Thinking of cleaning the mess after a busy week? Cleaning all the mess of house is a very hard task to be done. Normally housewives clean their houses daily but people who do not have a wife ;) what will happen to them? Cleaning the whole house of yours it will take lots of time and energy to be completed but who has the whole day to do these home stuff? There are some basic steps to do your house cleaning in a smoother, faster & enthusiastic way.
You just cannot start from a corner of your bedroom/kitchen/bathroom and finish it off. To clean in a faster way, you will have to go through a system. Be on a schedule to ensure that your home is clean all the time. If you have a two-storied house, start from your top floor and gradually go downstairs or if yours is a one-storied house start with your ceiling. Starting from top place takes less effort with maximum output. After cleaning the top part, all your dirt on the floor to start from the opposite corner of the door and take them out of your room & that's how you do it.
First you will face dust coming from the underside of furniture, bed, cabinet, armories or TV screen, picture frame, ceiling fans, baseboards, dining table, and other different places but frankly speaking, not everyone enjoys facing dust.
A safety mask, wearing an apron, carpenters belt can ease your difficulties. move different furniture before getting started for efficient working & if you're worried about the positioning of each thing, you can use your phone camera. Wash your windows using professional window squeegee or glass cleaner or even dump cloth, wipe your cloth from up-down/ horizontal strokes but just go in circles, it can leave streaks. Keep all your cleaning tools at your arms radius that you don’t have to look for something in the middle of something.
After done with dusting, you’re all set for vacuuming. For a homeowner, a vacuum is a pretty important tool to keep your floor clean and dust-free. Depending on the size of your home it will take time to clean up. Vacuum stops dust mixing into the air and gives you instant relief from allergy. just in case of the extra safety of your vacuum machine, remove small dust, objectives spreading in the area you going to vacuum.
To pull up dust from the floor you must vacuum multiple times over the same area and especially the corners of the rooms, carpeted rooms. Move your couches, table, chairs and other furniture before vacuuming. Start cleaning from an upper place before vacuuming the floor. The vacuum cleaner also can remove ashes of fireplace/woodstoves if there is any. You can just roam all-around your house and make dust-free each and everything you need to clean.
In the kitchen, clean places where you store bread, toast and clean fallen crumbs. You can clean your lampshade with it too but notice to reduce the suction in the vacuum. Clean your closet with extra care because it holds lots of dirt coming from outside of the house with everybody’s shoes. You can use a vacuum machine for cleaning your bedroom, stone floor, garage, patio doors.
A vacuum doesn't sweep your hard floor, you can use an attachment for cleaning corners where dust and your pet hair can gather. Also, be aware of the vacuum setting you are using is adjustable with the height you are using to get perfect suction and clean with style. Give your carpet a deep clean to lose dirt from it by using a vacuum. Be advised about the places you can't reach properly or hard to reach and use attachment provided with a vacuum cleaner which is specialized in cleaning different parts of your home.
Though vacuum cleaner most of the external dust but still some stain, spots, scratches, the unwanted paint will remain in all your daily using tools, accessories. I am now going to share some small tricks to clean all these painful dust.
- Use a razor to remove paint from clothes
- Cucumber skin to remove crayon spots
- Use toothpaste to get rid of permanent marker spot
- To remove water stain marks from wooden surfaces hairdryer/toothpaste
- Wash your leather couch using leather polish
- Use the magic eraser to remove stains/spots from your oven
- To clean window tracks use vinegar & baking soda
- Use vinegar in a waterproof plastic bag & wrap it around the showerhead
- Use lint roller to clean lampshades
- Toothpaste can be used to clean sneakers
- Remove stains marks from pans using vinegar & baking soda
- The pillowcase can help you holding ceiling fan dust
- Use silicone trivet to clean makeup brushes
- Coca-Cola can remove oil stain
- Cut a tennis ball in cross size and give a broom handle inside to remove floor scuffs
- Clean your dishwasher using vinegar
- Remove carpet stains by using a mixture of water (1/3) & vinegar (2/3)
- Erase scrubbing spots from the plate by using Barkeepers friend
- Use lemon dipped in salt smoothly will remove spots from your sink
- Clean stove burners part using ammonia & zip lock bags
- Use rubber glove while cleaning your pet hair
- To wash the greasy stain from your clothes by using chalk
- Clean your coffee machine using baking soda
- Clean iron by using ironing salt
- Vinegar & lemon water in an ice cube to maintain your garbage disposal
- Try lemon juice to clean your cutting board
I said in the very beginning, cleaning your house is a very lengthy process but if you maintain a proper system then you might be able to save your precious time. But if you have read the article with the proper attention you must have noticed using some things much time to remove stain, scratches, iron spot, etc. Vinegar, baking soda, lemon, Coca-Cola, toothpaste and some other normal things can be very effective to get you rid of disturbing stain or spots. Just a bit of awareness and smart tricks can help you cleaning your large house in less time & less effort.
