime. It's 10 bucks a box of powder which lasts a year or longer. DIY is dumb. Vinegar doesn't do half what people claim.

Microfibre polyester cloths are the bomb. They will tackle many cleaning challenges using any detergent and you don't need a lot of the detergent. the cheapest cheapest budget dish shop works. It's the microfibers that lift the substances off where they should not be.

I live in polluted cities and microfibre + degreaser cleans all windows and surfaces effortlessly. Change the water in the bucket frequently.

For a clogged toilet, remove most water and squeeze several tblsp of Dawn, wait 15 minutes and add a bucket of hot water. It should flush right through.

[quote] Why do all this cleaning when you can hire a hot muscled guy who will take off his shirt and do it for you at a nominal cost ?

Because we aren’t all fat sluts with zero options R6.

R19, I just eyeball it really. I put just enough vinegar to do the job in the spray bottle and just a squirt of Dawn (the same amount you might use to do dishes), not much. Then I shake it before using.

Dish soap = washing up liquid (detergent)?

[quote] meh. I have a special degreaser used by painters and other professional tradesman. Even the lowest possible solution removes grease and grime. It's 10 bucks a box of powder which lasts a year or longer.

Would be helpful if you could provide a link to said product.

During the pandemic daily shower sprays (which prevent mould / mildew buildup) all but disappeared from store shelves so I found a recipe for a substitute that I’ve been using ever since, and for a cost that’s a fraction of the prepared solutions:

1/2 cup of isopropyl alcohol (99%) 1/2 cut of hydrogen peroxide 3% 1 tsp dish soap 1 tablespoon of dishwasher rinse agent A few drops of your favourite essential oil (optional) for scent About 900ml / 4 cups of water Combine in a spray bottle and it works like a charm.

[quote]white vinegar and dish soap in a spray bottle to clean soap scum off of glass shower doors.

The vinegar is doing the work. You add vinegar to take soap out/off of things. May as well just spray it with vinegar.

r16 I'm repulsed by that reply.

This thread is obviously being sponsored by the manufacturers of Dawn.

R31

Fuck you r33

I’m not Heloise

I just bought a Eureka cordless stick vacuum on sale at Amazon. It's awesome, I don't know why it look me so long to get one. I'll bet I will rarely if ever need to get out my bulky upright again.

How do you successfully clean the bottom of pots?

R28 it's Rico.

RICO Entfettungs-Laugenpulver Rico poudre de dégraissage

When you clean your oven, R37, you use the same crap on your pot bottoms. You’re already wearing Frankenfurter gloves, I see. Put them to use.

The guy who installed my glass shower screen told me if it got soap scum build-up, to clean it with dishwashing liquid (or whatever you prefer) and use an exfoliating mitt of the type you use on yourself in the shower. Said it won't scratch the surface. It works well.

In the kitchen, just get a pyrolitic oven. Miraculous results, and no chemicals involved whatever. You do have to clean the door first, that's all. As we all move from gas to electric cooking, bear this in mind.

It's not a DIY home cleaning product but I want to give a shout out to Shout. It is the only product I have found that gets dried cum stains out of fabric.

R41 sucking on the fabric does the same thing.

[quote] BTW, I am still looking for something to clean baked-on / caked-on pans.

OP I have had a lot of luck with putting them in a trash bag, spraying them with oven cleaner, close up the bag, put it out in the sun for about a half hour, they should clean right up. Of course wear rubber gloves when you remove them.

I had an Ozempic accident in my pants this morning and Dawn saved my favorite pair of jeans!

[quote]OP: I just love how affective this solution is.

Oh, dear.

^saying

I have a feeling that all of these magic potions in spray bottles (peroxide, alcohol, Dawn, vinegar, etc.) work because of the elbow grease.

Not just the elbow grease, but the regularity of applications. I.e., if you wipe down the shower 7X a week with this magic potion, voila, the shower just stays clean!

Way to tap into your feminine energy, r32. Not the nurturing part of femininity. The abortive, emasculating, overly critical part.

There is nothing preventing you from contributing your own Suzy homemaker tips rather than scold everyone else's.

Vinegar, water and a microfiber cloth to clean windows.

Do any of these suggestions include info about how to clean shower tile grout and/or get rid of mold in the corner of the shower?

I use a small amount of Dr. Bronner's Sal suds with water in a spray bottle to clean different surfaces around the house.

[quote] Do any of these suggestions include info about how to clean shower tile grout and/or get rid of mold in the corner of the shower?

I'm guessing chlorine bleach (Clorox) is involved.

I gave up using ammonia as a cleaner when a pissy rescue cat moved in with me.

It’s a noxious and efficient cleaning tool.

Aunt Such n Such’s cleaning vinegar eucalyptus scent

I haven't purchased store-bought detergent since I started making my own laundry detergent powder.

Found the recipe with a YouTube video.

I make a year's worth at a time. I store it in a re-used pretzel container.

Easy-greasy.

R47 and R48, it's not a lot of elbow grease for the glass shower doors. You just have to leave it on longer. Vinegar in small confined spaces is surprisingly noxious too. You do have to clean it with a sponge, wipe it, but not aggressively. If your doors are bad, you might have to do it twice. But It's better than anything I have bought in store made specifically for cleaning shower doors and soap scum.

It's greasy?