House Cleaning Mistakes That You Need to Avoid

Everyone loves to have a clean and tidy home, unfortunately, this comes at a price. You have to invest your time in buying cleaning products and scrubbing every corner of your home. It is a tedious, long process that will only make you tired and grumpy at the end. To be fair a lot of this is because people don’t know that there is a right way and a wrong way to properly clean the home. If done the correct way the house cleaning will take no longer than two hours. Our experts have closely examined the cleaning habits of our Bournemouth clients and are ready to reveal the most common cleaning mistakes. Not only that but we have some additional tips on how to avoid them.

Dust Your Cleaning Mistakes Away

Something that is constantly present in every home is dust. You just can’t get rid of it. Dust consists of microscopic organic and non-organic particles and it is a product of our everyday life. Unfortunately, it can cause a lot of health issues and needs to be dealt with regularly. That said the first big cleaning mistake concerns the method of dust cleaning or dusting.

• Feather dusters. They are great for moving around the dust, but they can’t collect it. So basically, you are just spreading it all over the place and make your job way harder than it really is. Just use your vacuum’s dust attachment.
• Cleaning with a dry cloth or towel. Again you are just moving the dust from one place to another. When the cloth is moist the particles stick to it, and you can remove them

Mistakes You Make When Cleaning Stains

Stains and smudges are every homeowner’s biggest enemy especially if you have kids or pets. You are in a constant battle with them, and your home always looks like a battlefield. This is due to one simple but significant mistake – letting the stains dried out. Once the fluid is set, it is ten times harder to remove it from the damaged surface. You can avoid all the future headaches by cleaning the spots while there are still fresh. The most mischievous substances that need to be scrubbed right away are:

• Wine. Red or white wine can permanently stain every fabric they come in contact with.
• Blood. A simple cut can coast you a new sofa if you don’t clean it immediately.
• Sharpie or permanent marker. There is a reason it is called permanent.
• Tomato sauce. The tomato is extremely acidic, and it will cause a lot of damage if left uncleaned.
• Oil or grease. These are very hard to be removed from any fabric, and you might even have to call some professional back up.

You Have No Idea How to Use Your Vacuum Cleaner

This may sound harsh but ask yourself “Do I know what to do with all these attachments?”The answer in most cases is simply – “No.” That is a typical problem with a simple solution. No matter how fancy your vacuum cleaner is, there are always a couple of standard attachments that you need to get familiar with:

• Extension wand – That is the long stick like attachment that is made for reaching the highest places in your home.
• Dusting brush – Round with long bristles, perfect for cleaning shelves.
• Crevice tool — Long, thin with an angled tip made for cleaning the tightest places — under furniture or between your couch cushions.
• Upholstery tool – it is a smaller copy of your regular cleaning attachment but with a tip line of fabric on one of its sides. Its main goal is to remove fibres and pet hairs from your upholstery.

The Most Common Mistake – Window Cleaning

Leaving in a sunny place like Bournemouth is a bit of a challenge when it comes to window cleaning. The reason is simple you never clean the windows when it is sunny outside. The light that is reflecting on the glass surface will interfere with your sight, and you won’t see the smudges. That is why you must leave the window cleaning for Autumn or a very cloudy Summer day. This will be quite a test of your cleaning abilities, but you must avoid:
Using newspaper for polishing the windows. The ink may cause more damage that you have expected.
Spray the window cleaner directly on the glass surface. The uneven distribution of the cleaner will cause smudging on the glass.