a running faucet moves about two gallons a minute, which turns a vague habit into arithmetic. why scraping beats rinsing, the filter in the floor of the tub that nobody knows exists, what the white film on your glasses actually is, and the two bottles that must never meet.
Tag Archives: cleaning
I Own A Cleaning Company. Your Landlord Cannot Charge You For Dirt.
routine cleaning after a move-out is not a lawful deduction in new york, and routine painting is not either. the four rules doing the work, the five things that actually get charged and which of them you can fix yourself, and the paperwork that recovers more money than three days of scrubbing.
I Clean Houses For A Living. The Marks In Your Sink Are Not Dirt.
three different marks end up in a stainless sink and they look identical from standing height. which one is mineral, which one is iron that arrived from somewhere else, the one that is permanent, and the acid that must never go in there.
I Clean Houses For A Living. You Cannot Clean An Oven With Oven Cleaner.
it is sodium hydroxide at pH 13.3, it needs hours rather than minutes, and the brown film on the door glass is not a chemical job at all. what the can’s own label says about where never to spray it, the bathtub trick for the racks, and the honest version of the self-clean argument.
I Clean Houses For A Living. Half Of What You’re Embarrassed About Is Not Dirt.
three things in a house are damaged rather than dirty and no product fixes them. the staining that looks permanent and isn’t, the four cheap jobs that turn into invoices, and why the shame is aimed at the wrong list.
I Clean Houses For A Living. You Cannot Vacuum Pet Hair Out Of Furniture.
a vacuum moves air, and air loses to a barbed hair hooked down into a weave. what actually lifts it out, why october is worse than august, and the dryer step almost nobody does in the right order.
I Clean Houses For A Living. Your Bathroom Fan Is Not For The Smell.
it is a dehumidifier with a cheap motor in it, not an air freshener, and almost everybody runs it at the wrong time. what the spots on your ceiling actually are, the free timing fix, the two bottles that must never share a room, and the half of bathroom mold that is not alive.
I Own A Cleaning Company. Your Guests Cannot Tell If Your House Is Clean.
clean is something that happened to a surface before anyone arrived. what a guest can actually detect is tidy, shine and smell — three different jobs, two of them free. where the money goes instead, and the forty-minute pass that replaces a panic clean.
I Own A Cleaning Company. You Are Paying To Have Water Shipped To You.
water is the first ingredient on nearly every bottle in that aisle, and ingredients are listed in descending order. the powders and concentrates are the same chemistry with the freight taken out, the one ready-to-use spray i keep buying anyway, and the two ways concentrates go wrong.
I Own A Cleaning Company. Half The Things You Replaced Were Not Worn Out.
dirty, coated and worn out all look the same from four feet away, and they cost completely different money. here is the thirty-second test that tells you which one you have.
