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With our lives being busier than ever before, we're all on the look out for handy hints and tips to make cleaning quick and efficient. The Clever Cleaning team at Vileda has put together its years of experience to bring you the Vileda Blog - lots of handy hints and tips to help you minimise the hassle that comes with cleaning, helping you clean smarter so you can spend more time enjoying the things you really want to do!

How to care for your granite tiles

If you have granite floor tiles or worktops you need to ensure you’re looking after them correctly. Follow these simple steps and you will be rid of smears and have a gleaming granite surface.

1. To ensure granite tiles look their best and will last the years, the surface should be cleaned every day. Warm soapy water can be used for every day cleaning but be sure to rinse over it otherwise a filmy residue will be left behind. The Style Sunsplash All Purpose Cloth is perfect to keep granite looking like new.

2. Any spillages and dropped food should be removed straight away to prevent discoloration from certain foods such as curries and strong spices. Again, use a wet Style Sunsplash All Purpose Cloth which you can pop into the washing machine when you’re done.

 

3. Especially at this time of year when windows are left open, breeze, dust and pollen can settle on floors and worktops. Dry mop or use a dust cloth to sweep away any unwanted particles that may accumulate on the tiles. Try the Microfibre Dust Cloth that picks up 40% more dust pick up than standard dust cloths.

4. Clean the granite once a week with an approved granite cleaner to keep surfaces looking ship shape. Use a Sponge Cloth which is super absorbent to get stuck into the surface and restore shine. Rinse a few times to ensure all traces are removed.

 

5. Wipe over with the Micro & Power Cloth until your granite gleams!

Keeping a pet friendly home clean with Vileda

In the UK, approximately 23 per cent of households own at least one dog and 19 per cent are home to at least one cat*. These house guests bring in an additional source of dust, dirt, and hairs.

 

Sharing your home with animals doesn’t have to mean a mountain of extra housework. Regular clean-ups, and well-chosen products can ensure a pet-friendly household is kept sparkling clean.

Here are the Vileda top tips on how animal lovers can tackle their pet peeves and achieve a sparkling clean home to be proud of.

1.    Ensure hair today is gone tomorrow 

The Vileda DuActiva Broom is a convenient way to collect particles, hair and dust. Pet owners can benefit from the fact that hair doesn’t get stuck in the bristles or left behind.


2.    Act fast – stop stains sticking

If you don’t let a mess sit for too long, your house will always be a pleasant place for you and your pets. In the case of small accidents, common amongst very young or old pets, get there fast: remove the stain while it’s still fresh with a special odour-neutralizing detergent.

3.    Mops are a must -  wet cleaning is essential

Wet cleaning is by far the most thorough method of cleaning hard floors. The 1,2 Spray Mop with its fine mist,  which is sprayed on the ground in front of the wiper when the handle is pulled, is ideal for the for the in-between cleans such as when the dog goes out in the rain and comes back with muddy foot prints – it’s always ready to use and doesn’t need a separate bucket.

4.    Don’t make a meal of it – choose the right scourer for scrubbing food bowls

Pet food should come off the dish fairly easily. If it doesn’t, just be careful, especially if the dish is ceramic, stainless steel or glass. If you scrub too hard, you risk scratching the surface of the bowl. The Vileda Non Scratch Power Scourer is a sensible choice for scrubbing as it’s designed for tackling materials like ceramic. The scourer’s sealed surface also means it stays fresher and cleaner for longer and is easier to rinse.

5.    Paws for thought – a quick solution to paw marks

The Vileda 1,2 Spray Mini is a handheld surface cleaner with spray . It has a pivotable head making it is easy to use on a range of surfaces, especially glass mirrors and doors – paw prints can be gone in a flash with one of these to hand.

How to clean with a spring in your step

Welcome to spring! Yes, it may have been the coldest March in 50 years but spring is officially here which means it’s time to get your home spick and span and ready for the warmer months.

Spring Cleaning

To help with the clearing out and cleaning up, Lindsey Taylor, an expert from Vileda, offers her top ten tips for getting the job done well:

1. Have a structured and organised approach. Try to clean methodically from room to room, top to bottom, to help conserve your energy and ensure nowhere gets missed.

2.  When tackling your oven, mix some bicarbonate of soda into a thick paste.  Smear this inside your oven including the door and leave for a few hours or overnight. Then simply wipe away with a damp sponge cloth.

3. Turn over your mattress – it helps prolong its life. Use a machine washable mattress protector to keep the need for cleaning your mattress to a minimum.

4.  For fragrant drawers, use an essential oil such as lavender or lemon and mix with water in a ratio of 1:5. Gently wipe the inside of the drawers to give them a spring fresh smell. Make sure you dry any excess liquid to prevent staining.

5. Now is the time to get rid of the dust that has built up over the year – take care using step ladders and dust the top of your wardrobes and cupboards.

6. Dip a sponge cloth in white wine vinegar for wiping glass shower doors. The acidity of the vinegar cuts straight through any soap scum and will leave your shower sparkling.

7. For tackling the mildew or staining of tile grout that has built up over the winter months, brush the tile joints with a bicarbonate of soda and water paste to remove stains. Then use a heavy duty scourer such as the Vileda Power Non-Scratch Scourer and a mild cleaning solution to easily and gently scrub down all of your tiles.

8. When cleaning hard floors, use a mop suited for your floor type. If you have tiles opt for a cloth strip mop, if you have wood or laminate opt for a flat mop which puts less moisture on the floor. Alternatively use the Vileda 1,2 Spray mop which is safe to use on all floor types.

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9. For cleaning carpets, make sure you dust first, then vac. This makes vacuuming more effective as you’ll pick up any fallen dust. To avoid fallen dust in the first place use a cloth with an electrostatic charge, such as the Vileda Soft Dust Cloth.

10. Whilst cleaning the bathroom, fill the bath tub with a few inches of the hottest water you can draw from the tap. This heats the bathroom temperature and improves the effectiveness of alkaline cleaning solutions.

The Spring Clean essentials:

Vileda gives Wythenshawe Community Initiative a Big Spring Clean

We did it! Last week a team of Vileda cleaners descended on Wythenshawe to give a big spring clean to the winners of the Manchester round of our Big UK Clean-Up campaign.

The first stop on our Big UK Clean-Up tour was Wythenshawe Community Initiative in the heart of Woodhouse Park, a much-used community centre which gives local families a space to learn and play.

Thanks to a huge amount of support from friends of the centre and fans of the Vileda UK fan page –Wythenshawe Communtiy Initiative received the greatest amount of votes to win a spring clean Vileda-style!

Armed with mops, brushes, cloths, scourers and dusters, the Vileda Clean-Up team gave the centre a full clean, leaving it looking spick, span, shiny and sparkling just in time for the centre’s 20th anniversary celebrations.

We were kept busy using our well-known cleaning products such as the SuperMocio 3Action, 1, 2 Spray mop, Power Scourers and many more, to clean up the centre’s three kitchens, play room, four toilets, three offices, corridors and meeting rooms.

Wythenshawe Community Initiative provides a fantastic service to its local community, with play schemes, mobile crèche services and more. It’s exactly the sort of deserved cause we wanted to help with our Big UK Clean-Up campaign and the cleaning we’ve done should hopefully give the staff and volunteers a break!

Next, we are bringing the Big UK Clean-Up to Leeds, and we’re asking the public to vote for local churches, community centres, youth groups or other locations which would benefit via our Vileda Facebook page. Get your nominations in now!

Happy Showering!

We’ve all been there, that moment when you’re stood in the shower lathering away and you notice dried-up shampoo on the edge, or grime at the bottom of the screen. Cleaning the shower can seem like a big job, but follow these simple steps on a regular basis and you’ll soon see it sparkling again.

1. Empty it of all your bottles, pots, tubs and accessories. Make sure you give all of these a rinse to get rid of any sticky residue.

2. Rinse as much of the shower surface as possible to wash away initial hairs and dirt.

3. A general all-purpose cloth such as the Vileda Style Sunsplash Cloth is great for cleaning away every-day dirt and spilt shampoo etc. However, for stubborn marks such as hard water stains use a bathroom scourer.

4. To bring a sparkle back to a glass shower screen, fill the Vileda 1, 2 Spray Mini with window cleaning solution and spray, wipe and clean over the glass. The mini gadget’s triangular shape makes it easy to get into all the corners, nooks and crannies.

5. Now for the disgusting bit! Clean out both your shower head and drain to get rid of any built-up mildew and hairs. Stick a rubber glove on and try and get round the edges as much as you can. Your shower will be looking like new in no time.

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