Which are the Best Carpet Cleaning Methods?

The most part of the cleaning has always been the carpet cleaning and you need to be careful when you deal with it because there is a slight chance to ruin your rug. That's why when it comes to this, we recommend you to call the professionals. But before that, you have to decide which method of carpet cleaning you prefer. Let's see which one is the best.

The most popular ways offered by all cleaning services are steam and dry carpet cleaning. The first method is usually recommended by most people because of the usage of less chemicals. But it has its disadvantages as well. When your carpet was cleaned this way, you should be careful if it is dry enough to put it back on the floor. In case there is some residue in it, the chance for mould growth is very big.

On the other hand is the dry carpet cleaning. Using this method, you can be sure that there won't be any mould on the carpet because the cleaners don't use water at all. This way of cleaning requires only chemicals and moisture in order to make your carpet like a new again. Actually this is its disadvantage.

It is up to you to decide which type of carpet cleaning is going to work better for you. No body can give you the right answer, but you can ask your cleaning services to explain you both pros and cons.

How to Clean the Living Room Thoroughly

There is a little controversy, if the kitchen or the living room is harder to clean. In fact both of them get very dirty because of the traffic they receive as they are the most frequently used rooms in the house. Here are a few tips on how to clean the living room the right way.

Even your cleaning services will tell you that you should dust first. Remember the rule that you have to clean the highest areas first, because this way any small particles will fall on the ground where you will remove them with the vacuum machine.

After your living room is dust free, you can start cleaning any kind of glass. Again do that before you sweep or mop, because of the particles you are going to move off. Then polish your wood furniture and try to do that at least once a week. The polishing helps your furniture to stay free of dust for longer.

When you are done with all that, it is turn of the vacuum machine. But before you vacuum, it is recommended to sweep and you can mop with a floor cleaning detergent after that. This is going to make your living room smell better. And do not forget to hire professional cleaning services every two or three months.

My Story, The Norwex Mission - And Why I'm Passionate about being a part of it

The Norwex Mission:

To improve quality of life by radically reducing the use of chemicals in personal care and cleaning.

In the world today we are learning more and more about how common ways of doing daily tasks have effected our earth which is our home and our homes in which we live.  I'm not going to tell you that I am the most green person on the planet, because I know that I'm not.  I still grab a huggies diaper to throw in the diaper bag on my way out the door for convenience, despite knowing the consequences disposables have in the landfills.   But I am still confident that I am making a difference in the changes that I have made, even if it's using cloth diapers half of the diapering lifetime of my children and getting them toilet trained as quickly as I could.


Being Green is a choice, but that doesn't mean you have to adopt everyone else's ideas of being more environmentally conscious.  It's about making changes that are important to you in your life because you want to and they fit with your lifestyle and routine.  Perhaps you want to be greener for the earth we live on or be less toxic for you and your family on a daily basis, or maybe being green isn't high on your priority list but you found a product that works more efficiently and it just happens to be greener too.  Sometimes it happens you seek out other solutions because you have to.  As an example, you may have been more driven to seek out alternatives with less chemicals due to allergies and along the way thought "I'd like to make more changes like this in my life." 


That last scenario is very similar to my story.  I worked as a stylist for 6 years, two full time one part time in the city.  It worked out the same for the last three years with my position in the town where my husband and I settled.  As a hairstylist, you are exposed to numerous chemicals on a daily basis.  Along with doing chemical services, and consistently having wet hands shampooing clients, plus necessary washings in between, my hands soon took a toll.  I experienced symptoms early in my career but taking a break by working part time in year three kept it under control for the time being.  My sensitivities and cracking skin was that much more irritated when I did my home cleaning.  Well at that point I would give anything a try to avoid the constant stinging on my hands from having open cracks that would be painful with warm water running over my skin.  Through family I was introduced to products that allowed me to virtually eliminate the need to use chemicals to clean...  I tried them and I loved them and they worked better than traditional cleaning methods.  I had found products that worked for me and I made a choice of what I exposed myself to at home until I could change my career.


In the fifth year of hairdressing, after finally deciding I should see a Dr. he confirmed that I had developed contact dermatitis and he had me sent to have allergy testing done.  I discovered I was allergic to glyceryl monothioglycolate (acid perm solution) and captan (a fungicide - I believe in Barbacide, a common disinfecting solution for salons)  I wasn't ready to quit work yet, so again I cut back to part time.  I clumped my 3 days of work in a week together hoping to give my hands some healing time in between.  I was okay with omitting perms as it wasn't a high percentage of the services I performed anyway and I was careful when handling barbacide.  After working part time for almost a year I found out we were expecting, I worked a few more months and quit in the second trimester of my pregnancy.  I still do enjoy doing hair out of my home on occasion, and I expect my hands to be a little sore few days after, but I am ok with that.  I am glad to be able to choose when I take customers and not have to fully depend upon it for income.  I feel I have more control of the amount of chemicals I am exposed to.  


Here are some pictures below of my hands before I cut back my hours at the salon.

January 2008 I was done at the salon and I had found part time work at the school as a T.A.  It was nice and flexible, but it wasn't enough to keep busy and help contribute financially, as I wanted to wait closer to being due before I applied for maternity leave.   So I decided to join in sharing with others the innovative, cost effective, time saving products that revolutionized the way I cleaned.  


Growing up cleaning at home I used bleach in the dish water, Mr. Clean on the floor, vim on the countertops, comet in the bathroom and pledge dusting.  It never once crossed my mind what I was actually using, or any possible affects from using such a variety of chemicals - I just did it because that's how my mother taught me.  Not that she didn't teach me to clean throughly, she did that part well.  I am very particular when I maintain my home, but since I've had opportunities to educate her on what a true clean really is. 

I am very thankful to have made changes when i did.  The fact that I had found products that had a life changing impact for myself was great but I was also confident I was going to be providing a better quality of life for my children.   It's nice to know that they won't get into the stash of chemical cleaners under the bathroom sink - because there isn't one, or that there's no chemical cleaner reside on the floor for them to absorb as they crawl around on it.  But If I had known about better alternatives before i had been pregnant,  I would've been using them just the same.  Sometimes we tend to overlook ourselves, we seem to be a little more cautious of what we eat, use, and do when we are pregnant or have babies, but what about for your own health and benefits before that precious little one arrives?
   
We will never be able to 100% free from chemicals in our world 100% of the time, they are a part of our world in which we live and sometimes unavoidable - although I do believe that harmful chemicals are in a lot more products than necessary and sometimes we are unaware of them because not all products are required to have complete ingredient labels on them.  I must say, I do like knowing that I have control over the majority of factors where a large percentage of toxins are generated from in the home on a daily basis. By performing some research you can come to your own personal conclusions of what are good changes for you to make.  You have the right to know what chemical toxins you are exposing yourself to on a daily basis.
Enjoy being green in a way that works for you!  I know I do!

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Three of the Easiest Cleaning Tips

When it comes to the cleaning part, we all start thinking about thorough cleaning, which is really hard. But there are actually some very easy tips to follow, which can help you make your house more tidy.

Here is how to clean your house in three easy steps, without calling cleaning services. First, you have to make a schedule when you plan to clean. We strongly recommend you to do that during the weekend, when you have more spare time. You can also schedule a day for each room. Saturday is for the bathroom and the kitchen and Sunday is for the rest of your house.

The second thing to remember is to organize your cleaning. You can buy everything that is necessary in advance in order not to run to the store later. Put each cleaning product near the place you are going to clean. Leave the tile cleaner in the bathroom and the vacuum machine in the bedroom, for an example.

Tip number three is to try using some mini techniques. The cleaning will be much easier if you make your bed in the morning or if you dust your desk while working. Another important thing to remember is to deal with the stains as they happen. Every one of the professional cleaning services will recommend you this.

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