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d4rkh0rs t1_j6osqir wrote

Reply to comment by ITE_1415 in [LPT Request] How to spot stuff that needs to be clean ? by [deleted]

parquet, depends on what it's sealed with but the right answer is probably vinegar. If it's too big a problem for the cinegar see if CLR is something they sell in your neighborhood.

Wood in general, depends on coating or sealant. but generally waxes, oils and oil soaps.

you sound like you're surrounded by people who have been doing these jobs, look in the cupbords and see what they have been using.

More generally google "cleaning <problem> off <material>"

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ITE_1415 t1_j6oytdy wrote

Okay, thank you very much.

And no, I don't just sound like I was surronded by people that did this for me, I am surrounded by people that have been doing this jobs for me and brushed me off whenever I try asking how to do it so I can do it myself as well.

The only thing I'm good at is art and repairing things and that is a really, truly embarassing thing to admit.

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d4rkh0rs t1_j6p0e8e wrote

both are valuable skills.

I was saying if they did a job last week the supplies are probably under the sink or in the broom closet so you don't have to guess what they will think is right instead you have to pick from 4-5 products and figure out which is for the parquet and which is for the dishes.

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ITE_1415 t1_j6p18sx wrote

Oh, okay, that gives me an idea where to start.

Tommorow, I'll study everything there is under the sink and any cleaning supply I can get my hands on, and I'll ask my dad for help if there's anything I don't understand or stuff (he's one of the only folks that can help me and not brush me off for those kind of stuff as he was kind of in the situation when he was my age (mom did everything for him etc.), but I'm generally too embarassed or can see he's too tired to bother him with it.)

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NotTheGreenestThumb t1_j6oz7jg wrote

CLR is pretty strong stuff, too strong for many applications.

I 2nd googling stuff, there's a plethora of cleaning videos.

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d4rkh0rs t1_j6ozp74 wrote

CLR. .. agreed, I maybe should have mentioned i live in a place with horrificly hard water.

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ITE_1415 t1_j6p0fae wrote

This may sound super horrifically stupid, but... There's "hard" water ?

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d4rkh0rs t1_j6p1b82 wrote

hard meaning alcaline and full of calcium. so everything gets bad water spots and things like sinks without attention get heavy white coatings that collect stains and are annoying to remove. It also makes soaps work less well. hard being the opposite of soft or acidic. (I don't know why they call it hard or soft, will agree it's confusing)

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ITE_1415 t1_j6p1vk3 wrote

Oh, alcaline, I know that stuff!

I was confused for a mega second, but yeah, thanks for the explanation ! ^^

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