How to use improvised means to clean the house to save time

Reception fifth. Delegate authority

The most obvious solution to the problem of time pressure is the separation of duties. Involve family members in the cleaning process. Let each of them have their own area of ​​responsibility. One will help take out the garbage, the other will knock out the carpet, the third will sort out the rubble in the bedside tables ... you won’t have time to look back - and the apartment will be in order. And if you agree in advance and teach everyone to check and maintain the cleanliness of sponsored places every day, then you will no longer have to resort to emergency methods, and the house will cause the envy of perfectionists.

Involve family members in the cleaning process. Let each of them have their own area of ​​responsibility.

So let's recap.To save time on cleaning, you need to adopt a method that resembles the advice of a nutritionist, "a little, but often" and divide homework into stages by day of the week. Then you need to get rid of the space eater - trash. After that, you should replenish the arsenal of cleaning products with modern developments and turn to the help of additional labor: husbands, children, sisters, brothers ... in general, to those relatives who fell under the hot hand.

Hello, ap! And on the square meters entrusted to you, order, comfort, and tranquility reign!

Features of cleaning without chemicals

The most classic options are soda, vinegar and alcohol. Such folk remedies wash dirt, stains and even rust well. In addition, vinegar and alcohol kill germs and disinfect surfaces. When working with such compounds, gloves must be worn. And when using vinegar, open windows or a window, otherwise there will be a sharp unpleasant smell in the room for a long time. And if you ventilate the apartment well, he will leave in an hour.

Plaque and yellowness is well removed by lemon and lemon juice or acid. For washing dishes and shoes, for washing delicate items, use a soap solution. The classic washing powder will be replaced by more gentle and safe liquid washing gels or eco powder without phosphates.

Washing powder can be made by hand. To do this, you need baking soda, soap, borax and essential oil. How to make laundry detergent at home, see here. Next, we offer detailed tips and recommendations on how to organize safe house cleaning without chemicals.

To wash the floor

For cleaning floors, liquid products are produced that do not need to be diluted beforehand, and concentrates that are added to water.They do not need to be washed off, do not leave streaks, keep clean and fresh longer, and prevent dust from settling. They are produced taking into account the nature of the coating (parquet, laminate, linoleum) or have universal properties.

Mr. Proper

It is enough to dilute Mr. Proper in water and wash the floor with this solution, no rinsing is required. Well suited for the kitchen and other areas where there are greasy contaminants. For high-quality cleaning, you need very little money, it is spent economically. It costs about 190 rubles.

Glorix

This concentrated cleaner does not contain chlorine, but perfectly cleans all types of dirt. The advantage of Glorix is ​​that it does not form a large amount of foam, so it does not leave marks or streaks.

The price is 170-180 rubles.

For tile and ceramic tiles, products such as Cillit Bang, Mr. Muscle, Sano Poliwix are well suited. The hostesses recommend washing the laminate with the use of Emsal Laminate, Bagi Laminate. Natural stone - Apeiron-Stone, Glorix. Parquet - Rubi, Denkmit, Glutoclean Pufas.

Natural floor products

If you suffer from an allergy to household chemicals or are unable to use them, you can clean your floor with natural and inexpensive home remedies.

Parquet

To remove heavily ingrained dirt from natural parquet, it is recommended to use gasoline or turpentine. For regular care, soap or shampoo designed for washing children is suitable (a few drops in a basin or bucket of water). They have a low alkali content, so there are no traces or streaks left on the parquet.

Linoleum

It is perfectly washed using laundry soap crushed and diluted in water (100 grams per 10 liters).You can also use a dish detergent, a few drops of which must be diluted in water. After that, you need to clean the floor to remove any soap residue from it.

Laminate

• Alcohol and acetone help to remove stubborn stains, they need to be applied to a rag and wipe the stains.
• A small amount of laundry soap is diluted in water.

Tiles and tiles

• Vinegar and ammonia. It is necessary to dilute them in the proportion of one tablespoon per liter of water and process the tile.
• Household bleach powder. Dilute in water (30 g per liter) and wash the floor.
• White chalk. Sprinkle it with a sponge and rub it on the surface of the tile.

How to keep order at home

• All household chores that can be done in 5 minutes or less should be done right away. Fallen - pick up, moved - hang, spilled - wipe (sad - hug, hungry - feed :)). This is the law of life - one teaspoon left in the sink attracts a mountain of dishes with a magnet. Try to really live like this for at least three days. At first, it will irritate you wildly, then you will feel pride, then you will understand what kind of pigs your pets are - “here it fell, and he went on!”. You don’t have to wait for a general cleaning to pick up a candy wrapper that hasn’t reached the bucket.
• They say that ideally every thing should have its own place. But if we were all perfect, then I would not write this article, and you would not read it. Therefore, let's agree that each thing should preferably have a place and there must be a "direction". My friend's creams on the shelf are displayed by the millimeter. If I take something, she always knows what.When she purses her lips, I immediately go to even out the washing gels and remind her of early wrinkles and the fate of old maids. Let's do without paranoia, just remember once and for all that kitchen items are in the kitchen, bath items are in the bathroom. Documents - on the desktop or coffee table.
  Train yourself to put things back where you got them from. This is work not only on order, but also on awareness.
• If you don’t want to display creams by the millimeter, and the mess on the shelf annoys you, don’t think that this is an unsolvable paradox. Get yourself open boxes, such with legs. In one we pour varnishes, for example, in another creams, in the third in the kitchen every little thing. Rubbish inside, decent outside. Easy economic hypocrisy.
• Do not accumulate "cozy little things and all sorts of differences." Once every couple of months, go through the house and mercilessly get rid of the accumulated overwhelming shopaholism. Yes, you bought this goose picture. Yes, it is difficult for you to part with it, because it is tantamount to admitting that at that moment you were somewhat out of your mind. Feel free to trash. The goose coped with the task - it pleased you for a while, it's time for him to be free. Ridiculous gifts and souvenirs from the series “Close up my house” are also sent there. Don't look for a reason to give it to someone else, realize that you have a mission to break this vicious circle, and feel free to throw a dream catcher, a beautiful cookie box, a beaded bottle, a photo frame with seashells and other joys into a trash bag.
• Vacuum (sweep) and mop the kitchen floor immediately after cooking. In the corridor - immediately after arrival (you can just wipe it). This will save you from having to mop the floor in the rest of the house more than once a week.

Helpful Hints

As a rule, those who prefer to clean the apartment quickly and efficiently, keep order regularly. That is, in order not to give the whole weekend for general cleaning, it is better to maintain order during the week: throw out the garbage and everything unnecessary immediately after use, wipe the stove immediately after cooking, load the washing machine in the evenings. You can go even further and take special steps to make cleaning less hassle later on. For example:

• Treat furniture and appliances with antistatic polish - the surfaces will not attract a lot of dust.

• Use prophylactic products such as toilet cistern tablets to prevent contamination.

• Divide several responsibilities between family members for which only they will be responsible.

Easy and effective cleaning is real, if you approach it thoughtfully and with an arsenal prepared in advance, now you know how to quickly clean the entire apartment! If you do not want to clean up on your own or you do not have time for it, then you can contact our company for cleaning the apartment after renovation or just general cleaning on a daily or one-time basis. Our specialists go to the object on the day of the call. All necessary equipment is included in the price of cleaning.

table vinegar

1. Vinegar, diluted in half with cool or warm water, cleans almost any surface well: glass, plastic, linoleum, wood, stainless steel, ceramic tiles. In addition, it gives a pleasant sheen to smooth surfaces.
2. To clean sticky cutlery, wipe it with a vinegar-soaked dry cloth.
3. To get rid of unpleasant odors, treat the corners in the bathroom and kitchen, plumbing with a mixture of vinegar and water (in a ratio of 1: 1), poured into a spray bottle.
4. Soak dishes with dried food residues in a warm solution (take 3 tablespoons of vinegar and 1 tablespoon of table salt in a bowl of water). Leave for an hour, then wash the dishes as usual.
5. From blockages in the pipes, the following recipe will help: pour soda (3/4 cup) into the drain, pour vinegar (1/2 cup). Wait half an hour, then drain hot water for several minutes.

DIY funds

If you don’t want to understand the variety of eco-friendly household chemicals and wait for delivery, you can use 100% eco-friendly budget folk methods.

The main advantages of mustard powder are complete safety for humans and good efficiency. Of the minuses - the lack of foam, faster consumption than popular liquid dishwashing detergents. But the price is lower than that of store chemicals.

2. Soda for washing plumbing

Soda can be used to wash dishes and plumbing, to rid the refrigerator of odors, to get rid of from minor blockages in pipes. At the same time, you need to be careful with glossy and soft surfaces - due to the abrasive properties of soda, scratches may remain on them.

Ethyl alcohol or vodka

1. To make mirrors and glass surfaces shine, degrease them before washing: add a couple of tablespoons of alcohol to the soap solution.
2. Use vodka or alcohol diluted to 40 degrees to treat the seams between the tiles in the bathroom, kitchen or toilet. This technique allows you to well disinfect the connections, preventing the subsequent reproduction of mold.
3. Even the cheapest vodka or diluted alcohol can easily deal with glue residue, which usually spoils the appearance of items equipped with stickers.
4. With the help of vodka, prepare very greasy plates and cups for washing: add a little alcohol to a bowl of hot water, soak the dishes for 15-20 minutes.

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Article author: Nina Mitchenko
a housewife with more than 10 years of experience, sees her mission on the site in the transfer of experience

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Intermediate box or shelf

When you have a thing in your hands that does not yet have its own place or that needs to be put away on a high mezzanine, there is a temptation to leave it right on a table, chest of drawers or chair. As a result, the space quickly becomes cluttered. To prevent this from happening, in the nursery and bedroom you can get boxes with the name "For Parsing". Incomprehensible things for the time being can lie in it, and when the allocated 15 minutes for cleaning come, you put them in their places.

Instead of a box, you can select special shelves or drawers for temporary storage in the closet. For example, a drawer where you throw checks from the store every evening, receipts and other pieces of paper that may still come in handy. It is enough to disassemble such a box once a month, while you will be sure that nothing will be lost.

It is also worth highlighting a shelf in the closet where you will store things that you are going to iron, because a mountain of unironed linen in an open space immediately creates a feeling of disorder.

For furniture care

Means for processing solid furniture elements are called polishes. Suitable for lacquered and polished surfaces.Perfectly remove dirty spots and stains, give shine, protect from settling dust.

Pronto Antidust

This is the most effective and popular furniture polish. Produced in the form of an aerosol, so it is convenient to use, it is spent sparingly. Perfectly removes dust and prevents its re-settlement for a long time, copes with fingerprints, gives wooden surfaces a shine and a pleasant smell. The cost is from 150 to 200 rubles.

Furniture

Sofas, armchairs, chairs with a soft coating save folk remedies for general cleaning in the form of a solution based on shavings of laundry soap and apple cider vinegar, added 1 tsp each. per liter of water. The tool is relevant when removing stains from fruits, vegetables.

Vacuum furniture before cleaning

Clean microfiber furniture with isopropyl alcohol applied to a sponge. Soda will get rid of the unpleasant smell of animals. Bring the bristles and microfibres of the upholstery back into position with the brush.

Glycerin soap will restore the brightness and purity of leather upholstery. Remove chewing gum ice; ink traces are treated with a cotton pad dipped in acetone, alcohol or removal fluids varnish. Iodine (15 drops per 1 liter of water for dark coatings) or vinegar with water (1:3 for light fabrics) will save animals from urine.

Why are you too lazy to clean up?

Before you ask the question of how to force yourself to clean the house, figure out the reasons. You can also get away from them.

Perhaps you live with your parents and don't feel like you have a personal space to clean up. No person likes to clean up in a place that does not belong to him, on someone's orders and under the close supervision of the owner. In this case, separate your room - and clean only it.Better yet, move and live separately.

Perhaps you really do not have time, and you, secretly even from yourself, do not like that the responsibility for household chores lies with you. It is extremely difficult to force yourself not to be lazy when other family members are watching an interesting movie, reading books or surfing the Internet. Try to involve your husband and children, distribute responsibilities - things will go much faster and more fun.

Perhaps you are just not used to it, and you really have always been too lazy to clean the apartment. There are two ways out: hire a maid or accustom yourself to household duties.

Identification of problem areas

What do you need to start getting organized? Without determining the main sources of pollution, it is not worth starting to clean the apartment, because it is not enough just to vacuum and wet clean. Such measures will only aggravate the situation - the remaining dirt will again be carried around the rooms. Therefore, in order for cleaning to be not only fast, but also of high quality, it is necessary to learn how to follow the basic rules.

Kitchen

Where to start putting things in order is known - from the kitchen. This is not surprising, because this room is a breeding ground for infections and pollution. If you follow the step-by-step instructions, you can tidy up here in 12 minutes:

1. Initially, it is necessary to remove from prominent places all items that are not needed. The whole secret is that the fewer items on the kitchen surfaces, the cleaner the room itself.
2. Start putting clean dishes in their places. If there are dirty dishes in the sink, then they must be loaded into the dishwasher or hidden in the cabinet of kitchen furniture, if there is none.
3. Clean kitchen surfaces.To do this, wipe all surfaces with a microfiber cloth, including household appliances and a chandelier or other lighting devices.
4. To make cleaning perfect, at least at first glance, you need to sweep the floor and then wash it. It is better to use a microfiber mop - the washing process will be faster and more efficient.
5. What needs to be done in the last step is to wipe off the stains with improvised means.

Advice!

If there are stains on the countertop, then a plastic card will help to get rid of it without consequences. Plastic, unlike metal, will not leave a mark on the surface.

Bedroom

If you want to properly start cleaning the apartment, then after the kitchen you need to start putting things in order in the bedroom. Need:

1. Remove all unnecessary. Change dirty bedding for new, try to hide unnecessary items. To make the room seem cleaner, it is necessary that there are as few items as possible on the dressing table and shelves.
2. Make a bed. You can do this perfectly if you remove the edges of the sheet under the mattress.
3. Getting rid of dust. To clean quickly, use a dry microfiber cloth.
4. Vacuum. To give cleanliness as quickly and efficiently as possible, the floor can be without the need to carefully clean every centimeter of the carpet.

Advice!

Garbage bags that can be hidden in a closet will quickly help to remove unnecessary things and objects.

The corridor

The corridor deserves special attention, and this is not surprising: every day, residents leave and enter the apartment several times, so dirt is regularly brought in. It is from the room that pollution spreads throughout the apartment. Therefore, a cleaned corridor is a guarantee of clean housing.

Before the arrival of guests, it is necessary to remove excess clothing, hide shoes in lockers, having previously cleaned them of dirt. It is necessary to wipe the dust and wash the floors. Cleaning the hallway is quick and easy.

Bathroom and toilet

Move further into the bathroom and toilet and remove all the dirt there. These rooms are visited more often than others, so microbes that are dangerous to humans spread here. To avoid this, you need:

• apply cleaner to sinks, bathtubs, showers and toilets to fight dirt;
• clean the mirror with special means;
• wash the toilet inside with household chemicals, and for the outside you need to use a soft cloth;
• wash the floor.

By following these tips, you can quickly clean the bathroom.

Living room

The last room in the process of quick cleaning of the apartment is the living room. It will take 15 minutes to put it in order:

1. Assess the extent of the disorder. After quickly inspecting the room, you need to carefully fold newspapers and magazines, correctly arrange the existing items in the living room in their places.
2. Wipe the dust according to the same rules as in the bedroom.
3. Clean all glass surfaces and mirrors with special products.
4. Vacuum.

The living room attracts attention most of all, as it is in this room that guests are received. So give her a little more time

Flying housewife, or how to clean up in 15 minutes?

It may seem to you that cleaning your apartment in 15 minutes is unrealistic, but believe that thanks to the “fly lady” method, your house will shine with cleanliness all the time (of course, if you use this method regularly).

The first rule: choose for yourself those clothes that make you feel beautiful and attractive, and, if possible, make them easy to clean. This will give you a feeling of fit and composure. After all, it is no secret that it is easier for a woman to cope with the tasks assigned to her if she knows that she looks attractive.

The second rule: you need to time yourself by setting the timer to exactly fifteen minutes, not a minute more. Make a cleaning plan for yourself, what needs to be done to clean the apartment quickly. Start with the most basic and end with the less important. If it turns out that you did not manage to cope with the tasks set in the time allotted for cleaning, then everything that was not done is transferred to the next day. Provided that this is carried out systematically, you will not clean the apartment daily, you will simply maintain order.

The third rule: one of the key priorities of this method is to create a kind of “island of cleanliness” in your apartment. Every day you will put in order a different "island". In your apartment, any detail that is the face of a real hostess can play its role: from the stove to the photo gallery in the bedroom. Each housewife has these islands completely different: someone has a lot of glass elements, while others have a large number of indoor plants. If these main details of the interior of your home will always be clean, then no one will pay attention to the small ones. Moreover, this method is designed to ensure that any member of your family simply will not be able to stain a perfectly clean place or interior detail.Well, who can pollute a crystal clear sink that literally shines with cleanliness?

Fourth rule: today the flying lady method has gained such popularity that its own terms are beginning to appear in it. For example, the term “routine” has appeared, which implies the performance of morning or evening chores, which take no more than two minutes a day. Another term for the "fly lady" method is the concept of "hot spot". It refers to places that, no matter how you clean, always clog up again and again at the speed of sound. Such places can be shelves, cabinets or a coffee table, passing by which it is enough just to fold the literature - and the appearance of the room will change instantly.

The fifth rule: maintaining order in your apartment according to the “flying housewife” method, of course, will not save you from spring cleaning, but by following these tips daily, it will take much less time to clean your apartment globally. This method will show the highest degree of purity, provided that your house has cleaning equipment. higher class. This can be an electric brush for knocking dust out of mattresses or pillows, or a separator vacuum cleaner, which, when cleaning an apartment, thanks to a special filter, does not emit absorbed dust into the air, thereby making the degree of cleanliness in the apartment an order of magnitude higher.

The “flying housewife” makes a list of what she will have to do during the general cleaning process, and spends one hour a week on it. In one hour a week, you can have time to wash the tiles or knock out all the carpets in the house.Thus, if you decide to use this method when cleaning an apartment, then at the beginning of the month you need to make a list of tasks planned around the house. So you can independently distribute what and when you do from the specified list.

Rule 6: The final rule of the flying housewife cleaning is to get rid of twenty unnecessary things in the house, and, perhaps, in life, every week. It can be an old cream, which we are always afraid to throw away with the thought: “What if I still use it?”, Or worn-out slippers, even a piece of furniture. By performing this “ritual”, you free up space in the apartment, thereby facilitating cleaning in the house, and freeing up space for new things and interior details.

If you follow the “Flying Housewife” method when cleaning your apartment, it will save you a lot of time in order to devote it to the things you really love and important events and people in your life.