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6 Common House Cleaning Mistakes and How to Avoid Them

January 6, 2022 · Cherry · Leave a Comment

 

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Some house cleaning mistakes are tiny, like using glass cleaner on a surface that turns out to be plastic. Some house cleaning mistakes are capable of causing chemical reactions with potentially deadly results! Are you absolutely sure that you know what you’re doing when using those reactive house cleaning products?

For those of us who aren’t lucky enough to hire a house cleaning service, it’s important to know our way around a vacuum and a mop. The last thing you want is for all of your hard work to damage your home – or worse, your health. When spring comes along and you find yourself deep cleaning your house, it’s important that you do so safely.

Keep reading to learn about six of the most common house cleaning mistakes!

1. Don’t Clean With Bleach and Vinegar

It can be tempting to disinfect all of the surfaces in your home during cold and flu season. A combination of bleach and vinegar might seem like a great way to kill bacteria and still end up with a gorgeous shine. In fact, what you will end up with is chlorine gas!

Chlorine gas can have many negative effects on your health. It can cause breathing problems, coughing, and eye irritation. If you want to disinfect, use bleach and vinegar separately! Better yet, hire a maid service like MaidLuxe LLC to come in and take over your house cleaning routine for you!

2. Make Sure to Clean Your Touch Points

Some surfaces in your home, such as doorknobs and light switches, naturally get more contact than others. We call those parts of the home “touch points.” You may touch these things so often that you forget to disinfect them when you’re running around cleaning different rooms, and that’s how germs really spread.

3. Don’t Skip the Dishwasher

You might assume that your dishwasher is self-cleaning. The truth is that this hard-working machine can breed a lot of bacteria if it doesn’t get some TLC. Professionals suggest using a dishwasher cleaner at least once a month.

4. Start From the Top

The biggest uninterrupted surface in your home is probably the floor, so you may automatically clean that first! Stop! If you start with the floor, it will get dirty again as soon as you begin to move dust around during other cleaning tasks!

Always start from the top and work your way down. You will end up with a sparkling home – floors included!

5. Stop Rubbing Stains

If there’s a stain on your carpet, the first impulse may be to scrub it out. While this may work on the surface, it can be wreaking havoc underneath. Consider blotting liquid instead of pushing it down.

6. Avoid Using Abrasive Pads

Abrasive pads might make your stainless steel look nice and shiny, but they will also scratch them up. It can also cause special coatings to flake off, rendering some household products less functional. Using an ordinary porous sponge might require more elbow grease, but it’s better in the long run.

Stop Making House Cleaning Mistakes!

Home is where the heart is. You deserve to live in a clean, orderly place free from dust, mess, and unexpected chemical reactions! If you avoid these house cleaning mistakes, you’ll soon be living free from clutter and grime!

You can make more positive changes in your home once it’s tidy and clean! Check out the rest of the blog for more tips to help make your home a paradise!

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