fuhgedabodit

The carpet cleaning, I mean. I am now done.

Fini.

Through.

Kaput.

Terminus ad quem.*

This crap is as clean as it will get for now. Even with the air on I have been sweating bullets and am sopped to the skin.

It is quite a few shades lighter and smells better, too. There are a couple of places that are stained but the stains are not coming out. I have no idea what caused those and I don't care to investigate further.

I have moved on to the whirlpool. Since Himself took a temporary job until his employer called him back he has been getting dirtier than any person has a right to get. This means he has been making a horrible mess of his clothing, the tub and surrounding walls.

The walls aren't a big deal. They're glazed tile and come clean quickly. The tub is another matter entirely.

I filled it all the way up to the overflow**, poured in a whole bottle of Mr. Clean Summer Citrus (pew pew pew pew pew) and turned the old girl on. This normally works quite well when I'm using Lemishine to do this particular job. Just pout the stuff in, turn it on and let it run for 15 minutes or so.

It never occurred to me for a second that Mr. Clean foams.

A lot.

Now the tub is not clean and I have all that Very Hot Water that has turned into lovely white foam.

And smells to high heaven.***

I suppose I will break down, get the toilet brush out and use that to scrub the tub. Ok, ok, ok. I know. Yuck, but it is the only brush I have that has a long enough handle to do the job without reaching down into the noxious mess, putting my skin in peril.

On the other hand, I suppose I could crack a beer, sit back for a couple of hours until the water cools, drain the tub and then scrub.





* OK, so I didn't use it properly and it isn't the end of the line for the carpet. Yet.
** That's 18" so we're talking a LOT of Very Hot Water.
*** What was wrong with the way Mr. Clean smelled before? I can't make up my mind whether it smells like a Turkish cathouse or rotten fruit.