Make Your House Super Clean … “Cleanliness is half of faith” were the words of prophet Muhammed from centuries ago but they are more topical than ever. In order to maintain personal hygiene, we firstly must make sure we live in a clean environment. Once you add the aesthetic appeal of your house to the equation, it becomes obvious why housecleaning sprees are so important.
However is it possible to make the house super and sparkly at the same time, without one factor jeopardizing the other? The shortest answer is “yes,” and you can even help save the planet in the process if you use eco-cleaning solutions. There is a personal benefit to an eco-cleaning approach, as you prevent exposure to toxins that commercial household cleaning products are loaded with.
A clean oven
The inside of your oven is one of the dirtiest places in the kitchen, if not the entire house. Grime accumulates on its walls over time, endangering your health since you digest it every time you put a new meal in a dirty oven. You probably think that cleaning it will require a lot of hard scrubbing. Well, the job won’t be that had if you use, ironically, baking soda. Spread a layer of it across all the surfaces in the oven and let it sit overnight. The following morning just scrapes it off using water and wipe the area clean. If you add some lemon juice to the mixture, the oven will have a pleasant after smell as well.
The power of white vinegar
You might have noticed that there are many, if not too many, cleaning products for the dishwasher. They are all potent chemicals that you can do without if you an omnipotent house clear: white vinegar. Just two cups of it poured in the top rack will be enough to do the trick. Let the empty dishwasher run a full cycle in order for the vinegar to work its magic and clean all the bacteria.
The main reason behind the cleaning power of white vinegar is the fact that it’s acetic which is excellent in combating all sorts of bacteria. It can alternatively be used for removing stains from textile products like the living room sofa or your favorite blouse. In addition, it is a natural deodorizer so you can use it through the house to get rid of most nasty stenches which are just made worse by the Australian heat.
Pro on the outside
When it comes to cleaning the outside of your house, things get a bit more complicated, not because there are no eco-cleaners but because of the sheer scale of the undertaking. Even if you huddle up the whole family, it would still take you days to clean everything from the driveway to the backyard fence. Australians with large backyards are especially affected, so they refer to affordable house cleaning in Central Coast to quickly and efficiently clan their outdoors. The eco-cleaning principles apply to professionals as well but they simply possess more gear, experience, and manpower than you could ever hope to have.
Sparkly bathroom tiles
The bathroom is perhaps the room with the biggest potential to shine due to all the ceramic tiled and enameled surfaces inside it. However, grout can cause serious cleanliness issue if you don’t address problems with it immediately. The appearance of mold is bad for people with allergies so be sure to scrape it off as soon as possible.
In order to achieve this effortlessly, you have the possibility of applying a mixture of carbonated water and white vinegar on the surface of the tile grout. This substance should dissolve the mold enough for you to swipe it with a wet cloth but if this doesn’t work, there is a stronger solution. Adding baking soda to the mix will create a paste that you leave on for 15 minutes before scrubbing it off.
When life gives you a lemon … use it for cleaning
We have mentioned earlier than you can use lemon to get rid of nasty smells but this citrus fruit has additional cleaning properties. It’s a powerful antiseptic and a natural deodorizer because of high acidic content. That is why you can always mix it with baking soda and use it to disinfect surfaces in the kitchen like the chopping board, remove stains from plastic containers, and clean copper pans.
All the cleaning solutions we have listed above are not only eco-friendly and can be found around the house but they are affordable as well. Using them will ensure you get that sought-after bling-bling effect, all the surfaces will be disinfected, and you will help save the environment. It doesn’t get better than that!
Sarah Jessica Smith is a young blogger from Sydney. She is in love with life and all the things that can make her daily routine easier. She loves to write about home improvement, lifestyle, and all the small things that make life such a great adventure.
