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"a bipolar construction project" Maybe I am even more bipolar than you, sarahperdue / Sarah, but all the projects I have seen in my life have been as bipolar as your new home, whether they were work projects or personal projects of the DIY type. Believe me: how you feel it's nothing strange...

Maybe the wrong answer... But if you enjoy making videos, do it! And if you want to put them here, just do it!

Isn't it just normal? In my experience, sarahperdue / Sarah, what you are feeling is the inevitable intermediate stage of any project, especially for big projects. It's absolutely normal, it just means that you are about half-way to success. Hold on, and believe me: everything will be OK, it...

I cannot answer the question My washing machine believes she is very "smart" and "ecological", so no matter what temperature I set, she decides that she "knows better" and sets the temperature at whatever level she sees fit. The only exception seems to be the "90° wash", where the stupid girl...

I cannot help wonder... ...the mighty, wonderful, top-quality Miele get stained just by some tomato sauce?

Any info about this machine? Looks like an odd beast: an Asian washer rebranded "Ariston" while the "Ariston" brand has been dismissed since a while. Does anybody have any info? I am curious...

A VPN solves the problem If you use a VPN, foraloysius, you appear to be in another country, possibly a non-European country, and hence you are not blocked. My understanding is that many USA sites simply do not know exactly what GPDR is about and do not want to bother: just in case, they...

@foraloysius "I don't think it has anything to do with the GDPR, why would the website of some stores be unaccessible and others not" I cannot tell why not all the USA websites are not reachable from the EU, but you can take a look at the links below (just the first two that fell in my...

Some USA sites... ...are not accessible from Europe because of the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) (but I suspect you already knew, foraloysius)

I know I will be hated here... ...but my laundry pet peeve is people swearing by the big brands detergents (and especially the heavily advertised ones). Yes, please: feel free swearing at me :-)

How much dishwasher detergent... Well, I would say "a lot" on the basis that a topload washing machine fills much, much more water than a dishwasher (being European, I cannot give you precise figures for US machines). And I would suggest to use hot water, the hotter the better

Citric acid and... ...oxyclean (sodium percarbonate), (sodium) bicarbonate, washing soda (sodium carbonate) and all that sort of stuff ends up with the same result: sodium citrate, which is quite ineffective, and if sodium citrate is what you want, well, then just buy the stuff. However...

Plug Am I wrong, or the plug is a European one?

As you write and as henene4 explains, iej, it "seems" aggressive but it isn't: the garments "stick" to the drum and hence are not rubbed or flexed, which is what damages wool. However, to achieve that, the drum must turn fast enough for the centrifugal force to "push" the garments against the...

But are we sure this is real? Articles like this about "do not wash you jeans" appear and re-appear periodically over the net (I have also found them badly translated from English to other languages) but they seem to me to typical "click bait". The history of jeans (or any other piece of...

Try ammonia ...it often works against odours

What matters with synthetic fibers is more about drum rhythm Although it is true that typically the wash rhythm is gentler for the "synthetic" cycle than for the "cotton" cycle, I am not sure this is what matters the most. The main characteristic of "synthetic" cycles is to prevent sudden...

Microplastics Not sure what you mean by "scientific studies that say these (mostly polyester) microfibers are harmful to human health". As far as I know, you are correct that the effects of microplastics on human health are still being investigated, but the damage microplastics do to the...

Benzene substitute It is true that benzene is not available any more to private consumer, but xylene is, and it is quite "similar"

My Electrolux ESF 8810ROW See picture