Curtain and Blinds
Curtain and blinds are common breeding place for germs and bacteria, not to mention dirts. Therefore, clean them regularly. The best way to do it is to wash them regularly in the cool water with soft detergent. But make sure to check and follow the manufacturer’s instruction. If the curtain is not dirty, only a little bit dusty, you could use vacuum cleaner, then change the nozzle accordingly with the suitable size and the lowest setting.
Ornaments and Statues Cleaning Tips
It would be better to wash all ornaments, porcelain, glass or plastic statues in one go instead of cleaning them one by one:
Cover the sink with thick towel.
Fill the sink up with warm water and add a few drops of liquid detergent.
Soak all of them while you clean other part of the room.
After those ornaments soaked with water, slowly scrub with your finger or small brush, such as make up brush to remove the dirts.
Rinse until clean.
Then leave them until dry.
Cleaning a Mattress Tip
Leave the mattress under the sun every now and then to kill the germs and bacteria and stroke it to remove the dust.
Cleaning Toilet Tip
Water Stain
A mixture of borax and lime essence will remove water mark circles inside the toilet bowl:
First, flush the toilet.
Daub the mixture of borax and lime essence over the circles.
Leave it for two hours.
Scrub it as usual with toilet brush.
Bathtub
Whenever you want to use the bathtub, it is better to start by filling up the bottom of the bathtub with cool water before filling it up with hot water. This will avoid condensation and will be safer for kids.
Bathtub Stains
Stains could be easily removed from porcelain bathtub and sink by:
Mixing hydrogen peroxide and cream of tartar.
Daub this mixture over the stain and slowly scrub the stain with damp cloth.
If the stains persist, daub the mixture once more, cover it with damp cloth and leave it overnight.
How to Clean Chopping Board
Wood chopping board is a favorite place for bacteria and germs. Wash it with a mixture of water and bleach. Water could also damage the wood chopping board. Do not soak it in the water. Always dry it everytime you wash it.
Get rid of the smell of the chopping board by:
Scrubbing it with lime extract.
Wipe it and leave it dry.
Always do this every time you use it to ensure the chopping board always smell fresh.
A REAL DEEP CLEAN is a whole day’s work. A day of getting down and dirty and burning so many calories the only matching equivalent could be compared to running half a marathon and your house would be dirty still so best crack on!
With the stress bearing down on you, after a full day of moving all of your worldly possessions from one house to another, the last thing you want to find is your new home in need of a serious clean.
Sophie’s After Party Clean
Clean copper pans by:
Fill up the spray bottle with two cups of vinegar and three tablespoons of salt.
Shake well, then spray it on the copper pans.
Leave it for a moment.
Scrub them until clean.
Wash normally.
Scrub the copper pan with toothpaste will also give good result.
Top 10 Spring cleaning tips
1. To avoid distraction and unfinished jobs focus your attention on one room at a time. The satisfaction you get from completing one room will encourage you to complete the rest of the house.
A trauma clean? is a term often used to describe the clean-up operation that may be required following a violent crime incident in which blood and bodily fluids have been released.
Perhaps you have enjoyed entertaining guests the night before, or maybe you’re in need of a rapid room recovery to impress soon-to-arrive friends; whatever the reasons may be, emergency cleaning services are the answer.
An after builders clean can be essential, everybody anxiously awaits builders finishing of their job. But it can so often be an anti-climax, because many people do not prepare for the dreaded task that comes afterwards- the after builders clean.
We all try and avoid cleaning our homes- the accumulation of dust, the cobwebs in the corners of the ceiling, that faint musty smell that warns us that its time for a one-off clean.
Some of these general cleaning tips might be useful to ensure your house clean and fresh.
1. Only clean the dirty spots
To save time, energy and money, clean only the dirty spots. Sometimes it will even lengthen your stuffs’ life. For example, if you clean the carpet too often, it will make the carpet looks worn faster.
2. Clean up the mess
Unnecessary ornaments tend to be dusty easily. Only use the ornaments you really like. Store the rest in the storeroom. You could rotate them every now and then if you prefer. Just think how much time you can save by not dusting and washing them every week.
Cleaning up after the break up
As the song says, “breaking up is hard to do.” But what often makes it so much harder to do is looking around at everything you once shared. Here, we share some tips for moving on and embracing freedom.
#1 Out of sight, out of mind
Stop your ex from intruding back into your life by collecting the photos of them and hiding them away. Better yet – remove them completely. Psychologically, if you see their face every day, how on earth are you going to move on? The same goes for gifts they gave you or knick-knacks you collected together.
Kitchen Cleaning Tips – Counter
How to Clean Stains with Hydrogen Peroxide (Handle with care)
To clean persistent stain on the counter, moist a paper towel with hydrogen peroxide.
Fold the paper towel into two.
Then put that paper towel on top of that stain.
After that, put something heavy, such as a pan, on that paper towel to ensure the paper towel stay on top of the stain. If the stain still persists in an hour, repeat the process.
Sophie’s Oven Cleaning Tip
If your oven is self cleaning then all you have to do is the prep work and then a simple wipe down afterwards. If your oven is not self cleaning then you will have to do a bit more of scrubbing. Begin by removing all the racks and washing these first with warm soapy water.
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