Plans for today (2025)

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I'm taking a small section of the floor at a time ... can see the difference in the last photo?
I'm amzaed at how much SLUDGE is coming up!
 
SandwichShortOfAPicnic no grout was harmed in the photos above...
Barriehie I tried the hydrogen peroxide and baking soda trick with fair to just okay results... now that I have the worst of it up, I'll do this more often with the peroxide. Also, a commercial cleaner, Krudd Kutter worked alright I guess, but that's expense stuff.
 
TastyReuben said:
Well, initial car-shopping was a bit of a bust. We have one of those large automalls, with a dozen or so dealers in one place, and the website said their hours today were 12PM-5PM, but…they just decided to close on Sundays and didn’t update the website.

However, not all was lost, MrsT has all but eliminated Subarus (based on “that godawful butt-ugly dash”), Kias (based on looking at the interior and saying “No…just… no…”), Mazdas (based on “…those seats are too narrow, the back window is too narrow, and the center console is too high”), and Hondas - one had been left open, so we actually sat in it (based on “…cheap, cheap, cheap - everything feels so cheap!”), which leaves Volkswagen as the surprise lead vehicle…without having actually driven anything yet.
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I’ll be honest here for what thats worth 🤣
Out of those vehicles Volkswagen would likely be my choice. After reliability and longevity I like solidity in materials. You know when you slam a door shut and it gives a heavy clunk. Land Rover, Mercedes, Audi and Volkswagen do that. So do other nice brands well out of my price range but I assume we’re talking about cars you don’t need a mortgage to buy 😆
When I shut the doors on my son’s Mazda’s I’m concerned it’s made of foil and I might of damaged it 😂
 
kaneohegirlinaz said:
SandwichShortOfAPicnic no grout was harmed in the photos above...
Barriehie I tried the hydrogen peroxide and baking soda trick with fair to just okay results... now that I have the worst of it up, I'll do this more often with the peroxide. Also, a commercial cleaner, Krudd Kutter worked alright I guess, but that's expense stuff.
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What they don't tell you about baking soda and hydrogen peroxide is that when you mix them together they cancel each other out!

Glad the worst is history! 👏
 
Barriehie said:
Umm, use at your own risk. Bleach is a solution of sodium hypochlorite which is an alkaline, opposite of acid, chemical. It can weaken grout since, over time, the ions released *will* react with something.

I used to be FE at a Lifetime Athletic facility and the only thing we used to clean grout was hydrogen peroxide. It worked, was safe, add was cheaper both financially and health wise.
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What's an FE?
 
SandwichShortOfAPicnic said:
My plans went along as expected until the final moments when the thing I’ve been wanting to try for a long time didn’t work and the hours n hours I’d spent on it were wasted.

It was Peasants Beef Wellington where the beef fillet is replaced with a blended well flavoured/spiced mince that you beat until protein extraction occurs (ie it gets sticky).
The duxelle was tasty but the meat was tough. I knew this very early on when frying little bits of taste test patties but I really hoped the longer cook would soften it. It didn’t.

What it did do was release an enormous amount of fluid whilst turning into a rubber bat and steaming the puff pastry that turned into a fairly wet mess. Disappointing.

I just don’t really expect such kitchen disasters, yes things go wrong but 4 hours producing something not good is quite depressing!
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Been there done that. Sorry to hear.
 
TastyReuben believe me, I thought of that, but DH vetoed that one - no more dark colors in the house, and I agreed.
That was our previous house and I never once thought about cleaning grout lines, until we sold the house started to pack up...
:facepalm:I pulled up the one and only area rug in the dining room and it was horrible! Oh well
 
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