Simple, but time-tested and proven folk remedies, they help out both at home and in the country. It is noteworthy that baking soda, salt, vinegar, citric acid, hydrogen peroxide, ammonia and ethyl alcohol can be found in any housewife, and also, unlike purchased household chemicals, homemade "fighters for cleanliness" are hypoallergenic, environmentally friendly and cost mere pennies.

Cleaning without chemicals does not require much time and special skill. The main thing is to use household gloves and do not forget to remove any funds after use in places inaccessible to small and fluffy household members.

Baking soda

1. To get rid of the musty smell in the lockers, place homemade sachets (fabric bags) with soda on the shelves.
2. Soda, diluted with water to the consistency of sour cream, will remove the unpleasant odor - the result of the vital activity of pets.
3. Soda solution will refresh the refrigerator (4 tablespoons of soda per 1 liter of warm water). Wipe with a sponge soaked in the solution, the shelves and the inner walls of the unit.
4. Soak sponges that have absorbed kitchen odors in a soda solution similar to the previous recipe, then rinse in warm water.
5. Fill a pot or pan with the remnants of burnt food with water, add a couple of tbsp. tablespoons of soda and boil - it will be much easier to clean the dishes.
6. Sprinkle greasy stains on the stove, baking sheet, pan or table with soda, and after 20-30 minutes remove the remaining dirt with a damp sponge.
7. To remove carbon deposits in the oven, treat the contaminated areas with a paste (100 g of soda, 2 tablespoons of liquid soap / gel, a little water). Leave overnight.
8. A product prepared from 100 g of soda and a bucket of warm water will help get rid of dirt on tile or other ceramic tiles, and restore a fresh look to the carpet. Spray the solution with a spray bottle onto the surface and leave for 15 minutes. After "walk" with a damp sponge (brush).
9. Baking soda is great for cleaning plumbing. For a pleasant fragrance, add a few drops of any essential oil.
10. Treat stainless steel surfaces (handles, faucets, faucets) with a slice of lemon sprinkled with soda. Let the composition dry, rinse with water, wipe dry.

Salt

Being, like soda, an absorbent, salt instantly absorbs unpleasant odors. Therefore, use it in bags or just a container filled with crystals to get rid of "aromas".

1. Containers with airtight lids, where extraneous odors especially “stagnate”, sprinkle with salt (a couple of tablespoons is enough) for 15-20 minutes before washing.
2. Salt absorbs fat well, and the abrasive properties help get rid of burnt food. Use salt to soak and wash pots, pans, and pans.
3. combination of salt and vegetable oil(usually sunflower) copes with whitish circles that leave glasses and cups on a wooden surface. Apply oil on the trail first, and then sprinkle with salt. Wash off with warm water after an hour.
4. A wooden floor will have a pleasant shine if you add ½ cup of salt to a bucket of warm water when washing.
5. In order for the broom or mop to last longer, soak it for 10-20 minutes in hot salted water before the first use.
6. Mix salt with lemon juice (to the state of gruel), treat rusty smudges on pipes, taps, mixers with the resulting mixture. Leave for a few minutes and then wipe with a damp sponge.

Lemon juice and citric acid

Lemon perfectly neutralizes odors and removes lime.

1. Wipe the cutting board, countertop (not suitable for porous stone surfaces), refrigerator shelves with a slice of citrus and see for yourself!
2. Limescale does not like sour juice very much: treat the damaged surfaces with a slice of lemon, and to enhance the cleaning effect, polish the “stainless steel” with parchment (waxed) paper.
3. To get rid of dried splashes and stains inside the microwave, bring the inside of the “stove” to a boil a small amount of water (pre-dip a slice of lemon in a container).
4. The scale in the kettle will disappear without a trace: just fill it with water to the maximum mark, add 25 g citric acid, boil.
5. The drum of the washing machine will be like new. Select the “hottest” temperature setting and leave the machine to run idle (without laundry), after pouring citric acid into the drum. With a machine volume designed for 3-4 kg of washing, a pair of 25 g bags will suffice.

table vinegar

1. Vinegar, diluted in half with cool or warm water, cleans almost any surface well: glass, plastic, linoleum, wood, stainless steel, ceramic tiles. In addition, it gives a pleasant sheen to smooth surfaces.
2. To clean sticky cutlery, wipe it with a vinegar-soaked dry cloth.
3. To get rid of unpleasant odors, treat the corners in the bathroom and kitchen, plumbing with a mixture of vinegar and water (in a ratio of 1: 1), poured into a spray bottle.
4. Soak dishes with dried food residues in a warm solution (take 3 tablespoons of vinegar and 1 tablespoon of table salt in a bowl of water). Leave for an hour, then wash the dishes as usual.
5. The following recipe will help from blockages in the pipes: pour soda (3/4 cup) into the drain, pour vinegar (1/2 cup). Wait half an hour, then drain hot water for several minutes.

Hydrogen peroxide

1. To disinfect bathrooms and kitchen surfaces, use a mixture of 3% hydrogen peroxide and mineral water (1:1 ratio).
2. Paired with baking soda, peroxide can rid dishes of burnt food: mix the products so that you get a thick paste, apply to the contaminated area. After a few minutes, rinse with plenty of water.
3. Rust stains will disappear without a trace under the influence of hydrogen peroxide mixed with ammonia (in equal proportions).
4. In the bathroom, this tool is indispensable: periodically process the tiles, and especially the seams between the tiles, with an aqueous solution of hydrogen peroxide (in a ratio of 1: 1) and soon you will forget about what mold and fungus are.

Ammonia

1. Already washed glasses with a soft sponge soaked in warm water (1 liter) with the addition of ammonia (1 tablespoon). This solution gives the glass a shine and removes unsightly stains. To fix the effect, polish the glass surface with a soft cloth.
2. To clean the floor, dilute 5 ml of ammonia in 5 liters of water. Such a composition will not only make the surface shine, but also relieve stubborn unpleasant odors.
3. Carpet stains are easy to remove if you prepare a home remedy with ½ liter of water, 1 tbsp. spoons of liquid soap and 1 tbsp. spoons of ammonia. Hold the composition on the carpet for several minutes, and then remove it along with the contamination with a damp sponge.
4. Homemade wood polish will come out no worse than store-bought: mix 200 ml of water, 5 drops of ammonia and 500 ml of glycerin.

Ethyl alcohol or vodka

1. To make mirrors and glass surfaces shine, degrease them before washing: add a couple of tablespoons of alcohol to the soap solution.
2. Use vodka or alcohol diluted to 40 degrees to treat the seams between the tiles in the bathroom, kitchen or toilet. This technique allows you to well disinfect the connections, preventing the subsequent reproduction of mold.
3. With glue residue that usually ruins appearance items equipped with stickers, even the cheapest vodka or diluted alcohol can easily cope.
4. With the help of vodka, prepare very greasy plates and cups for washing: add a little alcohol to a bowl of hot water, soak the dishes for 15-20 minutes.

To be honest, a few years ago, cleaning the house was a real punishment for me and took place most often in an emergency mode. Now, even though I have Small child I love to clean and do it with pleasure. And today I want to tell you how to keep clean and tidy with your own hands without any hassle.

General rules for light cleaning

So a few simple tips cleaning that actually work:

1. Remember, there are no perfectly clean houses.! Give up perfectionism - it spoils both the process and the result.
2. Try to clean at the same time, on the same days—for example, every Tuesday and every Friday. So you will be able to develop a habit, and routine activities will no longer cause discomfort.

1. Make the most of useful tools for cleaning and effective cleaning products.
2. Involve all household members in cleaning the apartment. Depending on age, you can entrust each person with a certain scope of work.

1. Get out in comfortable clothes and try not to ignore the rubber gloves - your hands will say "Thank you!"
2. Turn on your favorite music. Make cleaning a fun activity.

What will be needed for cleaning?

Cleaning products

To begin with, I will reveal to you a secret that came with experience. Specialized tools for a particular surface or device are just marketing.

Of course, if you love all these jars and want to play the perfect hostess a little - try it. But in fact, only two or three can be used for cleaning. universal means, which can easily cope with all types of pollution.

• As a detergent, disinfectant and degreaser for various types surfaces, you can use the products of well-known brands Mister Muscle, Mister Proper, Komet, Sorti and others.
• For wooden flooring you need to use special cleaning products, so carefully read the instructions when buying.

For those who are trying to avoid household chemicals (health or beliefs), you can prepare home cleaning products with your own hands. Perfect for this:

• soda;
• vinegar;
• lemon;
• ammonia.

The price of these products is cheap, and the effect is amazing. Diluted in various proportions, these products are able to cope with any contamination: clean grease from kitchen appliances and surfaces, give shine to plumbing and glass, freshen up laminate flooring, etc.

Instruments

To make cleaning easier, get a few handy tools.

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	A vacuum cleaner- indispensable for regular cleaning of the house, as well as for cleaning upholstered furniture.
	Bucket - ideal container for water and cleaning solutions.
	Telescopic mop for washing windows will help wash the glass inside and out.
	Microfiber cloths They do an excellent job with dust, and are also suitable for cleaning mirrors.
	Soft and hard sponges suitable for washing and cleaning various surfaces and household appliances.
	Microfiber mop Great for cleaning linoleum, laminate and tile floors.
	Panicle needed to remove dust.
	Toothbrush helps to cope with difficult pollution in hard-to-reach places.
	Basket or cart for household chemicals and tools will solve the problem of storing cleaning products.

Varieties of cleaning

It is customary to distinguish between two types of cleaning - general and regular (regular) cleaning.

General cleaning

Every hostess faces the usual cleaning several times a week. Of course, depending on the state of a particular room, its sequence, duration and intensity may vary.

But more often than not, regular cleaning is best done So:

1. Tidy up your hallway first.: extra outerwear in the closet, scarves and gloves - in boxes, shoes - on the counter, old bills and checks from a vase - in the trash.

1. In the bathroom treat all ceramic surfaces with liquid detergent and leave for a few minutes. Then remove unnecessary items, send dirty things to washing machine hang fresh towels.
2. Make your beds, clear work surfaces, remove scattered clothing.

1. Vacuum the floors and wipe the dust.
2. Go back to the bathroom and wash off the applied product. Don't forget to dry the floor!
3. Refresh mirrors and glass surfaces special cleaning agent.

1. Kitchen - the final stage. Send dirty dishes to the sink, remove all unnecessary from the table and work surfaces, wipe the stove and window sill.
2. Wash the floor in the kitchen.

A little secret from the creators of the FlyLady system: if every day for 15 minutes you pay attention to putting things in order in a particular area (cleaning cabinets, cleaning appliances, etc.), in a month the house will become noticeably cleaner.

General order

As a rule, general cleaning of the apartment is carried out infrequently - several times a year, on the eve of holidays or important events. It covers all premises and is carried out very carefully.

A general cleaning plan, in contrast to regular cleaning, must necessarily include the following items:

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	Rooms: Wash windows and window sills. Wash curtains and curtains. Put things in order: cleaning in closets with clothes, books, tables with documents. Clean upholstered furniture and carpets. Wash batteries, doors, chandeliers. Wash furniture fittings.
	Kitchen: Wash windows. Wash out the refrigerator. Conduct inventory audits. Clean household appliances.
	Bedroom: Clean pillows, duvets and bedspreads. It is best to dry clean (at least once a year, after the winter season).
	Bathroom: Review cosmetics. Clean plumbing. Wash the visible parts of the pipes.
	Storerooms and mezzanines: Conduct an inventory audit. Pack/unpack seasonal items.

Don't try to finish the general cleaning in one day. This is a long process that cannot be rushed. Follow the plan and make the most of the helpful tips to make your tasks easier!

Summary

Now you know that even the most terrible general cleaning can be simple and not so unpleasant. I hope that my cleaning tips will be useful to you, and you will use them in your life.

In the video in this article you will find a lot more useful information, and if you have any questions - welcome to the comments, I will be happy to answer them.

Cleaning your home can be fun! If you approach this matter with a certain ingenuity, you can feel like a real ruler of the purest universe. The realization that you can bring perfect cleanliness everywhere, using only home remedies, will make cleaning more enjoyable. After all, you can save so much money on expensive household chemicals! And the result of the work will definitely satisfy you.

1.Cleaning the oven is no longer an impossible task. Ammonia will help you make the surface of the oven shine. You just need to put a glass of hot water and a glass of ammonia in a preheated oven. Any dirt can be quickly removed after this procedure.

2. If you want to wash the dishwasher, ordinary vinegar will come to your rescue. Just put a cup of vinegar in the dishwasher and turn on the high heat setting.

3. The shower head will shine and begin to pass water perfectly again! Run the mixer overnight plastic bag filled with vinegar. In the morning everything will sparkle!

4. A frying pan will be washed clean if you pour vinegar into it and heat it up. In especially difficult cases, baking soda will also help, it will remove stubborn dirt.

5. You can wash the blender with ease! Just fill it with water and detergent and turn it on. After a minute, the blender will wash itself!

6. It sounds weird, but you can remove greasy spots from the surface of the stove using oil! Put a few drops of vegetable oil on a napkin and wipe the greasy marks.

7. To clean your ceiling fan, wrap it in a damp pillowcase. The pillowcase will collect all the accumulated dust.

8. Vinegar mixed with 4 tablets of Alka-Seltzer can clear clogged pipes. Place one cup of vinegar mixed with pills down a clogged drain. The result will not be long in coming!

9. Silver can be cleaned with warm water mixed with salt and soda.

10. If you sprinkle greasy stains with chalk, they will become less noticeable. Remove the chalk from the stain with a damp cloth.

11. Dusty corners are best wiped with an antistatic material. This will protect the surface from further dust accumulation.

12. Destroy germs that have already settled on your kitchen sponge. Just put it in the microwave for two minutes, all microbes will die in agony.

13. A rubber roller will help you easily get rid of pet hair scattered around the house.

14. To remove dirt from the surface of the mattress and refresh it, pour alcohol or vodka into the sprinkler. Spray the mattress and it will noticeably freshen up immediately!

15. The baking dish is well cleaned with ordinary foil and dishwashing detergent.

16. To make the grinder clean and remove the smell, just grind some rice in it. For the best effect, wipe the coffee grinder with baking soda afterwards.

17. Vinegar is a wonderful tool for wiping dusty and dirty surfaces.

18. Wet shoes will dry quickly if you put inside not only newspapers, but also bags of rice. They will absorb all the unwanted moisture!

19. Vinegar with water is an excellent stain remover. Check this fact and remove the old stain on the carpet. After you wet the stain with vinegar, place a damp cloth on top. Hold a hot iron on it for a few minutes. The stain will disappear before your eyes.

20. Baking soda and water also removes stains, even very difficult ones.

21. Small pieces can be collected with bread. Now no one will get hurt!

22. Leather furniture is not as difficult to maintain as you thought. The usual shoe polish of the desired shade is suitable as a means of caring for leather furniture.

Almost more attention is paid to the cleanliness of the premises than to their interior, moreover, this indicator largely affects the health of the people in them. Whether someone likes cleaning or not, it needs to be done on a regular basis. Fortunately, today on the market you can find a wide variety of cleaning products that greatly facilitate this process and sometimes even make it enjoyable. Household chemicals are classified according to many parameters:

• By scope - industrial, household and professional cleaning products.
• By appointment - cleaning, disinfecting and detergents for cleaning.
• By physical properties- liquid (suspensions, emulsions and everything that needs to be shaken), solid (powder, tablet, granules) and pastes or creams.
• By concentration - ready-made or concentrated, which must first be diluted or used in a strictly limited dosage.
• By type of impact - for cleaning or caring for surfaces, although many cleaning products have these qualities at the same time.

Another division of cleaning products is the degree of their safety. There are completely safe and relatively safe detergents for cleaning rooms, which usually have inscriptions like: “In case of contact with eyes, rinse immediately with water,” as well as flammable (as a rule, these are various kinds of aerosols and solvents) and poisonous, which include several types of stain removers.

Professional cleaning products are used by cleaning services and include the following list of products:

• means for intensive cleaning of especially polluted areas,
• disinfectants,
• products for deep cleaning of floor coverings and carpets,
• means for chemical cleaning and washing,
• means for cleaning open areas and facades of buildings.

By consistency, these are usually chemical concentrates or already working solutions.

In the stores of the Leroy Merlin network, you can find and buy both cleaning products for the apartment and professional household chemicals. Professional staff will help you to understand all the variety of goods presented.

Leroy Merlin offers a wide range of goods at low prices for residents of Moscow, as well as cities in the Moscow region: Balashikha, Podolsk, Khimki, Korolev, Mytishchi, Lyubertsy, Krasnogorsk, Elektrostal, Kolomna, Odintsovo, Domodedovo, Serpukhov, Shchelkovo, Orekhovo-Zuevo, Ramenskoye , Dolgoprudny, Zhukovsky, Pushkino, Reutov, Sergiev Posad, Voskresensk, Lobnya, Klin, Ivanteevka, Dubna, Egorievsk, Chekhov, Dmitrov, Vidnoye, Stupino, Pavlovsky Posad, Naro-Fominsk, Fryazino, Lytkarino, Dzerzhinsky and Solnechnogorsk. You can order the necessary goods online with delivery to all these cities or visit one of our retail stores.

Cleanliness in the house is a guarantee of health for the whole family, so it is very important to pay special attention to cleaning the apartment and try to keep the room fresh and tidy. To achieve the desired order and purity in short time and without undue effort, you should adhere to some of the tips that will be discussed in this article.

Every housewife knows: to clean up the apartment, you need to use by special means for cleaning surfaces. Indeed, with the help of rags dipped in water, you can only remove dust, but to clean, for example, a tiled surface in a bathroom or a greasy stove in the kitchen, it is better to use effective cleaning products that will not only clean any surface, but also save time .

Advice! To clean the apartment, they use store-bought cleaning powders and various liquids, or to help the hostess use natural products, that is, traditional ones (baking soda, citric acid, etc.).

To clean the apartment, you need to use special means for cleaning surfaces.

Traditional means for cleaning surfaces in the apartment

The various cleaning products that fill the shelves of home improvement stores are indeed very effective, they quickly get rid of dirt and give your home a fresh and clean look. However, given the chemical composition that can harm your skin, it's best to use these products as needed rather than on a regular basis.

For apartment cleaning good advice housewives will be the following: suitable for daily use natural remedies, which are in almost every home and are environmentally friendly.

1. Cleaning with laundry soap. A soap solution based on this natural product will not only help clean contaminated surfaces, but also cope with germs, as it has bactericidal properties. Apply laundry soap can be used to clean a contaminated stove, tile surfaces, interior doors, disinfects the floor and other surfaces well.
2. Baking soda is the first assistant in the kitchen: it cleans greasy dishes, washbasins, stoves, tiled surfaces and more. However, when using baking soda, try not to rub it too hard into the surface, because baking soda can leave scratches that ruin the look and lead to new problems.
3. For disinfection and cleaning, table vinegar is suitable, which copes well with dirt and grease. An important advantage of vinegar is the ability to destroy any unpleasant odors. It is used for washing dishes, descaling the kettle, it can be used to get rid of mustiness in the refrigerator. Before use, vinegar is diluted with water 1: 1, for greater convenience, the vinegar solution is sprayed with a spray bottle onto the surface that needs cleaning (sink, stove, countertop, and others).
4. The use of mustard powder will help to cope with fat quite easily. Budget, natural, and most importantly effective means for washing greasy surfaces and dishes, even in cold water. To wash a pan or pan, add a small amount of powder and dilute with water, as a result - clean dishes without much difficulty;
5. The use of citric acid. Effectively cleans surfaces, has whitening properties. For example, with a solution of citric acid (the powder is diluted with water), the plaque formed on plastic surfaces or ceramic tiles is washed away. For greater convenience, you can use a sprayer that evenly distributes the product on a dirty surface and removes it with a damp cloth after 3-4 minutes. yellow plaque. After such cleaning, all the dirt will be washed off, and the surface will shine with cleanliness.

Citric acid effectively cleans surfaces, has whitening properties

The most modern means for cleanliness in the apartment

For quick cleaning without much effort, it is better to use the most modern cleaning products in the apartment. Experienced housewives often share their apartment cleaning tips on various websites. What is better to use?

• various liquids for cleaning the stove and oven from fat; you just need to protect yourself by wearing gloves so that the product does not get on your hands and does not harm your skin;
• to remove dust and other kinds of contaminants, it is better to purchase a microfiber cloth;
• to help housewives for washing floors, a variety of modern mops have become a real discovery: based on foam rubber, microfiber or rope; cleaning will become much easier and the floor cleaner;
• means for disinfection and cleaning of toilet bowls occupy the main place in the cleaning of the apartment; use various liquids based on chlorine.

On the this moment choosing a cleaning agent in a store is not difficult, it all depends on your financial capabilities, as well as the manufacturer.

At the moment, choosing a cleaning agent in the store is not difficult.

Advice! It is better to purchase funds from different companies, in the future, noting which one most effectively coped with pollution. Thus it will be possible to use the most effective means which saves a lot of time and effort.

Where to start cleaning the apartment?

To help housewives, you can offer several rules for cleaning the apartment. This will get rid of unnecessary thoughts about where to start in order to be in time.

As a rule, cleaning in the house begins from the far corners. You can proceed first to the bathroom or to the most distant room from the exit. So all the collected garbage and rubbish will gradually move towards the exit, which will speed up the process of its removal and, of course, it will not be possible to litter in the back rooms until the end of the cleaning - another plus;

It is better to start cleaning up with high furniture, chandeliers, wall sconces. Yes, and it does not interfere with removing dust from the ceiling, at the same time making sure that there are no cobwebs. Next, you need to pay attention to windows and doors, thoroughly cleaning them from dust. After that, the sofa, armchairs, carpets are put in order. The final stage of cleaning will be cleaning the floor plinth and mopping the floors.

Such simple rules help to quickly and easily clean the house from the collected dirt and dust, reduce the time for cleaning. Many experienced housewives will agree that the recommendations described above are the only reasonable solution for cleaning an apartment.

Advice! But to maintain cleanliness, use the following useful tips: it is better to wash the dishes immediately after dinner, without leaving for later; it is better to wipe the kitchen sink every day; dust should be removed at least once every 5-7 days with a clean cloth and water.

These simple rules will help keep your home clean and fresh.