MDV Residential Cleaning Services: Just Good Tips

Walls and Windows
When you dust, start at the top and work down. Take all your cleaning tools, avoid unnecessary trips back and forth. Clean as you go! It takes a lot less time to remove new dirt than old. Leave baking soda on carpeting over night will absorb musty odors Make a checklist of chores to get organized first. Wash walls from the bottom up, to avoid streaking. Use old socks as mitts for cleaning difficult wood work. Wash small knickknacks instead of dusting. To removing heel marks , take pencil eraser and rub them off. Don't mix cleaning products. Ammonia and bleach are toxic. Remember common cleaners such as windex and comet meet this don't do rule. Allowing cleaners to set for several minutes will ease the cleaning job. Interior Walls Wall cleaner, mix 1/2 c. ammonia, 1/4 c. white vinegar, and 1/4 c. baking soda to 1 gal. warm water. For cleaning textured walls use nylon socks instead of a sponge or cloth to avoid leaving material chunks behind. To dust wall paper, tie a dustcloth over your broom and work from the top down. To remove pencil marks & other non-greasy spots from non-washable papers, use an art-gum eraser . To remove greasy spots or crayon, apply a paste of cleaning fluid and fuller's earth and cornstarch. Let the wall dry and brush off residue. Repeat the treatment until the spot is gone. Exterior Walls Use a water hose to spray the outside of your house. This will remove siding cobwebsand dirt. Textured siding ? Attach a car-washing brush to the hose to remove dirt. Windows Make your own spray cleaner. Fill a spray bottle with 3 tablesoopns ammonia, 1 tablespoon vinegar & the remainder with water. Dust blinds by wrapping a cloth around a ruler. Spray cloth with a dusting spray and run the flat end across each blind. Shine windows using old newspaper. Clean windows on an average temperature, preferably overcast day to avoid streaks. Dry windows outside in one direction then inside in the other direction. If you see a streak, you will know which side is the ofender. To clean window sills, pour diluted rubbing alcohol on a cloth and rub the entire surface.Then dust off the sill with a clean cloth. [BACK TO TIPS PAGE]

Walls and Windows

When you dust, start at the top and work down. Take all your cleaning tools, avoid unnecessary trips back and forth. Clean as you go! It takes a lot less time to remove new dirt than old. Leave baking soda on carpeting over night will absorb musty odors Make a checklist of chores to get organized first. Wash walls from the bottom up, to avoid streaking. Use old socks as mitts for cleaning difficult wood work. Wash small knickknacks instead of dusting. To removing heel marks , take pencil eraser and rub them off. Don't mix cleaning products. Ammonia and bleach are toxic. Remember common cleaners such as windex and comet meet this don't do rule. Allowing cleaners to set for several minutes will ease the cleaning job.

Interior Walls

Wall cleaner, mix 1/2 c. ammonia, 1/4 c. white vinegar, and 1/4 c. baking soda to 1 gal. warm water. For cleaning textured walls use nylon socks instead of a sponge or cloth to avoid leaving material chunks behind. To dust wall paper, tie a dustcloth over your broom and work from the top down. To remove pencil marks & other non-greasy spots from non-washable papers, use an art-gum eraser . To remove greasy spots or crayon, apply a paste of cleaning fluid and fuller's earth and cornstarch. Let the wall dry and brush off residue. Repeat the treatment until the spot is gone.

Exterior Walls

Use a water hose to spray the outside of your house. This will remove siding cobwebsand dirt. Textured siding ? Attach a car-washing brush to the hose to remove dirt.

Windows

Make your own spray cleaner. Fill a spray bottle with 3 tablesoopns ammonia, 1 tablespoon vinegar & the remainder with water. Dust blinds by wrapping a cloth around a ruler. Spray cloth with a dusting spray and run the flat end across each blind. Shine windows using old newspaper. Clean windows on an average temperature, preferably overcast day to avoid streaks. Dry windows outside in one direction then inside in the other direction. If you see a streak, you will know which side is the ofender. To clean window sills, pour diluted rubbing alcohol on a cloth and rub the entire surface.Then dust off the sill with a clean cloth.

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