If you are like me, house cleaning is a job that gets constantly put off. I just don’t feel like there is enough time for me to mop, sweep, dust, scrub, scrape, and polish. Thankfully, there are people out there who have been doing this kind of thing for years. These professionals know the ins and outs of the job, and they will tell us the secrets to prevent it from taking over our lives.

Okay, let’s start in the kitchen. When attempting to scrub and sanitize this massive filth and germ attractor, be sure to start on the right side of the stove and work clockwise around the room. This will leave the stove, typically the dirtiest part of the kitchen, for the last task. By doing this, you are reducing the amount of dirt and grime you spread to other parts of the kitchen during your cleaning process.

While in the kitchen, make sure that you disinfect the sink when scrubbing it. Disinfecting and sanitizing this area regularly is very important because it has been proven that the kitchen sink actually contains more germs than the toilet bowl. Now moving on to the dishwasher, I find myself rationalizing that I can skip this machine because it’s getting cleaned every time I use it. Well, I could not be further from the truth. The dishwasher is home to caked on grime and many nasty germs like e-coli. Because of this, it needs to be wiped out regularly with a combination of baking soda and bleach. This combination will kill those germs while removing old, crusty food.

To avoid the manual labor of scrubbing the bottom of your oven, a great tool to use is an oven liner. This great invention can be wiped with a towel and placed in the dishwasher to be cleaned and used over and over. It will prevent the black soot that is so prevalent in ovens from coating the bottom of yours.

A great time saver when dealing with house cleaning is to clean as you go. A great example of this can be illustrated in the kitchen. As you prepare a meal, fill the sink with hot, soapy water. Place the preparation dishes in the water to soak as you enjoy the meal, and then do the same with the dinner dishes. By the time dessert is over, all of the dishes can be transported from the sink to the dishwasher with little or no scrubbing. Along these same lines, be sure to wipe up any spills as they happen. They will be much easier to eliminate this way, than if you wait until they harden.

Another time saver when it comes to house cleaning is to simply wash your shower curtain liner with a few towels in the laundry. This method will be much faster than trying to scrub the mildew and grime off by hand, and it is not nearly as disgusting either. Also, to easily tame the toilet, simply pour some tang in the bowl and let it stand for a few minutes. The citric acid works as a scrubber to eliminate all of those nasty stains.