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A poll last year by Consumers Union's ShopSmart magazine (Only 7% of Women Hate Cleaning Their Homes; Spend Five Hours Per Week Cleaning) showed that 25% of us love cleaning our homes and/or find it relaxing. Only 7% hate it.
ShopSmart’s Nine Cleaning Tools For Getting At Every Crevice
1. Feather duster for cleaning knickknacks, photo frames, and other lightweight objects.
2. White cotton gloves for cleaning chandeliers and between the slats of Venetian blinds.
3. Disposable Swiffer cloths for cleaning dust magnets like computer and TV screens, all kinds of hard surfaces like tabletops and floors, and even car dashboards. Keep one in your car and do a quick swipe when you’re at a stoplight.
4. Scrub brush with a handle for miscellaneous cleaning tasks.
5. Microfiber cloth for catching and holding dust.
6. Cotton swabs to get into tiny crevices in plastic bath mats, silver, and other small, hard-to-reach spots.
7. Tile grout brushes with a single row of stiff bristles for scrubbing between ceramic tiles. Toothbrushes also do the job.
8. Lint-free dust cloths made of 100 percent cotton for cleaning easily scratched items; other fabrics used as rags can create lint and are abrasive.
9. Lambswool Dusters or dust mops for wiping large surfaces, even walls, to pick up dust and cobwebs. The head can be removed and washed. Or save a few bucks and make a dust mop by wrapping an old cotton rag around the end of a broomstick.
We’d like to add three more “tools” to the list:
10. Fun, upbeat music
11. Help from other members of your household. (The poll also showed that 83% of women do the majority of the cleaning, but 56% of women said their spouses or significant others do participate.)
12. A planned reward for all your hard work!
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Spring Clean Your House in a Weekend
(Note: The views expressed in this blog post are those of the author, and do not necessarily represent those of The Housekeeping Channel, LLC.)
