Does it take you a long time to clean your kitchen and you wish it was easier and faster? You may be going about it the wrong way or simply missing out on some simple steps that could help you do the job more speedily. To see if you might benefit from a different and better way, keep on reading to learn our method for faster kitchen cleaning.
Make Some Space
You should start by clearing out everything that you can to make some room in the kitchen. You will have a tough time cleaning with items in the way.
What kind of items are we talking about? Are we really suggesting that you move the fridge? No, you should save that for deep cleaning, and we are focusing more on a basic cleaning of the kitchen in this article.
So, we suggest moving out all of the small items from the kitchen. Any chairs and mats should be taken off the floor, and then the toaster, microwave, blender, and other small appliances should be removed from the countertops. You will also want to remove any jars, cans, and decorations on the walls and counters.
Move these loose items to another room to make space. They can be placed on the dining room table or somewhere else out of the way. If you want, you can wipe them down before moving them so that you confine any mess to the kitchen. Once you have them out of the way, the rest of the cleaning will go faster and will be more thorough.
If You Sweep Early, Just Do a Quick Sweep of the Floor
You may want to sweep the kitchen floor just to have it kind of clean and to stop yourself from stepping on dirt and debris there. We recommend that floor cleaning be the last thing you do in the cleaning process, though, because you will simply be adding to that mess on the floor as you clean other areas.
If the mess already on the floor bothers you, though, then just do a quick, cursory cleaning that doesn’t take up much of your time.
Use Liquid Cleaners for Speedier Work
What a lot of people do when they clean in their kitchen is to wipe down all surfaces with a rag. This takes a lot of effort and may not be very effective. Simply wetting a rag and then using it to scrub at all of the hard surfaces in the kitchen takes so much work.
Our suggestion is to spray down surfaces with a cleaning solution. You can make your own using vinegar and water, with a little lemon juice, or you can buy a commercial cleaning product. Either way, spray down large surfaces before you do any scrubbing. Let the cleaner soak into the surface and the grime so that all of the stuck-on debris is easier to remove.
If you give the cleaner a few minutes to work, it will make your job easier. The cleaner can penetrate down to the surface of the countertop or cupboard or wherever and loosen up the grime. Then you can wipe away to make the surface clean. Use appropriate cleaners for each surface, being careful of wood and other surfaces that may need special cleaners to be used on them.
Let Dishes Soak
If you wash dishes by hand, you may be giving yourself a lot of extra work depending on the method that you use. Do you let your dishes soak in soapy water first before trying to scrub them clean?
The same principle applies with the dishes as it does to the grime on the countertops. If you let them soak in the water for a but before scrubbing at them they will clean much easier. Have you ever tried to clean a cheese grater after dinner? The cheese hardens and sticks firmly to the metal. But if you let that grater soak in warm, soapy water for a while, the cheese will wipe off easily when you are ready to clean it.
Clean with High Quality Tools
If you are just using whatever tools you can find in order to clean your kitchen, you might be giving yourself more work. We recommend buying new tools to replace old, damaged ones and using appropriate tools for each cleaning job.
For instance, if your scrubbing pads are worn, they will not clean very well. You will need to use extra effort to make surfaces clean. So, buying new ones can be helpful, because the pads will have rough surfaces that are good for cleaning effectively, and you will clean faster and stress yourself less. The scrubbing pad is just one tool that is much more effective when it is new, and it doesn’t cost much at all.
We always recommend taking stock of your cleaning supplies before starting a cleaning project. Look at what you are using and if it is going to make your work easier or more difficult. It can be well worth it to take the time and money to upgrade and replace items in need of changing.
Hire Help when Needed
Cleaning the kitchen can be quite a big job, and it may be open that you don’t want to tackle on your own, especially if you are going for a deep clean. We would suggest hiring sparkling home services to clean it for you, if the job is too much for you to do on your own easily. If you have professionals come and clean up the place instead, they can get the work done fast and keep it look-in clean for you.
You can hire them for whenever you are ready to have the kitchen cleaned and then sit back and let them do the work. You may get better results, and you will definitely enjoy less stress and less strain as they handle all of that scrubbing, spraying, and cleaning.
