Are you a chatter? I am. Give me 10 minutes with a total stranger and we'll be best friends. It doesn't matter who it is. The kid that comes to sell me popcorn on my doorstep, a neighbor from down the street or even repairmen that come into my home. The best part about the latter is the more friendly they are, the more helpful tips they share.
Did you know you can use Windex to move heavy, cumbersome appliances across the floor — true story.
Our fine friends over at Charles & Hudson are apparently a great deal like me. They've recently learned from their friendly delivery guys a sweet tip on moving a stacked washer and dryer around. Even if you don't have the same type of situation in your own home, at some point in time you'll move an appliance. It might be the washer so you can fish your pocket knife out from behind it, or possibly the stove to sweep. Moving things by yourself can be a little frustrating so try this quick tip — Windex.
Spraying a little Windex right in front of the feet means when you start to push it will slide with ease across your floor. It's an extra fabulous tip and might save you from having a friend come help move things. Make sure to check out more details on this trick over at Charles & Hudson.
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call me weird, i love the smell of windex. i guess it reminds me of family cleaning days when i was little.
I could see this working on linoleum or tile floors, but I'd be wary of spraying anything wet onto wood and then scraping a heavy appliance over the top of it. Those plastic moving disks, however, work quite well on all floor types.
You can do the same with rags. Absolutely I pick repairmen's brains if they don't mind. Their experience makes them authoritative and impartial current information sources. I may ask their recommendations for models and retailers of upcoming appliances or hardware purchases depending on their fields. One repairman responded that a recent clotheswasher model was three times the price of earlier models yet its work life was only a third of theirs.
I use upside down rugs to move furniture. The loom is on the bottom, providing easy movement and it won't hurt floors. If the piece has legs, I'll use 2 rugs. That way, I only have to raise up one side at a time to slip the rug under it. Better than having to raise the whole piece. If the bottom of the rug is a grippy material, that's even better, because the furniture stays put on it. The furniture then slides like a dream.
I mopped the floor with warm water and soft soap before moving a full bookcase on a painted concrete floor by myself. It was only a couple of metres but it worked. With easy.
Couldn't you just use water then?