269 Times People Tried Cleaning Things And The Results Were Too Satisfying Not To Share
Cleaning is hard work, so we need all the help we can get. But maybe it would be way easier to go motivate yourself if you thought that it's not a chore but the most satisfying experience in the universe? Bored Panda has collected some before-and-after examples of wiping the dirt away, and they will make you take out the mop ASAP.
From professional high pressure cleaning machines to refurbishing old paintings, the people featured in this list certainly know how to handle a swab. Scroll down to check out the images and upvote your faves.
#1 Decided To Have Some Fun While Powerwashing My Dirty Driveway
#2 New York Used To Be A Much Dirtier City Back When The Northeast Ran On Coal Plants
#3 My Wife Cleaned The Knobs Off Of The Old Cabinets In Our Basement
Oh wow.. These are beautiful. Who would have thought all that grime would be hiding so much detail!
#5 Got Transferred To A New McDonald's Store. First Thing I Did Was Scrub Their Vats
#6 I'm Ashamed To Admit That I Didn't Realize How Dirty This Swing Was Until My Wife Asked Me To Clean It. It's Not Painted Green, That's Just Years Of Gunk
#9 This Church In Detroit Hasn't Been Cleaned Since It Was Built 134 Years Ago. I Always Thought The Stone Was Black
#10 Cleaning Rust Off Metal With A Laser
#11 Marischal College In Aberdeen, The 2nd Largest Granite Building In The World, Has Been Cleaned. Before And After
#12 So After My Previous Washer Broke I Went Out And Bought A New One, Managed To Complete The Whole Backyard
#13 Before And After Of A Playground Cleaned At Wirral School. The Difference Is Amazing
#14 Trinity Abbey In My Hometown, Mid-Cleaning
Gandalf the Grey went in the left door and emerged as Gandalf the White from the right door!
#15 My Cousin Does Powerwashing For A Living. He Recently Posted This
#16 200 Years Of Varnish Removed From A Painting
It's sad that someone managed to fuck up the Jesus painting. But they did great with this one!
#17 Solina Damn In Poland
#18 Told The Wife The Floor Was Gross And Needed Cleaning. She Said We Don't Need To. Clean Half She Said And Let's See The Difference. Mission Accomplished (We Don't Have Tiled Floors)
#20 I Cleaned A Jetty Yesterday With A Power Washer. Hadn't Been Touched In Over 15 Years. Can't Believe The Difference It Made. Bonus Dog Pictures
#21 Walked By At Just The Right Time
#22 Cleaned For The First Time In 5 Years
#24 I Power Washed A Garden Bench The Wife Gave Me 16 Years Ago
#26 Nottingham City Looking A Little Brighter
#27 The Power Washers Realised They Got The Wrong House, But At Least We Got A Free Sample
#30 Before And After Bathroom Cleaning. The Power Washer Was My Arm
#34 Built By Her Grandfather. I Thought It Was Just A Bad Stain. Had No Idea
#35 My Favorite Building In Uppsala Is Going Through A Power Washing Makeover
#36 Scrubbed A Ceiling Rose Clean With A Toothbrush Whilst Renovating A House
#37 This Was Last Summer. My Pops Was So Impressed, He Went In Socks On And All
#38 Cleaning A Platinum Ring That Hasn't Been Cleaned For 20+ Years
If you put any metal jewellery in a wrapped up piece of tin foil with a big spoon of salt and then immerse in hot water it comes out really shiny!
#39 My Brother Recently Bought His First House. This Was The Very First Thing I Did When I Saw His Back Yard
#40 Just A Roof Being Cleaned
#45 I Thought Our Roof Was Supposed To Be Black. Apparently Not
#50 My First Go At Power Washing. I Think I’m Hooked
#52 What I Did At Work Today
The irony of having to clean something that itself cleans something else :)
#53 I Always Thought I Had A "Dark Stone" Walkway
#54 Received A Tip As The Customer Was Very Happy With My Work. My First Job Too
#55 Triangles From Carpet Cleaning. Hypnotic Before/After Picture
#58 I Forgot What It Used To Look Like
OMG! I love this one a lot. Just clear away all the gooey blackness and UGH! SO DARN SATISFYING!
#59 Power Washing At The Mall
#60 I Recently Decided To Surprise My Parents By Cleaning Around The House While They Were Out Of Town. These Are The Results
#61 Power Washing Timelapse
#62 Took This Photo Of The Hofburg Imperial Palace While In Austria. They're In The Process Of Cleaning Off Years Of Buildup
#63 Got A Little Carried Away Washing Our Sailboat
#64 Just Completed Cleaning The Dulverton War Memorial. Here's A Before And After. Hand Cleaned Only
Power washing does take off a bit of surface every time, so on more delicate items, one powerwash then annual maintenance by hand.
#65 This Was Anywhere Between 35-60 Years Worth Of Gnar
#68 Deep Cleaning A Car Seat
Yeeeaaaaahhhh! I have a vacuum cleaner that more or less does that and it's SO satisfying to vacuum the couch or the rug. We have four cats, so things get furry.
#69 This Deck Hadn't Been Washed Since It Was Built In 1987. It Was So Satisfying To Clean
#70 No Matter How Old I Get, Power Washing Never Ceases To Amaze Me
#72 My Neighbor Walter White Power Washing His Home
#75 These People Were Stoked
#76 Is It Good Enough?
As good as it look, I kind of like the little patches of mother nature growing through the stone gaps.
#77 Before And After Of A Lion An Alumni Donated To My Fraternity. Pretty Happy With How It Turned Out
#78 Brick Pressure Cleaning
