18 Things You Should Clean at the Beginning of Every Season
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Awesome list. I can see it being very helpful for first time apartment renters and others to just develop good consistent habits.
I added a few items to your list in parenthesis.
1) Freezer
2) Oven
3) Shower Curtain
4) Washer Machine
5) Sink/Shower Aerators
6) Range Filter
7) Keurig (Coffee Pot/Kettle)
8) Trash Cans
9) Furnace Filter
10) Under Kitchen Sink (Bathroom too)
11) Utensil Crocks (Cutlery Drawer)
12) Door and Trim (Door knobs)
13) Windows, sills and tracks (Curtains)
14) Light Fixtures (Light switches)
15) PC and Keyboard
16) Leather/Vinyl conditioning of furniture (vacuum of furniture including mattress)
17) Refrigerator
18) Pantry/Cupboards
Pinned. Thank you!
Another place that gets dirty with product residue is the cupboard/shelf where laundry products are stored.
Vacuum filters need cleaning too. I have a shark vacuum with 2 foam filter that needs to be cleaned and all vacuums need to have their rollers cleaned.
I’d add fan blades- mine get disgusting!
I love all of you, I love lists. 🥰
I can’t clean under my sink, that’s where I store my extra moose.
It's the most sensible place, really
You should still try to set up a temporary moose enclosure so you can clean under there once in a while. You'd be surprised what you find in moose storage
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Me too!!😅
Just bang on the door and yell “Housecleaning” like a hotel does.
“Use a paper towel you’re not emotionally attached to” 😂😂
Best YT vid I’ve seen in at least 5 years. Speak your truth son
Relatable
I swear my paper kitchen towels, I throw my used ones in a box to dry, unless I use them for cleaning chemicals.
Then I start my fire with them 👌
My husband owns an appliance repair business, and using the self-clean feature is a sure-fire way to greatly shorten the life of your oven, because the excessive heat tends to wipe out the control boards. He recommends if it must be used, to do it no more than once a year... or whenever your moose chef forgets to put a catch pan under the Overbaked Alaska. Rock on, Duder!
I’ve also heard this about the self clean function. Luckily it’s something I also forget to ever do 😂! I buy oven liners to put on the bottom and periodically replace though, to catch anything that falls.
I've found that it doesn't bloody work, either. My mom and I tried twice with ours and it did nothing so we gave up in annoyance and cleaned the damn thing the way we always have.
I used the self cleaning on an oven in an apartment years ago and it scared the heck out of me as hot as the cabinets around it got. I've never used it again.
I used it once and said never again as it made the cabinets around the stove really hot.
Omigosh! I’ve never seen another comment on youtube use the term “Duder!” I love it! I used to call a very close co-worker of mine “Duder” everyday! He passed away suddenly on my birthday a few years ago. I miss him so much! You made my day! 💕💕
I was NOT expecting the amount of sass and snarky comments sprinkled throughout the video. This is great, thank you for teaching us.
I lost my service dog 12 31 22 and with her a large amount of my sanity. My OCD shifted to hoarding and so far your videos are the only thing helping me. My apartment is still a disaster but I'm starting to make progress. I just wanted to say THANK YOU!
I lost my adorable dog of 11 years at the end of March. The grief is annihilating. I’m so sorry for your loss. Losing a service dog and companion would be especially devastating. I’ll keep you in my thoughts and prayers.
@@ScotchScoville Thank you! She was my service dog for 9yrs and today I really miss her.
May the memories of love outweigh the grief of loss.
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Sending you a hug!
I collect my Walmart bags and give them to lady who works at a food bank . They have about 120 families once a week and use them for produce. She plays bingo with me and they really need them. It is easy to give them to her and they have the need.
We don’t have then anymore in Canada. Just cloth bags.
We use to smaller thin ones to scoop the litter box out with or as liners for bathroom size trash cans. The larger, pick up bags that are stronger, we give to my MIL. she works once a week at a food bank at our church and they love them for bagging up the food they give out as they are very sturdy.
I'm in San Jose, CA and I too give the bags to local food banks (Second Harvest & Sacred Heart). I also give bags that didn't hold meat/dairy and clean Amazon boxes to a local charity thrift shop (The Thrift Box, San Jose) that benefits a local children's hospital.
I have one of those hanging things designed for storing them full that I usually hang onto if I ever run out of small trash bags, but I usually never run out.
I also use them when I clean out my fridge; put it on the counter, scrape food old enough to shave into it, tie it shut (and usually put the whole thing into another bag) before dropping it into the trash. Leaky garbage bags are so gross and this way I have less of those. 😁
Tyvm for the idea on what to do with the extra.:)
Oregon has done away with Wal Mart bags...so I needed my 125 Wal mart bags...
The one drawback of getting new glasses is seeing all the spots I missed in my "clean" house". I spent the other day with some cleaning solution and a Magic Eraser hitting all the smudges and gunk that I had missed before. On the plus side, all remaining traces of The Toffee Incident have be erased.
I… I think we need more info on “The Toffee Incident” 😂
@@Hermitinthemountains I'm still not quite sure what caused it, but I had a pot of toffee mixture erupt and cover my kitchen in spatters. After a dozen failures, I have vowed to never attempt toffee again.
I kind of like the mystery of the name, The Toffee Incident. It sounds like a novel by Agatha Christie.
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"The Toffee Incident" 🤣
Edit: What finally worked at removing the toffee marks?
As a woman in my mid 20s with wicked adhd, it feels so good to see such a candid approach to cleaning, especially one for a neurodivergent household. There's no shame attached to the food items that went bad in the fridge or freezer, no berating the waste of food. It is what is, it's not serving us anymore, to dwell on it is only going to cause us more unnecessary pain. Chuck it, move on to the next piece, and clean away with the weight on your shoulders that much lighter. It also reminds me that it's okay that I struggle with cleaning. That doesn't mean I'm a failure of an adult or a woman. And the clean girly aesthetic will never be me, and that's okay. I can have a healthy, happy home without it being insta-perfect. Thank you for your insights, your candor, and your humor. 🧡🧡
I've always had issues with throwing away food, my solution to the problem is I either dump it in a field, in the woods or I bury it. Why? Because if I can't eat it than at least I can return it to nature by way of fertilizing my garden or feeding the wild animals.
I started putting the exp date on all pantry stuff on the front in sharpie so I know immediately what I need to use and I can arrange them oldest to newest and don’t have to check every can or whatever every time I cook. FIFO baby
Absolutely! Those plastic food bags with a white area to write on, are so valuable.
Food has no expiry date if you live in Africa.
I started doing this too! You can add a post it note inside the cabinet with a list of things to eat before the next season clean out
That's a great idea! Anything that I vacuum seal has a date. But I never thought of putting it on the front of things in original packaging.
You're way too good for me. I'm impressed.
“This will be used to sanitize surfaces, especially on things that are kind of gross like trash cans… and your mom” 😂😂😂 I wasn’t expecting a line like that in a cleaning video. I laughed so hard I woke up my toddler.
Same 😂 didn't have to call out our moms like that
Thanks Mack for all the cleaning tips. I see you have a vintage top loading washer. My tip for you is never get rid of it. New washing machines ain't worth moose droppings!
I would hardly call it vintage! We bought a new washer & dryer last year and it's top loading. The majority we looked at were top loading.
Agree. I learned that limits on how much water washers could hold were put into place a few years back. There’s a used appliance place in my town and they sell cleaned up used appliances. I got my giant top loading washing machine from them last year for around $200 and that included delivery, installation, and a three year warranty. I can fill that big tub with hot water and get clothes CLEAN. I had a front loader for a little while and couldn’t get used to it. It didn’t seem like it had enough water to adequately clean the clothes. A lot of people really like them though. But when this washer bites the dust I’ll just get another used one with a big tub.
Yes! My parents had an old Montgomery Ward washer and dryer set that they bought in the '80s when they first got married. The washer lasted until I was in high school and was too obsolete to fix when it finally bit the dust, the dryer made it to college before it bit the dust and had to be replaced (too obsolete to fix). In that time since, the washer had to be replaced once because the computer in it was a lemon. The dryer seems to be doing alright though.
Our washing machine is a top loader from the late '90s, early 2000s. It has sat outside for the past 11 years, pretty much since the day we bought it and brought it home. Aside from the supply hoses, the only real servicing it's needed was a solenoid replacement when a freeze cracked the old one. It's an absolute beast, and we're keeping it till it disintegrates into rust powder
My washer and dryer came with my house purchase seven years ago. I looked up the serial numbers and found that they are from 1985! I HOPE THEY NEVER DIE!
@@lauramitchell6725 Lol…they might not
I had severe depression for the last couple of years which really affected my cleanliness. I've finally worked my way out of it and have been tackling most of the items you've shown for the last two months. Some additional items on my list: I took the screens out of the window and scrubbed them with a brush and rinsed with the hose, I pressure washed my entry and screen door, cleaned the horizontal blinds, the baseboards, took a duster to the ceiling and walls, wiped ceiling fan blades, cleaned the dishwasher filter, and had someone clean the fireplace chimney & dryer vent. I'm feeling pretty good about the condition of my house and yard these days. Thanks for sharing your list!
Great work!
Me too. I was very depressed for 2 years. Luckily my sweet husband watered my plants for me. That’s how bad it was. One day I looked around and came to life again to start doing those everyday maintenance projects.
Dang, forgot about the screens 🤦🏻♀️
@@barbarageorge7848In a hurry, we gently wipe them front and back with a rag with dish soap. Knocks the dust off, especially in spring with the pollen. we call it half arsing a quick clean (Or sometimes gently sweep them with a soft brush attachment first.) Yes...a reminder ours needs done.
Like a fuh-Reak!!
We ain't stopping at squeaky clean, son. We don't stop 'til it's *freaky* clean.
"Freaky Clean" is my new goal.
This should be on his next tee shirt.
@@samanthasurovec4639 Not a bad idea.
Freaky Squeeky love it
That one drawer had a midwest amount of cheese in it. Impressive.
Tip: Get yourself some baskets from dollar tree with handles(the oblong type) for your cabinets so when you clean you just have to remove the basket!!
I love mine. I got the clear ones at Target. They help alot and can see everything 😊
Oh gawd! I remember “spring cleaning” as a child! Mom, Dad, me and my 2 sisters spent the weekend dedicated to windows, walls, carpets, appliances, etc.
YES, we washed WALLS! 😳
Damn, I’m old 😩🤪
You might have forgotten that we had to wash walls because back then just about every adult smoked, and we all did so in the house. That grime from the tar was disgusting! Do you remember how that sticky tar attracted and held on to dust so well that it practically blocked off the air vents on the TV? Yuck! It was almost like it was flocked, like the inside of a jewelry box. It only took about two swipes at the wall to turn the wash rag and rinse water that distinctively disgusting yellow-brown color. We never realized how filthy smoking made everything until everyone in the family quit (and those who relapsed decided to smoke outside because we didn't want the dirt in the house anymore).
Yes, washing walls. Not because of smoking. General use, kids, and adults, hands sre naturally dirty, near light switches got dirty from normal use. Same for door frames, etc. We used very diluted spic and span (floor cleaner) and wash cloths. Works well.
Anyone who has pets should be washing their walls occasionally. The hair from cats, and from the undercoat on double coated dogs, is so cine that you can’t even really see it. But it gets blown around by the central heating/cooling fan and it sticks to the walls. (In copious amounts might I add.) I found this out when I was wiping a pop spill off one of my walls, and my rag was instantly covered in pet hair.
What a gag-inducing discovery that was! And after multiple years of cat ownership - what a lot of work to clean every wall in the house.
Fine - not “cine.” Typo. Ugh. I haven’t figured out how to edit my comments once I’ve already hit “reply.” Sorry, folks.
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Another awesome video!! I give my pet moose a bath every season even if he strongly disagrees and feels that’s too frequent.
Yeah, if you have chicken nuggets sentient enough to be a tax deduction, you should probably clean your freezer.
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This is one of the best comments- ever!
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This compilation of household things that need periodic cleaning was a great idea. Coupled with the details of how to accomplish each cleaning task this video is a 100% winner for people like ME! Thank you!
good job. i believe you should clean your dryer vent out [plus the dryer hose] in spring and fall. it gets clogged up with lint and can start a house fire.
#1 cause of house fires
ALSO mites can build up past the filter you normally clean. Dealing with spider mites and allergic to dust and mites so I do as much cleaning I can handle. Then I have to suffer with my hands face and feet being on fire with mites I try not to get into my hands facing lips nose and under nails. Unfortunately no one else has any issues and took me letting infestation show what has been attacking me and why some clothing I can’t wear because of not killing everything the first time and spreading to my other clothes.
Just as a heads up to people that don't know this is a joke: Your supposed to clean the lint filter out *every time you dry your clothes,* otherwise it can and will start a fire. #1 cause of housefires is true bro
TLDR: a negligent house manager at my old job put client/staff lives at serious risk by ignoring dryer lint buildup. My current neighbors essentially turned our garage wall/ceiling into tinder because they ignored dryer lint buildup. I'm overly cautious about dryer lint after discovering these fire traps at work (in a house filled with vulnerable people) and in my home. Check your dryer hoses and vents, y'all!
I'm so paranoid about dryer lint, but I've got my reasons.
About 10 years ago I worked in/managed groups homes for adults with Severe and Persistent Mental Illness. At one point I began managing a house that was one of our oldest in the company: a huge 2-story house with 15 clients. The dryer was going constantly (each day two clients would do their laundry for a weekly deep clean. Every night the graveyard shift staff ran several loads to clean client bath towels and the staff cleaning rags). When I got to the house the previous manager hadn't kept up on a lot of their duties (exactly why they weren't there anymore!).
On my second day there I was assisting a client with laundry and a cloud of lint "foofed" into the air when we pulled out the dryer lint screen to clean it. Intrigued, I grabbed a flashlight and peeked inside the lint trap. The entire thing was clogged with lint. I started pulling it out and it just kept coming, so I decided to detach the hose from the dryer (which went down through the wood floor and extended through the basement). I grabbed the hose and it was _heavy_ and felt solid. I detached the hose at the floor instead of the dryer and was horrified when I looked into the opening to the basement hose: it was PACKED with lint. The end of the hose attached to the dryer was also compacted so much that it couldn't be shaken out. I called maintenance and they took out the entire exhaust hose system that was mounted against the basement ceiling, opening to a gated vent outside. The entire hose was full, and had been for God knows how long. I already got on well with the maintenance crew, but they were INCREDIBLY grateful I'd found that lint nightmare before something worse happened. It was an old wooden house with a solid tube of dryer lint attached to the basement ceiling... running directly under several client's rooms and near the gas lines to the kitchen... An entire third of the main floor would have gone up in a flash. There was a sprinkler system on the first floor and second floor, but nothing in the basement.
The crew replaced the dryer and everything attached to it that afternoon. Over the next few days maintenance went out to every house to check the dryers and vents, and administrators did routine checks in the months afterward to make sure all dryers were being cleaned and vents were kept clear.
Then, earlier this year my MIL's tenants had the hose come off their dryer and they didn't notice or give a damn. The structure on the property is a duplex: our living areas are completely separated but their washer/dryer (and our washer/dryer) is in our shared garage Their side is always filthy and I end up wiping their washer and dryer down because it gets coated in lint, dust, and dirt (I'm sure wiping off their washer/dryer is a weird thing to do but it gets SO DIRTY... and I'm weird anyway ¯\_(ツ)_/¯).
While wiping off their dryer I noticed the wall behind it was a different texture than the rest of the garage wall, and the textured area went up all the way onto the ceiling. I took a closer look and saw the texture was due to a thick layer of dryer lint. The hose had come off and the dryer had been spraying lint freely... the garage walls are gray so the color blended, but I couldn't believe the amount of lint that had shot up all over their half of the garage to the ceiling, forming a thick coating. They _must_ have seen it! I took a picture, grabbed a ladder and spent several hours removing caked-on lint from the ceiling/wall and from every surface of the nearby water heater.
We live in a very dry area. We also live in Hawaii where people enjoy shooting off fireworks to celebrate everything: if the day ends in "y" it's a reason to light fireworks (it's illegal but rarely enforced, and the worst offenders are usually off-duty police officers 🤦🏻♀️).
With all that lint, one wayward spark would have been enough to get it going. The garage would go up, and if not put out quickly both sides of the duplex connected to it would be next.
After cleaning I took another pic and immediately sent the before/after to my MIL (my partner and I live in the back duplex with his mom... our houses are connected but we have separate living spaces*).
My MIL and I put a new hose on the dryer and mads sure it was secure. When her tenants got home from work she has a talk with them... they're a nice family, really. Just not the most proactive about certain things...
*because this wasn't long enough already (⊙_◎):
My partner and I are in our 40s. I realize it may seem odd to people on the mainland for a couple our age to live with a parent, but multi-generational housing situations are SUPER common in the islands. One of the reasons is cultural (younger folks take care of elderly parents, older retired folks take care of grandkids while their children work, etc. and honestly, it's quite nice). The other reason is because housing/rent is _incredibly_ expensive, especially on Oahu. I know none of that info was necessary, but I've received *so many* judgmental comments from people unfamiliar with island culture over the years... I'd rather explain first than put up with judgment later!
I don't run the self cleaning cycle in my oven anymore. It produces such strong fumes that I would have to leave the house. My eyes would burn so bad and I couldn't breathe.
Now I have parrots and birds are so sensitive I'm sure they would die.
So now we are super careful about the oven and clean messes right away.
I also have birds and even worry about using oven cleaner since it has such fumes. I might just need someone to birdsit for a day while I do a spring clean
I also have parrots....and a dirty oven!
@@PredictableEnigma I used the Mr clean pads to clean mine. I went thru a few but at least it saved my body some pain from hours of scrubbing by hand. (I'm 50 with fibromyalgia).
With as sensitive as birds are I wouldn't trust that a day would be enough time for the house to air out from oven cleaner for your bird.
I use white vinegar to clean almost everything in my house. Including the animal cages.
Yes. Same. We bought oven liners on Amazon and now I just change them out.
I have a convection countertop I typically use so the main oven honestly rarely gets used anymore.
But anytime I is used ii’s 99% by my pie baking messy cook it into the glass door husband.
So the bottom is pretty good but I still haven’t figured out how he spills and burns everything into the racks and glass or how nothing will scrub those off. Lol.
do not clean your oven with birds etc in house. they can perish from the fumes. moving them to another room does not always work.
Moose teeth can really screw up your spin cycle on your washing machine 🐨😂
And spin kicks.
Thanks for the motivation today! Cleaning my bathroom was not on my to-do list but it has been a while (yay depression!)
I just kinda started going “well this doesn’t live on the sink, it goes in the cabinet. Christmas is over, I don’t need this Christmas tree hand soap anymore and while I’m at it let me squirt some toilet bowl cleaner in the toilet and let that sit while I clean the sink and the mirror and the shower and empty the trash can”
30 minutes later I have a clean(er) bathroom. I can’t really do much with the floor except vacuum it (yes there is carpet in my bathroom and I HATE it! It’s the next thing to get replaced when I have the $).
I also told the moose to STOP DRINKING THE TOILET WATER
I've got to move soon. I've been looking for a place and have been surprised by how many houses have carpeted bathrooms. What on earth would possess a person to think that's a good idea??? 🤦♀️ I hope you're able to replace it soon!
@@ForbiddenChocolate it’s cheap
@onecatshortofcrazy12 I suppose, but you can often find vinyl flooring remnants or peel-and-stick tiles for cheap at Home Depot or Lowe's, if you don't mind installing it yourself. I'd paint and seal the subfloor before putting carpet in a bathroom, but I'm a bit unconventional at times. 🙃
@@ForbiddenChocolate the subfloor is part of the problem too. It’s a patchwork of whatever was available at the time, so it isn’t even. With the carpet you really couldn’t tell but it’ll show if I do vinyl
I should also mention that carpet was done like 40 years ago when it was the cheaper option
@onecatshortofcrazy12 that is unfortunate. Seems like a DIY project that went awry, and those are often costly to undo and redo correctly. The house I'm renting originally had plywood instead of that greenboard on the walls, which was papered over. Little surprise when there was a mold problem, and it had to be gutted. You're lucky not to have mold in the carpet after so many years. Best of luck to you.
PS: As a crazy cat lady myself, I love your name!
I’m at the part where the couch is being conditioned and I’m just here to say I love dogs for mastering the art of looking awkward and unsure of what to do but knowing they wanna be in the room with you. Your dog could teach a class on it. 😂❤
LOL. I didn't notice until you said. Instantly I saw that funny puppy face. He has a look that says "I farted and hope you don't notice 😂
i put peel and stick tile under my sink, SOOOO easy to keep clean.
I learned that trick from someone years ago and it’s such a win.
Oooh damn, that’s a good idea! I put a piece of I guess you can call it, shelving liners that you can get that’s kinda soft and yet you can just wipe it right down and they have other stuff that’s harder and works well too ( under the sink liner) it’s so much easier and that way, it protects the wood and you can use it for under your bathroom vanity as well.
I put an extra boot tray and it works ok, doesn't cover entire area just where I want it. Can hold some amount of water if there is a leak and it isn't caught immediately (which is a great bonus!)
I am old enough to have been a housekeeper before self-defrosting freezers. The fastest way is using a hairdryer (my first one was the bonnet type). Using a hand held hair dryer will take care of any frost problem super quick.
I've always used pots of hot/boiling water! Close the door, wait 10-15 minutes, and voila! The frost is, at the very least, loose enough to be scraped away! Towel dry, turn it back on, then restock! Done!
A hand held hair dryer will also thaw out frozen pipes under your sink. 🔥
A steam cleaner works great too
@@53sheri Oh hey... I never thought of that! I think I'll use my the next time I have to defrost mine!
And there's that super satisfying part where the ice sheet loosens from the hairdryer and you can pop it off with a plastic spatula. I hated my old 1950s fridge/freezer, but that was sooooooo satisfying.
That is how I clean a frig too. One shelf at a time is less mess and the rest of the food stays cool. Sometimes just one shelf gets cleaned that is a real mess and that is progress. Good enough.
For appliances, please always look at your specific appliance's manual for cleaning instructions. Some can be damaged by diy cleaning solutions or trying to disassmble the thing. Oven doors are spring-loaded and have taken off fingers of even repair techs.
Also, never let your house moose disassemble things - they can't read and tend to lose parts.
Great video Mack, with Jason's help. You can get rid of ants in your cupboard by spraying white vinegar on the shelves. I had an ant problem in my guinea pig hutches, used all kinds of hardware store natural chemicals, nothing worked. Then I sprayed vinegar on the legs of the hutches and voila - no more ants!! Supposedly it confuses the ants, they lose their scent to travel to the food source.
I did that in my shower last year and it really works. Not right away and I also sealed up a bunch of little gaps, but it definitely helped. I don't like to use pesticide indoors because of my cats
I got rid of ants by sealing gaps by my kitchen door and upstairs the gap between the floor and baseboard. I used silicone based caulk. No more ants in kitchen or by cat's food upstairs!
I've used crawling insect spray and I spray the line of ants as close to their source as possible. Interrupting the pheromones that they leave.But the white vinegar is an awesome and less toxic idea!
Many years ago I heard a tip that pepper works to repel ants, so I had the Lady that I took care of add some pepper to Her next shopping list. Well, I didnt know exactly what kind of pepper to buy so I bought 3 kinds. Yellow,orange and regular green. I sliced em thin and placed them all over Her counters. It was a rather well-to-do Family so She had long lengths of counter top. I wish I had taken pictures because 2, 7ft counters and a 4×4 butcher board looks pretty darn cool with a million multi colored pepper rings laying across them!😊 Needless to say, the tip was quite vague and it really was calling for "black pepper"😅... but it gave all the Girls a good laugh clear into the next month and even today 20 years later it still makes me giggle my butt off!😂
For those who want to remove the stains on the floor of the cabinet, I recommend “The Pink Stuff” paste (sold in Home Depot, etc).
This or scrub daddy power paste/tangerine clean paste (I actually prefer the latter). I've been surprised at how much those products get out stain-wise
I've taken to breaking my cleaning down to micro zones that I tackle 2 per week which has kept my house clean and me motivated without getting my fatigue all up in a dander.
A micro zone is an area like a book shelf, or the tv area, the night stand, a storage rack- basically any very small area you can completly clean in a relatively small amt of time.
1:45 Use cloth grocery bags in the freezer to store like things together; 1 or 2 for meat, 1 for veggies etc. It's easier to find what you're looking for and it's easier to clean the freezer if all you need to do is pull out some grocery bags.
12:06 Use laundry baskets or grocery store plastic baskets to store things under the sink. Just pull out the 2 baskets and clean. It's also much easier to find what you're looking for; pull out 1 basket part way and it's easy to see what you have.
I pack my freezer bags in meals. Meat +veg+side. Then whatever bag I grab ahold of its dinner, pre-planned.
@@goatkidmomGreat tip. I always end up turning our chest freezer inside out and what I'm looking for is always at the bottom. Or everything gets stuffed and shuffled. Will try this.
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"No one needs 150 walmart bags"... like no one needs that many kitchen utensils/containers either....lol.
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I have 3 utensil containers. One for spatulas, one for stainless utensils like whisks and one for soup ladles and other cooking utensils that are black. Yes, I have OCD, how did you guess? 🤣😂🤣😂
🤣 I have one utensil holder for things I use most often (like if I need to reach over and grab the item by its business end if I've already gotten my hands gross) so I don't have to stop what I'm doing, wash my hands, and dig around in a drawer (or just dig around in a drawer with messy hands requiring me to wash everything in the drawer later). The two drawers are for storing things that either won't fit (like my rolling pin) or things I use less often but need nearby (stick blender, tea balls, etc).
I really only want one drawer for extras, so I've got some thinking and organizing to do lol.
I have two utensil containers, but a LOT of utensils. Because 1. we have only three drawers in the entire kitchen, and they are tiny and 2. there are severe food allergies involved, so I am often making two of the same meals. And the meal for the allergic person needs its' own utensils so as not to cross contaminate. So I basically have two of everything.
waaahahahahaha! good one!
Most targets and krogers have receptacles at the front of the store for plastic bags now, they recycle them into new shopping bags! Everyone seems to have a “plastic bag cabinet” in their kitchen because they feel bad throwing them away to go to a landfill, so, for me at least, knowing I can drop them off somewhere they’ll be reused has been a game changer ☺️
I have a chest freezer like Macks. I took everything out and put a pan of hot water in and shut the lid. The ice came off in sheets. I tossed them and I didn't have to deal with all the water in the bottom. I enjoyed the video. Love seeing Dakota, Dusty Beans and Frank. They were all tuckered out from watching Mack and Jason cleaning.😊
Thanks for the reminder of the names of the pets, i keep forgetting (sorry Mack! i'm old! 🤭)
We use a battery garden blower, defrosts the freezer in 10 minutes
Great tip...
Love the video. Maybe exposing my age, but when I was a young wife/mom there was no CZcams and if the internet was a thing yet, I was unaware. I love that there is a video to help with every aspect of life. And the every day little things like how to clean up your house are so important. Thanks for the inspiration and information. Thanks for showing people even a horrible hoarder house can be brought back to order. I think so many people are so overwhelmed. You do a good work.
Here in Canada plastic bags are now BANNED. Good thing I have 150 of them saved to use for trash bags!
I was just going to say, please donate to Canadians 🤣
I can send you 150 more.
As inconvenient as they are, plastics are destroying all of the aquatic life in our oceans. And creating huge pools of floating plastic out in the ocean that organizations are having to actually place rings of miles long buoys around to clean it all out of the ocean. Plastics are even found in 80% of peoples bloodstreams in lab samples. They also interfere with normal human hormone regulation. There’s nothing wrong with getting rid of plastics!
Garbage bags too? We save plastic bags from other food packaging like cereal bags, bread bags, newspaper bags to reuse for those gross tasks to tie and toss. Save any packaged plastics and put a piece of packing tape over the holes in bottom corners and reuse like the old grocery bags.
In Canada can you still purchase plastic bags? Like the ones you use to line the kitchen trash can or the very large ones you use for yard waste etc?
Wow, what an incredibly thorough and useful cleaning guide! Mack has clearly put a ton of work into organizing all these seasonal cleaning tasks and walking us through each step. I especially appreciated how he broke bigger jobs like cleaning the oven or fridge into manageable sections so it's not overwhelming. All the homemade cleaning solutions are also so clever - I'll definitely be trying out that multipurpose cleaner. Mack does an amazing job explaining each task and keeping things lighthearted with his funny stories and commentary. You can really tell he has a passion for cleaning and helping others tackle household chores. This video is so well-produced and full of great tips. Thanks so much for taking the time to put this informative 18-part guide together - it will really help me stay on top of cleaning between now and summer. Videos like this are so valuable for staying organized. Great work Mack!🫶🏻
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@@MidwestMagicCleaning Ooops - a loose moose 🫎
This is tremendously helpful. I've been binge watching your videos to get inspiration to clean my apt, which got out of control during a lengthy depressive episode. Thank you for your empathy and compassion for those with mental health issues. Your approach -- combining instruction with understanding and humor -- is exactly what I need. You are doing noble work. Thank you.
There are mats you can buy for the bottom of the oven. Nothing sticks to it! I have one for my stove and one for my small convection air fryer! Boy that really makes it easy to keep your appliances clean👍👍👍
I had never heard of such a thing! Just ordered an "oven protector" from Amazon. Thank you!
I can't find a paper towel I'm not emotionally attached to 🥺
Great resource! I believe that the grease trap vent can also go in the dishwasher. Another thing to consider is to use vinegar instead of fabric softener. There are a few benefits, cheaper, less chemicals, works great, but for the context of this video, fabric softener causes a lot, if not most, of the built up gunk in washing machines. I have an old softener cap and I fill that with white, distilled vinegar and put in the softener dispenser as usual. And there is no vinegar smell on the clothes either. And no gunk build up.
Using vinegar as a fabric softener keeps towels extra fluffy and absorbent, and holy crap it keeps my glass-cleaning cloths from leaving smears on the windows! 🥰
Yes they say never use fabric softener when doing towels. This is an oil-based product that leaves a very thin layer of oil on them. Use vinegar or nothing at all
Great video, very helpful - but I don’t keep cooking utensils in containers out on the bench because of flies.
For under the sink - always yuckie! We have rental property and I put sheet linoleum from Lowe’s or Home Depot under every sink- it works great! I get a similar color to the cabinets and cut to fit - very easy to clean, you can take it out to clean and/or replace if/when it gets too ugly!
What a great idea!
Ooo, going to do that. :) Tyvm. ❤
Smart! ❣️🍀
@@sanibel3 Thank you! It really works great and so easy to just wipe out. So much cleaner for everyone ! I put this in all of the shelves and drawers now. In each house.
I use a mat & rotary cutter to cut it. Cuts like butter-
Dear Mac, you always make my day because when you say something it seems everything is going to be fine and that’s what I need ❤
His voice sounds like safety. :)
@@JariDawnchild absolutely true
I'm looking forward to the repair videos of Jason's house, & your floors.
Add to seasonal list: clean under stove and fridge!
I'm one of those who cleans out freezers and refrigerators before i go major shopping, once a month. But i don't do ovens. I hate that oven cleaning spray so i just don't clean it...ever. I do my plastic shower curtain by washing it with a cup of bleach and several white towels on the normal washer cycle. The towels clean the shower curtain, and remove hard water stains. I clean under my sink every 6 months. I like keeping that organized. Thanks for all your videos.
Same on the oven. I've been on this planet half a century (plus) and have never cleaned (the inside of) an oven!
My mom says her dirty oven cooks food better because it’s “seasoned” 😂. Ngl I’ve adopted the same philosophy in my house 😂
😂 I love it! I just got an oven liner on Amazon. I can throw it in the sink if it gets dirty. Yay! I don't let the oven clean itself. Ever.
Oven is indeed annoying to clean. Not self cleaning oven in my home. The two times i’ve cleaned the inside of the oven was when i overloaded a dish and it began burning at the bottom of the oven. No actual fires (beyond the oven built one), but it was smoking up my home.
Great video - might want to include garbage disposal deep clean, without turning it on of course and the shower drains, and sink drains. Thanks for the hard work!
HI, Mack, a quick tip for people, use plastic pegs or even bulldog clips to hold any open bags shut in the pantry, fridge or freezer so when you grab them out, the frozen peas don't fly everywhere! I love how Dakota, looks at you then at the camera as if to say, 'Oh no, I'm going to be spray and wiped next!
Thank you for the lists. Still helping this ole grandma go through this house. You are my blessing
You start with my biggest enemy, the freezer. I’m thinking about the freezer to defrost since at least 3 years 😂. It has two drawers and you almost can’t open or close them anymore, you have to be a little forcibly to do that 🙈
I agree. Mine is the oven. I hate cleaning it and avoid it. I do try and keep on top of it because the thought of it being so bad it takes hours just is it worth it 😂. I was also a bit relieved when my 18 year old freezer broke and I had to get a new one. I got frost free 😅.
I absolutely LOVE your quirky seems of humor. What you do is remarkable. You should be proud!! Don't ever stop being AWESOME!!
Great video. I'm guilty of not defrosting my freezers as often as I should. The worst one is the 2-deer size chest freezer. I don't own enough coolers to hold it all. When our last stove died I made sure to get a new one without self cleaning so that it might hopefully last longer. But it is a cr*ppy stove and now I wish it would die early. You'll have to pry my 8,594 Walmart bags from my cold, dead hands...they are outlawed in Washington state now and they are the best thing for harvesting the cat's litter boxes. When I've used them all I'll have to sit and cry. Thank you for the great video, even if there were no moose sighted.
I use my old Publix, Walmart etc bags to clean my litter box too.
I’ve used all of my old plastic bags for kitty litter too. Now I’ve had to resort to buying kitty litter bags and have a bunch of cloth bags for grocery purchases. Plastic store bags are .10 in CO.
I just found your channel and I'm a upstairs hoarder. It started after my husband died. I just want you to know that people like you give me hope for mankind and it just helps. You actually gave me the oomph to snap shit and start getting rid of stuff.❤
The cookie sheet in the self cleaning mode,made my mind blow. Thanks for the video
Right? Me too.
I just did it, it's like my gross cookie sheets are new again! No scrubbing needed.
Amazing Mack!! We just did a few of these at our place, … shower head, garbage, etc but the most needed and best task was the fridge! I put the drawers and shelves to soak in the tub, and used the apc cleaner to finish… Mack, it was so nice, clean and organized! My husband caught me standing in front of it looking inside, and said what are you doing? I told him look.. watch Mack’s cleaning channel.. he can do a spin kick, and make a moose pop out!!!!hahaha😝🤗.. btw.. we live in a cabin in the woods, in the upper northeast.. 25-30 miles from the nearest Walmart or grocery store.. the epitome of country living..!👍🤗❤️🥳
the fact that you go through and show us everything is just invaluable, like beyond words
most other channels it's like.. "yeah clean your fridge" and they show you the already-cleaned-fridge and stuff
it's like if a coach told you (and u never lifted weights) "yeah just do bench and youll have arms like mine" and you see his arms but u never see how he actually performs the lift
I've been doing accountability checks with my friends on discord lately. This week I'm decluttering the bathroom. So yesterday's check was to get rid of expired makeup/skin care stuff and today is cleaning makeup brushes. Sometimes I just need to be called out. It's also surprisingly hard to find a video on "things you usually forget to clean" so I would love more of things like this
They are usually called deep cleaning videos
The easiest way to organize a chest freezer is to categorize by totes. Three different totes for beef,chicken,pork,etc. Three different totes for ice cream and/or desserts,frozen fruit and vegetables. You can label them with luggage tags from the thrift store and it makes it easier to send a man in there to bring in something for dinner!🤣😂😅 Also makes cleaning and defrosting easier because you just lift out a whole bag. I use cloth bags from the thrift store and for the heavier meats,I thrift those canvas,L.L.Been totes which are SUPER sturdy and can be washed in the washing machine.🙌🏻
Diatomaceous earth is excellent to get rid of ants and fleas. Put in on your window sills and on the outside edges of your house on the outside. It's pet safe as well.
Borax is great too.
Amazing ancient diatom powder. It can also be sprinkled on plants to keep snails and other bugs from eating your garden The tiny diatoms It contains shred the underside of bugs; it kills by dehydrating them. It does need to be reapplied anytime it rains or gets washed away.
Just don't breath in the dust and it's great to use....!
Just the motivation I needed! I'm working myself out of the winter blues (seasonal depression SUCKS) and spring cleaning is next on my list. Greetings from Italy!
Greetings from North East England! (no moose here) It's 7:30 PM, and I feel guilty, like I need to go find something to clean. Another informative video, thx !
I love how your fur baby supervises the couch conditioning. 😊
The cookie sheet trick in the self cleaning oven thing blew my mind 💡 😮 awesome 👏🏼
I am just starting a cleaning journey with my new boyfriend. He is a hoarder, and watching these videos together helps us figure out where to start and how to do things. Thank you.
I swear I must have Midwest Magic Cleaning ESP. This past two days I have defrosted my deep freezer, washed my shower curtain and wiped down a few window sills. When I saw you doing your freezer, I did a little happy dance. Now I'm going to rest on my laurels for a couple of days 😂. Love fom Australia where we are moving into Winter. Not a biggie in the sub tropics where I live, but we like to pretend it gets chilly enough to put on a cardigan for a couple of days. ❤
On Thursday I undertook the challenge of cleaning most of the 18 things in this video. What I didn’t clean was because I don’t have those items or I wasn’t able to get to them in the time I had. I worked for 6 hours on my own and hit most of the things on my list in addition to reorganizing my entire kitchen. Now it’s done and everything is so much better. What I like most about this video is it shows you where to start by suggesting you start with the items that take the longest first and let them sit while you work on the smaller tasks and also it gives you a good punch list of items to do. I think many people don’t do this because they don’t know where to start or what to, so they get overwhelmed and don’t do anything. Thank you for this. It helped me a lot.
I love that your freezer has multiple boxes of Outshine! Those are the best popsicles! We have lime and watermelon at the moment!
I add cleaning the water dispenser and the dishwasher to this list. You don’t want an infestation of House Hippos in the dishwasher cause then they start bringing in their relatives. Once mother in law House Hippo moves in, it’s basically game over. You gotta move. House Hippo dishwasher infestations can be nasty.
What are house hippos?
Washing Machine to list, yes, clean filters on dishwasher. Definitely the sinks and garage disposal. Yes, review the pantry and cabinets for discards.
My cleaning angel. This was a really good informative and training video for people who either don't know how to clean, i.e., take care of a house and your living environment. These are all things I do. But I didn't know about the cookie sheets. That blew me away, and I will also share this. So, Thank You ever so much. I do so enjoy you, Moose Teeth and all. 😁❤️
If you have a grill with parts small enough to fit in the oven, this works for those, too. Did that once out at mom's just to see if it would work and ended up saving them money for not having to go get replacement parts (or a new grill).
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Oh, how Kool. I'll remember that for my grill clean up.
Thank you
I bought the aluminum flat liner and put in my oven. Makes a big difference.
What a great idea to put refrigerator stuff into the bathtub. I have NEVER thought of that. I end up washing them in the kitchen sink and ending up with a LAKE on my kitchen floor.
Great video! I found out, after noticing a smell in my dishwasher, that it needs to be cleaned on a regular basis too. There is a screw in filter at the bottom that needs to be unscrewed and cleaned. Water also collects under the filter so I take a towel and soak up that water. Then wipe it out with a vinegar soaked rag. I also remove the spray wands, run vinegar solution through them, rinse and replace.
This cleaning got rid of the smell and cleaned those parts of the dishwasher.
I do that about once a year in my rental, and once a month I run a bowl of vinegar in the empty machine in the middle of the top rack as hot, heavy, and long as the machine will go once a month. :)
I just cleaned my oven yesterday (once per year) and its important to note that if you have the manual, check to see if you can run the self-cleaning cycle with the racks inside.
My oven's manual said to remove them so they don't become discolored, so that's what I did.
I cleaned the racks separately with a scrub pad meant for metal surfaces. It took a bit of elbow grease and a small amount of soap but now my oven (and the racks) are sparkling clean.
I didn’t read the manual before using the self cleaning feature on my oven and it ruined the racks. They came out rough, pitted and discoloured. And they wouldn’t slide! I replaced the 2 racks but it cost me about half the original price of the stove.
Don’t be me! Remove your racks.
OMG You have the same washer/dryer as I do. Keep those running as long as you possibly can. The new ones, esp the front loaders, are worthless and nasty, not to mention finicky with their fancy electronic buttons. Give me a mechanical timer every time. Break way less often, and much easier to fix if they do.
We get front loaders only really in the uk. I’d love a top loader!😊
Oooo, very nice job, and great advice!! I can't tell you how many times I've had to pick demons and Moose teeth out of dirty crevices. 😬I would love to plant one of those "Chicken Soup bushes". My son used to grow 🌽in our backyard. My genius grandson once told me that I should plant hot dogs in the backyard b/c they'll grow to be corndogs. Thanks, Mac & Jason for allowing us to sit back and watch you clean. 😅
I love the expressions on your dog's face when you two were conditioning the couch. Priceless :-) And your method for the fridge is great. One shelf at a time is easy. I also line my crisper drawers with paper towels to absorb any liquified goo, the easy peasy wipe down as needed. Your Keurig "forgot the coffeee cup" story made me LOL! Thanks for sharing!
Thank you for posting this. Its a great reminder.
Thank you for sharing this. I grew up never being taught how to clean properly. My mom was a neat and clean freak and she look at cleaning as her personal mission. When I had my own home I was not used to having to clean because I never had to do it. I have a fairly neat and clean home but I didn’t know how to do things on a regular basses and what products to use.
This is definitely one of my favorite videos. Plus I could just listen to him talk all day.
I don't come here to get called out about my Walmart bags 😂 I'm taking them to recycling, okay??
That cheese drawer is impressive ❤❤❤
i was thinking the same thing :P
My husband and I have a deal. Whoever cleans the fridge can throw away anything in it , no questions asked. 😊
Growing up my parent's deep cleaning schedule was dictated not by seasons but by holidays and festivals. Thanksgiving, Christmas, Easter, the feast of St Joseph, the feast of San Gennaro and the feast of the patron saint of the village my grandparents came from (I'm Italian-American). When cleaning day arrived momma and poppa would send me and all my brothers out to play with our cousins while they went crazy in the house, getting it ready for the big family gathering that would follow in a few days.
Thanx for adding flavour to my weekend. First thing tomorrow I'm going to plant some expired cans of chicken soup and moose face on my balcony. Can't wait for them to grow and blossom!! 😂❤
Don't forget dusting the ceiling fan blades. I always forget about that and then what a mess of dust bunnies. I thought you were going to include the ceiling fan when you did the light covers. Another thing to do periodically is to vacuum the tops of the cabinets if there is a space on top. Lots of dust bunnies up there too. Then while I have it out I vacuum around the edges of the ceiling and in the corners.
I think spring ant invasions are universal. We had them up north and I get them in the deep south. Just different kinds of ants. Terro works great.
You are so hilarious.
The energy you have while cleaning, is mind blowing
Watching you is very uplifting and energetic.
Very educational, which I appreciate.
Your like the "WRESTLING CHAMPION of CLEANING ALL THINGS."
You mentioned that even if you keep a clean house, there are things people don’t think about.
My personal example:
I clean my washing machine weekly.
But I watched a gal w a similar washer to mine take the drawer dispenser out and showed how she cleans INSIDE the compartment the drawer is in.
I cleaned the drawer but never thought about the surround it sits in! I immediately ran to mine and sure enough… 🤢
Mine is super clean now all the time thanks to that lady!
With my freezer, I pull it out and hose the inside. This melts the icy walls and I open the plug to drain. Then I wipe it out and this process usually takes 1/2 hr start to finish.
Before you wipe anything inside your computer, make sure you unplug and vent any power out of your PC. After pulling the powercord out, hold down the power button for 15-30 seconds. If there's an indicator light on your mother board, it needs to turn off. You don't want any residual static from a microfiber cloth frying anything
I'll add cleaning the toilet brush (and potentially plunger too) holder/stand, as well as any other cleaning tools you may not think to clean, like a broom or vacuum. For a small or single-person household, you may not think about it unless the situation arises where they get super icky, so it'd be good to give them a thorough clean and sanitation. Also, any decorative items like vases, picture frames, and figures/sculptures. They may get a general light dusting weekly, but actually wiping them down as well as you can (and carefully for the more delicate items, be sure you won't ruin the paint job on some) every once in a while will get anything that tends to stick on those items off of them every season.
I use a black marker and put the expiration date on everything that goes in my food cabinets. And I only buy what I need for a specific recipe.
Thank you and Jason for all your hard work. I just love your videos, and I hope Emily and Jason wife are doing well xx
I'm surrounded by Terro traps right now. It's like the ants all decide on one day every year that they are just going to start invading houses because I will wake up one day with ants completely covering my desk. Those Terro traps are, indeed, diabolical.👍😊
I use Terminax traps! I hate ants 🐜!!
Ants! They get crazy! Have you tried Bengal Spray? I use the one that says for roaches. It is amazing! You spray and it lasts 3 months at least. NO Smell, safe pets and kills all kinds of pests for months! It costs a bit more but is sooo cost effective! We don’t have roaches but we live in Texas and have scorpions and etc. Walmart has it. Good luck with your ants!!
Sometimes ants can show you what’s wrong house because of pipe or hole. Ants love to eat cockroaches.
But don’t let ants stay longer in house. Ants need to pay bills. 😹
Terro traps are the real deal.
Thank for showing every day home with every day grime. Thanks for not trying to sell junk from Amazon or dollar store.
It's amazing the food you will find that you forgot you even had when you clean out your chest freezer! Thanks for this video!
I didn't realize I needed this video but oh wow, I REALLY need this. Thank you for putting this together! I always start cleaning the fridge at the bottom as you do, because, the bottom is always dirtier than the top. It's like it catches crumbs that drop and sometimes veg leaks and so on. It's also hard on my back so I want to get the toughest part done first, then the easier top area.