Here are 20 Things you should CLEAN more often in your home! Many of these things get overlooked but can be essential in keeping your home clean and reducing allergens/bacteria for your family’s health. Please feel free to SHARE this list to your friends & family!
- Wooden cutting boards: Try using salt & lemon to reduce odor. Try not to use wooden cutting boards for raw meat. Use anti-bacterial soap and scrub.
- Kitchen sponge: Don’t leave in sink, let air dry on counter or dish. Wash with soap, replace every 2 weeks. Or use a Norwex cleaning cloth that kills the bacteria due to the silver within the cloth and can be cleaned with very hot water.
- Walls/baseboards: Wash down every few months
- Bathtub toys/ kids toys: fill a bucket with warm water + 1/2 cup white vinegar and let soak in for 10 minutes then gently clean off with cloth or sponge.
- Under your oven: pull out the bottom drawer, vacuum, and clean floor
- Refrigerator Condenser Coil: Use vacuum attachment 1-2x per year
- Under your couch/chairs: Move your couches & chairs and vacuum/clean carpet underneath. Try to push away furniture when carpet cleaner comes.
- Your mop: Detach & put in washing machine
- Light switches: Use cloth with mild soap & warm water to wipe down. If very dirty, remove plates and clean separately.
- Door knobs: Wipe down with anti-bacterial soap & wet cloth
- Remote Control: Use Norwex cloth or Q-tips dipped in rubbing alcohol to get buttons
- Cell Phone: Clean daily with anti-bacterial cloth
- Your computer/laptop: Dust weekly, use spray & cloth that is safe for screen, turn keyboard upside down & spray with condensed air can, clean sides of keys with Q-tip dipped in rubbing alcohol)
- Front door area: Wipe down this whole area to remove dirt, cobwebs, and grime.
- Wooden chairs/ stools: Wipe down the legs of the chairs and stools with a warm wash cloth + mild soap.
- Dishwasher: run empty with a dishwasher-safe cup filled with white vinegar on the top rack. Then run dishwasher again with a cup full of baking soda sprinkled on bottom of dishwasher and run with HOT water.
- Mattress: Put 1 cup of baking soda in mason jar with 4 drops of lavender essential oil. With kitchen strainer, sprinkle mixture directly to mattress. Leave on there for an hour. Then vacuum up with attachment.
- Bed Pillows: Check cleaning instructions, clean in washing machine.
- Bathroom mats: Clean in washing machine in HOT water along with a few towels then tumble dry low.
- CARPETS: With all the foot traffic, dust, pets, & germs – the Carpets gather a huge amount of dirt & bacteria. Get your carpets professionally cleaned to improve life of the carpet and for a better clean. We would love if you used us at Pure Carpet Cleaning, give us a call at 801-750-2928.