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Essential Products for a Clean House ✨ 🏠
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items These are my must have products I need to keep my house clean! From cleaning the kitchen to the bathroom, there's products that will help you in whichever room or situation.
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Non-scratch sponges that become soft in warm water and hard in cold water.
Can be washed in the dishwasher too!
Scrub Daddy
Has everything that's great about the Scrub Daddy, but also has a soft sponge side.
Also dishwasher safe!
Scrub Mommy
I like to use different colored cloths for different rooms. For example, green for the kitchen and orange for bathrooms.
Make sure to only wash microfiber cloths with other microfiber cloths otherwise they will attract other fibers and not work as w...
Microfiber Cloths
Must have for cutting through grease (those knock offs can't compare). Adding just a teaspoon to 2 cups of your DIY cleaners is enough.
Dawn Ultra Liquid Dish Soap
Use it when your cleaning needs a little more power.
Can use to get rust out of stainless steel, but make sure you use a non scratch pad and clean the same direction as the grain.
Bar Keepers Friend Soft Cleanser
If you need something that will cut through soap scum, this is it!
Bar Keepers Friend More Spray and Foam Cleanser
Great for your DIY cleaners and cleaners you need to dilute.
I particularly like it when I'm mopping the floors. I mix the cleaner with warm water in the spray bottle and spray and mop a small section of my LVP at a time.
Great Value All Purpose Plastic Spray Bottle, 32 oz. (6 Pack)
I use a capful of this with 2 cups of water in a spray bottle for my LVP floors.
Safe for LVP and no rinse!
ECOLAB No Rinse pH Neutral Floor Concentrate Cleaner
I keep this filled with dawn dish soap in my shower so I can easily clean my shower walls and floor once a week. I like the attachment because I can also use regular scrub daddies or mommies with it.
Scrub Daddy Dish Daddy Soap Dispensing Brush
I keep a squeegee in the shower to squeegee the glass doors. It helps prevent soap scum build up. I particularly like OXO brand products. They just feel like better quality.
OXO Wiper Blade Squeegee
I find that a flat mop is the easiest to use to clean floors. Just make sure to rinse the mop head every so often while mopping or change mop heads. At the end you can just throw them in the wash with your other microfiber items.
18" Professional Microfiber Flat Mop
Great for grout!
ZEP Grout Cleaner and Brightener
Great brush for grout lines and corners.
OXO Grout Brush
For all that burned on gunk in the oven. Make sure to let it sit as directed.
ZEP Heavy-Duty Oven and Grill Cleaner
Save your nails and use this scraper to get gunk off. One side is a plastic razor and the other is a metal razor making it easy to have for all surface types.
2-Ended Scraper Tool with Plastic and Razor Blades
For dusting those hard to reach places!
Swiffer Dusters Heavy Duty Extendable Handle and Duster Refill Dusting Kit
For general dusting. Make sure you fluff up the duster pads.
Swiffer Dusters Cleaning Kit with Feather Duster
Conveniently, you can use it in cooking and cleaning! Mix it with water in a 1:1 ratio with a teaspoon of Dawn to use as a cleaner. Double check your surface before using. It should not be used on wood or natural surfaces.
Great Value Distilled White Vinegar
Cleaning vinegar is a little more acidic than white vinegar if you want extra cleaning power.
Great Value All Natural Cleaning Vinegar
Great carpet cleaning machine! The key is to spray a diluted cleaning solution on the carpet first, let it sit, then rinse it out and dry it with this machine. Never put the cleaning solution in the machine. Only water!
SmartWash PET Complete Automatic Carpet Cleaner
I love this for cleaning my couch and upholstery!
Little Green Mini Portable Carpet & Upholstery Cleaner
If the grout cleaners are not working. This will definitely clean it via steam!
Bissell SteamShot OmniReach
My go-to small spot stain removal.
Wine Away Red Wine Stain Remover, 12oz Spray
Use this with baking soda and dawn to get stubborn fabric or old stains out. It can bleach, so be careful.
3 tablespoons of baking soda, 8 ounces of hydrogen peroxide, and a couple drops of dawn is what I use
Hydrogen Peroxide Topical 3% Solution
Use to make a paste for stubborn stains.
ARM & HAMMER Pure Baking Soda & All Purpose Cleaner for Baking & Deodorizing
You need safety glasses for harsh chemicals. You don't want to spray something and have it splash into your eyes.
Clear Safety Glasses Anti-Fog Scratch Resistant ANSI Z87