More adventures in deep cleaning. I am taking off the grill cover for an electric wall heaters and cleaning it as well as the fan and other areas inside. The first time I did this, I was wiping a ledge and my wet rag touched the coils. Bzzzzzzzzt. I didn't know they would be "live" if the unit was turned off. Lesson learned.
Then yesterday, I put the grill cover back on (this was the 3rd unit we've done) and the fan wouldn't work. Uh oh. I'd take it off, the fan would work. WTF? Luckily, we had electricians on site doing other work, so I dragged them over. It seems that I had bent the fan blades which are just thin tin. Once he bent them back, problem solved. Another lesson learned.
We have both had to let go of our perfectionist tendencies. It takes way too long and we will never, ever get every single spec of crap that has accumulated. The top of the cupboards have 15 years of greasy grime. I cleaned one set. Not gonna happen again. No one sees that and it takes a long time to do, plus a ton of scrubbing. Maybe later on...
Hubby was moving the queen mattresses off the box-type frame to vacuum, but has stop doing that. Complicated to do when the bed has already been made anyway. Another thing no one sees.
He is, however, not only steam cleaning the carpets but steam cleaning the sofas and chairs. OMG at the dirt. Probably another 15 years worth. It sure looks like it.
You should see the dust I am getting from the interior logs. My original extendible duster got so dirty and matted after 2 units that I had to buy tube socks to put over it. They work well and are easily washed. I have to reach about 14feet to the top logs.
We've been keeping the fridges almost spotless along the way, so just some detail cleaning to do. The ovens are hit or miss. Some nasty, some just a little dirty. I clean the oven, the racks and the drip pans (the last two I spray with cleaner and put in a garbage bag to soak). Pull the unit out and clean the counter side where crap drips down, under etc. etc.
It's pretty detailed work. I use a denture toothbrush for a lot of the detailed stuff.
I've used them for years for cleaning.
It's been a learning curve but we are proud of the results.
Unfortunately, most of the owners will never see it since they don't ever stay here and guests will complain no matter what. At least we know what we've done.