Did you know that over 95% of all dirt found in your house comes from outside? Soil, dust, pollen, air pollution and many other sources get intoyour house and cause an endless cycle of cleaning, dusting and vacuuming. If it seems that you're continually losing this battle to the elements why notdo something proactive? We suggest you enlist the following three lines of defence!

First Tip:

Keep the outside of your house as clean as possible. Does it not make senseto keep as much dirt as you can in the great outdoors before it enters your house? We can achieve this quite easily by keeping the areas near any entrances free of sand, dirt, small rocks and debris which is easily trackedinto your house. By sweeping and cleaning your sidewalks, driveway, patio,porch, etc., on a regular basis, you will prevent a lot of indoor 'after the fact' cleaning.

Second Tip:

Use entrance mats. Did you know that a good quality entrance mat can captureas much as a pound of dirt per square foot? This is much easier to remove from a mat than when it is spread through out your house. Use as many large,good quality, mats as possible, both indoors and outside. Also, clean them often and thoroughly.

Third Tip:

Capture the dirt completely on the first effort. What this means is to use tools and procedures that collect and don't just scatter dust and dirt. High filtration vacuum bags, treated dusters and dust mops, clean rags, cleanwash water, clean wet mops : all these will make your cleaning moreeffective and longer lasting. Stopping dirt in its tracks is easier if you use the three lines of defence!

Essential Quick tips to Keep Your Bathrooms Clean!

Build a latrine like the "survivors" in your back yard and "vote off "anyone who doesn't use it. Seriously if you have two or more bathrooms designate one as a main bathroom, which will leave one of them near perfect and easier to tidy quickly when the "In laws" arrive un-expectedly.

Convince the male members of the family to sit down when using the facilities. This is more readily accomplished by placing the latest issue of MAXIM magazine near the toilet for them to "read", or by installing a television. This alone makes the bathroom much more sanitary and easy to keep clean. If he must stand, encourage your weekend warrior to install a urinal in the bath room, after all he should be using the right tool for the right job.

The best advice is to keep a mini cleaning kit under the sink. Buy a mini spray bottle and have a general-purpose window cleaner and a few good terry cleaning towels. Using one of your towels folded into quarters, polish the mirror after a quick spray of window cleaner. Give the chrome, sink and counter a quick spray, flip the towel to a clean dry side, and wipe it down, then flip the towel again, and polish to a brilliant shine. Flip your towel to another dry clean side and spray the toilet seat and rim. Wipe and polish dry the seat, under the seat and rim. Flip the towel to another clean dry surface and you can use the spray and towel to spot clean the floor.

The key is a good cleaning towel with lots of surface area to soak up and collect the general-purpose cleaner, hair, dust and dirt. Theroretically, when the towel is folded in quarters, you have 8 different cleaning surfaces. Do this often as an interim cleaning and a major cleaning and disinfecting of the bathroom is easy as pie. --

Abrasive Cleaners
General Information: Abrasive cleaners generally use some kind grit to boost their cleaning ability, along with detergents, acids, alkalis and other compounds. Some are in powder form while others suspend the abrasive in liquid. The quartz or silica that constitutes the grit will easily scratch and/or damage softer surfaces such as laminate, fiberglass, stainless steel, etc. Even on very hard surfaces such as porcelain, use caution. Over time abrasives will dull and scratch.

However, abrasive cleaners will often work where others fail. Remember to rinse well after use to remove any residue.

Liquid abrasive cleaners are generally more expensive but are more convenient to use.

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