A question for you wimmins......

[LouAvul]

......who clean your own homes.

How do you clean your baseboards? Crawl around with bucket and sponge or is there some other way?

(I'm a "house husband" and am not too good at this. I still don't do windows.)

[the invisib1e hand]

guess we know who wears the pants and who wears the apron, hunh?

[DuncanWaring]

[TiredofItalltoo]

you can try the vacuum cleaner hose with the brush attachment. Or my personal favorite tool is the compressed air can - but my husband thinks i’m crazy

[libh8er]

Not a wimmin, but there is only one time tested way.

Now get busy ! :>

[Dutchgirl]

Try Fly Lady. http://www.flylady.net/

lots of cleaning/ decluttering hints including a daily email to encourage you to organize.

[SkyDancer]

Go here. It will tell you the how and what.

http://www.improvingyourworld.com/home/tips_for_cleaning_baseboards_001592.html

[Hatteras]

shop-vac?

[wombtotomb]

Uh, yup. Thing is, you only do one room at a time, when needed. If while you vaccuum or sweep (depending on what kind of floor covering you have) you dust them each time or at least once a week, with a dry towel, the vaccuum with the brush attachment on, or one of those feather dusters, you will find you don’t have to wash them alot (once or twice a year will suffice, depending on what you have running around in a particular room).

I also keep a can of the paint I used to touch up nicks and scuff marks when they happen. It takes only a minute or two and it really makes a difference.

There ain’t a thing in the world with being a house husband!

[listenhillary]

Tie dusters to the cat and sprinkle catnip along the baseboards.

[US_MilitaryRules]

swiffer.

[beefree]

REAL MEN clean baseboards. Men (or wimmen)with penis envy make fun of you for doing it.

[getmeouttaPalmBeachCounty_FL]

Leaf blower works well. :)

[Deaf Smith]

You can accomplish a lot with a electric leaf blower.

[trisham]

http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/622583/easy_ways_to_clean_dirty_baseboards.html

[cripplecreek]

I’m a male who hates dirty winders so I wash them.

[CholeraJoe]

"Baby come back, you can blame it all on me."

[Never on my watch]

I am trying to imagine what would happen if you posted this on DU or Daily KOS.

Libs would be torn between lavishing praise on you for your wife being out of the house, or hating you for asking women for cleaning advice. Their heads might explode (hey, you should try it!).

Cleaning advice: none.

[TiredofItalltoo]

We’re not blaming it all on Bush anymore???LOL

[sevinufnine]

We’re supposed to clean the base boards?????

[ctdonath2]

From one do-all guy to another: yup, get in there and do it by hand. I actually use “cleaning wipes” (not Clorox, they stain), but it still needs a bunch of elbow grease.

[Pistolshot]

Generally, before I mop the floors, we have all tile or wood for allergies, I run the mop for a liner on the baseboards. It cleans them first. Then I mop the rest of the floor.

With work, school, kids, and all the rest of the things the wife does, helping out in the kitchen and the house reaps benefits later, if you know what I mean.

[klva]

A clorox wipe will do the job very nicely.

[central_va]

Just paint them every five years.

[dfwgator]

Generally, before I mop the floors, we have all tile or wood for allergies, I run the mop for a liner on the baseboards. It cleans them first. Then I mop the rest of the floor.

[Travis T. OJustice]

Leaf blower works well. :)

Great for sweeping, too. I'm a single dad, time is important, and this sucker is the key!

Great for blowing the teen daughters dirty laundry into the laundry room. I have to be a little careful so i don't blow the carpet up at the same time, though.

[BellStar]

Maid service!

[GOP Poet]

to dust: buy a Swiffer the extending rod one not just the hand one. Place the Swiffer duster thingy on the end of the rod (they both come in the same box) and extend it. Go along base boards quickly and (most importantly so you don't have back and knee repercussions) standing. Swiffer does a nice job of picking up the dust.

or another alternative is a Bona Hardwood floor or floor mop style cleaner. You can get the duster and also it should come with a attachable thingy that you can get wet with their either Hardwood floor cleaner or Stone etc Floor cleaner.

They also have an attachable duster you can buy separately. Dust the molding with it or if you want to clean spray the wettable cover with Bona Hardwood floor cleaner and run along the baseboard. If you dust first you won't leave behind wet dirt on the molding and it will go quicker and look sharper. You should be able to throw both the Bona attachable duster and floor washer in the washer and dryer so that makes it easy.

Or you can just wet a rag with Murphy's (Sprayable-so you don't have to spent the time mixing a solution first.) Wood Cleaner and run along the molding. Hope this helps.

[momincombatboots]

Mr Clean’s Magic Eraser, Walmart has a knockoff brand. Why? It cleans fast with plain water, meaning no soap residue. Soap residue attracts dust and dirt.

[Pistolshot]

Keep your card, I have other duties, like keeping the plumbing working, tuning the vehicles, reloading all the brass from our last range session, etc, and the pay is exceptional.

Which I suspect you get little of.

[MaryContrary]

First of all, there definately is something wrong with being a house husband. Cleaning baseboards while your wife is bringing home the bacon? Seriously? Yeah, that’s not gonna cause any problems in a marriage.
On the other hand, people come in all flavors. For this couple this relationship might just work and traditional roles could well be the screwy option. Hey, it takes all kinds.
Finally...for crying out loud. Give the guy some credit. At least he’s married. To a woman. These days, you really can’t take even that much for granted.

Having said all that...sorry, dude. Hands and knees, scrubber, bucket o’ suds. Unless you’re willing to shell out some cash for some fancy gadgetry just to clean baseboards the tried and true remains tried and true. Thankfully baseboards aren’t something you have to do every day.

But, guy. Don’t ever let her come home from work to find you on your knees scrubbing baseboards. I mean, really. Try to arrange it so’s your chopping firewood or hammering a nail or something, yeah? ;)

[ßuddaßudd]

Clean baseboards?
Now thats effin’ funny...

[ottbmare]

Don’t let them get gross in the first place. When you vacuum, run the brush attachment over the top of the baseboard every week, or twice a week, or however often you vacuum. Then once in awhile you can take a damp cloth and quickly wipe them down and there won’t be much badness to wipe up. When it’s time to do a bit more, I spray the baseboards with floor-cleaning solution that’s safe for paint, and wipe.

[stentorian conservative]

Okay, that image gave me a hearty laugh.

[Buddygirl]

I declare, these comments are funnier than a barrel of monkeys! These folks should be comedy writers! LOL
Hey, people, thanks for the laughs and hope you all get some work done! LOL

[Travis T. OJustice]

Good! That was my intention.

I’m seriously tempted to take my elecrtic blower to my living room lately, though, the dog is shedding like a mofo.

[IrishMike]

Take the covers off, vacuum baseboard fins, return baseboard covers.

[stentorian conservative]

Use the vacuum hose on him.

I’m serious. It works like a charm.

[sniper63]

Remove the baseboards and throw them out. Problem solved.

[rface]

re-paint

[Pistolshot]

First of all, there definately is something wrong with being a house husband.

What's wrong with it? The wife works all week, I work half of it. We share the cooking, cleaning, and all the other stuff that goes with running a house. I'd have to do all of that if I was single and more.

So wouldn't you, after a hard day at work, like to come home to a clean house and a cooked meal, instead of having to do it yourself?

[the invisib1e hand]

Maid service!

Exactly! A perfect setup. "Oh, honey, I didn't know she was going to show up in black G-string! And I'm sorry I didn't finish the baseboards...she only spoke French, so I couldn't explain..."

[jdub]

belt sander?

[getmeouttaPalmBeachCounty_FL]

It’ll also blow candy wrappers out the car doors! :) Just be careful trying to clean the dust off of ceiling fans. Wouldn’t recommend it.

[ExiledChicagoan]

I write a check and then go watch TV.