I love my house clean. I've never been in the military and am a little envious of their cleaning and organization knowledge and discipline. I like how they line their shoes up by the bed, how nothing is out of place and corners are dust free. What are some military cleaning tips? How do you stay disciplined to keep everything tidy and uncluttered? Where's all your clutter? What things do you still military clean? Windowsills, drains? Give me some ideas, I love new ideas of what to clean and where.
2006-08-19 19:52:13 · 9 answers · asked by chimpstarweasel 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
Married to a sexy soldier .. but I have to say I am the one doing the cleaning @ home. However whenever I ask my hubby to do something he is a perfectionist. Once when I asked him to clean the shower, he was in there for hours, down to using a toothbrush. I don't have time for that. The best tip I can give you and I have seen is when my husband uses windex and newspaper to clean the windows or glass. No streaks are ever left. So I would recommend trying that. Just follow your own tricks however of keeping things clean and tidy .. Hugs Mel
2006-08-19 20:23:39 · answer #1 · answered by jaredsmommy2004 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As a military wife, here's my secret... Get it done right once... make everything spotless... and just maintain. Make your bed every morning, when you dirty a dish, wash it, when something spills... clean it. Make a schedule for laundry. And keep clutter down. If you don't need it, get rid of it. More over, if you don't need it... don't buy it to begin with! Here's what a typical cleaning schedule looks like at my house:
Monday: baby's laundry
Tuesday: rest of the laundry (except uniforms)
Wednesday: dust, vacume, wipe down door and window ledges
Thurday: bathrooms
Friday: vacume again, change/wash linens
Saturday: laundry: Uniforms only
Sunday: relax
EVERYDAY: clean kitchen, clean up kid's room, make bed, clean living room.
Once you get into a routine, it takes less than an hour a day to maintain! Good luck.
2006-08-20 06:00:52 · answer #2 · answered by rocknrobin21 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I had two set of almost every thing. Actual use and INSPECTION use. My socks were actually pinned into the perfect Little roll. I would get rid of my bedspread and put the issue wool blanket back on my bed. It's impractical to live in the neat little world. Every time we had a GI party I would haul all of my extra stuff out to my car. Not a lot a couple of duffel's. made life easier. The only time I actually lived like that was in basic training when you were not allowed to have any thing.
The windex thing we used to do in our gym once a week. Windex and newspapers for the mirrors. Bath room showers cleaning spray every day and then we dryed them and folded the shower curtain.
2006-08-20 11:32:47 · answer #3 · answered by BluntTrama 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Well I think a lot of what you see is an illusion, most of military families, including my husband and I, have a messy place sometimes (especially before deployments). I do understand where you are coming from because often times what is portrayed in movies and tv shows military personnel as being very tidy; in real life that is true when there are inspections.
2006-08-19 20:04:04 · answer #4 · answered by MrsHooah 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
The key to the "cleanship" efficiency, in services, is : there is a place for everything, there is a time for every (cleaning) job, there is a place to clean at a certain time or on a specific occasion or with a certain periodiocity, and there is always one person or one group of 'personnel' "detailed" to do the job! -- allocation of place to keep things in a certain order, allocation of tasks to people, allocation of time: yes, all this can be done in non-military places, homes, offices , everywhere, as long as you have the motivation, and the "hands" (people)! (Of course, in military services, there are levels of supervision, there are 'inspections', there are 'fatigues' (punishments), and there are medals and promotions! --- and chances of diseases if premises and people are not clean!
2006-08-19 20:08:57 · answer #5 · answered by swanjarvi 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Are you weird!!
The military generally has government issue and everything in a barracks has a place. Once it is put in place, it usually stays there, though Barracks are probably different than the ones I had, especially the wooden ones at Ft Benning on Sand Hill!
As often as they clean, and clean, and wax and buff, you don't have time unless you have a platoon!
After you get done put a white glove on and hope you don't get any dirt on it when wiping your hand across your home!
2006-08-19 20:07:42 · answer #6 · answered by cantcu 7 · 0⤊ 3⤋
Ask for a job as a cleaner at your local military base. :)
2006-08-19 20:39:54 · answer #7 · answered by Alex S 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
We used NEVR-DULL brass polish in the Navy and I still use it today.
*Sweepers, sweepers. Man your brooms...
2006-08-19 20:12:12 · answer #8 · answered by abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The secret is "POD" (Paint over dirt)
2006-08-21 03:20:12 · answer #9 · answered by Alexandra G 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋