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Cleaning up after animals

How many times did you have a headache because of the mess left by your lovely dog or cat. Pets are not only fun. Cleaning after household animals is a big responsibility of its owner. Even if your cat or dog is well trained, unpleasant accident on your dining room carpet or kitchen floor may happen from time to time. If you do not hire a maid at home or use a Los Angeles professional cleaning service, you will be forced to solve the problem yourself. You may use a little help of cleaning devices. At the moment many vacuum cleaner are available, which are designed especially to clean the animals waste, remove dogs or cats hair. This investment pays itself, if you consider how unpleasant you when cleaning up by hand. After cleaning the floor or carpet, you use an air freshener or a odour neutralizer, to make the room smell nice again. Dog waste has to be cleaned up also from the pavement and surrounding of the house.  Do not annoy your neighbors, leaving them dirty surprises in front of their house. You can easily collect the waste into a special bag and throw it away to a proper container or bury it in the yard (if you bury it, use a shovel instead of a bag).

Year-round cleaning

Los Angeles Maids, Los Angeles cleaning lady, Los Angeles cleaning service, LA Maids, LA cleaning lady, LA cleaning serviceCleaning is one of the commonest everyday tasks in our schedules. Every season of the year has its own typical features, all of them, though, share a lot of common procedures. Below we present a few general rules applicable to year-round house cleaning:

  •     before you get down to cleaning remove all items you can from the floors, tables etc.;
  •     if the weather allows (and even if it’s not perfect) open all the windows – you will air the house, plus the dust from cleaning will be blown out;
  •     divide your house into zones: kitchen, bathrooms, cellar and roof etc and make a specific step-by-step plan of carrying out cleaning
  •     divide work in between housemates and maids (if you employ any), trying to schedule it according to expertise and abilities;
  •     make sure you have enough of proper commercial cleaning products, especially if there are some serious tasks you need to cope with, i.e. stubborn stains;
  •     start with dusting the furniture, followed by vacuuming and end up with floor wiping
  •     if you don’t have enough workforce, or some tasks are beyond your capabilities, hire professionals form cleaning service company;

 

Los Angeles Carpet Cleaning

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In everyday life it is impossible to avoid stains, regardless if they come from work, accidents or simply with time (i.e. rust). With most of them we can deal easily, simply by washing them with water (and some commercial cleaning substances). There is, however a specific group of stains, which can cause a terrible headache (and in extreme cases force us to call for specialists from cleaning service companies). Below we present the Top 5 of stubborn stains, and provide some hints how to deal with them:
  1.     Blood – wash with cold water and salt, in harder cases use ammonia or hydrogen peroxide;
  2.     Fat / Butter – hot water and soap first, next we apply flour and scrape the stain with a cloth soaked in gasoline;
  3.     Wine – we need to act fast or they will remain forever on the cloth; we need to apply a thick layer of slat and wash it (after a couple of minutes) with cold water;
  4.     Ink – wash with cold water immediately, next apply some detergent (in liquid), then rinse with cold water. In tough cases scrape with a cloth soaked in lemon extract;
  5.     Coffee – we need to react immediately, or it will get tougher every passing minute; we put the stained material in a hot detergent solution, next we scrape it with alcohol-soaked cloth. In tough cases we may use perhydrol.
 

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Home wood cleaning

Hardwood floors are protected by a sealer, which penetrates the wood pores, and a coating of polyurethane, shellac, or varnish. Some of these finishes on newer floors are applied in a factory, others are finished after being installed, and others still, are protected by only by wax. As with all floors, vacuum or sweep frequently to keep dirt from being ground into the floor's finish. Clean spills or mud immediately using an absorbent cloth. Avoid apply too much water to any floor, the surface may be water resistant, however if the substrate is damaged so will the floor itself.. Dry them off with a clean towel to remove excess moisture. Do not wax a urethane finish.
 
The wax prevents future recoating, which is how you renew a dulled finish without stripping, sanding, and refinishing the floor. Likewise, choose cleaning products carefully. Use a cleaner recommended by the manufacturer of your floor or your floor's finish. If you don't know the type of finish or its manufacturer, use a general cleaner, like Woodwise Floor cleaner, available at wood flooring distributors, or most Home Centers. For wax finishes apply the same logic and use a wax recommended by the manufacturer. Never use a water-based cleaner.
 
It can stain the wood white. To remove white water spots on a wax finish wood floor, rub gently and in a circular motion with an extra-fine steel wool and a small amount of mineral spirits. Always follow the chemical manufacturers safety precautions, and be sure to work in a well ventilated area. Synthetic wood floors, look like wood, but it is just a printed picture of wood glued to a particle board backing. The finishes on these styles of flooring are VERY durable. The don't scratch, and will keep there appearance for many years.
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