I know the clean up is the least fun part of our little world here but I thought since we all share tips and tricks for perfect slime , pies ect, we could all share our favorite items for time saving and getting our places back to normal. I'll start, thos Mr clean easer pads can be miracle workers!
Plastic wrap everything, attach with masking tape.
Keep bags and towels on hand for emergencies.
Those thin plastic sheets stick to humans and tear easily. When putting them on a bed, put a bedsheet OVER them. The sheet holds it in place, soaks up some liquid, stops tears and feels more natural.
Quietly cry into a pillow at the time, expense and rarity of getting to do your kink...more of a 'mental cleaning' that one.
Mess in the shower. Or if you mess in the bed use Liberator blankets. They are awesome! One will be used in an upcoming scene of ours when we venture out of the shower into our bed for some messy action.
Learn about the different grades and types of plastic sheeting, the ones commonly sold as decorators dust sheets (high density polythene) are about as much use as a chocolate fireguard, counter-intuitively the low density ones are vastly better.
Use multiple layers of plastic, so if one rips it isn't a carpet disaster.
Mess will always go far further than you expect it to. Never assume anything is "out of splash range."
Getting syrup or treacle off: DO NOT SCRUB. They're sugar, just stand under flowing warm water and they'll melt away. Scrubbing is liable to remove skin, ouch.
Shower gel is great for cutting through the film that powder gunge seems to leave on skin.
Staple gun to attach plastic sheeting to the walls. If you don't want staples in your walls, use some spare lumber and make a t-bar that spans from floor to ceiling (used to hold drywall up while fastening to ceiling) at each corner of the room and staple to the t-bars.
Inflatable pools are great if you have the space , extra towels on hand is a must as they can be washed and reused for next time. Shaving foam is water soluble BUT will take the color out of hair so be mindful. Your basic shower gel can actually clean clothes IE undies in the shower if you are washing down clothed. Be mind full of your ears !!! ( i have big ears) Always check your ears and use cue tips to clean them out especially if your doing head dunks or pie sandwiches where mess and get in your ears. As a rules of thumb your wash down should include YOUR WHOLE Body. Guys make sure you clean out your under carriage if you know what i mean. Pubic hairs and arm pits should be washed thoroughly as well. When smashing eggs over ones head Be mind full of the shells as they can be sharp.
If you used anything with milk in it, wash off with cool water first or it will smell.
The bulk of gunge is best scrapped off with a knife as it's quite hydrophobic.
Hair is best cleaned by submerging in warm water and massaging everything out before 2 shampoos and a condition. Also feels nice and adds bounce but that's just a bonus.
Always plan your route to the shower or wherever you're gonna clean up before hand. Save yourself the time of cleaning areas that aren't ground zero for your messy fun.
As others have said, preparation is everything. Choose the plastic carefully, in the UK B&Q do a mid range one that is light, tough and smooth. Use good quality masking tape to tape down strips of sheeting on the route to the bathroom to protect floors. Do the same with the walls, expect it to go everywhere - it will. Wear socks, it sticks less to the plastic.
Avoid dairy, it smells for days. Avoid flour it forms balls in your hair - everywhere. Prepare the bathroom beforehand. If youre using a paddling pool, line it (even double line it) with plastic. Have spare buckets to hand. The bulk of the remaining mess can then be flushed down the loo, the rest put in a tough bin liner. Havetough bin liners to hand to put your spent pie plates in.
With careful preparation, it can take minutes not hours to clean up. Believe me cleaning your body is far easier than cleaning walls and carpets.
Jaysus2.0 said: Always plan your route to the shower or wherever you're gonna clean up before hand. Save yourself the time of cleaning areas that aren't ground zero for your messy fun.
Co-sign 100 percent learned this first especially when it's somewhat sporadic or random
Construction workers and movers use a roll of plastic film they lay down on the floor over carpet so they don't track in dirt after repeated trips in and out. It has a mild adhesive on the bottom and stays in place. Pulls up when done. No wear and tear afterwards. I've seen it in big box stores. Great for under pools, chairs, air mattresses and the route to the shower.
Jaysus2.0 said: Always plan your route to the shower or wherever you're gonna clean up before hand. Save yourself the time of cleaning areas that aren't ground zero for your messy fun.
Co-sign 100 percent learned this first especially when it's somewhat sporadic or random
And Duncan these are amazing
Thank you, friend. This is a great thread. One thing most of us have learned here - No matter what your preference is, if you're going to get good at making a mess, you are going to learn a lot about cleaning it up.
MPV went a bit farther and decided to make that part of the show.
squidgyballs said: +1 for inflatable baths! Great if you want a wallow with limited space!
I've strongly considered this but I have to ask about cleaning up the inflatable pool. That seems like a nightmare. Not really a lot of room to try to rinse it all out in the the shower, but I also don't want to drag it outside to spray it down with a hose. How do y'all do it?
squidgyballs said: +1 for inflatable baths! Great if you want a wallow with limited space!
I've strongly considered this but I have to ask about cleaning up the inflatable pool. That seems like a nightmare. Not really a lot of room to try to rinse it all out in the the shower, but I also don't want to drag it outside to spray it down with a hose. How do y'all do it?
It's actually not too bad, stand it upright in the bath and use a sponge! We have the shower hose thingy which goes onto the bath taps, winner!
Just wanna follow-up on this one; my BF does a lot of the "heavy lifting" so to speak when we shoot with models, and he wants me to thank you "at least one million times" for this recommendation after our last shoot.
Much much MUCH better than the inflatable pool, and combined with tarps is perfect for even the largest, most splattery buckets of slime.
And I am adamant about my slime buckets being large, and splattery
I bought a roll of vapor barrier from Home Depot, it's a thicker clear plastic that covers a fairly wide area and you cut off the amount you need. Why thicker?
Once upon a time, I had laid the thin painter's plastic on the floor, overlapped the sections and taped. When picking up the mess afterwards, I lifted the plastic by the corners and had a nice bulge of mess contained inside. What I didn't know was I had a seam in there, and although the tape held, it ripped away the thin plastic, allowing the entire mess to gush out onto the floor.
Another time I had a similar situation, also with the thin painter's tarp product. I scooped up the entire mess into a bundle, and dropped it into a large cardboard box. My idea was to then carry the box to the basement and dispose of it down the storm drain. On the way down, the bottom of the carton gave out and the plastic split from the sudden shift.
Lesson learned the 2nd time - I never bought the thin, cheap plastic again after that. A lot of easy clean-up begins with good planning.