Ask MetaFilter questions tagged with clean Questions tagged with 'clean' at Ask MetaFilter. Mon, 03 Mar 2014 19:31:36 -0800 Mon, 03 Mar 2014 19:31:36 -0800 en-us 60 Armageddon tired of messy kitchens What are your tips and tricks for keeping your kitchen clean while preparing and cooking? I am referring more to dishes that are started and finished within the same time frame rather than slow-cooked or baked dishes where there is time between prep and eating for the cleaning to be done.<br> <br> We have a small kitchen, no dishwasher and a single sink with no insinkerator. I am not an explosion of mess when it comes to cooking but I could be a bit/lot cleaner and more organised. I imagine some Mefites are paragons of neatness in the kitchen and I would like to know how you do it. Even those who are semi-neat must have some tips to pass along.<br> <br> Thanks!,2014:site.258113 Mon, 03 Mar 2014 19:31:36 -0800 clean cooking kitchen messbeforemastication Resolved Kerasia cleaned brick planters with muriatic acid, got white film I cleaned my brick planters with a strong solution of muriatic acid, parts worked will, but one major section turned white with a film. How do I remove the film? The advice I read is to use muriatic acid to remove the film, but that seems to be causing the film on this one section.,2014:site.258046 Sun, 02 Mar 2014 21:25:50 -0800 acid brick clean film muriatic white alcahofa How to get make-up off collar of fleece top? My wife is sad because her favorite North Face fleece top is kind of shiny and gross around the collar where make-up (mostly Bare Minerals powdered foundation, she says) has built up. Can she remove this stuff? How? I already had her try to scrub it and kind of lift it up using a clean fingernail brush, but it made little improvement. She is always cold and winters are miserable for her; this fleece has been her constant companion for months. Any advice will be gratefully received.,2014:site.256700 Thu, 06 Feb 2014 19:49:44 -0800 clean collar fleece make-up wenestvedt High-energy, visually interesting, utterly SFW music videos? I am teaching a class where the students mostly arrive early and sit waiting for everyone to arrive. During this time, I like to play some high-energy, visually interesting, utterly safe for work music videos. Students have commented in the past that they really enjoy it. The thing is, I don't have enough good videos to make it through the semester. Can you suggest some videos for me to use? I particularly like unusual, non-english videos, but fun remixes and other ideas are great as well. I have seen <a href="">this previous thread,</a> though it is dated. Videos I like to use are things like:<br> <br> <a href="">World Order - Mind Shift</a><br> <a href="">Blue Man Group with Venus Hum - I Feel love</a><br> <a href="">Leningrad — Fish</a><br> <br> And I really enjoy mixups like this, but I don't consider this SFW enough:<br> <br> <a href="">Lilyest Hobo</a><br> <br> Other genres are great, I welcome all suggestions.,2014:site.256222 Thu, 30 Jan 2014 06:48:59 -0800 clean highenergy ideo music resolved sfw procrastination Cleaning My Cloth/Leather Bag I have owned a cloth messenger bag with leather trim around the edges for a couple years. Over time, the cloth has gotten somewhat dingy (no issues with the leather). I am unlikely to find another bag like this, so I want to keep it clean, if I can. Laundromats won't touch it because of the leather and I can't machine wash it for the same reason. I have tried scrubbing it by hand with different things - vinegar, lemon juice, and bleach (all diluted in some amount of water) to no avail. Internet searches haven't turned up many other suggestions. Are there any recommendations for other things to try?,2014:site.255204 Sun, 12 Jan 2014 18:45:05 -0800 Bag Care Clean Cloth Leather Maintenance C'est la D.C. Best dry cleaner in Bay Area for a white satin designer suit? I need to clean an expensive white Oscar de la Renta skirt suit that's lined in taffeta/tulle; it has some faint smudging here and there on the thick reverse silk-satin fabric. I wouldn't trust a normal dry cleaner with this, and don't know where else to go. Alex's seems exorbitant and gets awful reviews; Peninou seems doubtful as well; and I read somewhere about Crystal in San Mateo but don't have much to go on. Does anyone know a cleaner (preferably in San Francisco, but I can drive elsewhere if necessary) who works with designer items, maybe wedding gowns, who would know how to work with tricky white silk fabric? Many thanks!,2013:site.251913 Wed, 13 Nov 2013 20:49:34 -0800 bayarea clean cleaner cleaners clothing dresses dry drycleaner preservation professional ruin sanfrancisco weddingdress weddinggown weddinggownpreservation white whitedress roxie110 What is the best drinking water option? Been reading a few articles about tap water vs. bottled water, and some of these mention how tap water is at least the same, or even better (<a href="">1</a>, <a href="">2</a>, <a href="">3</a>, and <a href="">4</a>) and of course, <a href="">less expensive</a>. I live in Toronto and I buy PC's bottled water (simply because it doesn't have that artifical taste that other brands have in my opinion), but I'm starting to look at other options. Between bottled water, water cooler bottles, and installing a tap filter, which is my best option?,2013:site.251830 Tue, 12 Nov 2013 20:15:05 -0800 bottled clean healthy toronto water omar.a New Shimmer is a dessert topping AND a floor wax! What "natural" cleaning products actually work? After spending several hours today scrubbing the shit out of my kitchen with Citrasolv, for like, the millionth time, I am finding it still looks like crap. <br> <br> I am happy with baking soda and borax as abrassive cleaners for the tub and stove, but besides that, I feel like I've tried most "natural" products and they don't seem to really work. What do you use to clean counter tops, mirrors, floors, and stainless surfaces that doesn't contain toxic chemicals and actually make things clean, preferably with somewhat less than the industrial grade level of elbow grease I have been applying?,2013:site.250146 Sat, 12 Oct 2013 20:06:19 -0800 clean nontoxic latkes SFW Rap I like to rap, and I really like to rap at work. However the silly, popular, well-known verses I've memorized are getting a little stale and I'd like to learn some more. My key requirement is that they can't be misogynistic, cussy, or <em>overly </em> tasteless. What are the catchiest popular rap verses that are safe for work? I'm not much of a rap aficionado; most of the verses I know are either from way back in the day or Girl Talk albums, so I've basically reached the limits of my rap knowledge. Some exemplars from my small (but popular) oeuvre:<br> <br> - <a href="">Ice Ice Baby</a><br> - <a href="">Bust A Move</a><br> - <a href="">I Wish</a><br> - <a href="">First of the Month</a> (A surprising amount of blurbity-blur-blurb flubbing goes a long way with this one.)<br> - <a href="">Good Day</a><br> <br> Doesn't have to be the whole song; if a particular verse stands out (or is the only part of the song that isn't fouled up) please let me know.,2013:site.246832 Sat, 17 Aug 2013 11:43:50 -0800 clean lyrics rap rapping safeforwork sfw verses carsonb Good Rap With Minimal Swears After perusing the current Kendrick Lamar <a href="">thread</a>, in which people are squabbling about whether or not "bitch, motherfucker" is the essence of rap, it seems worth it to ask for some recommendations of good rap music with no swears. Yup! I'm looking for some good, old fashioned verbal dexterity that also happens to be pretty darn clean, the sort of stuff I could put on in front of my mother and not feel embarrassed. While I enjoyed the <a href=""><i>Run The Jewels</i></a> mixtape and Kendrick Lamar's <i>good kid, m.A.A.d. city</i>, they wouldn't really qualify here. <a href="">"You A Stupid Hoe"</a> is right out. <a href="">Acid Rap</a> is there on some tracks, but not for the entire album. Most of the work by A Tribe Called Quest and older stuff by De La Soul probably would. However, I'd sooner listen to some material that's a little more recent and -ideally- a little more trendy. (I have minimal sense of the hip-hop mainstream.)</i></i>,2013:site.246713 Thu, 15 Aug 2013 12:11:49 -0800 clean current hiphop rap trendy Going To Maine Are there job opps for programmers in cleantech/fusion research? I am a software developer with good experience, principally in big data, though I am not married to that field. I think that climate change is a serious threat to human existence, and am probing how I might be able to work successfully in a field that could help us develop a more sustainable future. I am wondering if there are any job opportunities in the field for devs with experience? I don't have to work with data, but that's what I know best right now.<br> <br> I am generally interesting in companies developing sustainable forms of energy, but am also curious what work is being done on stabilizing fusion for commercial reactors? Do you have to have a PhD to work in this field?<br> <br> I am open to getting a masters if it will let me work more closely to the core of these technologies, though I'd want to know that there would be a good chance of finding a job afterwards. Ideally, I'd be able to find meaningful work in the field as a software engineer, see if I like it, then get a masters as necessary, but I'd love to know more about what companies are hiring, what companies are looking for, what sort of interesting roles are in the industry, that sort of thing.<br> <br> I'm fortunate that I have a job I like that I'd like to ride out for a while, so this is more of a medium-term ambition.,2013:site.241782 Mon, 27 May 2013 22:59:33 -0800 change clean climate fusion tech wooh SCUM Manifesto I do not think of myself as a dirty person, but when I'm in the shower and I scrape my nails over my neck/chest/back area, a grayish scum collects under my fingernails. What is this disgusting medley, and what can I do about it? I shower. I wash. Nonetheless, my skin seems to create a grayish, filmy, scum-like substance that I can scrape off with my fingernails.<br> <br> Possibly related: my comb, after several uses, also seems to have a grayish film on the teeth.<br> <br> Am I disgusting? What is this? How do I rid myself of the scum??,2013:site.239632 Mon, 22 Apr 2013 21:05:02 -0800 clean dirt health shower skin airguitar2 Sweat -- do I have to wash it off (besides for smell purposes)? I've been looking for info on showering/bathing in relation to sweating and whether it's sanitary or not. I can only seem to find articles that basically say "yeah, you need to shower cause you'll smell" but can't find anything that confirms whether or not it's actually sanitary or not e.g. infections. What do ya'll think/know? PS - I understand that many of you posting will most likely not be doctors.,2013:site.238940 Thu, 11 Apr 2013 01:48:28 -0800 bacteria bath bathing clean cleanliness cleanly dirt dirty hygiene infection mold sanitation shower showering water defmute Help me find a clean, bright, sexy smelling perfume I want to get a new perfume but perfume shopping is an utterly horrible experience for me. I'm looking for a very clean smelling perfume. What can you suggest? I can't just go to a perfume counter or something to find a perfume I like. One, I find them utterly offense to my nose and it usually triggers migraines. Two, I can never smell anything because EVERYTHING SMELLS. So I need to go on a more trusting-the-green mission here. <br> <br> I am currently using Paradise by Alfred Sung and like it, but I have been using it for a long time and I want to try something else. I briefly tried Shi by Alfred Sung a few years ago but there was something that just smelled off and unappealing to me. In a perfect world there would be a bottled scent that was just like Bounce sheets. LOVE the smell of Bounce sheets. Or the scent of "shower fresh" deoderants. Clean and bright and nice. So I want THAT, but sexier. Paradise is about as close as I have ever found. I weirdly tend to like the smell of men's colognes more than the stuff that women get stuck with, but I don't know how that would work. That said, I also adore the sharp scent of fresh lavender. Not the weird powdery granny version of lavender that a lot of soaps and whatnot use. I mean the real lavender. It just smells heavenly to me.<br> <br> Scents I really want to avoid:<br> - powdery notes<br> - sweet smells<br> - sandalwood/musk<br> - rose <br> - flowery granny smells (you know the type)<br> - anything resembling what a teenager would wear<br> <br> Any suggestions? Does a scent exist that matches all this but still smells sexy?,2013:site.238457 Wed, 03 Apr 2013 09:35:55 -0800 clean perfume resolved scent PuppetMcSockerson How to stop dirt from coming in under front door? So. I live on the ground floor. My apartment complex hires leafblowers to come and blow leaves and dirt out of the parking lot twice a week. Every time they come to do this, I come home to dirt, in the entryway of my apartment, that has blown in under my front door. It's a new door, with a new rubber guard at the bottom. How can I prevent this from happening?,2013:site.238365 Mon, 01 Apr 2013 17:26:01 -0800 clean dirt door home leafblower resolved sevensnowflakes Single Page Daily News Brief - name that site I have a specific site in mind, and I can't find it for the life of me. It's a consciously minimalist design, about 5 stories per day, summarized. The stories are all in a single column, on a single page, black text on a white background. Clean as clean can be. What it's not: alltop, popurls, the morning brief, newsmap. Or anything that looks like those.<br> <br> (Yeah, I've searched for every variation of "Single Page Daily News Brief," so you don't need to Google it for me. I'm hoping someone out there is already familiar with this particular site.),2013:site.236170 Wed, 27 Feb 2013 13:01:56 -0800 brief clean daily minimal minimalist news resolved singlepage summary scamper looking for website with curated news headlines only, for end of day a few months ago someone I follow tweeted a link to a website that curates and displays only the latest news headlines and top stories. I found this thread (<a href=""></a>) on MF but the site is not listed there. This is a fairly new and probably still obscure site, but I loved the look of it and would like to find it again and seemed to have lost the bookmark. I cannot find it on google because the search terms are so generic. This was an extremely CLEAN site, black on white (i believe) with attractive type, no (or very few/discreet) ads, and nothing fancy going on in terms of media or anything like that. Similar to "<a href=""></a>" in terms of content but nowhere near as busy visually. any help would be appreciated.,2013:site.235160 Tue, 12 Feb 2013 16:51:10 -0800 20 aggregate clean headlines news newspaper stories top web denaps will white paint make my bathroom look more clean or more dirty? we rent in an olllllllld apartment. the fixtures in our bathroom are white, but not matching. and some of them are um, dingy white. ie, white tub liner that's a bit stained from water damage and mildew (there's no mildew on it, but it still remembers a time when there was). the bathroom doesn't get a lot of ventilation so the walls get mildew on them. we want to attack! we have bleach-cleaned the walls and want to paint them with white mildewcide paint, but is this a good idea or will it make the old-and-off-white-ness of the fixtures stand out? our landlord won't replace the tub liner and we can't afford to either, so it is staying. our dream is <a href="">this</a> but we know we can't have that. can we get close or is it just going to end up gross? any ideas?,2013:site.233838 Thu, 24 Jan 2013 09:33:07 -0800 clean oldfixtures whitebathroom andreapandrea How do I clean cotton napkins? I have cotton napkins, some 100 percent, some 65 percent. And it says on the label to wash them in cold. I want to make sure that when my child puts the napkin to her mouth that the napkin is sanitary. But I'm wondering if washing them in cold takes all the microbes out. I'm not only talking about the food, but what about my wash machine which may have just washed our family underpants. Is this common practice? Or am I missing something? Am I supposed to be washing the napkins in a bucket instead? I wanted the convenience of washing in the washing machine, but if that is not sanitary I will do the bucket. Also, if I can do it in the machine, should I do it in warm to make sure microbes are gone? Or is cold best? Also, should I line dry or do it in the dryer. Thanks in advance for your help.,2013:site.233820 Thu, 24 Jan 2013 07:30:05 -0800 clean cloth eco green machine napkin sanitary soap wash washing lynnie-the-pooh But they're 90% hole! Kitchen Cleaning Gurus of MiFi: What's the best way to clean 1) oily gunk from between the handle and the netting of my all-metal spider, 2) a colander/strainer? Tips and tricks requested! Wrinkles: I have no dishwasher. Hand washing only. <br> Also, re: the spider, an SOS pad was of course my go to, but it doesn't seem to get inbetween where the supports attach to the basket. This <a href="">pic looks a lot like mine</a>, though my spider's basket is a net or mesh rather than simply rings. <br> <br> Also, at first I thought the gunk was rust, but upon closer inspection it seems to be a build up of partially plasticised oil.,2013:site.233607 Mon, 21 Jan 2013 12:41:13 -0800 clean fry scrub skimmer Spider wash wok Diablevert My bag is turning black!? Help me clean my jean-stained leather bag in Japan (and help me prevent this from happening again)! I bought a new Kenneth Cole leather bag a few weeks ago. The bag is pictured here: <br> <br>;qid=1354415217&amp;sr=8-3&amp;keywords=reaction+bag<br> <br> I love the bag, and am satisfied with my purchase. Recently however, I noticed a black-ish stain developing on one side of the bag.<br> <br> I have never owned a leather product before. When the stain was small I naively assumed that it was something that just "happens" to leather. I have realized since that it is due to a new pair of jeans that I bought. The ink from the jeans seems to be rubbing off on the leather (alas, I didn't even know about this problem with new jeans before this).<br> <br> I would like to clean the bag if possible, but am not sure how - I frikkin love this bag and it is the first high quality one I have ever purchased! I would fall into a severe depression if it was irretrievably marred in its first few weeks of use. <br> <br> I have done some researching and it seems that leather is notoriously difficult to clean and maintain. I am worried about using a cleaning method that would damage the leather or strip it of it's lubrication. I am deliberating whether to take the bag to a professional, or if there is some relatively safe do-it-yourself method. Has anyone had experience cleaning jean stains from leather, or anything similar?<br> <br> Finally, I would also like to know - does anyone have any other tips on how to protect extend the life of leather products? I saw something on google about some cream to keep it moisturized and safe from rain - is rain really so bad that a cream like this would be essential? <br> <br> PS: I am living in Japan. If there are specific Japanese products you could mention that might help, I would love to hear about them.,2012:site.230132 Sat, 01 Dec 2012 18:47:30 -0800 bag clean jeans leather stain Kamelot123 How to clean a stinky fridge My friends just got power back after Sandy, and their fridge stinks. We've thrown out all the food. What's the best way to clean the fridge? The food was primarily fruit and veg, with a few prepared dishes like casseroles (no meat). Some of it may have gone bad even before they lost power.,2012:site.227938 Thu, 01 Nov 2012 16:30:31 -0800 clean cleaning fridge refrigerator smell stink Ash3000 Purging all of the things Have you ever done a large purge of your possessions? How did you do it? I have a lot of stuff. A LOT of stuff. I buy things I don't really need (I'm addressing that separately) but I also receive a lot of things from family that just pile up. While addressing the source of the buildup, I also want to rid myself of a lot of the bulk. I'd like to think I live a modern, sleek lifestyle, but I just have STUFF coming out of every corner of my apartment.<br> <br> I'm pretty good about purging my clothes, and I do a cleanout about twice a year. I could donate more things, probably, but clothes aren't the bulk of the problem.<br> <br> I don't even know how to describe the problem items as a group. They range from book and magazines to gadgets to very specific cooking tools to reusable bags to god knows what else.<br> <br> I don't want to trash the stuff, because a lot of it is new or like new/useful. I have used Freecycle for some of it, but making posts is time-consuming and I would like to reap some money from the valuable items. I suppose Craigslist or eBay would be the next step, but again, listing things takes time and I'd have to arrange shipping for many, many items. <br> <br> So, have you done this? Please tell me how you accomplished this without going nuts.,2012:site.227184 Mon, 22 Oct 2012 08:17:45 -0800 clean consumergoods donate purge sell STUFF rachaelfaith Cleanliness: On tap! What's the best system for cleaning a kegerator? I have <a href="">this</a> kegerator. I've enjoyed several kegs of beer in it, but now I want to clean the lines to keep everything fresh and tasty. What are my best options for doing so? Are the pump cleaners worth it? Can I make my own gravity feed system (I'm pretty handy with stuff)? What's the best cleaning solution? What's your best pro-tip? Tell me everything.,2012:site.226412 Wed, 10 Oct 2012 15:11:15 -0800 beer brew clean cleaning homebrew keg kegerator kegs refrigerator 1f2frfbf How can I remove some stains from unsealed slate tiles? I recently purchased a used coffee table with unsealed slate tiles. There are a few small dark stains on the tiles, perhaps from beer or soda. I tried scrubbing a stain with dishwashing soap and a sponge, but it didn't work. Are there any simple solutions or products that I can use?,2012:site.226189 Sun, 07 Oct 2012 19:06:07 -0800 clean remove slate stain jordanian2