Cleaning & Laundry - January 2007

I have already tried to vacuum the house with a new vacuum on a new wall to wall carpet but the new carpet continues to develop little balls of carpet fluff or lint. The first time I vacuumed the carpet the vacuum was compacted with the lint and then wasn't able to get any more things out of the carpet.

Is there something that I need to do with a new carpet? is there a tool used to clean up the carpet lint? Should I use a different setting to vacuum the carpet? Is there a vacuum rating I need to get the carpet clean?

2007-01-26 04:21:14 · 7 answers · asked by hubalooba 1

I'm broke this month so I need something around the house. You know; creative.....

2007-01-26 04:17:23 · 2 answers · asked by renhoez 5

I have tried everything that I can think of to get rid of the smell. Lemon juice, grinding up oranges lemons and limes, bleach, baking soda, I even tried a comercial cleaner called Disposer Care. They all work, for the moment, but shortly afterward the smell comes back. I also always make sure to grind things up completly as soon as they go down. Can anyone help?

2007-01-26 04:14:05 · 10 answers · asked by Tink 4

I haven't seen any live bugs but while cleaning underneath my bed (I have a box frame bed with drawers under it) I found a previously white shirt covered in brown red splotches. They look about the same color as pictures I saw of bedbug skins in the seam of a bed. I have only been home for a month (after being away for four) and before that (about six months ago) my room flooded. Since then it has been fairly moist in the room and the clothes found in the drawers in my bed were all damp. Is it possible I have a bed bug infestation or simply that the wood of the drawers dyed the shirt that color. Keep in mind the shirt was on top of a pile of clothing and I have suffered from a SMALL amount of itch bumps on my body although I have suffered similiar bumps before not accounted by from bed bugs.

2007-01-26 03:28:32 · 7 answers · asked by Tasha 2

I DON'T SPEAK SPANISH AND SHE DO NOT SPEAK ENGLISH. BUT I WANT TO LEAVE HER A NOTE. AND A TIP. TRAVELING IN SAN FRAN AND MY ROOM HAS NOT BEEN CLEANED IN A WEEK. NCJ

2007-01-26 03:22:35 · 3 answers · asked by Nancy C 1

thank you!!!

2007-01-26 03:06:38 · 15 answers · asked by girl24gr 3

and it gets mould in it very quickly what is the quickest and easiest way to remove mould of the tiles. I dont mind scrubbing but i would like to have white tiles again. does anyone know what cleaning products i can use to remove the soap scum and mould.

thanks !

2007-01-26 02:55:41 · 5 answers · asked by jsophiaon 1

I brought my clothes over to my sisters house to do laundry while i babysit her kids... I started the washer, put my clothes in, and realized they were about out of laundry detergent. I used what they had and put water in the bottle to get the rest out. But its still not quite enough. I dont want to take my wet clothes home and do laundry there...I want to do it here while I can.

Any suggestions as to what I can use in place of detergent?

2007-01-26 02:50:51 · 16 answers · asked by annie 6

how does one get it out? I tried and I thought I had soak up the pee but the matress still smells like urine. Does anyone know how to clean a matress after it has been peed in. I get so frustrated because my daughter keeps peeing in the bed and I hate trying to clean it it alsmost seems impossible.

2007-01-26 02:40:33 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

My wife sees no sense in it as she quite rightly states we will only be getting back into it at the end of the day. Are there any reasons based on hygeine or etiquette for making the bed?

2007-01-26 02:19:43 · 27 answers · asked by Golf Alpha Nine-seven 3

Whenever I iron my clothes, the clothes get a bunch of static electricity; for instance, when I hold my shirt up, the front and back will cling together. Also, the iron seems to leave marks on the shirt that are kind of white-ish and make the top layer look a little bit shiny at parts where there is a fold in the bottom layer. Are the static electricity and marks related? What should I do to get rid of them?

I currently have a cheapo "Rival SteamWave" iron and the setting is on "Cotton" or "medium high". I also dry my clothes in the dryer for 45 minutes on "low" after the washer finishes washing them. Should I dry my clothes for a shorter period of time? If so, will damp clothes smell after hanging in my closet?

2007-01-26 02:03:30 · 4 answers · asked by pitachips3 2

2007-01-26 01:54:55 · 12 answers · asked by bullet 1

Bits of leftover soap are never convenient to use. What practical use can be made with them instead of discarding them outright?

2007-01-26 01:33:21 · 9 answers · asked by Mister J 1

Hi, we need to clean our carpet before moving out of our rented flat. It is just one area in the living room by the door. This part of the carpet is where you first tred after coming in from outside, so mud and building site dust (my BF is a bricklayer) has been trodden in, as well as some other stains like apple juice. Alos, when using a cheap carpet cleaner foam, my boyfriend didn't sponge up the excess foam, so it seems to have left a whitish/yellow reside. The carpet is a dusty pink in colour (and quite old by the looks of it). We were thinking about buying a cheap steam cleaner for about £40 to do the job. Do you think this would work to get al the stains out? Also, can you add cleaning agents to steam cleaners or should you add them to the carpet? If so, what would you recommend?
Here's the cleaner we're going to buy http://www.woolworths.co.uk/ww_p2/product/index.jhtml?pid=50348724 - good as it also can steam wallpaper off of walls which we'll need for our new flat!!

2007-01-26 01:27:48 · 3 answers · asked by Cheryl D 3

Who's still in their PJ's? (I am!!)

2007-01-26 00:40:54 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-01-26 00:40:12 · 15 answers · asked by Kim G 1

I want to make sure that germs are killed, what product should I use to clean my floors properly without damaging them

2007-01-26 00:22:36 · 5 answers · asked by eenie1952 1

2007-01-25 23:58:27 · 5 answers · asked by ael2112 2

Jeans in picticular, I just cant seem to get all the dirt out of jeans? Any suggestions please. Thank you in advance

2007-01-25 23:30:24 · 6 answers · asked by Mike E 3

went on holiday had a lovely white bikini, problem with the sun, sun cream, sea and pool and sweat yeah sorry but u no hot sun n all is now a mucky looking yellow, is there anything to get it back white or shall ibin it, it cost £30, so wasnt cheep.

2007-01-25 23:09:15 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-01-25 23:08:51 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-01-25 23:08:20 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

How do u get a stain out of jeans................. im not sure what the stain is from though it looks like it has water on it but it doesnt and the washer or dryer wont take it out plz help me!!!!!

2007-01-25 22:39:29 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

it drives me insane caus i virtually have to wash them again. if i dab it with a rag and water it just spreads the stain outwards and makes big yellow ringed stains where the water stops soaking in....ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh...anyone got any brilliants tips? desperate...thanks

2007-01-25 20:11:30 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

Someone previously asked this question, and all all that anyone said was to stuff it into a big washing machine and let it air dry.

If I am able to fit it into our dorm's washing machine (haven't washed it once this school year), will it finish airdrying by bedtime. I don't want to sleep with a wet comforter especially in winter.

My research on google advises handwashing but that is highly impractical in a dorm setting. If I do put it in the dryer, do I put a shoe into to keep it fluffy and to prevent it from becoming lumpy? It is not down and has no zipper.

2007-01-25 19:17:19 · 10 answers · asked by sunnyd_137 3

I feel kind of stupid but I cna't get it

2007-01-25 18:17:22 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

There was blood everywhere. Inside and out of my convertible. I also need help getting the blood off of my driveway, and the street. My neighbor is starting to get mad, and is threatening to call the cops.
Should I use bleach, or some commercial cleaner? Not really worried about the car, I'm drop it off at the chop shop tomorrow morning.

2007-01-25 17:13:40 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

want to remove dust, stain through dry clean from our silk quilts

2007-01-25 16:36:48 · 3 answers · asked by atul gi 1

I got nice new towels for Christmas. However, i have a set of old towels (6 bath, 4 hand, 4 washcloths). They are worn out and ragged. Is this the kind of thing to get rid of? Or just donate them to the Salvation army and get it over with?

2007-01-25 16:09:27 · 11 answers · asked by BringBackBubbles 2

2007-01-25 16:08:07 · 1 answers · asked by mrs lopez 1