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Posted: 1/29/2009 12:41:08 PM | | nope. I like my bee mop and broom for the floors, and for dusting an old tea towel and water. | |
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Posted: 1/29/2009 1:57:27 PM | ^^^ Briannazg2: Oh yum ... bed bugs ... wonder how many of those we ingest, for those who sleep with their mouths open. I also wonder if they ever enter our nasal & aural passages while we sleep, then do some happy nibbling on our insides as they feed on that delicious dead skin most of us have? 
I have this huge, round Honeywell hepa air purifier ... was given to me by my father-in-law before he died to help relieve my seasonal allergies . It's a heavy-duty sucker & he paid $500. per unit close to 20 years ago but the price has dropped drastically. I turn it on for about 10 minutes daily to clear the dust & pet dander from the air. Love it!
Finally was motivated enough last night while moving furniture around & overwhelmed by all the dust that created, so I tried my Swiffer duster last night ... worked okay, except the handle comes in 2 parts & is somewhat flimsy. One part kept coming apart & falling off during the dusting process so I'll have to tape the handle together. I'm not too impressed. Going back to a wet rag which has worked for me all my life & will save the Swiffer duster for doing those hard to reach places to dust ... like between the toes when my back is out. LOL!
Thought about buying a Swiffer Wetjet mop once, but my string mop & bucket are about 11 years old, serves me well & hasn't cost me a penny since I bought them brand new at a garage sale for next to nothing. | |
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Posted: 1/29/2009 6:36:58 PM | Sweet and Funny said " Going back to a wet rag which has worked for me all my life & will save the Swiffer duster for doing those hard to reach places to dust ... like between the toes when my back is out. LOL!"
That is truly funny
chao | |
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Posted: 1/29/2009 11:27:06 PM | | I have a two bedroom plus den condo thats 1,900 sq feet. And I do it the vintage way, hot water, dab of bleach(vary small ammount) and some good ole scubbing(not too hard) with a rag. Does a better job then any of these (lazy man)commerial products. | |
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Posted: 1/29/2009 11:59:49 PM | ^^^briannazg2: I think you're talking about the Shui Li patches that you stick on the soles of your feet overnight. They're supposed to draw out toxins from your body as you sleep. The dry wood fiber inside will turn all moist, black & smell yucky when you remove them in the morning, supposedly from the toxins in your body which have leeched out into the patches.
My g/f gave me about 40 of these patches so I tried them out. Didn't do a thing for me other than make my feet smell weird from the moist wood. I experimented with a few of the patches & found that exposure to any kind of moisture & warmth also turned them all wet, black, yucky & stinky, even a light mist of warm purified water, laying them on a damp towel, etc. I'm a hard sell ... if I can't see convincing proof for myself, I ain't buyin' it. Seems many using them are convinced it works, usually the same people who are selling them though. 
Suggest you Swiffer your feet ... might work just as well. LOL! | |
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Posted: 1/30/2009 11:40:19 AM | Funny and Sweet
Do you think if you wore those patches on your head after drinking it might prevent hangovers? Maybe we could get liquerd together one nite, strap those things to our heads and sleep together.
If it works we could market this thing; if it does'nt work... well it might be fun anyways. | |
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Posted: 1/30/2009 10:57:56 PM | ^^^Hey, you let me shave all your hair off & I'll stick one of those patches on. No worries about the wood odour 'cause I can run the Swiffer Wetjet mop over you head after to get rid of the smell. 
Only question is, once all those toxins are removed from your brain, will there be anything left in there? 
Sleep together ...   | |
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Posted: 1/31/2009 8:00:28 AM | That was a cold response, you could have let me down easy.
I was reicently shopping at a large store, there is a lot of this Swiffer stuff, I saw no warnings regarding -foot licking- I guess foot licking is OK!
Maybe this swiffer stuff is not animal safe; safety first stop licking your dogs feet. | |
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Posted: 1/31/2009 8:11:29 AM | ^^^Edit my last response: "Ooooh yeah! Awesome idea. When can we do it? I can't wait ... counting the minutes. Sleep together? Woohoo!!!"
..... but only if you let me bring the Swiffer Wetjet to bed with us. I have fetishes.
There! Happy now? | |
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Posted: 1/31/2009 9:24:09 AM | I use the Swiffer carpet sweeper at work, it doesn't require power, compact for storage, the swiffer requires minimal cleaning and does a mediocre job, which is all I need to hold me until the cleaning crew come through with the vaccuum cleaner. the disposable part is primarily paper. the sticky bit could be honey, dont know--i have considered making my own disposable bits, but there is a little plastic involved, just a bit of coating perhaps. I haven't done the research.
For the home, swiffer doesn't do a good enough job. Disposable is nice to minimize dust but I find washable rags easier to keep clean, so I prefer dust covers and pop them into the wash.
So mine is a mixed vote. In every use, there are environmental args for and against. The power and soaps used in cleaning the rags vs the decomposition rate in the land fill....I am interested enough to read the data on it if someone knows where it is and can show its reliability, but I'm not "up to" doing the calculations myself. Show me the numbers. | |
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Posted: 1/31/2009 12:08:39 PM | [qujte]..... but only if you let me bring the Swiffer Wetjet to bed with us. I have fetishes.
Young ears alert...can you type it "s l o w e r" next time as taking notes lmao
there are patterns all over the net to make reusable washable heads for the swiffers... disposables are available both in wet and dry... but I like the reusable and toss in the W&D.... | |
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Posted: 11/4/2009 10:56:15 PM | I am toying with the notion of organizing a potluck supper as a prelude to the next POF dance I'm hosting.
The place could use a good cleanup so you Swiffer enthusiasts are hereby requested to attend and demonstrate how handy those things really are.  | |
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Posted: 11/4/2009 11:19:05 PM | | I love Swiffers. I have i think a similar pledge brand, orange smell. | |
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Posted: 11/5/2009 12:44:27 AM | When I moved into my new place this spring, my sis bought me a steam mop as a housewarming gift. I love it. You fill the little tank up with water, plug it in & it washes & disinfects the floors with hot steam. Anything that is dried or caked onto the floors gets softened by the hot steam & mops right up.
The thick terry towel attachments that velcro onto the head can be rinsed out in the sink then tossed into the laundry. My sis has the original model with the triangle head on it but she got me the one with the rectangular head which fits into smaller & tighter spots better. 
I don't know how this differs from the Swiffer Wetjet but I look forward to mopping my floors now. | |
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Posted: 11/5/2009 1:59:55 AM | I don't like the Swiffer Wetjet, it leaves sticky residue.
I use a shamwow shammy instead of a rag, it holds "more" liquid, otherwise is as effective as a rag. Can't put them in a dryer though. I also know shammys have been around for a long time, never quite understood why people are not using them instead of paper towels for cleanup of spills and wiping down things.
Speaking of cleanup, if you want to know a horrible waste of paper towel. Go watch your local grocery store clean their shelves. Several rolls of paper towel and a bottle of cleaner. Per day, per department.
The only thing the swiffer, in my opinion, should be sued for are the small hard to reach areas (like around electronics) that are too much of a pain to disassemble each time. | |
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Posted: 11/5/2009 2:56:12 AM | I have to admit, I do get sucked in by the new products, generally buy them, use them for one week, then they sit in the closet gathering dust because I always return to my sponge mop, or a good old rag in a sink full of water and cleanser with some elbow grease added.
Nothing cleans better than elbow grease.
I will use the swiffer dusters for an in-between touch up on the dust. To dust properly though, you need to use a cloth dampened with a bit of hot water to trap the dust, rather than just swirling it around and sending it back into the air.
I would like to try one of those steam thingys. I can't help but think though, that after awhile the high heat would take the finish off of everything. | |
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Posted: 11/5/2009 3:14:21 AM | ^^^ I have quite a lot of wood in my home: floors, furniture .. and using
something like a steam mop would spell disaster. And yes, swiffering
does leave a "sticky something" behind. ughh. What works the best for
me is using a slightly damp cloth ~ paper towels scratch wood surfaces.
"I do get sucked in by the new products, generally buy them, use them for one week, then they sit in the closet gathering dust"
...hahaha, this is ME, too! but on another aside: small kitchen helpers/gadgets
that are supposed to make your life easier and cut your work in half -- they
require counter space/need individualized cleaning,...bahhh! After one week,
they too are sitting in my pantry and I am back to chopping with a knife and
mixing with a wooden spoon | |
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Posted: 11/5/2009 3:42:39 AM | | ^^^Yup, agree that the steam mop would not be healthy for wood floors, but it works great on ceramic tile, linoleum, vinyl tile flooring, concrete garage floors, etc. There is a steam mop that comes with a handheld attachment that can be used to steam dirt & grease off kitchen surfaces, car engines, etc. You can also steam curtains & clothing with it. | |
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Posted: 11/6/2009 3:14:23 AM | Hey Funnyandsweet,
Thanks for bringing up the steam mop. I was wondering if they really work. I used to get on my hands and knees like cindarella and scrub the old fashioned way but damn I'm getting too old for this @*&%. I use a mop now with pine sol and a bit of dish soap. Then I just throw the mop in the washing machine and voila. | |
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Posted: 11/6/2009 4:28:33 AM | | I can't sleep so I am getting ready to mop my floor. You peeps are a bad influence on me. At least I will have a sparkling flo0r though. | |
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