Home improvement part two
Apr. 3rd, 2024 09:02 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
blythelyLaundry nook: painted!
Satisfaction: achieved!
Farrow and Ball paint: can ... go off??!?
The bog standard decorators white paint bought nearly four years ago - totally fine. The super spendy F&B black bought a year ago had turned into a sludgy stinky mess. Thank goodness we had a tester pot still and managed to salvage a bit of the larger tin.
Did an extreme edit of cleaning products and supplies at the same time, which was useful. Over the last couple of years I've tried to move to refillable and eco products wherever possible. While vinegar and soda might do a lot, they don't do everything and anyone who can clean their whole house with those products has more time and better elbow grease than me. A number of the refillable/deliverable companies I've tried have had sub-standard products, but Bower Collective seem to be pretty good (and they haven't gone out of business yet, unlike many others!). A lot of what we had left was things we'd accumulated through multiple house moves, like silver dip or ceramic hob cleaner; the latter not needed and the former horrendously toxic and almost impossible to dispose of. We popped all of the excess in a box and left it in the lobby with a note saying "free for your spring cleaning". The whole lot went immediately, so we made someone's day!
Gosh, you know you're middle aged when you write a whole post about the standard of cleaning and decorating supplies. I OWN MY DOMESTIC OPINIONS. :D
Satisfaction: achieved!
Farrow and Ball paint: can ... go off??!?
The bog standard decorators white paint bought nearly four years ago - totally fine. The super spendy F&B black bought a year ago had turned into a sludgy stinky mess. Thank goodness we had a tester pot still and managed to salvage a bit of the larger tin.
Did an extreme edit of cleaning products and supplies at the same time, which was useful. Over the last couple of years I've tried to move to refillable and eco products wherever possible. While vinegar and soda might do a lot, they don't do everything and anyone who can clean their whole house with those products has more time and better elbow grease than me. A number of the refillable/deliverable companies I've tried have had sub-standard products, but Bower Collective seem to be pretty good (and they haven't gone out of business yet, unlike many others!). A lot of what we had left was things we'd accumulated through multiple house moves, like silver dip or ceramic hob cleaner; the latter not needed and the former horrendously toxic and almost impossible to dispose of. We popped all of the excess in a box and left it in the lobby with a note saying "free for your spring cleaning". The whole lot went immediately, so we made someone's day!
Gosh, you know you're middle aged when you write a whole post about the standard of cleaning and decorating supplies. I OWN MY DOMESTIC OPINIONS. :D
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Date: 2024-04-03 12:05 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2024-04-03 06:27 pm (UTC)Thoughts
Date: 2024-04-10 07:11 pm (UTC)Satisfaction: achieved! <<
Go you!
>> Farrow and Ball paint: can ... go off??!? <<
A lot of paint can, in various ways. Many are complex chemical mixes that are easily affected by oxygen; even if you reseal the can, the paint was already exposed during its first use. Others just plain have a use-by date. Some of the better preservatives include toxic substances that people don't want. Some organic paints have to be mixed fresh, like milk paint. And so one. A cheap standard paint is likely that way because it contains hardcore preservatives that not everyone wants anymore.
>> A number of the refillable/deliverable companies I've tried have had sub-standard products <<
Oh yeah, I've found a lot of eco stuff that just doesn't do an effective job. Some is good, though. The same is true of health food; it can be mouth-watering or ghastly. You have to know what you're doing with natural ingredients. Synthetics let you cover a lot of fuckups.
>>We popped all of the excess in a box and left it in the lobby with a note saying "free for your spring cleaning". The whole lot went immediately, so we made someone's day!<<
Brilliant!