That 'bigger mess' thing is so true. I tried to power through my garage in a day once. Had a "keep" pile and a "toss" pile, but they just became two huge mountains of junk in the middle of the floor. I got so tired I just shoved everything into bags, and then I had to open them all again the next week because I threw out my car title. Rushing just means you do everything twice.

Man, a tech podcast I listen to warned about this exact thing.

Just tried this, my boss disagrees.

Oh man, I tried that white vinegar trick on my own Royal a while back and completely panicked when I saw that faint haze. I ended up frantically scrubbing everything with baking soda paste like I was performing some kind of kitchen-counter exorcism. The keys did move freely afterward, but I'm pretty sure I just invented a new form of typewriter stress cleaning.

Community boards frequently exercise CONTROL that feels more about power than actual neighborhood improvement. @verah38's experience highlights how these decisions can be deeply PERSONAL and unnecessarily destructive. We lose so much local CHARACTER and individual expression to blanket rules like this.