@awk (Not to be an alarmist), but depending on when those popcorn ceilings were installed, they may contain some trace amounts of asbestos, so it’s best if you don’t try cleaning them. They aren’t necessarily a real hazard even if they do contain asbestos, as long as they are left to mind their own business…
@awk@ELJAY That is what I have too. Since the stove vent doesn’t go outside, just through a filter, you can see it in the ceiling. Management doesn’t paint much between tenants. In my apt if you touch the stuff (eg putting stuff above the cabinets) basically the lumps fall off. Have to go find all the pieces so the cats don’t get them. They are a real PITA.
The house I just moved into had disgusting ceilings. The previous homeowner had let cobwebs build up and there were little danglies of dust and spiderweb hanging down everywhere. And in the kitchen there was food splatter that looked really old.
I can’t say that I’ve ever cleaned my ceilings at my old house, but now that I know things can get that bad, I will be cleaning them regularly.
@Willijs3 Feelin’ your pain! We just moved into a house we are renting. We’ve been home owners for the last 20+ years and clearly have a different take on what “cleaning” is compared to the previous rental tenants. Dust and spills and stains, oh my!
@2many2no@kittykat9180 tried kilz, after cleaning with bleach, spots reappeared as kilz dried, so did another coat, then paint. Still a few months later spots reappeared.
This poll question has to have been written by the same person who once asked us whether or not we refrigerate our batteries. Look how that question worked out…
@j37hr0 I was forced to clean both once. I decided it was genius to open a “dud” aerosol hair spray can to empty it into a pump sprayer. My wife walked into the kitchen right at the “PPPffffffff!” moment. Got the ceiling, the fan and my Christmas sweater. Guess it wasn’t so much of a dud, after all. I thought I has emptied the propellant!
@j37hr0 That reminds me of when I was a kid and the two times mom was making mashed potatoes in the pressure cooker and something went terribly wrong and we had mashed potatoes on the ceiling and elsewhere.
I once had a pot of lentils boil dry and burn. Luckily I came in before it turned into a house fire, but the whole house stank for a while, and the kitchen was the worst. So I’ve been up on a ladder to scrub the kitchen ceiling one time.
When my oldest kid was an infant, she went through a terrible phase of colic. So, on doctor’s orders, we started experimenting with various infant formulas. On the first day of trying out a new one, and right after my wife had driven off for work, I was very pleased that my daughter had emptied the entire bottle of formula in one go. She had a big smile on her face. No sooner had I thought “now that’s promising!” it all came back up like a nuclear propelled fire hose. Except it seemed like far more came out than could have possibly gone in, and definitely more than could have been contained in one infant. Having been utterly drenched from hair to shoes in partially digested formula barf, I shed my clothes off on the floor and walked straight into the shower with her. She loved it - so glad someone was happy. Once we were cleaned off, I went back to the daunting scene to clean up the clothes and floor. I then discovered that formula was still dripping from the ceiling (and kitchen counters and appliances). So yes, the ceiling got scrubbed, followed by everything else in the explosion radius.
That’s how you know your kid is going to be a really good singer and brass player; diaphragmatic support is everything.
Once in a while have to run the vacuum hose near but not touching the popcorn ceiling, to remove the cobwebs that eventually appear. Anything more would do more damage than cleaning
I have those stupid popcorn ceilings. One benefit is they always look dirty so no point to cleaning them anyway.
@awk (Not to be an alarmist), but depending on when those popcorn ceilings were installed, they may contain some trace amounts of asbestos, so it’s best if you don’t try cleaning them. They aren’t necessarily a real hazard even if they do contain asbestos, as long as they are left to mind their own business…
@awk @ELJAY That is what I have too. Since the stove vent doesn’t go outside, just through a filter, you can see it in the ceiling. Management doesn’t paint much between tenants. In my apt if you touch the stuff (eg putting stuff above the cabinets) basically the lumps fall off. Have to go find all the pieces so the cats don’t get them. They are a real PITA.
@awk Right? I’ve got dust all over mine and there is no getting it off, unless I want to pick at each fluff by hand. It drives me crazy.
@awk @ceruleanseas vacuum.
@awk @ceruleanseas @RiotDemon Would a robot vac from meh work?
@AuntMean67 Only if you rub it along the ceiling by hand. Or teach it how to climb walls like Spiderman.
Gravity does wonders on dirt, so I let it.
@hchavers You could use a leaf blower to encourage stuff to let go from the ceiling so gravity can finish the job.
Cleaning ceilings is above me.
@mehcuda67 I suspect cleaning floors is beneath you.
@mehcuda67 That joke just went over my head.
@mehcuda67 @TheCO2 I’m beside myself cleaning the walls…
The house I just moved into had disgusting ceilings. The previous homeowner had let cobwebs build up and there were little danglies of dust and spiderweb hanging down everywhere. And in the kitchen there was food splatter that looked really old.
I can’t say that I’ve ever cleaned my ceilings at my old house, but now that I know things can get that bad, I will be cleaning them regularly.
@Willijs3 Feelin’ your pain! We just moved into a house we are renting. We’ve been home owners for the last 20+ years and clearly have a different take on what “cleaning” is compared to the previous rental tenants. Dust and spills and stains, oh my!
I had a bathroom that the ceiling would grow mildew. I cleaned that one with bleach a few times a year.
@kittykat9180
/image KILZ mold
@2many2no @kittykat9180 Kilz is amazing!!
@2many2no @kittykat9180 tried kilz, after cleaning with bleach, spots reappeared as kilz dried, so did another coat, then paint. Still a few months later spots reappeared.
@2many2no, I don’t know about using that on a rental apartment
No need to clean the ceiling unless you see something on it. Occasional cobwebs around the edges.
I mean, who is touching your ceiling with dirty hands?
@RiotDemon that time the kids got on the ladder…
@RiotDemon @unksol dirt from basketballs, soccer balls, smashed spiders and other bugs (what the balls were being thrown at by my kid).
The only marks on my ceilings are a couple places where I swatted a fly before I figured out that was a bad idea.
@macromeh there’s some water marks and a need to retape a seem but… I’m not too stressed about it
@macromeh @unksol
/image kilz upshot
@macromeh @unksol
That’s what these are for.
This poll question has to have been written by the same person who once asked us whether or not we refrigerate our batteries. Look how that question worked out…
@shahnm Yeah you now own a pile of fridges because… well…in case there is a
toilet paperbattery shortage. LOLI clean my ceiling fans, but not my ceilings. Unless something explodes in the kitchen and I have to do a lot of cleaning if that is the case.
@j37hr0 I was forced to clean both once. I decided it was genius to open a “dud” aerosol hair spray can to empty it into a pump sprayer. My wife walked into the kitchen right at the “PPPffffffff!” moment. Got the ceiling, the fan and my Christmas sweater. Guess it wasn’t so much of a dud, after all. I thought I has emptied the propellant!
@j37hr0 That reminds me of when I was a kid and the two times mom was making mashed potatoes in the pressure cooker and something went terribly wrong and we had mashed potatoes on the ceiling and elsewhere.
I’ve dusted them, if there was a web or something like that…but never cleaned them.
I once had a pot of lentils boil dry and burn. Luckily I came in before it turned into a house fire, but the whole house stank for a while, and the kitchen was the worst. So I’ve been up on a ladder to scrub the kitchen ceiling one time.
No lentils on the ceiling but the smoke smell clung to all the surfaces.
When my oldest kid was an infant, she went through a terrible phase of colic. So, on doctor’s orders, we started experimenting with various infant formulas. On the first day of trying out a new one, and right after my wife had driven off for work, I was very pleased that my daughter had emptied the entire bottle of formula in one go. She had a big smile on her face. No sooner had I thought “now that’s promising!” it all came back up like a nuclear propelled fire hose. Except it seemed like far more came out than could have possibly gone in, and definitely more than could have been contained in one infant. Having been utterly drenched from hair to shoes in partially digested formula barf, I shed my clothes off on the floor and walked straight into the shower with her. She loved it - so glad someone was happy. Once we were cleaned off, I went back to the daunting scene to clean up the clothes and floor. I then discovered that formula was still dripping from the ceiling (and kitchen counters and appliances). So yes, the ceiling got scrubbed, followed by everything else in the explosion radius.
That’s how you know your kid is going to be a really good singer and brass player; diaphragmatic support is everything.
Once in a while have to run the vacuum hose near but not touching the popcorn ceiling, to remove the cobwebs that eventually appear. Anything more would do more damage than cleaning