Summer is ending, which means that it is time to carry out a general cleaning with washing windows and walls, washing curtains, cleaning furniture and radiators. Do you want to bring 100% cleanliness in the house efficiently and quickly? That is, the way the maid service workers do it? General cleaning of an apartment up to 60 square meters. meters from one professional cleaner takes up to 8 hours. The secret lies in the proven technology that you can apply. But first, read here the following basic cleaning principles.
So, collect all your cleaning products and cleaning equipment in one place, change into comfortable clothes, stock up on enthusiasm, and follow the 8-step instructions from a professional clinician.
Step 1. Open windows
General cleaning should start with ventilation, so as not to breathe chemicals and allow the air to clear naturally. If it is cold outside, each room can be ventilated for 10 minutes while you are in another room. For example, while you are cleaning the bathroom.
Step 2. Start cleaning with a “clean slate”
At this stage you need:
- Remove all curtains and curtains and send them to the washing machine (while they will be washed, we will wash the windows);
- Collect all the dirty linen in the house (including bedding, table and bath textiles) and send it to the laundry basket;
- Collect all the garbage in the house (spoiled food, empty jars in the bathroom, torn socks, broken and simply outdated things), and then take the bags out of the apartment or leave it in the hallway for a while;
- Collect all the dirty dishes in the house and load it in the dishwasher/sink;
- To collect things that are not in their places and carefully decompose; Remove cobwebs from the ceiling, if any.
Step 3. Washing the windows
So, while the curtains and curtains are erased, we will deal with the windows. First, wash them with a normal soapy solution, then with clean water and, finally, wipe them with a clean dry microfiber cloth.
Step 4. Wash the walls
First, we remove everything that hangs on the walls. Next, wrapping the mop with a damp cloth or towel, we walk along the walls.
Step 5. Wipe the dust … everywhere
Here is a checklist of all that is subject to wet cleaning:
- All lamps, fixtures, and chandeliers; Window sills; Radiators, pipes; Mirrors, glass surfaces;
- Accessories and interior items (vases, frames, etc.);
- Facades and interior surfaces of cabinet furniture;
- Appliances;
- Cornices Skirting boards, doors, platbands;
- Upholstered furniture (vacuum cleaner with a special nozzle, my leather upholstery with a special soft tool);
- Mezzanine; Leaves of plants.
- All lamps, fixtures, and chandeliers;
- Window sills;
- Radiators, pipes;
- Mirrors, glass surfaces;
- Accessories and interior items (vases, frames, etc.);
- Facades and interior surfaces of cabinet furniture;
- Appliances;
- Cornices Skirting boards, doors, platbands;
- Upholstered furniture (vacuum cleaner with a special nozzle, my leather upholstery with a special soft tool);
- Mezzanine;
- Leaves of plants.
Step 7. Clean and sanitize the bathroom
Cleaning the bathroom always involves preliminary preparation, which we have already mentioned above. It consists of soaking with a cleaning agent for 7-10 minutes in the following areas:
- toilet bowl, washbasin with mixer, shower cubicle or bathtub.
- So the dirtiest work will be done by chemicals for you, and you just have to wipe everything clean and dry.
- While the cleaning products “work”, we can leave the room (so as not to breathe harmful fumes) or do cleaning walls, tiled seams, mirrors, and cabinets.
Step 8. Vacuum and wash the floors.
Hooray, you can begin the last stage of the general cleaning – mopping. But first, floors and carpets need to be thoroughly vacuumed or sweeping.