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myLot reputation of 98/100. muscles4me (11361) 3 years ago

Here are some tips from www.cleantips.netFloors. For a great way to clean your home's linoleum or tile floors, mix together about 15 drops of orange essential oil, 8 drops of essential lemon oil, 2 tablespoons of liquid soap and a gallon of hot water. The resulting mixture will work almost as well as any commercially available floor cleaner and make your room citrusy fresh.
Carpets. Using rosewood essential oil (about 25 drops), eucalyptus essential oil (about 35 drops), and lavender essential oils (roughly 30 drops) mixed with 4 cups of baking soda or cornstarch will create a fantastic homemade carpet freshener. Simply sprinkle it on your carpet fifteen minutes prior to vacuuming and you will have some fantastically fresh carpets.
Countertops. Tee Tree oil (or Tea Tree oil) and lavender essential oils have proven anti-bacterial properties that you can use to help disinfect and clean countertops around the home or office. Simply put around five drops of oil into a spray bottle and spray onto the countertops that you want to clean, and wipe it off. For larger jobs, like cleaning an entire room, put around 50 drops of oil into a bucket and mix it all together.
When you Spring clean do you do one room a day or do you do all windows one day and all carpets the next etc. I do the later. I will spend a day on just windows and a day on just counter tops which includes stove top and oven door as well as refrigerator. Its a dirty job but my cats refuse to do it so I have to.

 

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1. myLot reputation of 98/100. vicki2876 (3283)   ranked 857 out of 19,259 in questions & answers   3 years ago

I spring clean a few times a year. I have three children and this place gets filled up and dirty quick. I usually spring clean and fall clean and sometimes just before christmas. We have a heavy collection in the spring and fall to get rid big stuff that has broken. Which happens more than I like to admit here. LOL I am lucky that I quit smoking cause the wall are doing better this year, even though I only smoked outside, I guess it was still crawling back in somehow cause I don't have as much dirty walls.

I love to spring clean cause everything gets reorganized and refreshed.

I have recently heard about tea tree oil and have just bought a bottle to try out.
So I will try that out too. Thanks


myLot reputation of 98/100. muscles4me (11361)  3 years ago

I don't have childern so the only person I have to clean up after is myself. LOL. I like to clean my counters often also because I like shinny counter tops. Have a good time cleaning this spring.

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2. myLot reputation of 91/100. giftsandbagscom (25568)   ranked 247 out of 19,259 in questions & answers   3 years ago

There is a lot of good info here. No I don't have to spring clean. I keep my house clutter free and clean. Some people think of cleaning differently. I find that once my floors are cleaned. closets are clutter free. etc


myLot reputation of 98/100. muscles4me (11361)  3 years ago

Good for you. I try to keep things clean but once or twice a year I like to polish thinmgs real good. I am by no means a Martha Stewart. I think thats because my mom was a clean freak. In a way she still is at 88 years old.

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3. myLot reputation of 92/100. underdogtoo (8736)   ranked 2,410 out of 19,259 in questions & answers   3 years ago

There is no spring in my neck of the woods and there is no spring cleaning tradition. Cheers!!


myLot reputation of 98/100. muscles4me (11361)  3 years ago

Does that mean that nothing gets dirty where you live? LOLlol. If thats the case you will soon have a new neighbor....I am on my way.

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4. myLot reputation of 91/100. bombshell (5392)   ranked 166 out of 19,259 in questions & answers   3 years ago

yes i always do spring cleaning.i even started today and next week painting the bedroomwink.

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5. myLot reputation of 100/100. JenInTN (10152)   ranked 1 out of 19,259 in questions & answers   3 years ago

Hi muscles4me! Thanks for the tips! I always spring clean and I usually take a full day to do it. I do all my windows and everything else I can get my hands on. I like opening up the windows and giving the house a good cleaning after being cooped up in it all winter.


myLot reputation of 100/100. JenInTN (10152)   ranked 1 out of 19,259 in questions & answers  3 years ago

Thanks for the best response! Take care.

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