small domestic note

[redbird]

The problem with really ground-in dirt is that you can spend time scrubbing, with the rubber gloves and the cleanser and plenty of elbow grease, and you know that's it's a hell of a lot better than before you scrubbed, but anyone walking in for the first time would look at the sink and think "that needs scrubbing".

Comments

[rothko.livejournal.com]

sounds like my kitchen floor. the poor linoleum is shot.

pix

[(Anonymous)]

Laminate some before and after pictures and post them above the sink?

As I'm unpacking and dealing with boxes to the ceiling, I'm doing pictures along the way so I'll be able to show my progress.

One of the things I like about alt.recovery.clutter is that you can post the smallest accomplishment, one that most people would think "so what?" about, and get praise and support. I need that!

Have you tried Barkeeper's Friend cleanser?

Anita Rowland (http://www.anitarowland.com/)

[purpletigron.livejournal.com]

Is this the kind of thing which would respond well to soaking e.g. with denture tablets, or lemon juice and baking soda, or something?

[papersky.livejournal.com]

Don't use rhubarb. I managed to get some really ingrained porcelain stains off with rhubarb once, while making another stain that couldn't be taken off with anything.

If it makes you feel bad to look at it, and you have to look at it a lot, you could always consider getting a new sink. They're cheaper than you'd think. Ending is better than mending! You could give your old one to some homeless people who don't have a kitchen sink at all...