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The Easiest Post You’ll Ever Read: 15 SUPER Satisfying “Before And After” TikToks (Pressure Washing, Painting, And More)
At this point, TikTok knows everything about me. My For You Page – that’s how they refer to their feed, if you’re not also addicted to the app – is filled with all of my favorite things: goats (inside AND outside)! Dogs with fun names at daycares in remote places! People joking about Philadelphia accents! Ducks running on hardwood floors! Pasta recipes with lemon-based sauces! People dancing to Abba in a really aggressive way! Polite toddlers who talk like adults! Planet Money explanations of complicated economic topics!
But more than anything, I’m addicted to these oddly-satisfying, home-centric TikToks (shocker). Cleaning rugs, refinishing floors, pressure washing exteriors – that kind of thing. I almost think there’s something poignant about watching people breathe new life into old things. It makes me feel like maybe I can fix stuff, too. :) So today, I wanted to share a few of my all-time favorites so we can all enjoy a few moments of zen together. PREPARE TO FEEL RELAXED (and impressed, and maybe even envious, but in a good way).
PS. A few of the songs included on these TikToks have swear words in them, so I’ve noted each below in case you’re sensitive towards that kind of thing. (Or like, maybe you just don’t want to hear the word “bitch” coming out of your speakers at 7 AM? Either way. They’re just as satisfying without sound, I swear!)
Power Washing
@gotdatpressure Repost of my most viral video in 2020. I am so thankful for everything! #pressurewashing #powerwashing #satisfying #oddlysatisfying #art #fyp ♬ Lalala – Y2K & bbno$
Audio: NSFW
The Gist: INCREDIBLE. Look at the transformation! Look at all the soap swirling! Why is it so beautiful AND gross?
@lawncarejuggernaut I SAW THIS AND SPEND & SPENT 2 DAYS CLEANING AT THIS PROPERTY FOR FREE #powerwashing #powerwashingarttimelapse #payitforward ♬ original sound – Lawn Care Juggernaut
Audio: WHOLESOME. Turn it up.
The Gist: You thought this was just bricks being cleaned? WRONG. The guy behind this account uses all of his pressure washing equipment to help others for free – in this clip, he saw that this house was up for sale and he wanted to spruce up the exterior a bit. HOW NICE IS THAT?
@revivadrive Too satisfying 😍 #satisfying #satisfaction #powerwashing #powerwasher #pressurewashing #pressurewasher ♬ Whenimpostersus – Yeti
Audio: NSFW
The Gist: Jaw-dropping. I am literally still picking my jaw up from the floor. I want to pressure wash everything.
Rug Cleaning
@rugworx So gross 🤢🤢🤢 #fyp #oddlysatisfying #gross #cleaning #cleans #az ♬ Monkeys Spinning Monkeys – Kevin MacLeod & Kevin The Monkey
Audio: All clear! (And great cleaning ASMR sounds, if you’re into that.)
The Gist: I think that every tenth video on my TikTok feed is a rug cleaning clip. This one is a favorite of mine because it’s thorough, relaxing, and the payoff is worth it.
@satisfyingol Crazy filth coming out of this rug. Creator credit to LCC. #cleaning #asmr #rugcleaning #satisfaction #satisfyingvideo #dirty #scrape #satisfying ♬ Meditation with natural sounds and music that closes your eyes – Red Blue Studio
Audio: Spa-meets-dog washing station. Safe!
The Gist: You know how some people are like, REALLY into pimple popping? That stuff makes me nauseous, but I think that this is my version of pimple popping. Watching all that gunk start to leak out on the first pass with the scrub brush is ::chef’s kiss:: to me. And that slo-mo? I LOVE.
@maddetailing Satisfying Rug Cleaning! #maddetailing #satisfying #fyp #tiktok #fy #foryou #detailing #youtube #trending #pressurewashing ♬ original sound – M.A.D.DETAILING
Audio: All cleaning sounds.
The Gist: So many fun soaps in this one. Also, it actually looks like fun work (you know, in the way that like, stomping grapes is fun work. You’re accomplishing something AND you get a treat at the end!).
Painting
@thomaspainting always bet on yourelf #thomashousepainting ♬ original sound – Athletequotez💫
Audio: Nice little f-bomb dropped in the first few seconds, so maybe mute this one if you’re around kids, or your boss, or anyone who’s not in the mood to hear a weird speech about “doing it yourself, bro.”
The Gist: First, this is actually SUCH. a good house color – does anyone have something similar on their home right now? Second, SO SPEEDY. So clean. SWOON.
@thegeibtribe Best painting hack😍 #painting #tiktokhacks #tiktokhack #paint #homerenovation #home #roommakeover #fyp ♬ Monkeys Spinning Monkeys – Kevin MacLeod & Kevin The Monkey
Audio: All clear (albeit not groundbreaking).
The Gist: As someone who HATES taping (I’m more of a “let it dry and peel it off the trim” gal) I’m kind of embarrassed that I’d never heard of these. They’re called paint edgers and you can grab them literally everywhere, apparently. THANKS, TIKTOK.
@thehouseofsequins WAIT✋🏼 Before you start that DIY 🏡project #diy #diyhacks #lifehacks #lifehack #handmasker #painting #renterfriendly #rentershack #homeimprovement #homeinspo #home #homeproject ♬ The Home Depot Beat – The Home Depot
Audio: LOVE a smart woman explaining DIY projects. 10/10 and safe for work.
The Gist: Another extraordinary invention that was not on my radar til, uh, right now. It’s $35 and worth every penny (and yes, I will be buying one before my next paint project).
Deep Cleaning
@qualitycleaners4u #CinderellaMovie #satisfy #cleaningtok #cleantok #cleantok #asmr #LetsGetBackOnTrack #foryou #oddlysatisfying #detailing #fypシ #asmrsounds #cleaning ♬ Ice Ice Baby (as heard in the movie Step Brothers) – Re-Recorded – Vanilla Ice
Audio: ICE ICE BABY. (Safe for work.)
The Gist: I don’t understand what’s happening and I cannot imagine how powerful that machine is. I want to watch this all day.
@qsdryerventcleaning 17 years of dryer lint build up.. Don’t risk a fire in your home 🏡 #Dryer ventcleaning #disgusting #oddlysatisfying #qsdryerventcleaning ♬ Bohemian Rhapsody – Remastered 2011 – Queen
Audio: A lil’ Bohemian Rhapsody moment for you!
The Gist: IT JUST KEEPS GOING. However much lint you think there is…well, there’s more than that.
@aurikatariina The filthiest house in Europe 🥺 CLEANING FOR FREE! #cleantok #cleaning #oddlysatisfying #unbelievable ♬ Epic Emotional – AShamaluevMusic
Audio: A VERY dramatic instrumental.
The Gist: This woman offers free home cleanings for folks suffering from loss, illness, and more. We’re talking Hoarders-level transformations in under a minute here – it’s satisfying to watch, but it’s also kind of inspirational to know that there are still helpers out there, you know?
Flooring
@gionahardwood Bowen island 🏝 🍁🇨🇦#refinishingwoodfloors #fypシ #renovation #ClearlyTransform #profesional #hardwoodfloor #perfectionist ♬ This Is How We Do It (Album Version) – Montell Jordan
Audio: Is Montell Jordan having a moment right now, or is it just me? Family-friendly audio for all!
The Gist: MY OLD HOUSE LOVIN’ HEART CANNOT HANDLE THIS. Nothing compares to breathing new life into some sturdy floors.
@gionahardwood a quick change ⚒🪚😌#refinishingwoodfloors #WeAllPlayforCanada #profesional #fypシ #ClearlyTransform #word #hardwoodfloor ♬ Mission Impossible (Funny Theme Remix) – Funny Minions Guys
Audio: It’s minions themed and it’s just the word “banana” over and over, so like…just keep it off. It’s a lot.
The Gist: So clean and precise from start to finish. Watching this (on silent!!!) feels like meditating.
@gionahardwood Do you don’t like the color form Brazielian cherry 🍒 🤔Np☝️💡😃#refinishingwoodfloors #color #hardwoodfloor #profesional #inovation #stain ♬ Spongebob Tomfoolery – Dante9k Remix – David Snell
Audio: Seemingly good, but then a surprise NSFW moment towards the end. (I was bamboozled.)
The Gist: Would I ever go this dark on my own floors? Probably not. But does watching this machine go back and forth trigger something in my big, smooth, dumb brain and leave me slack-jawed? YUP.
A Little Bonus :)
Life can’t ALWAYS be about cleaning and refreshing. I pulled three extras from my likes, just for this specific audience. I hope they make you smile!!!
@therealkatiewaldow She is all of us at @target no? #target #targetrun #targetlovers #babiesoftiktok #girlmom ♬ Target – heykatie
Audio: SO SAFE FOR WORK. TURN IT UP. Loud.
The Gist: This is what we all sound like when we go to Target!!!
@neontacocat He won’t let me make the bed #ragdoll #catsoftiktok #cute #cat #ragdollcat #meow ♬ original sound – Albus Dumblepaw
Audio: Keep it unmuted.
The Gist: I love a cat doing a spooky shuffle!!! (Does anyone have a pet who ISN’T a total wacko when it’s time to make the bed?)
@themummeys Our sweatshirts match.. kinda ic: @From Haus To Home #marriage #couplegoals #TeamofTomorrow #comedy #fyp #foryou ♬ original sound – From Haus To Home
Audio: Final one is ALL CLEAR, boss.
The Gist: As someone who struggles with asking for help and therefore once singlehandedly maneuvered an IKEA Kivik sofa from my second-floor apartment to the curb at the entrance of my building, this whole thing speaks to me.
If anyone else has a link to a great TikTok or account that they’ve enjoyed, feel free to drop it in the comments below. I hope that these brightened your day, or lowered your blood pressure, or gave you some inspiration to take on that project you’ve been putting off for a while. We’ll see you back here tomorrow for a fun one. xx
Opening Image Credits: Design by Malcolm Simmons | Photo by Keyanna Bowen | From: Malcolm’s Bedroom Reveal Is Here… How He Found Healing Through Design + The Incredible DIYs That Transformed The Space
I sure am about to sound like an old wishy-washy, but please every who’s using Tik-Tok, be aware of the company. If you want further reading, Forbes posted an article called ‘Is TikTok Spying On You For China?’. ‘…..the warning from the cyber security analysts at ProtonMail isn’t political point scoring—these are ex-CERN security engineers. TikTok’s “zealous data collection,” the company warns, “its use of Chinese infrastructure, and its parent company’s close ties to the Chinese Communist Party make it a perfect tool for massive surveillance and data collection by the Chinese government.” ProtonMail says that it reviewed TikTok’s “data collection policies, lawsuits, cybersecurity white papers, past security vulnerabilities, and its privacy policy,” and concluded that “we find TikTok to be a grave privacy threat that likely shares data with the Chinese government. We recommend everyone approach TikTok with great caution, especially if your threat model includes the questionable use of your personal data or Chinese government surveillance.” ProtonMail also cites a white paper published by Penetrum in 2020, which warned that “37.70% of the known IP addresses linked to TikTok are Chinese,” and which described the “excessive amount of data harvesting, vulnerabilities in TikTok’s code, as well as a few… Read more »
It’s also bad for the brain. Lots of junk on YouTube too, but the TikTok format is worse.
Yes. TBH, the reason I mostly social media is that I find it does terrible things to my ability to focus. I wish there were more blogs like this one, where I could look at pretty stuff and engage with creative strangers without all of the attention-sucking baggage that comes from instagram and tiktok.
You da best-
Or like, maybe you just don’t want to hear the word “bitch” coming out of your speakers at 7 AM?
Thanks for the lighthearted post!
The rug videos… ick! That is why I don’t have carpet in my house. You can take a rug outside and clean it, but carpet has all that dirt and bacteria inside and down in the carpet pad. Gross!
I love pressure washing videos :)
I haven’t finished watching all the videos, but I HAD to comment on two of them.
Our house is painted that shade of green, and it’s awful. Currently saving up the billions of dollars it will take to replace rotten boards and paint it literally any other color.
That paint edger is the worst, don’t use it. Paint gets onto the outside edge of it, and then it just paints the parts you’re trying to avoid. Worthless.
OK, back to watching the rest, ha ha. LOVE the rug cleaning videos.
I watched them ALL!
The only one I’m hating on is the painter edger PLASTIC!!!!
Please, Caitlin, stop buying plastic for sheer convenience. There are other gadgets and easy hacks that last decades/are reusable. Please. ?
Thank you for doing this essential research, Caitlin. Because I’m a classy lady, I also get my kicks watching art cleaning/restoration videos, like this one:
The soothing narration is key for these high-drama suspense films.
Thank you for that link Julia, art restoration is fascinating!
I’m just too distracted to read this amid a War. I haven’t seen any posts about in the interior design community as if it’s not happening or isn’t about to affect us all. I feel so frozen to do anything pretty for my home, knowing millions of people are dislocated from their homes. It’s curious to see business as normal. A big country is being destroyed, just like that, its infrastructure, homes, people’s way of life.
I feel the same way, Lane. It’s absolutely heartbreaking.
We know it looks like business as usual but please know that we are also feeling the same. Emily wrote a statement in yesterday’s post and on her social and we are collecting information about how to support those being needlessly harmed. We always seek to be a place of support and bring attention to important issues and events while still being a place for a little mental refuge. We understand that seeking that refuge may not be possible so if you need to take a break from sites like ours we get that too. What’s going on is heartbreaking and extremely scary.
It is heartbreaking and scary. I don’t blame you for running a business. Perhaps many people are shocked and unsure how to react. I guess I’m someone who needs to connect over this even though there is little constructive thought I can offer. Putin is sociopath, so I don’t believe he can be stopped. Now Ukraine, soon other countries. Unfortunately the west has enabled this by enriching a Soviet regime.
Yes. I watched them because I watched way too much news today and I’m gutted and overwhelmed, so I spught brain overload relief.
The real problem IMHO is that Putin has the entire world by the short n curlies … purely because IF anyone took military action against his actions, it would instigate WW111 and involve nuclear weapons, of which Russia has a LOT.
Yikes x a trillion!
Feeling very grateful for living in the south western corner of Australia right now!!!
I totally agree and yet here I am to get some small respite from it all. My father travels to Ukraine a couple of times a year. He has two very good friends there, one of whom was shot at today by a group of Russian soldiers lying in hiding beside a bombed tank; she was trying to get to her horses to make sure they were ok. The second texted my Dad his sadness at this being the second morning his children woke to the sound of bombs.
I have close friends in Poland, Estonia, Latvia and Czech Republic. Within the last month Russian warships mobilised off West Cork where I live (our fishermen effectively forced them to leave). Today Russia is mobilising in Belarus along the Polish border. Putins gaze is cast far wider than Ukraine and it is terrifying.
Elaine, your personal ties brings it even closer home…. I hope your Dad’s friend who was shot trying to check on her horses has received medical help and is OK. That is so traumatic and knowing her horses are stuck in an area where bullets are being fired as war is being waged around them. :(
I am afraid that Putin wants to re-establish the Eastern Block (with puppet governments) between him and the west. I met yesterday with a friend who escaped communist Bulgaria in 1980 with her husband and very young children (a frightening story) about the invasion, and she believes the same.
It’s awful…..
Elaine, I’m so sorry. It’s heartbreaking. Most of my family lives in Poland and knowing the history of the region, it makes me very anxious. I’m scared for the Ukrainian people and the entire world.
Maybe it’s bc I’m reading on my phone but the caption coming after the video feels backwards. Like, if I didn’t want to hear swear words (and as it happens, I don’t!), shouldn’t I have that warning FIRST?
This post had me oooo-ing and ahhh-ing and then laughing — thank you for that on a Friday! : )
This is exactly what I needed this morning. Thank you!
So satisfying. Sheep shearing videos scratch a similar itch.
Sooooo satisfying!!! Thanks for these!
How, even, do supposedly ‘normsl’ people (yes, I know there is no ‘normal’) people evrn live THAT dirty!?!?! Eeeooowwwrrggghhh!!!
But, yeah, very satisfying to watch!
I’ve already asked to borrow a pressure cleaner to clean my concrete pathways! Now I’m more excited to do it!
?Again, pleeeeeeease do NOT buy more PLASTIC. The painting edger is disgusting. Single use plastic is bad! Like wildlife?? Then srand and be counted and s.t.o.p. this lazy, convenience purchasing!
There are innumerable other DIY hacks and long-lasting tools to get a clean edge and protect your flooring!?
Rusty, you seem like a person who is more into compassion than condemnation. The “filth” is often the result of a form of OCD.
That is a very helpful and compassionate link KJ, thank you.
I know the situation that belies mental illness, hoarding and the like. Hence, my reference to there being no ‘normal’, just the prophetic bell curve modelling.
My criticism is of anyone on the ‘normal ‘ bell curve living that way.
I do not think all of the clips are from hoarding situations.
wait, now i want audio disclaimers / descriptions before i hit play on ALL my tiktoks. hahaha!
Love this, thanks Caitlin.
My husband just used our pressure washer to clean all our sunbrella fabric patio chair seat cushions. Even without using soap it got rid of SO MUCH DIRT!
This was epic. I just watched every single one. Thank you!