Learning how to clean your house using innovative cleaning hacks can save you a lot of time and energy in the long run. Today we are going to show you how to clean your house using things you already have and things you probably didn’t know you could clean with.
Cold Water Cleaning Hack
Try treating fresh stains like barbecue sauce stains using cool water. Using hot water to treat a stain is a common myth. Water that is super cold or hot can press the stain further into the surface. Using cool (not cold) water works wonders as a pre-treatment. Just pour the cool water on the stain and soak it up with a towel before putting the item in the washer.
Showerhead Cleaning Hack
Classic buildup on your shower head can easily be cleaned using vinegar. Yes, the vinegar you have in your kitchen pantry can remove limescale and soap scum from your showerhead. Just unscrew your showerhead and let it soak in pure vinegar for 30 minutes or so and that’s it! If your showerhead doesn’t come off, fill a sandwich bag or small grocery bag full of vinegar and tie it to the shower head until it’s fully immersed.
Dish Wand Cleaning Hack
Did you know that your dish wand is the perfect cleaning tool for more than just your dishes? Using the interchangeable sponges your dish wand can be used for a variety of tasks around the house including showers, tubs, and toilets. Just fill it with a solution of half dish soap-half vinegar to help fight soap scum and toilet stains. And voila! You’ve got the ultimate cleaning tool.
Grease Stain Cleaning Hack
Aside from vinegar, cornstarch is another must-have pantry item that’s good to keep on hand for certain stain emergencies. Cornstarch works wonders as a pre-treatment for treating grease stains. Pour cornstarch over the entire grease stain and allow it to sit for 15 minutes. Then wipe away using cool water (or vacuum depending on the surface).
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There’s always help when you need it. Finding time to clean your household each and every day can be difficult. But there’s help available. Here at Spekless, we offer one-time and routine cleaning services to help you achieve the needs of your household. Contact us today for a free estimate.
Bathroom cleaning is one of the most important cleaning tasks in a household. The bathroom should be cleaned weekly. In our efforts to help you save some time and energy we’ve created a bathroom cleaning checklist (and list of supplies) to help you get the job done right.
Bathroom Cleaning Supplies
When cleaning the bathroom you want to have all your supplies in one place. The best thing to do would be to purchase a caddy or a tote to hold all of your supplies under the bathroom sink. After you’ve gathered all of your supplies you can begin working on your bathroom cleaning checklist.
Here’s what you’ll need:
- Caddy or tote
- Sponge
- Rubber gloves
- Toilet bowl brush/scrubber
- Microfiber rag
- Mini broom/dustpan
- Glass cleaner
- Bathroom all-purpose cleaner
Bathroom Cleaning Checklist
Empty Trash
After you’ve removed all or any bath mats or rugs from the bathroom you can start your cleaning checklist by emptying the trash. This is also when you’ll want to remove any dirty laundry and anything on the countertops.
Dust
Next, take your duster and work from top to bottom dusting the entire bathroom. Dust any light fixtures, the top of the medicine cabinet, the back of the toilet, etc.
Disinfect
Now spray everything down with your bathroom cleaner slash disinfectant. This is your tub, sinks, toilet, and counterspace. It’s also a good idea to spray your trash can down too. They can get a little dirty sometimes. Once you’ve sprayed them, let the solution sit for at least two minutes before moving on to the next step.
Wipe/Scrub
Taking your microfiber cloth, wipe down all surfaces you just sprayed. If your bathtub needs a little TLC, take your bathroom cleaner and spray it again and then use your sponge to help remove some of the soap scum and grime from it. Once that’s done you can take your glass cleaner and a clean microfiber cloth and wipe down the mirror before heading to the last step.
Pro Tip: After you’ve wiped down your surfaces take a dry microfiber cloth to buff and shine the surfaces.
Floors
Finish up your bathroom cleaning checklist by vacuuming and mopping your floors from the inner corner out. It’s best to use a microfiber mop on the bathroom floor to really make it shine.
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There’s help when you need it. Finding time to clean the bathroom in our everyday lives is difficult. If you’re too busy to clean the bathrooms in your help or it’s becoming overwhelming, there’s help available. Here at Spekless, we offer one-time and routine cleaning services to help you achieve the needs of your household. Contact us today for a free estimate.
Wood cleaning is one of those household chores you can breeze through if done right. But it can also be challenging. Especially if you don’t have the right resources.
It’s important to make sure you clean your hardwood flooring and furniture if you want to keep up their appearance. It’s also important to make sure you are using the right materials to prevent any unwanted damage to the wood surface.
How to Clean Hardwood Floors
The first thing you want to do when cleaning your hardwood floors is to make sure that the floor is properly prepared by moving everything out of your way and sweeping it. Think of it like cleaning your car. You wouldn’t want to wax a dirty car, would you? I didn’t think so.
The next thing you’ll want to do is mop the floor using wood floor cleaner. It’s important to use a floor cleaner that’s specifically designed to clean your wood floor so that no damage occurs from the chemicals. Once the floor is dry you can begin waxing it to finish your cleaning.
Start by spreading the wax on the floor in an even and thin layer. Following the directions on the bottle of wax let it dry for the suggested amount of time. You may have to apply a second coat of wax once the first one has dried – use your best judgment to decide this. And that’s pretty much it! You’re all finished!
How to Clean Wood Furniture
Carefully caring for your wood furniture will pay off in the long haul. It will keep your furniture durable, long lasting, and shiny. Take a microfiber cloth and rub your wood surface cleaner into the furniture following the wood grain. And just like with your floors, waxing your wood furniture every now and then can be essential to the appearance of it.
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If you need help with wood cleaning in your home, contact us today for a free estimate. Our professional cleaners are here to help. We clean wood flooring, furniture, and more. Let us do the work for you!
When it comes to laundry many people can be easily divided up into two categories. There are people who take pride in doing their laundry and there are those who would give it up altogether if they could. Which type of person are you? Do you love doing laundry Or do you wish you could spend a little less time on it?
While we would love to be able to provide you with a magic wand and make it all disappear, we, unfortunately, don’t have that kind of power. But what we can do is share some time-saving tips with you to help you spend less time doing your laundry.
How to Spend Less Time Doing Your Laundry
- Have Separate Bins
One of the best ways to spend less time doing laundry is to keep your dirty clothes in separate bins so you don’t have to sort through them later. Have a designated basket for whites, darks, and colors. This way when you go to do your laundry all you need to do is empty the basket.
- Do a Load Each Day
If you have a big household, or one with kids, doing one load of laundry each day will cut your actual laundry day in half. Just throw a load in and switch it when you can.
- Use a Good Detergent
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Dusting with allergies
In efforts to help you allergy-proof your home, it’s recommended that you dust your home on a regular basis. In fact, The Mayo Clinic recommends having a weekly dusting routine. Once you establish a frequent cleaning routine the easier it will be to control and reduce household allergies.
Preventing allergies
Next to the importance of dusting with allergies, you also want to make sure you’re working to prevent further irritation. One of the ways you can do this is by committing to a weekly routine. A routine that consists of removing specks of dust from all surfaces, shaking out all rugs, vacuuming floors using a HEPA filter, and mopping any hard floors.
Other tips & tricks
- Replace your HVAC air filters with HEPA air filters
- Check air ducts monthly for dust build-up and clean if needed
- Vacuum and steam clean carpets every four to six months
- Take down and wash drapes and curtains every couple of months
- Use a HEPA air purifier in the home
- Keep the temperature of the house 70⁰ F or below and dry (relative humidity at 50% or below) to create an indoor environment that’s less hospitable for dust mites and mold spores
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Notice some aging or molding on your shower curtain? Don’t worry, that doesn’t mean you need to throw it away. You may not have the money to replace your shower curtain right now. If that’s the case, you can easily clean it and have it back to new in no time!
Cleaning the liner
You can’t clean your shower curtain properly without cleaning the liner. To clean your shower liner simply take the liner off and throw it in the washer using a mesh laundry bag. If you clean the liner without a mesh laundry bag be sure to throw a towel in with it to help clean it and prevent any damage. Either way, you can clean the liner at home and save a few bucks!
Cleaning the curtain
Using the same mesh laundry bag (if it’s big enough) throw your shower curtain in the washing machine using a mild detergent, a cup of vinegar, and warm water. Once the cycle is complete you can hang your shower curtain to air dry. Or you can also clean your shower curtain using a microfiber cloth and some white vinegar.
Cleaning the rings
In order to clean your shower curtain completely, you’ll also want to clean the rings that hold it up. While you’re washing the curtain and the liner you can begin cleaning the rings. Since these rings, are exposed to soap scum and dust it’s important to give them a good cleaning every so often. Grab a bowl (or use your bathroom sink) and fill it with hot steamy water and a cup of white vinegar. Let the rings sit for at least 30 minutes before rinsing off and wiping away any limescale or stuck on soap scum.
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While our professional cleaners here at Spekless don’t clean shower curtains during our scheduled cleanings, we can clean your bathroom from top to bottom. This includes your shower walls, the inside of your tub, the sink, mirror, countertops, tile floor, and the toilet. We’ve got you covered!
Are you finding yourself living in a never-ending mess? Do you have trouble keeping your house clean on a regular basis? Sometimes, due to our busy lives and unpredictable schedules, it can be tough to keep your home clean. Don’t worry, it just means your human.
We all have had trouble keeping our houses clean at one point or another. The key is to not let a season of trouble keep you from achieving your household goals. Taking time to recognize the behaviors you’ve been exhibiting is the first step in changing them.
Have a lot going on
Have no idea where to begin
Don’t have a good system
You could be having trouble keeping your house clean if you don’t have a well-established cleaning routine. Or in other words, your system is jacked. Consider habitual being more diligent about your household chores. Create a monthly cleaning chart to hang in the kitchen to help you build a better cleaning routine.
Have high standards
Having high standards about the cleanliness of your household is great. But it also means it might be preventing you from keeping your house clean the way you want it. If you find that you’re holding your home to an unrealistic high standard due to hours of scrolling on Pinterest and Instagram, it’s time to let that go.
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Looking for a good way to burn calories at home? This might come as a surprise to you, but cleaning your home is one of the easiest ways to do that. There are certain household chores that allow you to burn up to 1,000 calories per hour. What to know what those chores are? Check out our list below.
Cleaning The Floor
Whether you’re sweeping, mopping, or simply vacuuming cleaning the floor can take a lot out of you. That’s why it’s one of the best household chores for burning calories. Cleaning the floor can easily help you burn 200 to 350 calories per hour.
Dusting
Dusting is another good household chore to do when you’re looking to break a sweat. From the top of the refrigerator to the bottom of the baseboards, dusting can cause you to burn anywhere from 150 to 250 calories per hour. The more dusting you have to do, the higher chance you have of burning more calories.
Washing The Dishes
Not really in the mood to break a sweat but looking to burn some calories? Aren’t we all. Just by washing the dishes you can burn 50 calories. It’s by far one of the easiest household chores to do and benefit from.
Window Cleaning
Have you ever started cleaning the windows and noticed that after a few seconds your arm was starting to hurt? This is one of those household chores that works to burn calories quickly. You can burn up to 150 calories each hour just by washing the windows.
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We all go through times where we don’t feel like cleaning, it’s a burden to clean, or we just can’t clean due to our physical condition. That’s where we come in to play. Here at Spekless, we are dedicated to providing you with all the necessary tools and resources you need to have a clean home. Contact us today and let our professional cleaners do your chores for you.