Movin' on up...


For those of you who are wondering, the move went pretty well. The movers took care of most of the stuff on Saturday. On Sunday I spent most of the day cleaning out the miscellenous stuff from my old apartment and getting it ready for the next person to move in. Hopefully the smell of disinfectant will come out of my clothes, and the chemicals won't have any long term effects. I still have some small stuff to move over from the old place, but for the most part I'm done moving. I am now officially an "inside the beltway" blogger. (If this website takes a sudden sharp left turn, don't blame me; it's whatever they put in the water.)

Cleaning is another story. If anyone knows any tips on how to get cosmoline out of carpeting, I'm open to suggestions. So far, a lot of it has come up using warm water and Sunlight dish liquid. It's a grease cutter, and with some vigourous scrubbing, the dark orange stains have turned into light orange stains.

The gun safe isn't fireproof, and some nasty goo had leaked down through the bottom where the power cord comes through. At the new place I put down an old rubber doormat which should keep the floor underneath it nice and clean.

Any way, I'm extremely busy this week so posting will be light. I've also got plans every single night this week, which for me is unusual.

Posting should return to normal soon.



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Glad to hear the move went well.

You may want to try some concentrated Simple Green degreaser on the stain, or for something more intense, try Castrol Super Clean. Both can be found at pretty much any chain autoparts store.

I can't tell you how well either would work on that particular stain, but one thing's for sure when using the Castrol - wear gloves. Super Clean removes oil from skin better than just about any other surface.

Posted by: roger at October 18, 2005 7:05 AM

Glad to hear the move went well.

Hope you have fun this week.

Posted by: countertop at October 18, 2005 9:52 AM

Glad the move went well!!

Posted by: Draco at October 18, 2005 11:13 AM

Cosmoline = thick petroleum jelly

I would suggest boiling water, followed imediately with soap and scrubbing, and then use a rented steam cleaner to remove the left over glop.

Posted by: Kristopher at October 18, 2005 1:46 PM

I heard that "Goo Gone" does wonders.

Posted by: Rhett at October 18, 2005 2:22 PM

Simple Green sounds like the best solution to use to get rid of the greasy stuff. Follow that up with OxyClean (one scoop/one quart of water solution in a spray bottle) and A LOT of clean rags to scrub up/soak up the stuff between heavy sprayings.

Posted by: Lornkanaga at October 18, 2005 3:56 PM

Question: Why does a gun safe have a power cord? lighting? dehumidifier?

(I've always used racks).

Posted by: JohnW at October 18, 2005 5:38 PM

"Question: Why does a gun safe have a power cord? lighting? dehumidifier?"

Yes.

Posted by: Ravenwood at October 18, 2005 5:42 PM

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