Tell me your most ingenious cleaning/ time saving hacks??

[Chloefairydust]

Looking for some cleaning inspiration, and I love anything that saves time, or is multitasking.

If you have any tips or ideas to share?

I will go first. I use a spray mop to clean my floors each day. It takes me like 2 minutes and because I do it daily the dirt never actually builds up on the floor. I use either zoflora or fabulousa so it also makes my home smell nice.

My friend gets his done a couple of times a year, he pays £60 I think, but the guy that does it is a magician and it looks brand new each time.

Do Dishes Daily

(Dana K White)

Never ever put on a load of laundry until your dried and put away the previous load… only double loads are bedding and towels!

If you have wooden/laminate floors, don’t spend a fortune on a named brand vacuum (especially a wet/dry one). Buy a ‘shop vac’ (like you’d use in a garage or woodworking shop). As they’re not a domestic vacuum, they’re not limited to the wattage legislation so their suck is much, much stronger!

My first was a Parkside 50lt one from Lidl (£49.99 I think) & lasted 10+ years with 2 dogs & 5 cats, he died a couple of weeks ago & we’ve replaced him with another Lidl Parkside one (£39.99, 25th). You don’t need to use bags for dry vacuuming if you don’t want to, it’s easy to clean and I can’t fault it’s cleaning power. They’re usually in stock when Lidl’s middle does home improvement stuff.

Cheaper, far better than any of my expensive Dysons, just brilliant.

@puddingandsun

You need an oven with pyrolitic cleaning setting. Oven heats up to v v high heat and everythingjust burns off. Just a tiny bit of ash to wipe away

@whenwillthemadnessend please could you link this for me

Yes I have numatic grey Henry and the builders all use them.

It's so powerful I can't move it along the floor !!!

Search lint remover on Amazon
It looks like this.

I never just stand there while cooking, kettle boiling, etc. I'll clean the window, tiles, etc.
For the bathroom I clean it daily before I shower, especially the floor and loo. For a deep clean I use 'Wet and Forget ' overnight. I also use a glass cleaner that repels water marks on the shower screen.
I admit I'm a bit OTT and my home is always guest ready but I grew up in on a working farm where cleaning was the last thing on my parent's mind.
Everything has a place, good storage is priceless. Once you're on top of everything it takes surprisingly little time to keep it up.

Place marking

Pink stuff cream cleaner is great for most things, water stains, stubborn leftover glue, paint, leaves the hob/oven doors nice and shiny, great on composite sink, wood and pvc doors. It’s effortless, no scrubbing.

Most pink stuff is decent actually, and plus point it doesn’t smell strong so it doesn’t hit the back if your throat in a small space. Nearly passed out once spraying vinegar everywhere in an enclosed shower!

Pledge do these dusting wipes that are almost dry, slightly lemon scented. They are great for actually picking up dust and can get through smears without having to dampen the surface (e.g tv screens)

Trouble is, my window cleaner only visits once a month.

Not sure I can lower mine much more!

I pay someone supporting local businesses and all that. And I use oven liners in between cleans. Costs me £40

Squeegy.

I don't like the smell of the spray so we squeege.

Just get on with it .. I have allocated this morning only half an hour for cleaning but just sat and read these tips instead .

My only tips are thinking about how you say it: don't nag, don't be accusatory and express things very briefly/factually.

"I see some shoes in the middle of the floor"
"Amy, the apple core!"
"Toys in the box please"

... seems to work most of the time at our place!

Also, how many things are we supposed to manage while the kettle boils? At the last count, I should wipe down the kitchen, check dates on food in the fridge, put everything that's out away, do my pelvic floor exercises, do some squats, prep tonight's tea and actually make the cuppa. I need a slower boiling kettle!

This absolutely. I e got an scientific sebo hospital grade one and it pisses all over all the fancy ones I ever had. It's big, it's ugly but it laughs in the face of 2 black cats and 2 black dogs.

When I worked as housekeeping in a hotel we were told to do this too. One pillowcase for the bathroom. One for bedroom. One for the cups/ glasses. This was a posh hotel too.

My top tip is robot hoover for hard floors. Spray and microfibre mop means they always looks squeaky clean and takes no time.

I use a spray called Elbow Grease

I use a Karcher ... like a hoover for windows and glass/

I was thinking along those lines, but a bit less politely.

Ovens are def the worst so any tips welcome.

Controversial, but my method for getting the kids to tidy up is tell them I'm going to hoover and anything left on the floor in ten minutes will be binned. Fear is your friend....