*Apartment, technically. 
It's still a home since you live in it
It's just not a "house" 
1. As probably everyone in the universe knows by now, I procured a very wonderful and adorable puppy last summer. Despite his adorableness, though, he is a dog, not an angel. He's had a few dietary indiscretions, such as walls. And floors.
Heh. Right.
There are only a couple spots, but they are noticeable: places where he started chewing/scratching and managed to get through the paint and even make a slight dent in the wood. One place on the floor is particularly concave (about a centimeter deep and maybe two inches across).
Problem is, I'm a renter, and I reallly don't want to lose my security deposit when I move out in August! Yeah, that's a long time from now, but I would prefer to fix things well in advance.
I think for the walls I'll probably be okay if I sand them and then paint over, but what about the floor? Sanding might make it less noticeable, but there's still the color issue. The walls are plain white; the floor is a weird ugly brown color (painted wood planks). I don't know how I would get a shade to match. Maybe I could just paint all of it...? I've even thought about putting some carpet down in this area of the apartment, but I dunno how much that would cost me, or if the landlord would be happy with it. (The area is maybe 5x10.)
Sanding and touching up the paint on the walls will probably work fine. For the floor, you can maybe fill it with some wood filler and then paint over it. Assuming you can't take a sample to the paint store to have them match it, get a couple of paint chips and lay them on the floor to get the closest match (you can even do tiny samples of actual paint now to test them out). Worst case scenario, yes, you can absolutely just repaint the whole thing and if it's close enough in color the landlord probably won't even notice.
2. As maybe slightly fewer people know, Jen's kitties have also been living with me for a while. They're pretty good boarders, but my boyfriend is allergic to them. Like, severely allergic. He hasn't been able to come around my place since they settled in. Their lease is up in about a week, but many of the allergens will remain. What is the best way to clean in order to make it as breathable and non-allergenic as I possibly can?
Well I've never dealt with this issue myself, but I seem to remember that Macharius had kitties and an allergic SO...maybe he can give you some advice.
I would say you should wash with water and bleach any areas where it's safe to do so...walls, floors, etc. Launder or dry clean any fabrics you can, and vacuum the hell out of those you can't. If just getting all the hair and dander up isn't sufficient you can try one of those powder cleaning products that you sprinkle on and vacuum up.
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Need help with some home* /maintenance-y things.
- 26/02/2010 03:29:06 PM
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Well
- 26/02/2010 03:44:59 PM
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Re: Need help with some home* /maintenance-y things.
- 26/02/2010 03:49:44 PM
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Steam cleaners are a dream...
- 26/02/2010 04:03:30 PM
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Fortunately I don't have any carpet right now (seriously, thank god for that).
- 26/02/2010 04:07:28 PM
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well i don't know how to FIX the floors...but I'm good with cat fur
- 26/02/2010 05:17:12 PM
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- 26/02/2010 05:17:12 PM
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Re: well i don't know how to FIX the floors...but I'm good with cat fur
- 26/02/2010 08:08:34 PM
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- 26/02/2010 08:08:34 PM
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it does work well for spot clean
- 26/02/2010 08:23:39 PM
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