r/CleaningTips

Hi everyone. I moved into this flat in the uk around 6 months ago. I noticed in my closet in the room there was a dehumidifier pouch hanging, which raised my eyebrows.

But I can’t see any mould or anything, just yellow “maybe about to become mould” spots around my bedroom walls high up.

Since moving in, I have noticed my voice change. It’s low, raspy and honestly… a bit sexy. lol but the problem is I don’t feel like I have a sore throat or anything it’s more I feel blocked up CONSTANTLY and my sinuses hurt and I get headaches and my nose is always blocked.

Everything in my flat gathers dust SO MUCH. the photos I’m providing are a day after me deep cleaning, using a scrub daddy dust catcher. I leave my windows open twenty four seven and that’s not a joke, I sleep with my living room ones open all the time. Because it constantly feels stuffy but also dry and awful.

I bought a humidity reader and have it in my bedroom. It’s sitting at 77 right now. How is this normal? It doesn’t matter if my window is open, or not. It’s on the 70s. The ONLY TIME it’s ever reached in the 50’s, around 57 is when I have my window open early in the morning when it’s still freezing, my dehumidifier on and my air purifier on. The second it hits 9am, even when I close my window of the humidity is rising outside, it’s back up to the 70s by midday

I have bought a dehumidifier and nothing has worked. It’s catching water but not dropping the levels. My flat is actually tiny as well and my bedroom even more. It’s not a large space that it can’t handle. Also bought an air purifier and nothing has changed.

I have no idea what to do. It’s making me so frustrated. I come home and don’t feel “safe” or cosy in my room due to all of this.

I wake up sweating some nights and have taken to sleeping in just shorts which has helped because of how clammy and horrible my room feels all the time.

I am on the top floor and have a closet that has sliding doors that don’t close all the way which may not be helping as it’s a disaster in there. I have no storage so everything is shoved in there and all my clothes are just constantly dusty and smelly. I hate doing laundry as everything smells gross even after smelling lovely.

I have no idea what to do. How do I keep on top of this dust? It seems to come back constantly even if I’ve just cleaned. I’m breathing all this in on the daily. Am I better to leave all windows closed and run my dehumidifier? Am I supposed to be running both my dehumidifier and air purifier at the same time? Do I open all windows and run them both? I just have no clue.

I’m not tied to this place and have no contract. I can leave whenever. And it’s annoying because I just moved in and am autistic so I want a space that feels like mine and I feel just settled in so I wanna stay here but if it’s this bad should I consider moving before it gets to winter?

I just have no idea about cleaning. I do vacuum three times a week and have a Dyson. I also go around with my duster and hot water and soap with a cloth. I have antibacterial sprays that I use too. Should I be doing more? I willl say a culprit I have is keeping my clothes out when I’m changing and not putting them away so they sit on my windowsill. But surely that’s not causing all this. Oh and I have no pets.

Would like any help.

I originally threw them in the washer and dryer, but it deformed a couple so I've stopped. Is just wiping them with a wet rag my best bet? Is there some sort of spray that would work???

Hi! Im a student at a clinic and my mentor and I are very much stumped on how to keep our room clean. The owner has absolutely no interest in providing MR safe cleaning equipment so we wrestle the magnet every time we clean. Im at the point where Im wondering if I can at least scrub the floor before/after the day or something. Any tips on how to clean this tile?

Update: Omg I didnt expect this many replies! Ty for the time. I wanted to address some common things Ive been seeing. Yes, the owner doesnt at all care about safety or keeping up with hygiene for many things not just the MR room. We have asked many times for better cleaning equipment that is MR safe, it gets rejected. We have stated we wont clean the room then out if personal safety and she (owner) has lowkey threatened to fire my mentor in terms of neglecting duties. We live in a very poor, primarily hispanic border city with a terribly high unemployment rate so the owner is very much like "I can replace you easily :)" kinda vibe. She doesnt live here either, she lives in a more expensive, primarily white popular city. So the vibe here is kinda like "dont risk getting fired" Yes everyone is severely underpaid too :(

The reason I posted here is because I know our patients and staff here are neglected and I wanted to help in some way. Which judging by the tips it doesnt seem like theres much we can do other than anonymously report. Unfortunately this city has very very few clinics with MRs so Im also hesitant

Hi all!

My grandma recently went through her dad’s belongings and found this school book from 1888. It wasn’t his or anyone in our family’s, he was just a lover of old books like me!

Problem is, this thing has mold… and not the brown spots people ask about assuming it’s mold, full on three dimensional mold is growing on the cover and first few pages.

I spent some time digging and most of the posts I’m finding are people being told their book just has foxing and that everything is fine but that’s pretty clearly not the case here. The text block appears to be mostly fine, there’s a hole eating through a few of the pages in the back but it really doesn’t seem like the mold is that far into the book.

So really, is there any saving this 138 year old book? My heart is going to break if it’s garbage but obviously I’m not risking the rest of my collection.

I tried posting in r/bookcollecting but the auto mod took my post down immediately and told me to refer to their guide but the link is down :(

all tempered glass from a large out door table, storm picked it up and threw it a couple feet into our gravel...

Has anyone else used this spray? It smells absolutely horrible. The only way I can describe it is vomit or rotten fruit. 🤮

My bathroom is in dire straits.

There is what looks like

• calcium deposits on the floor
• mouldry brown deposits on the wall and on the shower materials

I don't know think I will be able to sort this out on my own. There are some cleaning services but I just don't know what to ask them to do.

They charge me +200 GBP just for an assessment and I'm not sure I want to fork that much.

Do I need repainting for the wall? Some limescale solution for the floor?

Any help would be much appreciated.

I am not affiliated with the company but wanted to show some before / after pics after I commented on this stuff in another post.

My tub (Kohler cast iron, anti-slip bottom) was dirty but nothing I used would get it clean (bleach, foaming cleaner, etc.). I did not try anything abrasive (like Comet) as that will take off the anti-slip coating. The company sells pads which will not scratch or damage.

I found a YT vid of a review of this stuff and figured I would give it a try. The pics are from the first time I used it. Was amazing how easy it was to clean. Took about 20 minutes and minimal effort. The instructions call to spray the blue stuff, let that sit, then use the white stuff (an abrasive similar to barkeepers friend). Results speak for themselves.

I hate the cost but love the product!

This pic isn’t after a cleaning, I’m just showing the type of floor. It’s a cheap fake wood panel, the kind the peels easily

I use hot water, fabulouso, and the cedar mop. The water turns brown when dumped in the toilet. But they still feel dirty as heck. What gives?

Are they trash?

Edit: I believe these are a lost cause. I’ve tried some other solutions after talking with a shoe repair place. At this point might experiment with dyeing it before chucking. Feel free to give colour suggestions!

There’s no tag so I can’t verify it’s machine washable, and there’s no zipper to remove the cover from the weights.

Has anyone tried the washing machine? I really don’t want to damage my washer, my blanket, or myself 🥲

The pictures speak for themselves. This is a shower I cleaned today. The house has very hard water and the deposits had built up. It took a ton of elbow grease to get it to this level and there's *still* hard water stains. But the difference is night and day. It also just had a lot of soap scum and dirt build up that was a breeze to clean in comparison. I used, Lysol oxi action, melamine sponges, sos scrubbers, comet, and, like I said, elbow grease. I didn't set a stop watch but probably close to 90 minutes of scrubbing, not including breaks. The oxi action was great for the soap scum and worked a charm on the door, the sos scrubbers with elbow grease did the most heavy lifting for the hard water deposits. I'm open to suggestions if others have ever dealt with cleaning hard water deposits. What has worked the best for you?