How to Do a Good Spring Cleaning

At Domestic Cleaners we know that people practise spring-cleaning since ancient times in every single culture. Its deep meaning is the idea of throwing away the old year and making room for the new one.

Here is a detailed guide on how to do a good spring cleaning by yourself, hassle-free!

How to Declutter Your Home?

You don’t need a cleaner job description to handle this yourself. The first thing you should do before starting a spring clean is get rid of all the excess stuff in your house:

1. Throw away expired things. Start with the kitchen – you don’t need expired food in your fridge or cupboards.
2. Throw away obvious garbage. Like the trash can in the kitchen and bathroom, empty shampoo bottles, scattered paper and unneeded broken parts of anything that won’t serve any purpose ever.
3. Segregate questionable items. There are bound to be stuff you are not sure you’re going to need in the future or not. Take them out and put them in one place. You can decide on the spot what you need or whatnot, or you can leave this for later and continue decluttering.
4. Give away what you don’t need. If you find items you don’t need, but others might need, act out some generosity. Give to friends, send to charities, or you can always sell some of them if they still hold any value. You can do it on numerous websites online, or the old-fashioned way with a garage sale.
5. Repeat until you’re happy. Do this for every room until you’re certain, everything you have in your house is needed and in use.

Don’t forget to check our Golden Rules for spring cleaning at the bottom of this page which will help you easily tackle this choir

How to Clean the Bedroom

• Check whether the mattress is designed to be turned or rotated before changing its position.
• Strip the bed and wash the linen according to its care labels.
• Follow the mattress manufacturer’s cleaning instructions. Do not steam an unidentified mattress or treat routine cleaning as prevention of bedbugs.
• Check the curtains’ care label and lining; steam is not suitable for every curtain and does not guarantee prevention of asthma.
• Sort the wardrobe and donate suitable unwanted items.
• Vacuum the appropriate floor after the other tasks, using equipment suited to the material. Read NHS allergy advice.

How to Clean the Kitchen

• Move perishable food into suitable storage and follow the fridge’s defrosting instructions. Use a permitted cleaner for the food-storage interior, not a general window cleaner.
• Empty and clean cupboards with a method approved for the finish. Investigate pantry pests separately instead of placing traps indiscriminately.
• Follow the microwave’s own cleaning instructions and let heated items cool safely.
• Let the oven cool and use only the approved method for the cavity, coatings, glass and removable accessories. Do not spray every interior and exterior part.
• Clean the sink and worktop using the instructions for their specific materials.
• Remove loose floor debris, then mop only where wet cleaning is permitted. Find the Smeg model guide.

How to Clean the Bathroom

• Clear toiletries and other loose items so the surfaces are accessible.
• Wash bathroom linen at its permitted temperature and dry it as directed.
• Wipe accessible furniture with a cleaner suitable for its finish.
• Check the moisture source if mould is present. Use a single suitable labelled product only for an appropriate small surface task; recurring, extensive or hidden growth needs assessment.
• Clean the bath, shower and basin with the products and tools permitted for their materials.
• Use the approved method for mirrors and glass, including any coating restrictions.
• Follow each product’s contact-time and rinsing directions instead of a universal fixed wait.
• Clean the toilet with dedicated tools and keep products separate.
• Clean the suitable floor and allow it to dry before returning items. Read the material care guidance.

How to Do a Good Spring Cleaning: Golden Cleaning Rules

Every time you clean, no matter if it’s a deep spring cleaning or the typical weekly clean, follow the golden rules. They maximise the quality of the process, so instead of cleaning many times clean once but with quality.

• Every spill should be cleaned immediately. If you delay, it will only get harder to get rid of. It doesn’t matter if we’re talking about carpet, or fabric, or anything else. If you are rug owner, check this post to learn how to remove stains from your carpet.
• Always clean from the top to the bottom. The reason is obvious.
• Clean one room at a time to save time and hassle. Taking care of one room is easier and helps you focus on what’s done and what’s not. After you’ve finished, you’ll get a sense of completion and get motivated for the next room.
• Careful and gentle approach. Cleaning techniques do not include hard scrubbing and scratching as this can only add dirt deep into the surface of fibres. Not to mention it can cause damages.
• Time is also of importance. Doing a job fast is often associated with doing it poorly. So, when tackling tough surfaces, spray them with the cleaning agents and wait till they do their job. Meanwhile, you can continue cleaning something else.
• Try multitasking whatever you can. For example, putting clothes in the washing machine or dryer while cleaning a room will save you extra time.
• Carry all the stuff you need with you. Interrupting your work with searching for a certain thing will not only slow down the process, and will decrease your motivation. Unless you’re feeling the bliss when you clean (I hope not).
• Test products. If you’re not sure whether a cleaning product might damage your carpet or upholstery, always test it on a less visible part, or on a completely different piece of furniture.
• Sun gets rid of stain residue. Don’t expose your clothes or rugs to direct sunlight, if you do not want the colours to lighten. However, if your clothes are white, sunlight can help a lot to remove stain residue after the wash cycle.
• Dryers do not help as the Sun does. After washing, if there is still a residue from a stain, don’t put the cloth in the dryer, because the heat will harden it immensely, and it will never come off.

For deciding which jobs need attention between spring cleans, read our guide to a room-by-room deep-cleaning schedule.

This spring cleaning guide was brought to you by a team of professional one-off cleaners, helping people from all over the UK to keep a clean and organised property.