Not FoundThis simply means that the requested file is not there.Return to the index page HiFi Kabin : Disclaimer Professional cleaners share their secrets to getting cleaning chores done fast and efficiently. Photo By: Ljupco Smokovski Photo By: Yuri Arcurs Photo By: DK - House Works © 2010 Dorling Kindersley Limited Photo By: Lise Gagné Photo By: Zing Images/Getty Images Set aside a specific time to get your chores done. "Nobody hires a cleaning service that promises to arrive some random Saturday when nothing else is happening," Cynthia Townley Ewer, author ofHouseworks, says, "Take a tip from the pros and set up a regular cleaning schedule. Pros don’t quit until the job is done. Schedule the job and stick to it to get the work done in record time." Cynthia suggests using motivators to prevent distraction and head off boredom. "Play your favorite upbeat music. Listen to a book on tape so you'll feel as if you're accomplishing two tasks at once."

Professional cleaners dress in comfortable, washable clothing designed for work. Supportive shoes and kneepads spare their bodies. Goggles and gloves protect against chemicals. Throw out the bleach-stained sweatshirts, and create a cleaning uniform that includes shoes, gloves and eye protection. "Professional cleaners don’t use gadgets. You’ll never find them toting specialized one-time-use tools or the latest gimmick hawked on a TV infomercial," according to Cynthia. upholstery wet vacuum cleaner"Buy good tools — once — and use them, and you’ll be finished in record time."bissell vacuum cleaner videos "There's a reason the pros can tote all the products they need in one tray," Cynthia explains "They've simplified their cleaning products down to four basic supplies:electrolux vacuum cleaner head

Tile and bathroom cleaner Light-duty evaporating cleaner (glass cleaner or multi-surface cleaner)No soap scum remover, no special counter spray, no single-use products designed to clean only blinds or fans or walls. The professionals know that with these four simple products they'll be able to handle any ordinary cleaning chore." For efficiency sake, professional cleaners tote all their tools with them. All their tools — cleansers, brushes and rags — are right there in the tote tray. Vacuum, mop and mini-vac wait in the doorway. A plastic bag for trash is tucked into a pocket, next to the waving lamb's wool duster. That’s why the pro has finished the entire bathroom before our amateur makes it back up the stairs with the powdered cleanser. "Professional cleaners don’t circle a room more than once. Taking their place before the bathroom sink, they’ll spray and wipe the mirror, scrub the sink, wipe down counters and polish fixtures before they move one inch to the right or left," says Cynthia.

"Don’t get physical with your cleaning sessions; make every movement count. Stand fast and clean everything in your path before you move on." "Professional cleaners come to clean, not to tidy counters, furniture, appliances and floors. They can’t do the job if each horizontal surface in the home is covered with papers, toys, dirty dishes and just plain clutter," Cynthia explains. "Pretend that you’ve hired a high-priced cleaning crew. You wouldn’t make them relocate the clutter just to be able to do their job. Give yourself the same head start — pick up before you clean." "The pros don’t work as if one arm is in a sling and neither should you. Get in the habit of using both hands to attack cleaning tasks," advises Cynthia. "Spray a mirror with one hand; wipe it down with the other. Scrub counters with two sponges or cleaning cloths. Dusting goes twice as fast when a lamb's wool duster in one hand cleans nooks and crannies while the cleaning cloth in the other skims flat surfaces."

Two people make a bed four times faster than one. Two or three can make short work of an average home. Make cleaning a group effort. Family members are more reluctant to mess up a clean house when they have been part of the cleaning effort! DIY Quick Cleaning TipsYou don't have permission to access /101-more/6193_0_7_0_C/During the winter, your home’s carpet can begin looking pretty sad, what with all the coming and going of wet, snowy boots, drops of hot cocoa, and whatever else lots of interior-dwelling brings. You may be less than enthusiastic about spraying chemicals on your carpet, especially with kids or pets around. Here’s a simple DIY carpet cleaner that uses only natural ingredients that you probably have on-hand already.Put the funnel into your spray bottle and pour in 1 cup water and 1/2 cup distilled white vinegar. Vinegar has stain removal and deodorizing qualities, which makes it an essential ingredient for homemade carpet cleaner. Straight vinegar is a little too potent, however, so must be diluted with water.

Add into the spray bottle 1 tsp salt. Salt is a key ingredient for binding up stains. Actually, for stains that are really hard to remove, such as cranberry juice, pour some salt onto the stain first off. This will absorb excess liquid and help to keep the stain from setting before you even use this carpet cleaner. Let the salt dry before you vacuum it up, then move on with this carpet cleaner.Carefully add 8-10 drops of a clear essential oil, such as lavender, to the spray bottle. Essential oil in this recipe helps to deodorize the carpet area and should keep bacteria at bay as the cleaner does its job. Please note that you should avoid any essential oil that has any kind of color to it (particularly sweet orange essential oil), as this will inhibit the stain removal abilities of this carpet cleaner and actually make it worse by transferring additional color onto your carpet.After all ingredients have been poured through the funnel, use the end of the spray top tube to push any excess ingredients (such as salt) through the funnel.

Screw the spray top onto your spray bottle and give your carpet cleaner a good shake. It’s ready to go.Find the spot on your carpet that needs cleaning. If you have a fresh liquid stain, blot up (DON’T rub) excess liquid before applying this carpet cleaner. If you have an older or solid stain, pick up or vacuum the area first before applying this carpet cleaner.Spray a generous amount of carpet cleaner onto your stain; it should saturate the entire stain (but you don’t have to go overboard with this – it doesn’t need to be soaked through and through). Shake your spray bottle a couple times between each spray. Once the stained carpet area is dry, vacuum up the treated area.If your stain was treatable, it should come right up!For a tougher stain, follow the steps above except go ahead and soak the entire stain area thoroughly with carpet cleaner.This stain was tar-based, a remnant from someone’s shoe.After soaking the stain, letting it dry, and vacuuming it up, the stain was still visible, but upon closer inspection, it was beginning to break up (photo shows after first application).