Ring! Ring! Thatâs your cellphone calling and it wants be cleaned. According to Seattle Times journalist Bobby Caina Calvan, âyour phone is covered in germs:Â 25,127 bacteria per square inch, to be precise. This makes cell phones one of the dirtiest objects we come in contact with every day.â Answer the call to clean with tips […]
How to Properly Clean Your Home Gym
Where do you workout? If you have a home gym youâve got the added bonuses of convenience and cost but thereâs also the benefit of fewer germs. Some gyms, at least before the pandemic, were â[harboring] more germs than a toilet seat.â Thankfully, by using your own gym equipment you can avoid a lot of […]
Clean Your Baby Toys Naturally
At Maid to Shine, itâs no secret that weâre all about natural, chemical free cleans!! Itâs great for the environment, itâs great for your health, and itâs cost effective! It isnât a hard, tough lifestyle to adopt either. In fact, itâs very easy applying this method of cleaning everywhere. Take the chore of cleaning our […]
Tackling Laundry Without Any Dread, Pt 2
Weâre back with some more laundry tips to make your chores significantly easier! Keeping the tips from the last post in mind, weâll share a few more doâs for laundry⊠and then some donâts! *Do it On a Day When You have the Time & Do Away With all Distractions: set aside a day to […]
Tackling Laundry Without Any Dread, Pt 1
The running joke in cleaning circles is how hard it is for us to get to our laundry, and once itâs been washed it takes even longer to fold it and put it away. For whatever reason, laundry is a task that we dread doing. We joke about the mountains of laundry in our home, […]
Secrets to Keeping a Clean, Organised, & Functional Home, Pt 2
Weâre continuing our discussion on cultivating habits that help your home stay clean, organised, and functional. But canât you just clean? Are there really habits you can develop aside from âjust cleaningâ the bare minimum that makes our homes functional (or not)? Secrets to Keeping a Clean, Organised, & Functional Home, Pt 2 The answer […]
What is Cleaning Paste?
What is cleaning paste? How do you use it? Is it worth it? This week weâll discuss ways to use cleaning paste. Cleaning paste is a substance that can be used to scrub up dirt and grime. There are different brands of cleaning paste. So choosing which one to use is a matter of personal […]
How to Choose a Great Cleaning Company, Pt 1
Weâre very quick to give advice for cleaning your homes. After all, weâre cleaning experts! But what about advice for choosing an excellent maid service? If you have a need for a residential cleaning service to come and clean for you, what do you look for? How do you choose? Many of the larger cities […]
Best Tips for Cleaning Houses with Pets, Pt 2
This week, weâll continue on from where we left off last week. Weâve been sharing tips for keeping your home clean when you have furry friends! *Clean the Nooks & Corners: this is a continuation of the idea that we should look for places where fur seems to get trapped. Get to know the rhythms […]
Occupy Your Mind While Cleaning
One of the reasons we all seem to dread cleaning is that we think of it as drudgery. We dread it. It isnât fun. Perhaps the biggest challenge isnât doing it just to get it over with, but finding a way to make cleaning an enjoyable experience. We can do this by finding ways to […]