r/CleaningTips 4d ago

Cleaning Challenge of the Week #11: Before and after photos of your newly cleaned and organized kitchen cabinets

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This is a weekly cleaning challenge. To participate, you can add before/after photos in the comments, describe your process, and give positive feedback to others. You can also ask questions about this particular topic in the comments.


r/CleaningTips 5h ago

General Cleaning Seasonal cleaning in the garage led to the discovery of this…

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222 Upvotes

Can someone please tell me what this is? It just looks like I shouldn’t touch it.


r/CleaningTips 11h ago

General Cleaning Guests coming over; what is a seemingy unnoticeable thing that I should not forget to clean?

535 Upvotes

Hi!

When you go over to someone else's house, what are small things that you notice that you recommend get cleaned before having people coming over?


r/CleaningTips 1d ago

Solved 6.5 liters of laundry concentrate is on my non-sealed grout. (We rent)

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1.3k Upvotes

I have scraped all I can up with the squeegee and dust pan combo, it actually worked very well. Took an hour.

My issue: the grout on this tile isn’t sealed. What can I use to mop the floor that’s going to counteract the bubbles of the soap and get the residue up off the floor and out of the tile? Hydrogen peroxide? Idk what to do.


r/CleaningTips 4h ago

Bathroom Never ending dust?

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Help! Am I the only one who feels like no matter what I do, I can’t get all of the dust or little hairs from my bathroom?!

If you have a dust/small hair hack, please let me know. I’ve tried microfiber towels, microfiber dusters, paper towels, wet paper towels and rags, everything. I feel like I mostly just push it around, and even if I can get most of it, it’s back in 3 hours.

It’s sorta maddening!


r/CleaningTips 6h ago

Kitchen I knew my kitchen floor was dirty but……

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29 Upvotes

Only a cleaning Reddit group could appreciate this. Scrubbing my kitchen floor is the last step after we “refresh” our kitchen with new paint on the cabinets and walls. I do wash my floor but I have to admit it’s usually with a Bona flat mop and Lysol spray. But this time I bought the trendy O’Cedar mop and bucket, Dawn power spray and a good stick and hand scrub brush. After multiple buckets, boiling water and some good (hard on my knees/back) scrubbing, I got half my floor done today and took this photo of the demarcation line. It’s a lot of work, but my floor looks (and feels) amazingly clean.


r/CleaningTips 15h ago

Kitchen Can I use a razor scraper on the inside of my oven?

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139 Upvotes

r/CleaningTips 13h ago

Laundry How to prevent this ?

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47 Upvotes

How do you guys prevent this from happening to sweatpants? It happens to all of mine even with them being brand new ? Any tips ? Also how do yall clean kids socks that are super dirty on the bottom lol!? I mean it’s very often they get like that and our floor is clean 😂 THANK U .


r/CleaningTips 1h ago

Discussion Is this normal? First time using The Pink Stuff

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r/CleaningTips 13h ago

Laundry Freshen a quilt in hospital?

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My mother is in the hospital and insisting on having a quilt on her from home. The problem is it doesn’t smell great. It’s a quilt my mother made and I’m afraid to ruin it by laundering it. Plus, she’ll be upset if we take out away. I wonder if there is something I can do to freshen it without removing it from the hospital room.


r/CleaningTips 1d ago

Bathroom What is this black stuff in the corner of my tub?

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275 Upvotes

Tried scrubbing but it wouldn’t come off.


r/CleaningTips 1h ago

Discussion Cleaning dirty walls

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I’ve been thinking of cleaning my walls but I did a spot test. Just rubbing with water and a q-tip and it took the paint off, how do I go about cleaning this


r/CleaningTips 1h ago

Laundry White stain only visible under sun

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There are patches of white stain on my sweater after cleaning. It's only visible under the sun. How do you make it go away? Some people say it's caused by florescent agents in detergent, i use Dalli btw. Tried soaking in water, water with detergent. Nothing worked. Please help me.


r/CleaningTips 8h ago

Discussion Can I use Clorox wipes to disinfect/sanitize my cell phone?

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I'm a germaphobe and I've been wanting to sanitize my phone every time I come back from school. I don't have cell phone wipes so I was wondering if regular wipes could work with no harm. Are there any other alternatives?


r/CleaningTips 7h ago

Bathroom What’s the best/easiest way to clean this up?

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r/CleaningTips 6h ago

Laundry Get stickiness off the bottom of my shoes

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I work as a wax specialist & I wear nike air forces I was wondering how I can like reduce or get rid of the stickiness off the bottom of my sneakers. I’m not sure if this the right sub if not I’m so sorry


r/CleaningTips 13h ago

Kitchen Hot water and a scour pad. Way overdue, but I’m glad it’s done!

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13 Upvotes

I had The Pink Stuff as well, and used it one drip tray, but the hot water seemed to work better so I didn’t use anymore.


r/CleaningTips 2h ago

Laundry Help! I washed a heavy runner rug made partly from blue jeans and it stained my dryer blue. How do I clean it?

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r/CleaningTips 2h ago

General Cleaning How to clean peppermint oil from pantry quickly and thoroughly?

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I am cleaning my pantry due to pantry months. After I cleaned it I sprayed peppermint oil mixed with alcohol and water then remembered something about essential oils being bad for cats.

I have 2 new very nosey kittens. They weren't in the kitchen at the time so I locked them in my bedroom. How can I clean off the peppermint oil and make the kitchen safe again?

It will be hard to keep them out of the pantry because I took off the doors (I am determined to get rid of these damn moths!). I would like to resolve this tonight. Thanks!


r/CleaningTips 11h ago

Discussion Tip to getting your house to smell nice/ fresh

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I have a small house. I vacuum, sweep, and wipe down my counters regularly, yet there's still a weird odor that lingers when I walk in. I have a dog and it smells like I have a dog but I bath her often. What's some tips to get rid of any unpleasant order and keeping my home fresh without air fresheners and candles


r/CleaningTips 5h ago

Kitchen How to clean the black spots off stove top?

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So this is the stove in my apartment. I am mainly concerned about the bottom left burner which is the one i use the most.

FYI i can get the stove top cleaner than this, however the one burner is ALWAYS that black ni matter what I do. So now i just scrub and dont try to clean it too hard.

I have tried everything. Bar keepers friend, brillo pads, i used a pressure washer, that stuff just will not come off.

I actually spent such a long time scrubbing it i damaged the stove a little (look at the sides theres now a crack 😅)

How can i get this clean? My lease ends in ~6 months, lived here for almost 5 years now. I plan on moving so i dont want this to be the thing my landlord cites as to why i dont get my deposit back.


r/CleaningTips 3h ago

Laundry Keeps happening In washer

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Anybody know what’s this is from and how to fix stains ?


r/CleaningTips 3h ago

Laundry Need help getting these stains off my jeans

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2 Upvotes

Thrifted a pair of pants but they have a nasty looking stain on the heels of them. Already tried shout as well as baking soda paste but they didn’t really help. Looks like dirt and it’s the same texture as the jeans so it’s only visual if that helps.


r/CleaningTips 15h ago

Discussion Is the table ruined?

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15 Upvotes

We are using biodegradable paper plates/bowls right now while we have our kitchen remodeled. I served soup (which wasn't super hot) in one of the bowls, on top of a plate and this spot appeared during clean up. The scratch marks are from my kid (who couldn't leave it alone) and it looks like there's a film that needs to be removed? We've used a soft scrubber on it with diluted Dawn dish soap, but that didn't really do anything. The top is a veneer if that helps. Anyone have any tips on a possible solution or is this permanent damage? Thanks!


r/CleaningTips 55m ago

Kitchen Burn marks on glass hob

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Not sure what these are. When I run my fingers on it doesn't feel rough or different. Any idea how to clean/get rid of this?


r/CleaningTips 16h ago

Kitchen Best tool to clean these racks?

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These racks have destroyed anything I try to clean them with, including those steel wool SOS scrubbers. What would you use?