Yes, I feel your dusty pain. I usually rinse the whole bath and then do the cleaning thing, then rinse again. But, I have a removable shower head, which makes the first rinse much more powerful and gets the dust down the drain. As for the bathing in the remaining Ajax thing, I had that fear as well so I started buying biologically friendly bathroom cleaner. That must have less harmful residue, no?
Erik suggested yesterday that we buy a scrub brush to scrub our floors. I am in agreement with you about mopping but getting on my hands and knees and scrubbing doesn't sound much better. Help, how do I say "I don't want to scrub the floors" without sounding disgusting?
As to the shower curtain, Meline taught me when we lived together that you can throw that baby (at least the liner, which gets the most scummy) into the washing machine on warm!! It totally works, especially if you drizzle the detergent all over the gross side as your way of adding it to the cycle.
Thanks for the advice, ladies. J - sounds great, except our curtain is a fancy, thick plastic one that we spent way too much money on at Pintchiks and I'm scared to fuck it up in the machine.
A - I'm sure there are tasks that you prefer to Erik. Can't you do some kind of trade? Like, I don't feel so bad that I don't mop cause M. never wants to clean the bathroom.
Wait, j, that shower curtain trick is amazing. The plastic doesn't melt??
Cate, your shower looked sparkling to me on Sunday so whatever you're doing seems to be working.
Wow, Sammy. Please don't invest in the corrective lenses you clearly need.
It's nice to see the technological savvy of "Old Wives Club." Back in '97 you gals used to trade cleaning secrets in Burton the old fashioned way. Nowadays, you can just "email" each other any pie crust recipes you find in seconds. Welcome to the future, I guess.
p.s. What's the best way to remove stains from placemats?
One good thing about porcelain is that it is remarkably inhospitable to germs and bacteria--this is why they make toilets out of it. However if you have a quarter inch of dust, dirt and a cat hair farm in the bottom of your tub, like I've got, there's no telling what's living in there- but there should be no fear of just regular old porcelain. If you rinse the tub thoroughly no toxins should remain hidden in the microcosmos. I usually fill the tub up 1/4 of the way, swish the water around and then let the sucker drain before I creep in.
damn...i feel like i gotta represent old wives now...can't be slacking with my tips. lets see. cleaning/cooking tips. if you want to make veggie corn dogs but dont want to clean your 1 pan, then you can simply put some foil on top of the pan. dispose foil after corn dogs are ready. return 1 pan to oven (no cleaning involved). thats all i gots. sorry, martha. side note: my random scenester roommate only takes baths. i think it is part of her schtick. that's just weird and inconvenient, right? anyone else into this bath-only technique or am i justified in adding it to my reasons i think she is a bit wack?
Thanks for all the tips, kids. Just for the record, I do think only bathing and never showering is a definitely a bit wack because it means that at least some of the time you are washing your hair in the bathtub, and I have always found that nauseating.
I kind of like that dirty/clean feeling of washing my hair in the bath. Puke away, cate.
Okay, Ame, but consider that your hair is like 1/4 the length of mind. I can maybe believe it's not so bad when you don't have so much to deal with.
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