Desperate Housewives of ILX

Yeah Ive dumped a pile of salt on a red wine spill (as soon as its occurred) and that's actually made it about 99% removable.

Tell you the worst stain to clean - cat spew, especially as by the time you notice its there its usually been sitting there, acidly staining the carpet, for hours.

that's why i have no carpets (even tho i love them)

soo ... i need a new iron. i've had it. any ideas?

Rowenta was all the rage a while back, but I've been iron-free and loving it for about a decade now.

i have half a mind to call this hotel i was staying at recently and ask what irons they use. bc i swear it was a magical experience.

Rowenta is the only answer. Hefty & awesome. Lightweight irons are bullshit.

yeah this is what i've heard recently! did not know that before. thanks girls.

just came in to say hi to surm tbh

Having worked in a commercial laundry I can say w authority that heat/steam **plus weight** gets out wrinkles. Man can not iron with steam alone.

I want a proper steam press. But that
will never happen.

Fyi: if you get the Rowenta iron & you can afford it, front for the ironing board too. Don't skimp on the board, cheap ironing boards are the worst

ugh i know. i will forever hold a grudge against target for the irons and boards they pawn.

yeah I made that mistake once. NEVER AGAIN.

Do be selective with the Rowenta model--I think they do a whole range of cheaper Target models and more hefty, higher-end models. I think something in the middle should do you up just fine.

I can't remember which model I have, I'll check tonight & post it.

thanks. i mean -- i damn near burned myself because the target ironing board was so wobbly! it was awful.

we must have both got the same one.

Wobbly sucks something awful, but I also HATE when the padding sucks, too--either too thin, or shifts around, or doesn't let you move your fabric smoothly and easily. . .

This is making me sound like I actually iron. I honestly can't remember the last time I did--

Well, yeah I don't really iron a ton either.

otm re crappy padding. Nothing worse than getting a lovely criss-cross metal pattern in your nicely ironed shirt.

Ha, I was going to post that on the IA thread after ironing my interview shirt in a hotel!

it's the worst

I iron about twice a year, bf irons every morning and loves the rowenta but still curses having to iron!

this will sound super nerdy but I always wanted one of those steam-cabinet things, that go on top of your dryer and you can put your folded shirts etc in

my parents had one. so cool.

I would spring for a hard-core steamer if it meant I didn't have to store my winter woolens with mothballs.

My copy of "Home Comforts" (which is a thread in and of itself" is still packed because obviously I am a failure at housekeeping, but otherwise I would pull it to read the sections on ironing/steaming/moth-proofing/etc.

i think i need to buy that book.

ultimate dream would be a Singer Steam Press. I had to work the press at the laundry and once I learned how to do that, it's like...pressing a shirt vs ironing was no contest. Doing a shirt in what, 4 passes, vs fiddling around with an iron? pfft.

my mother worked at a drycleaner for many years. i've been meaning to ask her about that.

I still get weird flashbacks just from the smell of a drycleaners

ask her about the magic chemicals that make blood/rust/stains disappear
that was my favorite thing ever

worst = ppl who would send in their laundry for fluff/fold and would include their *underwear*
skeev attack x 1000

Ew ew ew!

Home Comforts is a great book

ppl who would send in their laundry for fluff/fold

Wait, wha? As in, already clean laundry, they just want someone to FOLD it for them, WTF?

nah sorry I just meant domestic laundry

so any drycleaner can both wash or dryclean, right?

is it acceptable to ask for specific garments to be hand-ironed?

Totally, assuming they offer it. We had an iron handy for delicate items.

I cant think of the last time I ironed anything, I am a savage.

(tbf because of this I basically never wear cotton or linen items, just stretch materials and woolens.)

hilarious/awesome

but i couldn't imagine my life without cotton

i really like, depend on it

so there was this odor in my office at home. i swear it had been there for like 2.5 years. i finally found the source, and scrubbed and scrubbed -- and walking into my office this morning in the sunlight was so lovely. i could finally breathe again!

Don't keep us in suspense: WHAT WAS IT?

Right when I walk into my bedroom there's this tiny whiff of the sickly sweetness that is decomposing flesh. I just started noticing it a couple of days ago, but can't find the source. I fear a mouse death under the floor or in a wall or something. It's not getting any WORSE, so hopefully it just mummifies away quickly.

it's kind of embarrassing, but i think my cat relieved herself in a corner of the office once when we accidentally trapped her in there. i'm pretty sure that's what it was. and i just kept thinking to myself "it's probably one of those plants" (because my office window overlooks the neighbors' deck). took a whole lot of lysol to make things better.

anyhow, you can imagine my relief.

so what is with these rust stains on my fridge? never had much of a problem w/r/t my fridge door before but i got a cleaning lady to clean the apt and after she left, the white fridge door gradually became covered with rust stains. cleaned it once (took everything out of me, i have to tell you -- they were some stubborn stains!), and they came back. did it again with comet and it seems better, but i think it is slowly reappearing. wtf?

Something in the cleaning or scrubbing ate through the paint, is my guess, and the humidity in the air is causing rust around the little pin-hole holes in the finish. Mine is doing the same thing. I'm not sure what to do about it yet.

ugh yeah i think you're right. very annoying.

also i'm getting a new fridge for my parents

is frigidaire OK? they will seldom use it

I'm cleaning so hard in anticipation of a guest who is coming over tomorrow that I appear to have broken a sweat. This is unacceptable.

grrrrrl you should see me in the state when i'm cleaning

btw i got a enamel spray paint finish for my fridge doors, i read reviews said it works very well

i always seem to having trouble with my clothes

me too

mostly re hanging them up