Cleaning Tips for Home
Cleaning Tips for Home

Bedrooms, Family/Living Rooms
Bedrooms, Family/Living Rooms
- Start by dusting objects that are higher up, so later on the dust doesn't fall on items already cleaned.
- While vacuuming your carpet, take some extra time and vacuum underneath the beds, tables, etc.
- Clean your phones with an alcohol-based cleaner to eliminate germs.
- Clean the back of electronics like a TV with the hose attachment on the vacuum cleaner.
- Clean wooden furniture with a furniture cleaner; it will protect and shine the furniture for much longer than just dusting with a dry cloth.

Bathrooms
Bathrooms
- Clean the toilet bowl once per week with a toilet bowl cleaner. Millions of bacteria build up in just a few days.
- Wipe off shower doors with a towel or squeegee after each use to avoid soap scum build-up.

Kitchen
Kitchen
- If something spills in the refrigerator, clean it up right away to avoid bacteria build-up.
- Check once per month for anything that may have expired.
- While cooking, attempt to rinse and put anything that can go into the dishwasher promptly, for less clean-up after dinner.
- Clean the cabinets with a wood cleaner to protect and make them look like new.

Vinyl Floors
Vinyl Floors
- Vacuum/Sweep the floor first, it will make washing a lot easier.
- Wash the floor with a floor cleaner and not products like soap or dish soap, which might make the floor become too slippery.
- Wax the floors with a vinyl floor wax 3-4 times per year. It will help protect the floor, which will continue to look like new.

Hardwood Floors
Hardwood Floors
- First vacuum the floor with the highest vacuum setting, or the floor setting if available.
- Clean the floor with a hardwood floor cleaner.
- Do not clean your floor with water, as it will eventually ruin it, and there is no recourse.
- Lay hardwood floor wax twice per year to give the floor that new and shiny look.