sweat has no smell. the smell is bacteria eating sweat and the dead skin in it, and the reason it never improves is that the shoe never dries. the twenty-four hour rule, why the callus is part of the odor, the laundry half nobody checks, and the five signs it belongs to a clinician.
Tag Archives: laundry
I Own A Cleaning Company. Most Of Your Laundry Is Not Dirty.
two things make a garment need washing, and “i wore it” is not one of them. what a load actually costs, the receipt sitting in your lint screen, the three jobs that replace a whole cycle, and the one real price of washing less.
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 And I Have A Newborn. Fabric Softener Does Not Belong On Baby Pajamas.
children’s sleepwear is either flame resistant or snug-fitting — that is a federal rule, and the label tells you which one you bought. what fabric softener does to each, how strong the evidence actually is, and what to do about winter static instead.
I Own A Cleaning Company And I Had A Baby This Year. Nobody Preps The Laundry.
Everything else about a newborn is roughly constant. The laundry is the part that multiplies on day one, and it is the only job on the whole list you can set up completely in advance.
I Clean Houses For A Living And I Have A Newborn. Baby Detergent Is Not What Gets The Stain Out.
“gentle” and “gets the stain out” are opposites, and the expensive bottle never claimed to be the second one. what is actually on the shirt, the one temperature rule that costs people the stain, and why your washer is probably part of this.
I Clean Houses For A Living. Washing Your Sheets Is Not Cleaning Your Bed.
the sheets are a cover. what actually builds up in a mattress, why protein needs an enzyme and not bleach, and the twenty-dollar thing that deletes the chore instead of adding one.
I Clean Houses For A Living. More Detergent Is Why Your Towels Smell.
the extra soap is not failing to fix the smell. the extra soap is the smell. what is actually growing in there, what lives behind the door gasket nobody has looked at, and how to strip it back out.
I Clean Houses For A Living. The Lint Trap Is Not The Dryer Vent.
The lint you pull off the screen is the lint that got caught. Where the rest of it goes, the four signs your duct is packed, and why the hose behind your dryer is the whole problem.
