Cleaners I Recommend:
I shop at the Dollar Tree and they generally have the same products in a little smaller quantity. Stocking up may be preferable to others when there are sales at other stores. I will be looking into those sorts of deals shortly, but as of now, the Dollar Tree is my Go-To-Place. I started my bag with the basics. I got an all purpose cleaner, great for counters and such, even the baseboards. Glass cleaner, generic Windex works just as well. Apparently, for glass. I use it on the windows, sinks, knobs, and the shower door. I also got some Mean Green, which I give my award for #1 Cleaner of All Time. It cuts out the grease on the stove after dinner. I even use it in the bathtub AND to mop the floors. I have one of those mops where you put your own cleaner in it and the pad is washable. Eh, not so sure what I think about it yet. It was a Christmas present. I wanted it so bad, but I guess I am just picky about my mops because I have yet to find one I like. Anyway, you also need toilet bowl cleaner. I do NOT recommend the tablets you drop in. You will need stove cleaner. ALWAYS use gloves and NEVER breathe when using it! You will need some rubber gloves, scrub pads for the oven, scrub brushes for the bathtub and tiny corners, and it wouldn't hurt to have some steel wool, for certain things. Always make sure it is okay to use it on something before you do. Also, I usually use Febreeze for the house after I clean. It gets rid of the cleaning scent and I use it on the couches and stuff to get rid of bad odors, since, like the commercial says, you can't wash them. I almost forgot the last two items-A duster. I prefer the generic Swiffer duster with replaceable covers. It is cheaper and works just as well. And those Magic Erasers. This is one time I recommend the name brand. They are a bit more expensive, but they get the job done. The generic just wither away too easy. I use them to wash the scratches off my wall, which I don't recommend doing if you have flat paint. But, it you don't, just wet a small area on the eraser and scrub away.
Bathroom Tips:
This, this is the dirtiest room in my house. There is pretty much one thing you need to know about the bathroom...Scrub Scrub Scrub. Scrub that sink. Scrub that toilet. Scrub that tub. We have a sliding glass door, which I prefer since there is no mildew building up. Therefore, I do not have to replace it on a regular basis. However, the side railings where the door slides have a tendency to build up with all kinds of junk since it catches some of the dirt and water that runs off of you during showers. That takes a long time to scrub, but it's not so bad. But make sure when you are cleaning the tub, DON'T close the shower door! I did that one time when I was using tub cleaner. NEVER again. My throat burned for days. Also, scrub behind the toilet. That is one of those place people never look, but dust is attracted to that sight. Sinks and mirrors are obvious...I guess that is it. Next, I will take you to the kitchen...
Kitchen Tips:
Clean EVERYWHERE! Places you could never even imagine, there are messes. Believe it or not, as little as you use the BACK of the refrigerator, It is total chaos back there, especially if you have kids who drop toys often. Even if you don't, dust collects like crazy. Try to even lift up the top of your stove and get a good look. Look on the sides. (I am adding a picture of this.) I can guarantee you there will be junk under neath where your drip pans were, for obvious reasons. Now, I am a freak about things not looking new anymore, so a few tips I have learned-Use tin foil on your drip pans. If you don't like the way it looks and you want to save cleaning up a HUGE mess, just get stove eye covers. They are a nice accessory to the kitchen and they will cover up the tin foil. They actually have tin foil covers made especially for the eyes at Wal-Mart, but I personally don't think they fit right and they get expensive after awhile. Another tip that I wish I would have learned sooner, use baking soda to scrub the bottoms of your pots and pans to get the gunk off. You know, that stuff that looks like the stove eye burned the bottom. Just take a cloth, and scrub that pot down, a little at a time. It actually works, but I waited too long to do mine and now it won't do the whole thing. It will just take off the what was on there from that night's dinner. Anyway, here are the before and after pictures. The last one is a picture of under where the trash can was. We are not dirty people. I am probably one of the cleanest people you will ever meet. Everything has its own spot, everything. And everything has to be clean, all the time. But, with that said, my house still gets dirty in the places I don't see. I actually disgust myself when I see these messes, but I realize it is not possible to clean all day AND give DD AND DH the attention they need.
Other than that, the rooms are pretty self explanatory. Don't leave any rooms out. That includes the closets and washroom. There is usually a lot of lent and left over things on the floor that were dropped from the pockets. In the bedrooms and livingroom, I usually just dust and then move all the furniture and vacuum. The amount of dirt that builds up under the bed is unbelievable. That is what inspired me to clean like this. When we moved last time, we lifted the bed and I was embarrassed by how dirty it was. Yuck. And the other day, I found a piece of chicken under the couch. I usually don't let DD eat in the livingroom, but I guess it was one of those days and I didn't even notice.
Well, this is just some of what I know. Good Luck! Happy Cleaning!
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