To ask how some people make cleaning look so easy

I think if you’ve left it a long time since the last clean, just accept that it’s not going to look spotless this time! Try to make an achievable, regular habit of it, and every time you clean you’ll lift a bit more dust and dirt.

If it is properly greasy you are leaving it too long between cleans! I clean my worktops daily and wipe crumbs inbetween, things like cupboard doors, tiles etc get done a couple of times per week minimum.

Op hugs, my sister, bil, sil and mil clean a room for an hour and it looks like a cleaner has been in. I can clean for hours and not get close to their standards (and that includes when they’ve helped clean in my house eg because something is on)

I like cif for cleaning the kitchen. I’m wiping down constantly tbh then do a bigger deeper clean once a week. Usually only takes about an hour but I think that’s because we’ve kept on top of it during the week.

If it's that greasy, neat Flash liquid and a scrubbing brush. Scrub it on, leave the resulting gooey mess for a few minutes, wipe off with a cloth wrung out in very hot water. Repeat until all the stickiness is gone. Works on any washable surface.

I'm going to hold my hands up and say I've tried most of the eco friendly cleaners and apart from white vinegar and bicarb have found most not much good.

So for me having a good product, not quantity, so not one of each brand/flavour, for whichever job I'm doing is key, and wipe as I go daily...good clean down weekly.

Also spay the product on and go find something else to do for 5 minutes, leave it to do the work then come back and wipe it off.

Clean the things that clean for you too, vacuum cleaner empty often, wash filters once a week.

Washing machine I do once a month.
Dishwasher, my dishes go in rinsed so once every 3 months.

Finish with a capful of nice fragranced disinfectant down your plug hole.

Air fryer after ever use...

Oven... well, yeah, let's not go there.

I have a dinky little pan and brush specifically designed for worktop debris.

Yeah if you just wipe up crumbs after every meal all it needs is a squirt of dettol once in a while. we have a cleaner who does it all with dettol and sponges once a week, the cooker, the surfaces etc. Clean the tops of cupboards about once every fifteen years or when moving house!

Cif, water and sponge daddy. Scrub, then wipe away with damp towel.

I wipe down after every small thing I do in the kitchen.

That sounds obsessive, but the damp sponge is always right there in the sink, so I make a cup of tea, and whilst I'm waiting for the kettle to boil, I give the sides a wipe over. It takes 10 seconds.

I never let anything accumulate. Recycling goes out when there are 3 or 4 items to get rid of, and I use the stick cordless hoover (which is mounted on the wall of the kitchen) to hoover crumbs at night.

For a deep clean, rather than a swish over at the end of each day, I use a steamer.

The heat removes grease and grime without chemicals.

Also, if you put a product on a surface, you need to leave it a few mins generally to allow it to get to work. You can't just spray and scrub usually, or the results will be poorer.

I work the worktops everyday and usually multiple times if food is spilt, usually with some washing up liquid and damp sponge rather than spray - I can’t imagine just leaving a dirty worktop.
However, I don’t wipe the top of kitchen cupboards, as I see absolutely no reason to do so ever (dust or grease up there makes no difference to me) whereas others often do!

I should think all the sprays are just totally shit and useless. Lots of products are just total crap.

If you have grease, use a kitchen degreaser and a scrub daddy or something like that.

As above. I do a quick wipe-over of every surface, every day, and then do a blitz on everything once a week. Job done.

You need to sweep the crumbs away with a dry cloth first or they just get stuck. How often do you clean? A quick wipe down daily doesn't take long and stops the grime building up. If you leave it a while it is difficult to shift it.