Hi Jolie! I'm glad you are here. Thanks for your service and expertise.
I have some house shoes, or slippers, that are the kind with a covered-toe, terry on the top and the heels are like flip-flops, with rubber on the bottom. They pick up what feels like sand to my bare toes, and honestly I have no idea where this comes from. Floors and carpet are cleaned weekly with vacuum and mop. I'm not walking in cat litter, but that exists in my home.
But that mystery aside, I have been unable to clean them! I've soaked before washing in the machine, and scrubbed the inside with a brush as best as I can before washing in the machine, to no avail. I'm about to throw them out and get ones that have the rubber part curving a bit up the sides, instead of the seam being aligned with the ground. That may be the right solution, but I'm mystified as to where this "sand" is coming from and why I can't get it out.
I have to admit I'm stumped on what could be causing this! I *suspect* it has something to do with the slipper itself, and that the "sand" you're feeling is actually part of the fabrication of the slipper that is, like, leaking out. Let me run this on main and see if anyone else has ideas as to what in the world is happening here.
In terms of solving the problem, however, I have an idea! VACUUM THE SLIPPIES! Use a hose or crevice attachment to get in there and let the vacuum do the work for you. Try that and lmk if it helps/works/does nothing at all. This is so strange! I absolutely love it (sorry about the slips though, that's annoying lol.)
One of my fave tips is: Bar Keeper’s Friend + a tiny bit of water to make it a paste + scrubbing with a Dobie pad will take SO MUCH GRIME off a well-loved Le Creuset enamel interior (and exterior, for that matter). I feel like I removed years of burned-in discoloration the first time I did it to my 5.5-qt Dutch oven!
I had rust stains on my concrete floor when I was moving earlier this year (air conditioner had failed a year earlier and it got so hot the floor sweated, which led a metal filing cabinet to rust), and BKF absolutely saved me!
This is tangential at best, but I keep telling people that the aforementioned damp toddler is going to start a cult… it’s a compliment! And it’s also facts, because he’s a Leo sun, Libra moon, Virgo rising! LAJAC indeed.
Hi Jolie! I'm glad you are here. Thanks for your service and expertise.
I have some house shoes, or slippers, that are the kind with a covered-toe, terry on the top and the heels are like flip-flops, with rubber on the bottom. They pick up what feels like sand to my bare toes, and honestly I have no idea where this comes from. Floors and carpet are cleaned weekly with vacuum and mop. I'm not walking in cat litter, but that exists in my home.
But that mystery aside, I have been unable to clean them! I've soaked before washing in the machine, and scrubbed the inside with a brush as best as I can before washing in the machine, to no avail. I'm about to throw them out and get ones that have the rubber part curving a bit up the sides, instead of the seam being aligned with the ground. That may be the right solution, but I'm mystified as to where this "sand" is coming from and why I can't get it out.
I have to admit I'm stumped on what could be causing this! I *suspect* it has something to do with the slipper itself, and that the "sand" you're feeling is actually part of the fabrication of the slipper that is, like, leaking out. Let me run this on main and see if anyone else has ideas as to what in the world is happening here.
In terms of solving the problem, however, I have an idea! VACUUM THE SLIPPIES! Use a hose or crevice attachment to get in there and let the vacuum do the work for you. Try that and lmk if it helps/works/does nothing at all. This is so strange! I absolutely love it (sorry about the slips though, that's annoying lol.)
One of my fave tips is: Bar Keeper’s Friend + a tiny bit of water to make it a paste + scrubbing with a Dobie pad will take SO MUCH GRIME off a well-loved Le Creuset enamel interior (and exterior, for that matter). I feel like I removed years of burned-in discoloration the first time I did it to my 5.5-qt Dutch oven!
Ohhh I just wrote about BKF: https://www.bhg.com/clean-with-barkeepers-friend-8650273
I recently gave my 20-ish year old Le Creuset a restorative scrub using The Pink Stuff. There are photos here if you're into that sort of thing: https://www.cnn.com/cnn-underscored/reviews/the-pink-stuff
I had rust stains on my concrete floor when I was moving earlier this year (air conditioner had failed a year earlier and it got so hot the floor sweated, which led a metal filing cabinet to rust), and BKF absolutely saved me!
This is v good intel as I also have a bottle of The Pink Stuff! Thank you!!!
LADOS!!!
We <3 an acronym! One of these days I should start a cult called LAJAC (Let's All Join A Cult)
This is tangential at best, but I keep telling people that the aforementioned damp toddler is going to start a cult… it’s a compliment! And it’s also facts, because he’s a Leo sun, Libra moon, Virgo rising! LAJAC indeed.
As a Leo Sun, Libra Rising, Virgo Stellium, I will join his cult!