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12 Fast and Efficient House Cleaning Tips
Not many people tell us they love cleaning, but nearly everyone loves a clean house. Determining where to begin is sometimes half the battle. Should you start in the bathroom, kitchen or bedroom? Should I dust or vacuum last?
Following this 12 step guide based on years to hard Knox experience to make the most of your time and get your house cleaned fast. Before we get started, let’s lay down a foundational concept.
Be task driven instead of room driven. Sure you may want to clean a room. You feel more accomplished when you complete tasks rather than entire rooms. At the end of the day you can say I did this; Example: I decluttered the entire house, took out the garbage throughout the house and gathered all the laundry, washed, dried, folded and put away.
Compare that to I cleaned the kitchen, did laundry, took out the garbage. Completed tasks make us feel more accomplished.
Clean the entire house and not one room at a time
Choose one task to start with then go around the entire house doing that task. Being task oriented prevents you from feeling like you’re in an endless cycle of starting and stoping, doing the same task over and over again.
Gather all your cleaning tools in one place.
When you see housekeepers at hotels, they have all their tools in one place, ready to go. They know where cleaning supplies are. While they are on a much bigger scale, they have to be efficient to be ready for the next guest. Get a bucket, caddy, or tote, and put all your cleaning supplies in an orderly fashion into the tote. Now you know what you have or will need for the next time you clean.
We use ProSol Work all purpose cleaner in our home for three reasons.
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It just works and cleans almost any surface.
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It’s concentrated so making more is a cinch.
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It reduces the number of different cleaners I need in our tote.
Remove the Clutter
Before you begin cleaning anywhere, your first task should be to clear the path. Pickup the clutter, the clothes, the toys, the mail, the dishes, and the blankets the dog pulled out of the kennel. You get the idea. Determine if you should put away, toss out, or donate it.
Clutter clearing makes room for the vacuum, the tote, while it reduces tripping hazards and so on.
Dusty - Dusty
Pro Tip: Turn off any fans before dusting. Dusting will cause some dust to fly around the house, a fan will perpetuate the problem. Concentrate your dusting on the tops of furniture, shelving, picture frame, kickknacks, tv screens and so on. Start at the top like that fan you turned off, and work your way down and not forgetting the blinds and window treatments all the way to the floor level.
Change the Sheets
Now that the dusting is complete. It is time to change the sheets in the bedrooms. The dust had settled onto the sheets by now. So changing them now will help trap the dust and it won’t kick more up after you have vacuumed.
Wipe mirror and glass
Lightly mist ProSol Works X-lite solution on the mirrors and glass. Use one damp microfiber cloth to wipe the surface, followed by a dry cloth to clean and dry the surface. Replace the dry cloth with another dry cloth as it begin to get wet.
Clean countertop surface areas
Go though your home and wipe down hard surfaces including countertops, appiances, cabinets, door knobs, light switches tv remotes and so on. ProSol Work does a great job at cleaning these surfaces by removing oils, dirt and dust. You typically do not need a disinfectant cleaner for this. Just mist a mixture of white or apple cider vinegar with a water Dilution: ¼ cup vinegar / 1 cup water. Then wipe to disinfect the surface.
Focus on tubs, showers, sinks and toilets
Prosol Works does a great job cleaning Tubs, Showers and Sinks. It really helps loosen up the soap scum. Spray it on and let it sit for a few minutes so the cleaner has time to dissolve dirt and stains. We recommend to start in the Kitchen or food preparation areas and work your way to the bathrooms. This will help prevent contamination from bathroom germs to the kitchen area. While you’re at it, don’t forget to wipe down the microwave and do some light spot cleaning in the refridgerator. ProSol Works Microfiber towels are high end towels designed to everyday use. For cleaning the toilet, use your preferred toilet bowl cleaner. Clean toilets last.
Vacuum carpets and sweep hard surfaces
Probably the most rewarding thing about cleaning is the process of vacuuming. Start on one end of the house and go room to room to the other end of the house. Don’t worry about getting into every nook and cranny when you vacuum. Just keep moving in a methodical manner throughout each room.
Mop
Mopping is a task that may not be needed evreytime you clean. But when you do mop, start from the farthest corner of the room and move backwards towards the doorway (that is, don’t mop yourself into a corner). Rinse the mop every time you complete a 4-by-4-foot area.
Other tasks don’t need to be done each week includes waxing the furniture, cleaning the windows, and washing area rugs and bath mats. Inspect these accessories and use your own judgment. Then clean them when it is needed.
The commonly forgotten
Pick a drawer, cabinet, or closet to clean out once a month. Clean out, declutter, and organize these storage traps. Doing one closet a month or even one shelf a month won’t seem like a monumental task. Another often overlooked part of cleaning the house is maintaining your cleaning tools. Using a dirty mop or a vacuum with a full bag is much less effective, and you’ll end up spending more time trying to clean.
Cleaning as a group activity
All members of the household contribute to the messes created around the home. When it’stime to clean up in a preschool classroom, preschool teachers use these words. “Clean up, clean up, everybody everywhere, Clean up, clean up, everybody do your share…” These words also apply to the home. When families work together, cleaning the house is fast. Schedule a time with the family in advance, and assign age appropriate tasks to each person. Working together can be fun and will have cleaned the house in no time.
