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Moms View Message Board: General Discussion: Archive October 2004: How often do you...
REALLY deep clean? Like scrub the walls, wood work and the whole 9 yards??? I am a fall cleaner and like to get it all done before being shut in all winter. I scrubbed the family room walls down this morning and was amazed at how bad they were. Espically behind the tv area.... so I am thinking maybe I don't do that often enough, so I thought I would get your opinions. Well, better go get my curtains in the dryer!!
Umm... well.... hmmm... erm....
I do mine I would say every 2 months...I just did my fall cleaning and now before Christmas I will do it again.
Scrub the walls??? Wash the curtains???? Um, never. It wrecks the paint!!!! Doesn't it??? And curtains that I painstakingly iron and painstakingly hang up...I should WASH THEM?? And iron and hang up all over again??? I have occasionally VACUUMED them, but I don't wash them. When I spot clean marks on the walls it leaves wash marks and then I have a whole slew of slightly different colored circles everywhere. We don't smoke or have pets so am I excused?
You scrub down walls and the whole 9 yards every 2 months!!! Yikes, no wonder my house is so dirty!! I am not doing it near often enough...anyone else???
Every two months???? I'm getting a complex now!!! I don't THINK my house is dirty....but now I'm paranoid and am going to inspect it!!! Which will no doubt be a mistake because I probably won't like what I find. I need to stop reading this thread.
Honestly I do it about once a year...but never the whole house at a time! Maybe twice a year in big areas like the kitchen, formal etc...LOL. My name is Kim and I am a "messy"!
ROFL, I need to stop reading this thread too! Let's see...with 4 males in the house - a 1 year old, 2 year old, 5 year old, and a 30 year old (who may as well be a teenager ;) ) I have to clean often! I do not have curtains, so that's not a problem. I clean the blinds every 6 months, unless they are noticeable dirty. I do dust them regularly. I spot clean my walls about every 2 weeks. I rarely, rarely scrub every inch of every wall - I have A LOT of walls in this 4 bedroom house! And not much time, believe me! I clean baseboards in the high-traffic rooms about every 3-4 months. I sweep and mop the kitchen, living room, halls, and hall bathroom every day. I do the bedrooms and other bathroom floors every week or two.
Ours gets done every 2 months. The blinds get done every 4 months.
I do a deep clean twice a year in fall and spring. However, I do not scrub walls or wash my curtains. When I deep clean I just clean the baseboards, wood blinds, move furntiure to clean behind it, and wash the windows. Like Kate, we don't smoke, we have no pets and we don't wear shoes in the house. I feel my house stays pretty clean just from my regular cleaning routine.
LOL Kate
I don't have a certain time of year, just when I happen to notice, gee thats dirty looking, then I take care of it. This is in regards to the "extra" stuff, not the everyday/weekly stuff.
Yay! I'm happy to see there are other "no shoes in the house" families. My new neighbors have been rolling their eyes at me because we are a "no shoes in the house" family. I knew I wasn't alone
Let them roll their eyes at you! You'll also have the nicest floors/carpets in the neighborhood. I'm adopting this policy, even though our floors are currently trashed...there will EVENTUALLY be a remodel done!! I wash my walls EVERYDAY...ok...maybe not the WHOLE wall, but it's spot cleaning where the 2 year old has found a crayon or a pencil. My older two NEVER wrote on anything inappropriate and my last two think the world is their pallette!!! Luckily the 4 yr old seems done. The only time the WHOLE wall gets a cleaning is before I paint!!
Who invented decorations??? LOL I have scrubbed walls, washed blinds, washed windows and washed and re-hung curtains already today. I just got done washing all the little decorations that go in the room and although the room is nicely decorated, that took me almost as long as cleaning the room!!!! Now to get the sweeper out and do the furniture......
Ugh! My house is looking like such a dump ever since Kiko was born.
Daily cleaning includes vacuum, dust, load laundry load dishes.
We do a really good cleaning every couple of months. I HATE vaccumming so that's the thing I do the least... As for dusting I do once a week. I don't scrub the walls, just spot clean when/if needed. Baseboards? About once a month, never washed my curtains but then I've only had them a few months...
Deep clean? When we move....
Well, the family room is spotless and dust free!! It smells so good in there. Tomorrow is the kitchen!! I have come to the conclusion that I need to do this more often. It was pretty bad and I am a clean person. LOL
I can't remember the last time I scrubbed walls. Actually, our last dog always rubbed against the wall when she went downstairs to the basement, so that would eventually start looking black. After we had her put to sleep, neither dh or I wanted to wash it off. It was just kind of a comforting reminder of our dog. So, eventually, I got sick of it and did scrub it off.
I was amazed how bad the wall behind the tv was. I am sure it has something to do with what ever attracks all the dust to the screen, but that was was so bad!! I am not the kind of person that can do one wall though. LOL If I do that section more often, that means the whole woom will get done more than I am doing it now!!
ROFL Feona! I do it once or twice a year. I'm going to start working on it this weekend since we are having house guests for Christmas, and we will be gone for 2 weeks at Thanksgiving.
On as as needed basis... which isn't very much with 3 people. I've never scrubbed the walls top to bottom, I dont see the point.
Hey Vicki! You can come do my house next, it sounds like your on a roll! LOL!
I am amazed at the number of people that don't wash down walls. I do it in most rooms twice a year and my water is always a little dirty! Maybe I just have a dirty house or something. LOL
ok here goes lol..I vacuum every day (the whole house every few days) or every two days depending...I sweep a few times a day wash the kitchen floor a few times a week. I clean the bathroom regularily and give it a deep clean once or twice a week. I'd have to say I give the walls a good scrub once a month lol..and spot wash in in between. I organize the basement about once a month if it needs it..I do at least one load of laundry every day was the bedding usually once a week...ummmmmmm I clean out the fridge and cupboards (meaning wipe it all down every couple of weeks) *shrugs* I think that about covers it lol...I'm not sure..but I spend alot of time cleaning lol my friends who are moms too always ask me why my house is so clean with 3 kids
Well, we move every two to three years, so...
I don't understand this wall scrubbing...do you use exterior paint inside?? Otherwise, HOW do your walls SURVIVE these wet cleanings over and over again? If I were to clean a wall, I would SWEEP it, or SWIFF it, NOT use water on it, unless I were actually spot cleaning a dirt/food mark. Yes, I admit they get DUSTY, hence the reason I would use a broom or swiffer cloth. But to purposely wet down a surface that never gets walked on and that dirt doesn't really collect on as much as a floor or other horizontal surface? I don't get it. Of course, I prefer dry cleaning ANYway, as when I dust I only use a dry Swiffer cloth for that, too, NEVER do I use sprays or polishes. The only things I clean with water and soap are the bathrooms and kitchen counters/sink/appliances. I'm seriously confused over the wall WASHING!!
I don't deep clean my walls at all. I wipe down baseboards and trim and doors. I do wipe off fingerprints from DD if I notice them. I dust the walls, but that's it. I've never thought about it honestly.
LOL..no, I don't use exterior paint inside. But if you look at different paint cans, some are designed for scrubbing and other paint won't hold up as well to it. I used Spic and Span and almost hot water and you don't soak the walls. I used a rag and squeezed out most of the water and then wash them down. You should just try it on one wall and see what you get off that wall!! Nasty!! LOL
Try the wall behind your tv!! That was the worst one that I did this time.
Do you have oil heat? I remember that leaves some residue...
Deep clean.... Ummm, let's see. We've been in the house almost 15 years and it's been done maybe twice. Once right before I had my last child about 4 1/2 years ago. and once about a year ago but that was only because I caught the house on fire and smoked up stuff.
Ummm....when I paint!
Probably about 3 to 4 times a year.
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