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House Cleaning Tips: The 13 Rules of Speed Cleaning
excerpt from
Speed Cleaning
by Jeff Campbell and The Clean Team
Don't spend more time cleaning your house than you have to. Here are 13
indispensible tips from the authors of
Speed Cleaning,
Rule #1: Make every move count. Work around the room once, working from
left to right, from top to bottom, from the back of the object to the
front -- all with no backtracking. To accomplish this you must carry
your supplies with you. We've designed a unique Cleaning Apron for this
task that will spare you all those aggravating, time-wasting trips
searching and retrieving your supplies.
Rule #2: Use the right tools. Give away those cleaning gadgets and TV
wonder gizmos to your enemies. To clean quickly and efficiently you need
real, professional-style, proven-in-the-field tools.
Rule #3: Work from top to bottom. Dirt follows the laws of gravity just
like anything else. When you start at the top and work to the bottom,
you won't be constantly re-cleaning surfaces with dirt from above.
Rule #4: If it isn't dirty, don't clean it. Think about it. How often do
you spray and wipe an entire cabinet front or refrigerator when all
that's really dirty are the fingerprints and smudges around the handles?
Remember too that vertical surfaces get less dirty than horizontal ones.
You'll want to clean entire surfaces periodically of course, but you
really don't need to during your weekly routine cleaning.
Rule #5: Don't rinse or wipe a surface before it's clean. That means
don't stop and wipe off the surface you are cleaning just to see if it's
clean. You'll only have to start over again if you're wrong. Learn to
check as you're cleaning by "seeing through" the gunk to the surface
below. Likewise, once you've reached ground zero, stop and move on.
Rule #6: Don't keep working after it's clean. Once you've reached ground
zero, stop! You're cutting into VLT - Valuable Leisure Time. Rinse or
wipe and move on.
Rule #7: If what you're doing isn't going to work, then shift to a
heavier-duty cleaner or tool. You'll get very good at knowing which
products will tackle which trouble spots. The point is, don't keep
scrubbing and scrubbing when the dirt won't budge. Move up to a stronger
cleaning agent or tool.
Rule #8: Keep your tools in impeccable shape. Worn out tools just slow
you down and make you repeat steps. And they can also scratch surfaces.
Rule #9: Repetition makes for smoother moves. Always put your tools back
in the same spot in your Cleaning Apron. You don't want to have to go
looking for them or fumble around in your Apron trying to find
something.
Rule #10: Pay attention. You can move better when you're focused on the
task at hand. Don't think about vacation plans or fume at your spouse.
Do what you're doing. Concentrate on cleaning.
Rule #11: Keep track of your time. Try and get a little faster every
time. Create a chart for yourself and plot your progress.
Rule #12: Use both hands. Finish one step with one hand then begin the
next with the other hand. Or wipe an object with one hand while the
other one steadies it. Half your work force is idle if you only use one
hand.
Rule #13: If there are more than one of you, work as a team. It goes
without saying that cleaning will get done faster if there are more of
you cleaning. Learn how to "Team Clean." Divide up the jobs
systematically and stay vigilant about things that can speed up or slow
down your partners' progress.
About the Author:
Jeff Campbell founded The Clean Team cleaning service in San Francisco
in the late 1970s and wrote five books on the subject of housecleaning,
the most famous of which is
Speed Cleaning. The Clean Team
web site details the rules of controlling clutter, the rules of
Speed Cleaning, and offers a cleaning FAQ database and Speed Cleaning
products.
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