15 practical tips for cleaning your home
Lifehacks for quick and easy apartment cleaning
Cleaning an apartment is not an easy task, taking a lot of time and effort. Therefore, some people prefer to postpone cleaning the house until better times, thereby only complicating the task for themselves. You can clean kitchen surfaces, put furniture in order, wash floors throughout the house and wipe down bathroom fixtures quite quickly and effectively. Drawing up a clear plan and coherence of actions will help with this.
First of all, let's make a list of things that you will definitely need:
Glass cleaner
Furniture polish
Bath Cleaner
Dishwashing liquid
Paper towels, rags, newspaper or sponges
Latex gloves
Brushes, scrapers and the like
Apron
Cleaning the house will not be so tedious if you do several tasks in parallel. For example, pour the cleaning liquid into the toilet in the evening, then in the morning you just need to “walk” over the surface with a brush and rinse off the residue with clean water. The kitchen cleaning time will also be noticeably reduced if you apply a special product to the hob with a sponge before starting to wash the dishes.
Speaking of sponges, brushes and rags. These simple devices are always ready to help housewives during cleaning. But few people know how to choose the right sponge or exactly quadruple the capabilities of a rag. When choosing, it is important to pay attention to the cleaning surface. After all, with a sponge you will have to scrub away dirt of various origins. You can remove stains and stains with an abrasive very quickly. But it is important to do this with great care, gently rub the surface, well, it takes too much effort. After all, a rough surface and applied physical force can easily and imperceptibly damage the soft covering of furniture and leave small scratches. Experts do not recommend using sponges with green abrasives for cleaning. White and blue will help wash any surface much more effectively and do not pose a threat to the external coating.
A microfiber cloth becomes an indispensable tool when wet cleaning the house. If you apply a rational approach to any process, you can save energy and even have fun. To speed up dust removal, simply fold the fabric four times. Such simple manipulations allow you to use several work surfaces one after another. Yes, and you need to wash such a rag four times less. It is important to simply remove the dirty side inside in a timely manner and wipe the furniture clean.
Deliberate actions when washing windows and cleaning surfaces help you win a few precious dollars from cleaning your apartment. Chaotic circular movements can leave unsightly marks. Polishing done horizontally or vertically leaves much less marks. The same advice is useful for cleaning glass.
Divorce is the other side of a shiny coin. Often, after finishing cleaning a room or an entire apartment, instead of shine and cleanliness, you can see stains on the surfaces; it all looks very ugly. In this case, you have to call on all your remaining strength for help and continue the tedious cleaning. If you want to avoid this fate, simply clean your floors with a solution of water and vinegar. Adding just half a glass of 9% vinegar to 4 liters of water will help remove build-up dust. To bring the flooring to perfection, you should then go over it with water and a standard floor cleaner.
The best helpers in the process of cleaning the house are not expensive solutions, but universal things that are always at hand.
A dishwasher cannot cope with all types of household dirt; sometimes even a high-temperature wash cycle does not help. When the whiteness of your favorite cup is spoiled by old yellow stains from tea or coffee, it is usually enough to wipe the surface with a paste of baking soda.
Activated carbon tablets will help remove unpleasant odors from the refrigerator.
If mold appears in the refrigerator, wipe it with a vinegar solution (pour two tablespoons of this product into 1 liter of water and the cleaning liquid is ready). The most complex and difficult to remove fungal stains can be wiped off with whiteness.
After washing, the volume of your favorite down jacket will be retained by a few ping-pong balls thrown into the washing machine during washing.
If your shoes have acquired an unpleasant odor, then it is not necessary to purchase the products recommended by advertising on TV. It is worth using available means, for example, vinegar and soda can help in cleaning shoes. Pour a thin layer of baking soda inside so that it completely covers the insoles. Leave it overnight and remove the baking soda the next day. If your shoes are machine washable, add a glass of white vinegar when washing. Let the shoes dry naturally.
Often, cleaning an apartment helps novice housewives make a lot of unexpected discoveries.
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Yuli and frying pans served faithfully for many years, and food did not burn on them; under no circumstances should they be placed under running cold water. First, wait until the temperature drops completely and cools down, and then (to make it easier to wipe off the fat at the bottom) fill it with water and add liquid soap. Then wipe everything with a dry cloth.
There is a fun and effective way to clean your shower head. Take a new plastic bag, fill it with vinegar and stretch it over the shower. You need to leave everything for about an hour or two, and then wipe the nozzle with a damp towel.
If you have animals at home, then most likely all the furniture is covered with a layer of wool. There is a simple way to eliminate it: you need to put rubber gloves on your hands and run them over the upholstery. All hairs will remain on the rubber.
Antistatic treatment will help reduce dust on TV and laptop screens. Special wipes for office equipment will cope best with this task, but you can use a spray cleaner for cleaning.
Let's summarize and make a list of the most important useful tips for cleaning the house:
Don’t refuse help - firstly, it will speed up the cleaning process, secondly, it will be more fun for you, and this is a good opportunity to talk and chat with friends.
If you have very little time to clean, then first you need to eliminate the clutter in the house and only then move on to more important things. And the cleaning process should always start from the top and move down. You should not start vacuuming the floor and then dirty it again by wiping dust from the surface of shelves, tables and other interior items.
Regularly inspect the refrigerator; there may be food there that has long been disposed of - rotten and moldy.
Set your priorities correctly - washing dirty dishes in the sink or throwing out accumulated garbage is much more important than cleaning the room.
Think about creative ways to use common cleaning products. For example, you may not even know that many people use washing powder not only for washing clothes and bedding, but also for other purposes. It perfectly cleans the oven, removes grease from surfaces in the kitchen, it can also be used for cleaning the bathroom, it is less abrasive and has a pleasant, fresh smell.
Our mothers also used baking soda to remove unpleasant odors in the refrigerator. Simply dilute baking soda in warm water and rinse everything with this solution.
Crumpled old newspapers do a great job of removing stains on mirrors and windows.
The dirtiest thing in the kitchen is a dish sponge. A large number of bacteria and pathogens accumulate on it, which is why it is not recommended to dry it next to clean dishes. You need to change sponges more often or periodically sterilize them in the microwave. Another option for “sterilization” is to wash the sponge in the dishwasher along with the dishes. If you decide to use the tip for sterilizing a sponge in the microwave, make sure it is damp, otherwise it may catch fire. Remove the sponge from the oven carefully as it will be hot!
A good way to save money is to make rags from old socks or T-shirts by cutting them into pieces, they're probably just taking up space in your closet.
As a rule, everyone who comes to visit sits either in the kitchen or in the living room, so if you have little time for cleaning, then it is best to clean these rooms first (first of all, put all the little things in their places, they create an atmosphere of chaos in the room ) and wipe the floors in the hallway, and only then clean the bedroom or nursery.
To simplify the cleaning process, place all your cleaning supplies in a plastic box (basket) and carry this box with you - this way you won't have to run after them from room to room.
To restore the carpet's cleanliness and freshness, including a pleasant smell, use baking soda. You can sprinkle it on the carpet (or moisten individual stains with a solution of baking soda and water) and leave for a couple of hours. After this, be sure to carefully collect everything and clean it with a vacuum cleaner.
Forget about cleaning in silence - to maintain a good mood, you can listen to music, play a track of your favorite artists and enjoy the process.
Be sure to read the instructions on all cleaning products carefully. This will take a couple of minutes, but will help avoid damage to linoleum, wooden furniture parts and other materials from which household items are made. If after reading the instructions there is no understanding of how to use the product correctly, then you can conduct a test on a small area. In addition, you need to remember about your own safety - many products can harm your skin. Therefore, be sure to wear rubber gloves.
Never mix cleaning products unless instructed to do so - you may end up with a dangerous chemical compound.
Most housewives have to clean the apartment with their own hands, relying only on their own
