All About Life Without Maids

[mocharita]

Fairy:

I'm very fussy about mixing. The whites won't retain its whiteness for long if you mix it with other colours. I don't mix towels with clothes, especially the dark coloured ones. The 'hairs' from the towels will be all over the clothes if you wash them in the same load. Every time I change bedsheets, bolster & pillow cases, I do so for all the beds. Therefore, this alone is usually more than a load. Toilet/bath mats - I stopped using them after I'm maidless. We used to hand wash these. So, to save myself the unpleasant job, I started using rags (old T-shirts/towels) as bath mats. Just use & throw.


I threw away the toilet-bowl brush after my maid has left as I can't bring myself to use it because using it means I have to wash the brush after use! :!:
I pour clorine-based toilet bowl detergent after every use and use high power water-jet to spray at the toilet bowl. In this way, I try to keep it as clean as possible to avoid having to physically brush it. I also keep used toothbrushes handy. In instances when I really need to give it a brush, I used the recycled toothbrushes & immediately disposed them - more hygienic.

No wonder my white towels turning grey. Thanks for the tip!

About throwing toilet bowl brush,..actually I’ve been feeling embarrassed to ask . When you and the rest of the ladies over here took over the chores from your ex-maid, did you ladies throw away a lot of things? I threw away a lot because I felt yucky using these things after being used by maid. These things were brand new when she started using them. I hope I’m not being wasteful. The things that I threw away were all the cloths for kitchen and her bathroom, brushes, vacuum, iron, washer, pots and pans.

I use Toilet Magiclean for my toilet bowl. Just squeeze around the inner bowl and leave for overnight. No need brushing. And I use Magiclean Stain&Mold for the corners of my shower area. Stains dissolved and no need brushing. I don’t want to wash brushes. :!:

[mocharita]

2ppaamm:

Mocharita, remember daisyt mentioned she uses the quick30, it means even if you do 3 loads a day, it will only take 1.5 hours. Don't use longer ones e.g. 3 hours, otherwise, you will do laundry the whole day. :idea:

Will the washer spoils if I don't put enough load in it?

[peapot]

Hi everyone! Eventhough I have a maid and will be changing one soon, I still find this thread useful because I can pick some housework tips which I can also use to train my new maid.


Anyone knows of any cheap solution to clean bathroom floors? Especially the floor tiles where you shower in. It is quite black. I tried using Jif but doesn’t work. I bought a stain remover from DIY/hardware shops but its really expensive for daily use. Please share with me if you have some idea. Thanks!

[autumnbronze]

peapot:

Hi everyone! Eventhough I have a maid and will be changing one soon, I still find this thread useful because I can pick some housework tips which I can also use to train my new maid.


Anyone knows of any cheap solution to clean bathroom floors? Especially the floor tiles where you shower in. It is quite black. I tried using Jif but doesn't work. I bought a stain remover from DIY/hardware shops but its really expensive for daily use. Please share with me if you have some idea. Thanks!

Hi peapot,

I get my helper to use Mr Muscel mold and mildew remover.

She uses it 2 times a week at most, in the shower area cuz we have a dry concept bathroom.

Hope this helps

[Joy]

Hello


Anyone got good tips on how to arrange the cups, bowls, plates which are wet right after washing ?I usually stack them up in tray,and its very messy…any advice?thanks

[wildboys]

Joy:

Hello


Anyone got good tips on how to arrange the cups, bowls, plates which are wet right after washing ?I usually stack them up in tray,and its very messy....any advice?thanks

I put them in a dish drying rack (something like below). To save time and hassle, this is the place where I keep them too, so no need to transfer to another storage place
http://www.postimage.org/image.php?v=gx1IzXEi

[Joy]

but we have bowls, plates and cup and may not able to fit into it...cos all different shapes and size, thanks



rgds

wildboys:

Joy:

Hello

Anyone got good tips on how to arrange the cups, bowls, plates which are wet right after washing ?I usually stack them up in tray,and its very messy....any advice?thanks

I put them in a dish drying rack (something like below). To save time and hassle, this is the place where I keep them too, so no need to transfer to another storage place
http://www.postimage.org/image.php?v=gx1IzXEi

[wildboys]

Joy:

but we have bowls, plates and cup and may not able to fit into it...cos all different shapes and size, thanks

rgds

Eh.... that's what I put too... plates, bowls, cups etc... i have two similar racks at home. One is two-tier, one is single. Sufficient to put commonly used items.

[2ppaamm]

mocharita:

2ppaamm:

Mocharita, remember daisyt mentioned she uses the quick30, it means even if you do 3 loads a day, it will only take 1.5 hours. Don't use longer ones e.g. 3 hours, otherwise, you will do laundry the whole day. :idea:

Will the washer spoils if I don't put enough load in it?

No, but it will spoil if you put too much in it.

[flim]

Emelyn:

Hi flim,

you mean can just wear the gloves and \"wipe\" over the areas to clean ?
Sounds good lei....
I must go look for it in NTUC.

yup yup. but i get her to use it just for dusting dry stuff. just to remove dust. not exactly 'clean' them. what i mean by this is, let's say, your tv has fingerprints. if i get my daughter to do it with the glove, it won't remove the fingerprints. i have to do it myself for that.