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Weird things you clean

Mominohio — Thu, 23 Mar 2017 01:16:46 GMT

Been organizing and cleaning for weeks now, and doing my usual spring wall washing etc. Made me think of some of the things I clean that I've had others think I am weird to do.

So what do you clean on a regular basis (can be weekly, monthly, yearly or whatever) that you might be the only one doing so?!

I'll start off with cords. Lamp, appliances, whatever. I unplug the item, take a damp cloth and clean the entire length of the cord. It is amazing how dusty/dirty they can get. I do it a couple of time a year.

Share your weird or unique cleaning ideas!

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DowntonAbbey — Thu, 23 Mar 2017 01:48:04 GMT

Interesting topic and thank you and I don't think what you clean is weird, we need to keep our homes clean.............I know that I was washing my bathroom wall in my new apartmentand washed off the paint so I told my landlord and he brought me paint and brush and I did a good job of repainting it. lol He said YOU TOOK IT OF NOW PUT IT BACK ON. He told a neighbor he has never seen anyone clean like I do but I have atwo paper piles and I don't know what to do with them.

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DowntonAbbey — Thu, 23 Mar 2017 01:48:44 GMT

Interesting topic and thank you and I don't think what you clean is weird, we need to keep our homes clean.............I know that I was washing my bathroom wall in my new apartmentand washed off the paint so I told my landlord and he brought me paint and brush and I did a good job of repainting it. lol He said YOU TOOK IT OF NOW PUT IT BACK ON. He told a neighbor he has never seen anyone clean like I do but I have two paper piles and I don't know what to do with them.

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Mom2Dogs — Thu, 23 Mar 2017 01:50:19 GMT

I don't have any weird cleaning habits....but I am a nut about clutter. I catch myself going thru the house on a more than regular basis to de-clutter.

Am I supposed to wash walls....I sweep the corners and baseboards weekly and around the ceiling, but I don't wash walls.

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In-x-s — Thu, 23 Mar 2017 02:43:51 GMT

I've never been told I'm weird for cleaning my lamp cords (maybe I never told anybody) but somebody thought I was nuts for steam cleaning my washing machine wherever there was lettering in the plastic parts like the agitator with fabric softener dispenser or the bleach dispenser because gunk had built up around the letters. How else would somebody clean that other than a steam cleaner LOL

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SilleeMee — Thu, 23 Mar 2017 11:39:25 GMT

I have some very large home theater speakers. About once a year I take off the speaker covers and dust the actual speaker inside. Then I wipe down the covers with a damp cloth. I can't believe how dirty those speakers get! I know it's my imagination, but I think they sound better after I do this...LOL!

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PINKdogWOOD — Thu, 23 Mar 2017 12:25:13 GMT

@In-x-s Yeah, that gunk in the trays for laundry detergent, .bleach, softeners - a big YUK!!! These products build up and then grow mold!!!!!

We stopped using fabric softener and DH doesn't like using bleach in his washings. I pulled out the tray from my washer, got out an old toothbrush to clean it, popped out the individual little compartments for each, scrubbed them and the inside where this tray slides back in. I also don't use powdered laundry detergent which builds up too. Only liquid here. And after we've finished laundry we take out the tray, remove the little compartments shake out eccess H2O and let it all dry out between washings. It's now very clean always

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pattypeep — Thu, 23 Mar 2017 12:56:43 GMT

@Mominohio This thread reminds me of an Erma Bombeck book I read back in the 80's. She talked about "cleaning lint off the refrigerator". I can't remember the context of the statement, but I've never forgotten it. In the same book, she talked about the "chenille bedspread lines across her face" that gave away the fact that she was napping rather that working around the house. I should try and find that book. It really was so funny.

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software — Thu, 23 Mar 2017 13:04:32 GMT

Light bulbs and TV remote controls.

When I was young, I laughed at my mom cleaning the light bulbs in lamps & such but they do get dusty, you breathe in the dust plus dust smells bad. But now I find myself doing it. Once I dust/wipe the lamps & lampshades, I wipe the bulb, too. I clean the overhead fixtures & bulbs too. The one in the bathroom is NASTY.

It concerns me how dirty the remotes get! My hands aren't dirty, how does that happen? I guess I'm dirtier than I think!

@Mominohio

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Starpolisher — Thu, 23 Mar 2017 13:24:23 GMT

This is pretty much what I clean. Some daily, some weekly, some monthly and some biannually. Nothing weird that I can think of.

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151949 — Thu, 23 Mar 2017 13:26:59 GMT

I used to wash my walls every spring when we lived in Pa. We had a dog , plus the house was closed up half the year and they seemed dirty to me. This was confirmed when I would wash them, and the water in the bucket would get very dirty, while the rooms would feel fresh and smell nice.

Now I live in Florida, I'm no longer physically able to move the furniture to wash down walls and my walls don't have washable paint on them, so I haven't done them in 7 years.I really miss that fresh, clean feeling & smell.

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panda1234 — Thu, 23 Mar 2017 13:43:23 GMT

@Mom2Dogs wrote:
I don't have any weird cleaning habits....but I am a nut about clutter. I catch myself going thru the house on a more than regular basis to de-clutter.

Am I supposed to wash walls....I sweep the corners and baseboards weekly and around the ceiling, but I don't wash walls.

As a kid I remember my mom washing the walls with Spik n Span, what a dreaded job. It was amazing how dirty the water was when she was done. It don't have the time, energy or desire to do my walls.

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PINKdogWOOD — Thu, 23 Mar 2017 14:48:15 GMT

I have to chuckle as I read through all of the posts here. What we think is weird to clean, every one of you note things you clean I find myself on every list!

fridge coils - funny, DH & I just finished a much over-do in the kitchen you know, wash the walls prep for painting, done. So this means both fridge & range had to be moved. Coils, cord, back of fridge and flr under not bad. Range on the other hand, well who moves this unless you're remodeling and/or buying new! Yeah, it was all gross and THX DH to doing this while I did other things.

On another post I tlaked about taking out the tray in washer that we gunk up with powder detergents, softener & bleach. I take an old toothbrush and scrub them all out. Clean the opening your pull-out drawer fits into too. We've stopped using both bleach (bothers him) and softener. Clothes come out just fine and we're saving that $$$ too.

Light bulbs from another poster - sure do and dust the shade inside & out.

Not always but enough times I'll get down on the flr and do all the intracacies (sp?) of the dining rm table & chairs, as well both sideboards. Not only takes awhile but kills my bad knees!

Magazine rack inside & out - mags too!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yes I do the plugin cords too.

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nana59 — Thu, 23 Mar 2017 15:00:41 GMT

I remember my mother cleaning the inside of the toilet tank!!

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Mominohio — Thu, 23 Mar 2017 15:50:47 GMT

@nana59 wrote:
I remember my mother cleaning the inside of the toilet tank!!

I do this several time a year as well. We have a lot of iron in our water, and even with a whole house filter, and a softener system using rust out salt, we have to watch places that water just sits (like the toilet tank!). It gets rather orange in there, and develops a black film that is like seaweed or mold if left go too long.

I pour some Iron Out in the tank, let it set for a few hours, then flush several times, each time scrubbing the inside of the tank with a toothbrush as it refills.

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qualitygal — Thu, 23 Mar 2017 18:14:34 GMT

Hand held can opener, the little wheel that cuts. I clean it with a toothbrush to get down and in and get it cleaned.

Use to take pipe cleaners and clean his pipes. He no longer smokes pipes.

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151949 — Thu, 23 Mar 2017 18:24:48 GMT

@panda1234 wrote:
@Mom2Dogs wrote:
I don't have any weird cleaning habits....but I am a nut about clutter. I catch myself going thru the house on a more than regular basis to de-clutter.

Am I supposed to wash walls....I sweep the corners and baseboards weekly and around the ceiling, but I don't wash walls.
As a kid I remember my mom washing the walls with Spik n Span, what a dreaded job. It was amazing how dirty the water was when she was done. It don't have the time, energy or desire to do my walls.

I think it is the memory of that grossly dirty water that makes you keep coming back and washing them every year.I used Spic& Span too.

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SilleeMee — Thu, 23 Mar 2017 18:28:30 GMT

I throw all of my hair brushes and combs in the dishwasher then air-dry them. I do this with my dog's brushes and combs, too. I make sure to remove all the hair first, of course, before placing them in the washer. They come out looking like new.

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ID2 — Thu, 23 Mar 2017 18:40:36 GMT

Yes, I clean a lot of weird things but I'll have to say that I've never washed a wall in my 63 years! My mom never did either, I guess thats why I've never seen anyone do it.

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goldensrbest — Thu, 23 Mar 2017 18:42:24 GMT

Take a look into your toilet tank.