a window company’s own brochure says windows do not cause condensation. what the water on the glass is actually telling you, the humidity number that slides down as it gets colder outside, and why the thing you plugged in three weeks ago is making it worse.
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I Clean Houses For A Living. One Spray Bottle Cannot Clean Your Kitchen.
a kitchen has four or five different finishes in it and at least three of them come with printed instructions telling you not to use what you are holding. two appliance manufacturers put paper towels, vinegar sprays, citrus sprays and ammonia on their own do-not-use lists, name the direction you are supposed to wipe, and give an angle for a scraper. the one surface that does want grit, and the part of this with no product in it.
I Own A Cleaning Company. Do Not Put A Tablet In Your Toilet Tank.
the company that made the toilet says, in its own homeowner’s guide, do not use in-tank cleaners, and that the chlorine ones can seriously damage the fittings in the tank. the company that makes the bleach says bleach will not take off the ring you bought the tablet for. what the ring actually is, the acid that does, and the two bottles that should never meet in the same bowl.
I Own A Cleaning Company. The Salt Tracked Into Your House Is Sandpaper.
the white film by the back door is two problems wearing one name — a crystal that abrades the finish before it dissolves, and a residue that hazes it after. a wood flooring trade body and a commercial floor-care manufacturer both print it. the order of operations is free, and the product the post most wants to hand you is a mat.
I Own A Cleaning Company. You Cannot Scrub A Mark Off A Flat Wall.
the mark comes off. the shiny patch where it was does not. two paint manufacturers print the cause on their own websites, one of them says never to put glass cleaner on a wall, and the method that works is warm water and a drop of dish soap. the four things that burnish a flat wall, and the two weeks nobody waits.
I Own A Cleaning Company And I Had A Baby This Year. You Do Not Have To Get Rid Of The Cat.
the litter box is the famous pregnancy warning and it is not a dirtiness problem. the cdc says the parasite needs one to five days in the tray to become infectious, which makes it a scheduling decision you make before the baby arrives. what the aap says about who should be doing that job, why the kitchen is the likelier route, and the sentence that means you keep the cat.
I Own A Cleaning Company. You Are Not Cleaning Your Countertops. You Are Etching Them.
a counter that has gone dull in patches is not dirty, and no cleaner will fix it. the stone trade’s own care guidance says an etch is a hole in the finish rather than a film on top of it. the bottle under your sink that attacks granite, the free everyday answer, and the sealing line the industry publishes against itself.
I Own A Cleaning Company. You Are Not Wearing Out Your Carpet. You Are Grinding It.
carpet does not go flat and gray because feet walked on it. it goes flat because feet walked grit into it and kept walking, and the carpet industry’s own number is that 90 to 95% of that grit comes out for nothing. the three ways a vacuum stops working without breaking, the published spot rules that are the opposite of what everybody does, and where i am naming the source’s bias.
I Clean Houses For A Living. You Cannot Wipe A Stomach Bug Off A Counter.
the bottle that says it kills 99.9% of germs is close to useless against the one illness most likely to go through your house this winter, and it is a structural problem rather than a marketing one. what the federal outbreak guideline says about sanitizer and about the wipes in your cupboard, the three-step order nobody follows, the laundry rules, and the two numbers worth putting on the fridge.
I Clean Houses For A Living. The Soot Is Not Because You Bought A Cheap Candle.
the black mark on the ceiling and the gray ring up the inside of the jar are a wick problem and an airflow problem, not a wax problem. what the candle industry’s own guidance says, the free fix that stops new soot being made, the scrubbing that costs you the paint, and a published method for wax on fabric.
