Getting your home in order needn’t take weeks. With some organization you can knock it all out in a weekend – or less. The post Speed Spring Cleaning-Virginian Pilot 4/13/13 appeared first on Custom Maid.
“You can tackle larger projects, and give your home a thorough spring cleaning that will help maintain its appearance and give it a longer life.”
Palmer suggested carrying a basket and placing items that don’t belong in certain rooms inside. Then, you can drop them off along the way to where they belong.
Palmer also suggested taking five minutes in each room, with pen and paper in hand, to assess what needs to be done. Cobwebs, window sills, chair rails, blinds – all get detailed, she said.
Cleaners to have on hand include a de-greaser, a glass cleaner and a neutral pH cleaner, like Mr. Clean or Fantastik, Palmer suggested. She also advised wearing a carpenter’s apron, or a half apron with loops and pockets, to carry around the cleaners.
Most professionals also clean specifically with cloth, and not paper towels, to keep waste out of the landfill.
Palmer suggested stocking up on Mr. Clean Magic Erasers. “They are indeed magic,” Palmer said
Palmer of Custom Maid and Jenkins of Molly Maid of Chesapeake suggest top to bottom, and picking a direction and sticking with it.
“The best advice I could give is following the same procedure room by room,” Jenkins said. “Work your way around the room in sections so you don’t miss anything. Move all the stuff out of the way, wipe all the surfaces, and put everything back.”
Palmer said don’t forget to get the dust behind television sets and computers because those wires are dust collectors. Ceiling vents and floor vents are often neglected as well, and need to be cleaned, she said.
Curtains can be vacuumed, said Wright of Maid For You, if you don’t take them down and wash them in the spring.
“Vacuum hard surface floors first. If it’s dirty and loose, and you start making it wet, you’re just making mud,” Palmer said.
If you have hard-to-reach places that accumulate dust, Jenkins suggested using a small paint brush. It’ll reach into places like the crevices of a pleated lamp shade, he said.
Jenkins and Palmer also suggest taking down the globes that cover light fixtures and put them in the dishwasher instead of washing them by hand.
Palmer also suggested letting the cleansers do their work on soap scum in showers, tubs and sinks while you clean other areas of the bathroom.
After it’s clean, wipe it up with a cloth, she said, and don’t forget to shine fixtures.
In the kitchen, consider taking the burner pans off the stove, soaking and cleaning them, cleaning the oven (hopefully you have a self-cleaning one), cleaning on top of the refrigerator and taking a vacuum hose to the bottom front of the refrigerator.
In the bedrooms, take time to vacuum under beds and dust the baseboards and get the cobwebs, Palmer said.
“Assess for yourself, ‘How clean do I want it to be?’” Palmer said. “‘Can I keep up with it?’ If not, hire someone.”
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