Dry and wet cleaning, general principles

Cleaning an apartment without water involves removing dust from furniture and work surfaces, sweeping the floor (or using a vacuum cleaner). It should be carried out regularly, the process will not take more than 30–40 minutes. in a day. But this method will not completely rid you of dust and stubborn dirt. Treat tiles, floors, and plumbing fixtures with water and diluted detergents. Don’t forget to wash windows, blinds, radiators and radiators, window sills, doors. Carry out dry cleaning 2-3 times a week, wet cleaning – once. Clean more often if allergy sufferers, children or animals live in the apartment.

Years have passed, but the debate between supporters of dry and advocates of wet cleaning still does not subside. The first type requires less time, the second provides a better result. There are still many pros and cons to each method. Which one should you give preference to?

General principles

There are several general principles regarding home cleaning.

Everything you need for cleaning, working tools

The first and most important rule is don’t put anything off for later. If you see a stain or dirt, do not put off removing it for general cleaning. It’s easier to spend a couple of minutes a day than to accumulate an abundance of unnecessary work.
Strict order must always be observed. First, dry cleaning is carried out, only after that you can move on to wet cleaning. It is important to understand which surfaces are undesirable to clean with moisture, and which, on the contrary, cannot be even partially cleaned without it.
It is important to maintain vertical sequence. For example, if you have several floors, then you need to start at the top and work down. Even if you have a one-story apartment, the rule remains the same - you first remove what is higher, then what is lower, so as not to drive dust from one place to another.
Be sure to get into the habit of doing deep cleaning regularly. But don’t bring it to the point where it becomes forced. It is better to do urgent cleaning sometimes than to rake away the dirt that you simply ignored due to laziness.
Also make sure to purchase quality cleaning equipment. It seems that any rag, any mop, and so on will do, but if you buy good and high-quality things, the result will improve dramatically, and everything will simply become much more convenient and pleasant.
If you can involve the whole family in cleaning, that’s great; with the distribution of responsibilities, the work will proceed quickly and pleasantly. Don’t forget to maintain a positive attitude towards the process, because cleaning is not a burden, it’s an activity that can be enjoyable in essence, and the result it brings is absolutely excellent.

Following simple cleaning rules will make your life much easier.

Contacting a cleaning company

Cleaning companies provide dry cleaning services. Advantages of using the service:

All work is performed by specially trained personnel.
Innovative technologies and the latest professional equipment are used.
The cost of services is calculated taking into account payment for materials, depreciation of technical equipment and the work of service employees.
The price of cleaning depends on the area being treated and additional services. The average price range for cleaning is calculated from 1,500 rubles.
In addition to a wide selection of dry cleaning services, companies offer urgent orders on the day of application.

The final cost is determined by the manager after agreeing on the scope of work and drawing up an agreement for cleaning services, taking into account additional options.

Carrying out dry cleaning

You start by placing things in the right order, creating aesthetic order. This is followed by dry cleaning, which, in fact, is most often done with a vacuum cleaner. The goal is to thoroughly and accurately remove dust, dirt, pet hair, etc. from the floor. Don’t forget about special attachments that will help remove dust in corners, hard-to-reach places, or on sofas. Now you need to wait for the dust to settle. At this stage of dry cleaning ends, a more comprehensive stage of wet cleaning begins.

Vacuuming the floor and furniture is a task that anyone can do

If necessary, you can sweep the ceiling before starting dry cleaning, but this, as a rule, does not need to be done too often.

Carrying out wet cleaning

Wet cleaning plays a very important role; it helps to humidify the air, which is very important. And even without moisture, dust in many places will simply “chase” and rise into the air. It makes sense to start such cleaning by wiping the desired surfaces with a wet cloth. Microfiber cloths are suitable.

Next you need to move on to washing the floors. If you have a vacuum cleaner with a wet cleaning function, then it is worth using it. Then it will be enough to go over all existing surfaces thoroughly, and this approach even makes dry cleaning unnecessary. If you have a robot vacuum cleaner with a wet cleaning function, then you don’t need to do anything at all. But they are not very suitable for apartments and houses where there are steps and hills.

Some washing vacuum cleaners simply work wonders

But most often people clean using traditional mops and cloths. You shouldn’t be conservative in choosing them - modern lightweight plastic mops with remote spin will be much more effective and will give better results when cleaning.

Floors are washed using water diluted with a special floor cleaning liquid. If you have children, please note that this liquid should not contain anything that could harm the child or cause an allergy.

Modern mops allow you to clean the floor quickly and efficiently

Shape - round or square?

All traditional models were originally round in shape.

Mistake #4

But many are sure that a round robot copes with its duties much worse than the newfangled D-shaped (square) vacuum cleaners.

Yes, indeed, the square one cleans the corners a little more efficiently. After it, the debris remains within a radius of no more than 1 cm from the inner corner. The round one is a little more than 2cm.

Here are the test results of three round robots and one square robot, carried out under ideal conditions (garbage scattered around the corners and edges in a closed rectangle).

D-robot won with an enviable advantage.

However, look around your rooms and wonder if the robot can reach those very corners? Most often they are filled with some kind of furniture, household items, battery pipes, etc.

Therefore, in 90% of cases, no robot will simply get there, which means there is no point in focusing on the square shape. In addition, round has a number of advantages:

it is more passable

After driving into a corner, he does not need to back up to turn around.

it hits objects less when turning

The effectiveness of cleaning in corners is solved in simpler ways:

enlarged side brushes

moving them to the front of the body

more suction power

Next steps

Carpet washing. When washing carpets, it is better not to use detergents, just water. The exception is when there are individual spots. Then it is best to soak them with a special stain remover separately, without touching the rest of the carpet. Please note that most of these coatings react poorly to both excessively hot and excessively cold temperatures.
Washing furniture. Here it is advisable to have a vacuum cleaner with a wet cleaning function. Regular hand cleaning will also work, but will not give the same results.
Window washing. Carried out in the early stages. For best results, it is recommended to use a brush that has a special scraper on the back to collect liquid. Although, with due care, you can also wash everything well with an ordinary rag without leaving any streaks.
Cleaning tiles. To remove dirt from tiles, specialized products are usually used. If they are not available, vinegar or lemon juice diluted in water will do. But the use of abrasive products is strongly not recommended.

Ultraviolet cleaning

Mistake #25

There is no stupider mistake than overpaying for a given feature.

Don't expect any real benefits from ultraviolet light here. This is more of a marketing ploy in order to sell your products at a higher price and at least somehow stand out among competitors.

To effectively kill bacteria, the power of the UV lamp must be completely different.

In addition, since your robot is constantly in motion, it does not have time to neutralize anything. And the UV lamp drains the battery faster.

Professional cleaning

If you don’t have time at all, then you can delegate the house cleaning to professionals. There are special cleaning services that carry out dry and wet cleaning of premises. This is convenient when, for example, you live in a fairly large house, and therefore keeping it clean would take too much time.

Professional cleaning of premises costs a lot of money

There is a similar situation when you are almost never at home and are very tired at work, and therefore would rather pay a little, but not do this, but rather relax and put other things in order. Although, as mentioned earlier, with the correct approach this will not be such a big burden.