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[lizblackdog]

Handy Household Hints from Black Dog HQ: denture soaking tablets are better at toilet-cleaning than toilet cleaner. There was a nasty discoloured patch on the bottom that the limescale-dissolving blue stuff wasn't shifting, but it's gone now. The tablets only cost 30p for a tube of thirty, too.

I know diet Coke's supposed to work as well, but I don't have the foul stuff in the house. The toilet cleaner would probably taste better.

I'm almost the least houseproud person I know but I do hate to have a nasty toilet...

Comments

[beebarf.livejournal.com]

They work well on thermos flasks and narrow necked vases too. But that's probably a bit too "How Clean Is Your House" to admit to.

Actually, I always claim that just because I'm a slob and untidy doesn't mean I'm a dirty slob ... :o)

[lizblackdog.livejournal.com]

If I owned any vases at all, narrow or not, that would be useful to remember... I'm an extremely messy person but my way of keeping it within acceptable limits is to own as little as possible. No cut flowers ever, no houseplants, no ornaments.

I used to use bicarbonate of soda on thermos flasks, but I still had my own teeth back then... *sigh*

[cottonmanifesto.livejournal.com]

Hey! That's a good idea!

I like a clean toilet too (though I can deal with dirty other things just fine).

[lizblackdog.livejournal.com]

My kitchen is disgusting, but hey, you could eat off my toilet!

[cottonmanifesto.livejournal.com]

Lol! Same here. Guess who's in charge of keeping the kitchen clean? :)

[lizblackdog.livejournal.com]

In my house i think Squish contributes the most. He polishes the floor every time I cook...

[cottonmanifesto.livejournal.com]

Maggie's my personal vacuum cleaner. :)

[lizblackdog.livejournal.com]

They really are kindred spirits, aren't they?

The other way that Squish helps is by forcing me to keep the floor clear of inedible plastic clutter, because he will eat it anyway - I'v caught him trying to eat plastic bottle caps, sponges, corks and my mother's hair curlers, and he once ate an entire bar of soap before my mother wised up and learned that bathroom doors need to stay shut with a Squish about.

[lizblackdog.livejournal.com]

...oh, and hair scrunchies. He LOVES hair scrunchies.

[cottonmanifesto.livejournal.com]

Thank goodness Maggie doesn't eat plastic, or it'd be all over. The only non-food item she really ingests is wood and I'm guessing that's reasonably useful in digestion. :)

[cottonmanifesto.livejournal.com]

Scrunchies are mollie's domain. :)

[lizblackdog.livejournal.com]

oh yes! Maisie likes them as well.

[lizblackdog.livejournal.com]

Fortunately, he's never really swallowed plastic things, just destroyed a few - that may be because I've watched the lil' bugger like a hawk and provided lots of bones ever since I got him. His previous owners lost a couch, several dog beds, a telephone, a set of dentures and a whole bunch of kids' toys so I was forewarned about the chainsaw jaws.

Spike's the one that likes wood here, but (barring a lapse with the banister rail at Mum's house when we hadn't had him very long) he knows that only outdoor wood is acceptable chewingstuff.

[entorien.livejournal.com]

Those tablets are good for cleaning rings and necklaces too, although I must remember to get some for use on the loo...

[lizblackdog.livejournal.com]

Rings and necklaces: another thing I no longer own any of, except my tiger's-eye pendant. Minimalism saves so much work!

[myrystyr.livejournal.com]

the other day i vacuumed the lounge and wiped down the kitchen tiles... but the bathroom - that I am saving for an 'I must punish myself with heartless backbreaking labour' day ;)

[lizblackdog.livejournal.com]

Cleaning house is like heroin addiction used to be. All that work and hassle for a temporary feeling of satisfaction, then as soon as you relax for a minute it's all to do all over again! Madness.