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?
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posted by airguitar2
on Apr 22, 2013 -
19 answers
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?
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posted by defmute
on Apr 11, 2013 -
19 answers
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?
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posted by PuppetMcSockerson
on Apr 3, 2013 -
64 answers
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?
posted by sevensnowflakes
on Apr 1, 2013 -
13 answers
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.
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posted by scamper
on Feb 27, 2013 -
7 answers
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 (
http://ask.metafilter.com/192456/A-better-newspaper) 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 "
theweek.com" in terms of content but nowhere near as busy visually.
any help would be appreciated.
posted by denaps
on Feb 12, 2013 -
2 answers
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
this but we know we can't have that. can we get close or is it just going to end up gross? any ideas?
posted by andreapandrea
on Jan 24, 2013 -
18 answers
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.
posted by lynnie-the-pooh
on Jan 24, 2013 -
29 answers
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!
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posted by Diablevert
on Jan 21, 2013 -
7 answers
Help me clean my jean-stained leather bag in Japan (and help me prevent this from happening again)!
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posted by Kamelot123
on Dec 1, 2012 -
7 answers
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?
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posted by Ash3000
on Nov 1, 2012 -
17 answers
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?
posted by jordanian2
on Oct 7, 2012 -
4 answers
What is the best and easiest way to clean soot from inside of our wood burning brick fireplace?
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posted by Tziv
on Sep 9, 2012 -
3 answers
How do I come to terms with the fact that my apartment will never be as neat as I would like?
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posted by anonymous
on Aug 17, 2012 -
21 answers
I have moved into a house with an inbuilt wood heater. Its not necessary for heat, but I am enjoying having a fire in there every other night. But the glass on the front blackens within a couple of burns. I am cleaning it weekly with oven cleaner. I have tried keeping the fire at the back. Is there anything I can do to keep the black off?
posted by jjderooy
on Aug 7, 2012 -
14 answers
Just a dead bug... but where could it have come from? And where did all these little critters show up from? Are they larva from the corpse? Please help me figure out how to best get rid of this mess.
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posted by matticulate
on Jul 30, 2012 -
8 answers
Where can I find male protagonists in fiction who are good (but not overly fastidious) at keeping house? I watched
Weekend last night and felt one of the protagonists (Russell) was a good example. Hikaru Murakami's protagonists would be excellent examples as well.
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posted by Busoni
on Jun 17, 2012 -
11 answers
I live in a complete dump. How can I make the best of my crappy living situation while I look for a new place?
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posted by windbox
on May 14, 2012 -
34 answers
I'm confused about how to equitably split up housework. I am messier than my spouse, and to him this means I should do all the housework. Help!
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posted by anonymous
on Apr 30, 2012 -
54 answers
Know any ungendered, artful, well designed, and relentlessly positive/upbeat websites?
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posted by jsturgill
on Apr 11, 2012 -
4 answers
What's the smell on a freshly cleaned aeroplane and can it be replicated?
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posted by gadha
on Mar 21, 2012 -
2 answers
A cat left two paw prints on a 100% silk pillow cover. How do I get them out?
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posted by amf
on Mar 6, 2012 -
8 answers
I have a rather...sticky situation happening in the bathroom regarding poop and my new toilet. Please help before I die of embarassment!
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posted by anonymous
on Feb 26, 2012 -
30 answers
How should I clean up after finding mouse droppings in my kitchen drawers? And is this mouse fighting strategy sound?
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posted by Bibliogeek
on Feb 12, 2012 -
15 answers
New Year's Resolution: Clean up my hard drive(s) by removing duplicate files, implementing a new folder hierarchy, and any other odds and ends I need you to tell me to do. Mac Pro 2009 running the latest pre-Lion OS.
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posted by Admiral Haddock
on Jan 4, 2012 -
10 answers
Cooking popcorn with vegetable oil is discoloring my stainless steel pan. It leaves a dark yellowish stain both inside and outside around the rim. Is this a reaction with the metal? Is there a way to avoid this happening? And most importantly, is there a way to remove this discoloration? Scrubbing does nothing.
posted by stopgap
on Dec 8, 2011 -
31 answers
I got several cigar boxes on
freecycle and I'd like to use them for storage. But they have a strong raw tobacco smell that I find very unpleasant. How did I get rid of the stink?
posted by DrGail
on Oct 2, 2011 -
7 answers
It's my grandmother's birthday next week, and I'd like to give her some sort of book with cute and funny short stories/jokes, a la
Reader's Digest. It should also be clean humor
only. Any suggestions?
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posted by iamfantastikate
on Sep 21, 2011 -
22 answers
A new MacBook Air means I'm giving my old MacBook to my mom... Please help me clean it out and make sure it's mom-safe!
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posted by indiebass
on Sep 14, 2011 -
8 answers
I have an amazing old down comforter that reeks of a mixture of death and b.o. There are no washing instructions on it. How do I get this thing clean/smelling good? Caveat: It is massive, and my apt has a pretty old-school washing machine and dryer.
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posted by windbox
on Sep 13, 2011 -
17 answers
I've had a Canon 5D Mark II for about 2.5 years, and I've recently noticed some bad dust particle issues that are on the sensor or mirror, not the lens. Can someone recommend a good camera store in New York City that could do a good professional job of cleaning my sensor (and an idea of how much this will cost)? I've looked into cleaning kits, and I think I would rather have a professional do it. Thanks!
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posted by samoa
on Jul 24, 2011 -
4 answers
Ear cleaning with olive oil: do you successfully do this? If so, can you recommend any tricks for someone who currently can't follow it up by flushing with water (due to an ear infection)?
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posted by sparrows
on Jun 22, 2011 -
17 answers
My boyfriend and I have very different views on what constitutes "clean". I'm not talking about differences when it comes to keeping one's room neat and organized. We're on the same page about that. I'm talking about re-using towels, sponges, dirty dish rags, and keeping counter tops SANITARY. Help me parse this one out.
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posted by patronuscharms
on Jun 13, 2011 -
50 answers
