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Cleaning During Flu Season

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Cleaning During Flu Season

by Amy Sardone on Aug 07, 2024
Cold and flu season arrives along with Fall —achoo!—but we are here to help you clean your house so you’re in the best shape possible to keep your family and yourself healthy all season long. Unfortunately, no one has yet discovered a cure for the cold or flu, but whatever you can do to prevent germs from spreading will make a big difference in your home.  Frequently touched contact points The biggest impact you can have is cleaning the spots in your home that are frequently handled by everyone in the house. These include light switches, door knobs, cupboard handles, drawer pulls, refrigerator handles, the coffee pot handle, sink faucets and toilet handles, soap pumps, countertops, table tops, and, of course, your remote controls. And don’t forget the keyboard and mouse of your computer, if applicable. During cold and flu season, try to clean these areas more than usual. Spray some Speed Cleaning™ Red Juice on one of your Speed Cleaning™ Microfiber Dusting and Cleaning Cloths and wipe these contact points down at least once a day. It’s also a good idea to remind your family to wash their hands often. Both of these actions combined will go a long way to protecting the health of your family. Don’t forget to wash sponges and cleaning cloths As you fight the battle against germs, don’t forget to toss the Speed Cleaning™ Microfiber Dusting and Cleaning Cloths into the laundry after use. Otherwise, you’re just spreading the germs from spot to spot. After using sponges in the kitchen or bathroom, you can disinfect by zapping saturated sponges in the microwave for 60 seconds. Wash towels and bedding Towels that everyone dries their hands on should be changed out daily, along with any sheets of a sick person. Fresh sheets and towels will go a long way to making your sick family member feel a little bit better. And germs are contained for the rest of the family by swapping out fresh towels each day. Wipe down surfaces Your coffee table, nightstands, countertops, desks... all these surfaces can get dirty and aren’t cleaned as often as most parts of your house. Be sure to wipe these areas using a little Speed Cleaning™ Red Juice sprayed on one of your Speed Cleaning™ Microfiber Dusting and Cleaning Cloths to clean. Clean your phone Yes, that mobile phone you’re always clutching can have more germs than a toilet seat. Wipe your phone down weekly using a microfiber cloth and a safe cleaner, like Red Juice. Avoid harsh cleaning wipes that could ruin the coating on your phone’s screen. We hope these tips help you keep your house healthy during this cold and flu season. And if you’re the one who’s sick, feel free to pass these tips on to your helper bees so that they can keep the rest of your household in good shape. 
Tips for Fall Cleaning

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Tips for Fall Cleaning

by Amy Sardone on Aug 07, 2024
Everyone talks about Spring Cleaning as if it’s the only season to thoroughly tidy up your home, but I’m more partial to Fall Cleaning. And now that fall is officially here, I’m ready to get my house in shape for cozy days and longer nights as the sun goes down earlier and earlier.So how can you turn this into a task that seems manageable? Hopefully you’ve been keeping up with your maintenance cleanings every week so you’re not tackling an extremely messy house. If you’re short on time, pick one or two things to take care of per week with an eye toward having your house in perfect shape by the time company arrives for the holidays.Here are a few other tips to make your life easier as you complete your Fall Cleaning: Make every move count. Be efficient! Work your way around a room once, carrying all your tools and supplies with you in a cleaning apron. Stop wasting energy by darting all around a room, and start cleaning around the room in one direction. Use the right tools. This is where the apron comes in handy, making it easy to carry your supplies and tools. Stuff garbage or wet sponges into the apron’s pockets to save time. Work from top to bottom. You can’t fight gravity, so work with it! Clean ceilings and high shelves of dust and bits of grime that will fall to the floor where you can vacuum them up. Start at the top and work your way down. Don’t overclean things that aren’t dirty. Spot clean areas with your bottle of Red Juice to wipe away fingerprints and move on to the next surface. Clean surfaces before you rinse or wipe them. Don’t rinse or wipe a surface before it’s really clean. Know when to give up on a tool. Recognize if the tool you’re using isn’t working instead of using more elbow grease and tiring yourself out unnecessarily. Repeat. Repeat. Repeat. Your moves get smoother by practicing them over and over. Put your cleaning tools back in the same spot in your apron each time you use them. When pull out your Red Juice, your hand will know exactly where it is in the apron. Pay attention. Don’t zone out but focus on the task at hand. You may even find that you’re enjoying what you’re doing! Use both your hands. Don’t leave any scrubbing or wiping capacity idle. Spray with one hand while you reach for the cloth in your apron with the other to wipe up behind it. Track your time. Note what time you started and stopped and marvel at how much you accomplished.
Use the Speed Cleaning Safe Rule of 3 to Properly Sanitize a Surface

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Use the Speed Cleaning Safe Rule of 3 to Properly Sanitize a Surface

by Amy Sardone on Aug 07, 2024
I've seen more than one business violating one or MORE of the Safe Rule Of 3 while attempting to clean with disinfectants during the coronavirus (or COVID19) crisis.Follow the Speed Cleaning Safe Rule of 3 for a safe, simple way to clean. These simple steps will help you keep your home, office, or place of business clean and safe all year long.Speed Cleaning Safe Rule of 31. First you clean, then you zapClean a surface first, then you can zap it with disinfectant. First you use an all purpose cleaner like Speed Cleaning™ Red Juice to clean the surface—removing all the dirt and gunk and fingerprints— and only then do you follow up with an EPA-Registered Disinfectant.2. Spray and stayThis is the most critical rule of the three Speed Cleaning Safe Rule of 3. Spray disinfectant and then you let it sit on the surface. Resist temptation to wipe it immediately.Do you know the dwell time of your disinfectant? Instructions on the bottle will tell you how much dwell time that particular disinfectant needs to kill viruses or bacteria. This is the amount of time that the liquid needs to remain on the surface before being wiped off. So have patience and wait the full dwell time before wiping the surface.Most disinfectants  need at least 90 seconds of dwell time to kill viruses. It's harder to kill bacteria than it is to kill viruses, so the dwell time may be about ten minutes to kill bacteria. But if you’re only concerned about the coronavirus, let the disinfectant dwell on the surface for at least 90 seconds and then wipe it up.3. Once and done"By the third doorknob you're doing more harm than good," says Science Of Cleaning expert Bruce Vance.  Use an area on your cleaning towel only one time. Use another part of the towel or cloth to keep cleaning other surfaces. Do not clean multiple surfaces with the same side of the towel. Need towels? We have Speed Cleaning™ Microfiber Dusting and Cleaning Cloths.You can keep flipping your towel to find clean sides to use. Spray disinfectant, let it sit for the right dwell time, then wipe with a towel. Use the towel areas once, then you're done. Get a clean side for every surface you want to clean.If you have sanitizing wipes, instead of “once and done,” it's “once and toss.” Use the sanitizing wipe on one surface and then toss it out to avoid cross-contamination.Cleaning SuppliesIf your local store shelves are empty, our warehouse is full and ready to help you.  We have plenty of supplies and can ship them to you right away.Stock up on your cleaning supplies with these popular Speed Cleaning™ products: Speed Cleaning™ Red Juice Speed Cleaning™ Blue Juice Speed Cleaning™ Microfiber Dusting and Cleaning Cloths Vapamore Steam Cleaner MR-100 Primo Stay clean and stay safe!
Hibernating This Winter? Clean Your House First

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Hibernating This Winter? Clean Your House First

by Amy Sardone on Aug 07, 2024
Parts of the country have been hit with excessively cold temperatures this winter and we don’t blame you if you feel like sealing up the doors and hibernating until spring! But before you arrange your life to leave the home as little as possible, be sure your cozy home-cave is as clean as possible. That way, you’ll feel nice and snug as you settle in and watch winter swirl outside your window. Here are some quick tips to help you get your home ready for hibernation.Tidy upYour Speed Cleaning™ Apron is essential to helping you keep a tidy and clean home. Since you’re already planning on slowing down and getting into hibernation mode, we recommend this efficient way to keep your home clean. Before you tackle cleaning, you load it up with all the tools you need— like cleaning cloths, Speed Cleaning™ Red Juice, a duster, and some brushes—and then work your way around your home from room to room. You save yourself from running back and forth to grab any cleaning tools because they’re all strapped around your waist in the apron.Ditch the clutterSince you plan on battening down the hatches and staying put for awhile, the last thing you need is to start out with a cluttered nest. Don’t forget the three essential rules to managing the clutter that you may find starting to accumulate in your home: When  in doubt, throw it out. Use it or lose it. Efficiency counts, so store things according to how often you need to use them. Tackle germs before they tackle youYou’ll want as pristine an environment as possible as you settle into your hibernation. So as you clean, be sure to wipe down surfaces. Things like your coffee table, nightstands, countertops, cabinet handles, desks... all these can get dirty and aren’t cleaned as often as most parts of your house. Wipe these areas using a little Speed Cleaning™ Red Juice sprayed on one of your Speed Cleaning™ Microfiber Dusting and Cleaning Cloths to clean.We hope these tips help you clean your home as you get ready to leave the house as little as possible and catch up on all your streaming TV while watching a fire crackle in your fireplace. Stay warm and cozy and keep your house clean!

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Holiday-Ready Cabinets: 5 Simple Steps to Sparkling Clean

by Shopify API on Aug 07, 2024
“I have beautiful wood cabinets lining my kitchen walls that keep getting stickier and greasier as the years go by. Help! How do I clean these?” With the holiday season fast approaching, your kitchen becomes the heart of family gatherings and feasts. We all know how mothers can be, playfully judging our kitchen cleanliness! So, here's a friendly tip: it's time to clean those kitchen cabinets! Not only will this ensure your cabinets gleam with holiday spirit, but it's also important for a healthier home. Over time, cabinets collect invisible residues and become sticky from cooking grease, food and drink particles. Yes, it can be gross to realize this grime has accumulated in your kitchen. But fear not! We have a great method and eco-friendly solutions help maintain safety while keeping the holidays joyful and your cabinets sparkling.  So what is our effective cleaning method? We've tested lots of products and developed a great Speed Cleaning method we know will work for you. Read on to learn our secrets and discover the products that do the work for you.

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