PETALUMA — Many people don’t realize that using a specific methodology to clean their homes will make the whole process easier and ensure better results. Picture yourself in a two-story house—you might wake up one day and be inspired to clean the whole thing by yourself, but how do you know where to start? Here are some tips for implementing a plan that will give you the best results:
Start cleaning on the top floor and work your way down. If you do it the other way around, the bottom part of the house will get dusty after you’ve already spent time cleaning it, as dust from the top floor will float and settle on the bottom floor.
Prioritize work in each room. If there are cobwebs in a bedroom, for example, remove them first before cleaning the floor so you don’t have to redo your work. Choose a corner of the room and clean either clockwise or counterclockwise so you don’t forget anything.
Steam clean your refrigerator. A lot of people have been discovering the benefits of steam cleaning their refrigerators in recent years. Steam cleaners are available pretty much anywhere, and even a small device will do a great job. When you use steam to clean the inside of a refrigerator, you can avoid using general cleaners altogether, which is good because those products contain chemicals that can contaminate your food. Also, if you buy a small steamer, you can use if for other purposes. When your garbage disposal starts to smell, for example, use the steamer to kill the bacteria in the sink without chemicals.

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How to Clean Your House by Stanley Costa

by Stanley Costa, a Diamond Certified Expert Contributor

Video: Adopting a Cleaning Methodology

When cleaning your house, having a methodology is the best approach. Today, we're with diamond certified expert contributor, Stanley Costa of Sona Marin Cleaning Services, to learn what he recommends.

All right, so today I would like to introduce you to a few tips on how to clean your house. You know it's one of those things that people do not realize, but if they use a methodology that makes their life a lot easier and the results much better.

Let's say you have a two-story home, okay, and you want to clean the home by yourself. Always start on the top, the top level first, and then the bottom. If you do the other way around, what's going to happen is, the bottom part of the house will be dusty. And you know, you don't know why, but you clean the bottom and then clean the top. Everything that is up there, dust-wise, it comes down. You see, gravity in this case is not your friend.

And as you go to each room, what you need to do is also follow a methodology. You see, if you wanted to make sure that cobwebs are down, you want to take them down with a little brush or what have you. Do that first, don't clean the floor first, leave that for last. You clean that, and then you also choose a corner of the room and then you have to follow either clockwise or counterclockwise as you clean it so you don't forget anything.

See, it's very, very simple. I know you probably say not that simple, but trust me, follow methodology, it will, the results will be much better and more enjoyable.

So when it's time to clean your refrigerator, what's the best way to do it? A lot of people understand and discovered the benefits of steaming, and it's available anywhere, pretty much. You can buy a small device that will do the job. If you steam inside, you avoid the chemicals that are in these general cleaners to go into your vegetables. Imagine, close the environment. You should always avoid a chemical that is in there lingering with your vegetables and your meats. And the steamer you're going to buy, you're not going to use just refrigerators, you can use around the house. Give you one example when your garbage disposal starts to smell a little bit, you can definitely use that as well. We use the bacteria and it's no chemicals involved, it's friendly to the environment, and remember it's just water, nothing else involved.

Thank you to our diamond certified expert contributor, Stanley Costa of Sono Marin Cleaning Services. I'm Sarah Rutan.

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