What’s the perfect number of worms? Depends. If you’re trying to create a thriving worm farm that will create rich fertilizer for your little garden, you’re going to need a non-zero number of worms. But if you’re trying to feed your cat in the shower (because…reasons), ideally “none” is the optimal value.
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Hanna and Andrew help a listener with her VERY DIRTY air conditioning unit. Plus, when you ask Andrew about digital cleanliness, please be aware that you are in for a very long response involving, somehow, answering machine tapes from the 1990s.
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Let’s talk about “resting house smell” aka Nose Blindness.
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Some people just want to watch the world burn - like the person who built this radiator in between two walls. Or the person who made a toilet brush with a screw-off top.
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Listen, sometimes DIY cleaning pursuits go wrong. Today, listeners tell some tales about what they hate to clean, and what they clean in a rage.
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Hanna reveals her least favorite household chore, which involves horrific, slimy blobs of grossness that Andrew surprisingly doesn’t find to be so bad. They also help a listener avoid the dreaded title of “Ms. Bacteria Butt 2021.”
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Andrew tries using tire cleaner -- at the advice of a listener -- to remove the waxy buildup on his t-shirts underarms. He reports back with results. Hanna has more information on the cleaning supplies teachers should (and should NOT!) use. And a Scrub Jockey calls with a delightful vacuuming hot tip. We love her.
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A listener calls the Spotline with something she called a “Cleaning Horror Story.” She was NOT exaggerating. Hanna and Andrew try to help her out, and they hear from someone with some pretty strong opinions about mattress covers.
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Pine-Sol changed its formula some time ago — but maybe it’s for the best. Plus, let’s talk about gifting and cleaning supplies.
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A listener has a great off-label use for a tire-cleaner. Another listener has a dish-issue (a dissue?). And let’s catch up with the INDEX CARD SYSTEM.
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Hanna and Andrew stumble on the official cleaning grades that landlords give their tenants...and the grade that Hanna’s landlord gave her! Plus, the Scrub Jockeys share their incredibly colorful ways of creating to-do lists for themselves.
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Why do you clean when you’re stressed? There’s a cognitive answer.
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Let’s revel in the magnificent orangey odor of Murphy’s Oil Soap and talk about which bugs smell the worst when vacuumed.
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Hanna and Andrew try to solve the mystery surrounding a listener’s new stinky house smell. Plus, a Scrub Jockey stumbles on her own leather-shoe cleaning lifehack, and Spotless’ #2 fan has a very disturbing experience with her cat’s water dish.
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Hello my baby, hello my honey, we are literally talking about rags in today’s podcast! Also: How do you get bike grease out of clothes? And are store brand cleaning products better than name brands?
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What kind of cleaner are you? A Scrub Jockey’s advertising project has Hanna and Andrew exploring the idea of “cleaning archetypes” -- from “The Perfectionist” to “The Putterer.” They also learn that the New York Times is straight-up stealing their whole deal.
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What do you do if you’re too tall for a broom? Also, how do you get hard water stains off the shower door? And finally, does Mariah Carey’s Butterfly work as a bathroom air freshener?
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Are we all falling for “hygiene theater”? How much cleaning is too much cleaning? Also, did you know that this common household ingredient is VERY good for cleaning up blood?
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