The ABC of house cleaning
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free skin care · Thu Aug 20, 2009 6:13 am

Does anyone have any recommendations (books/websites/ personal tricks/products) on how to clean the house and do the housekeeping in a fast and easy way ( for lazy gals)? Rolling Eyes

I recently baught a new washcloth (Shinex)at Home Depot and it made my life easier, since now I wash the floor 5 times better and faster.

What I hate most is cleaning the oven or some greasy spots with chemicals that make me sick, but without them I have to use much more effort to clean Confused

Any suggestions?

free skin care · Thu Aug 20, 2009 10:09 am

Many years ago, I went from apartment living to single mom owning my own home, and I was so overwhelmed! I found the FlyLady site to be very helpful in getting organized and keeping my new house clean:

http://www.flylady.net/index.asp

HTH! Very Happy

free skin care · Thu Aug 20, 2009 1:47 pm

I LOVE Method Products... They all smell really nice, so your home does not smell like a chemical time bomb!

free skin care · Thu Aug 20, 2009 4:30 pm

nadjazz wrote:

Many years ago, I went from apartment living to single mom owning my own home, and I was so overwhelmed! I found the FlyLady site to be very helpful in getting organized and keeping my new house clean:

http://www.flylady.net/index.asp

HTH! Very Happy

Great site! Thanks and I bookmarked it!

free skin care · Thu Aug 20, 2009 5:51 pm

Thanks Nadjazz - I forgot about that site. However I'm looking to move from my big old home to a townhouse and keep it spic and span.

free skin care · Thu Aug 20, 2009 8:06 pm

ClaudiaFE wrote:

I LOVE Method Products... They all smell really nice, so your home does not smell like a chemical time bomb!

Yes! Thanks for the reminder, Claudia...some of my friends with the cleanest, prettiest homes are Method fans.

free skin care · Thu Aug 20, 2009 8:23 pm

I bookmarked it and gave them my email and have three already Laughing

I have Method products and prefer them

I'm off to shine my sink. : Cool

free skin care · Fri Aug 21, 2009 4:14 am

sister sweets wrote:

I'm off to shine my sink. : Cool

free skin care · Fri Aug 21, 2009 8:07 am

I highly recommend the Speed Cleaning books & method by Jeff Campbell. If anyone can make cleaning actually *enjoyable* it's this guy and his method!

http://www.speedcleaning.com/

free skin care · Fri Aug 21, 2009 5:58 pm

I use vinegar and water for cleaning floors, windows, and glass, ajax for almost everything else including toilet, also use some 7th generation stuff. Can't stand chemicals.

To clean oven:

1. Add baking soda to a completely cool oven.

2. Spray the baking soda with water to help break down the food particles.

3. Continue spraying the baking soda with water as it dries out, every few hours.

4. Scrape out the baking soda along with the baked on residue.

5. Rinse the bottom of the oven out thoroughly.

free skin care · Fri Aug 21, 2009 8:47 pm

secretly wrote:

I use vinegar and water for cleaning floors, windows, and glass, ajax for almost everything else including toilet, also use some 7th generation stuff. Can't stand chemicals.

To clean oven:

1. Add baking soda to a completely cool oven.

2. Spray the baking soda with water to help break down the food particles.

3. Continue spraying the baking soda with water as it dries out, every few hours.

4. Scrape out the baking soda along with the baked on residue.

5. Rinse the bottom of the oven out thoroughly.

OOOOh thanks for this. I'm gonna try that sometime. When or if I get a dirty oven that is.
You know I'm so lazy that I use an electric frypan to cook my roasts in so as not to dirty my oven. Embarassed

free skin care · Fri Aug 21, 2009 9:40 pm

If you have kids, or dogs, or like to entertain, and anything yucky happens to spill/stain your carpets or area rugs, (or car upholstery) - there is product called Capture Carpet Cleaner that has saved me a million times. It's a water-based powder that has a slight lemon scent. It doesn't void carpet warranties, (I've used it on handmade rugs) and dries in about 30 minutes. You just vacuum up the powder and that's it. No scrubbing. Smile

Sometimes works on old, set-in stains, too.

free skin care · Tue Aug 25, 2009 7:23 pm

Hopefully you can open this link

http://methodhome.com/post/2009/08/25/yeahwee28099re-big-in-hollywood.aspx

If you buy the movie Sunshine Cleaning (about 2 broke women that open a house cleaning business, then realize they could make A LOT more $$ cleaning up at crime scenes...), then you get $10 coupons on Method (one of my faves) products!!!!

That's worth it!

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