#cleaning reference

- soak ink stains in milk to help get them out or at least lighten them.

- soak blood stains in water as soon as possible, with a bit of detergent or stain remover. scrub at them. use cold water, heat binds proteins to fabric.

- there’s no real need to change the washer from cold-cold setting unless the thing you’re washing says to wash in warm water.

- thrift stores!!

- do the dishes before the sink grows its own ecosystem.

- you can’t put Dawn dishsoap in the dishwasher. If you do accidentally put dawn in your dishwasher, run it empty and put hair conditioner where the detergent goes. that’ll clean it out.

- Wash or rinse your dishes before putting them in the dishwasher. It prevents gross caked on junk.

- “The Works” is an excellent cheap toilet cleaner.

- MAGIC. FRIKKEN. ERASERS. THEY WORK ON EVERYTHING, JUST DON’T SCRUB HARD. I took the ring out of our bathtub with one. Generic ones work just as well.

- Keep some bleach around but if you use it for cleaning? Dilute it. There’s rarely ever a case where you need to pout straight bleach on anything. A cap full or two in a bucket of water works just fine.

- DO NOT MIX CLEANERS. Chemical reactions are can be very dangerous. Here’s a good list of dangerous mixes.

- vinegar and baking soda can actually be a good combo for removing smells from things but it’s not very good at actually cleaning.