i just bought an older home and it seems like no matter what i do, it is never clean. I clean for at least an hour everyday. I have hard wood floors that are 'dusty' all the time.
2007-04-04 08:19:25 · 14 answers · asked by littlebopeep 3 in Home & Garden ➔ Cleaning & Laundry
Wax the floor and paint the walls and probably change the carpet if any...
2007-04-04 08:22:17 · answer #1 · answered by Xtrax 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
* Endust works wonders for me.
* Check your furnace filter -- make sure that it's relatively new, and filtering our dust and particles from the air it circulates.
* If you have the money for it, have a service come and and clean your air ducts. Dust can build up in these, and make it very hard to keep things clean.
* The floors may need to be refinished. If they're looking dull every day, it's probably because they are scratched and scuffed. This, again, is something that can be pricey, but it possible to DIY if you're up to it. Talk to the people at your local home improvement store for how to do this.
* Also, be careful what you clean your floors with. Hardwood is finicky, and using the wrong stuff will make it look cloudy and dingy. Murphy's oil soap is the best thing for wood floors that I've found so far.
* Clean from top to bottom. The dust has to come from somewhere. Make sure you are dusting from the ceilings down when you clean, and that you clean the tops of the baldes on any ceiling fans.
* Sometimes repainting helps. Depending on the age of your home, you may need to repaint to seal plaster dust back in. It sounds wierd, I know, but it does help. Also, if you have wallpaper, the glue can degrade into dust.
*Have your home checked for termites.
When it comes right down to it, though, you just may have to make peace with it, and become best friends with your swiffer.
2007-04-04 15:31:30 · answer #2 · answered by Alison R 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My floors are wood also and are hard to keep clean and get them looking clean, but I have to keep in perspective that I have no carpet which hides dirt and is never really ever clean. That makes me relax a bit.
2007-04-04 15:29:29 · answer #3 · answered by cindy r 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Have you had the duct work cleaned out? If the house is older, every time the furnace or AC turns on all the sediment inside those ducts could be blowing into the rooms.
2007-04-04 17:19:14 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Buy an air purifier and get swiffer florr duster form quick touch ups on your floors. You can also get other swiffer products for quick dusting jobs. I also recommend a good quality ostritch feather duster if you do not want to have to buy the hand help dusters. If it is a good quality one, it does just as well of a job as a swiffer. That is what I use at home. I also recommend flylady .com for home cleaning and organizing tips and motivation. Flylady isa yahoo group and I swear by it.
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2007-04-04 15:24:41 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think you can clean and clean and clean but it will never really be clean or with in a couple days you'll be back to square one. Just do the best you can.
2007-04-04 15:28:18 · answer #6 · answered by Ella 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
open the windows to let light in. use febreze or whatever to give the house a clean, fresh scent. buy lighter wood furtniture and wicker is good too. give it a beachy style. my house is like that too :( and i live in socal, and the light never gets in! i just try to spend a lot of time outside or on the patio.
2007-04-04 15:22:22 · answer #7 · answered by Angelacia baybeeeeee 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
clean more, i have a 3 bedroom and 2 bathrooms and if i clean all day it takes me about 6 hrs..
2007-04-04 15:21:31 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Clean your ceilings and walls, then your furniture, then your floors, get an air purifier, that should keep it cleaner longer...
2007-04-04 16:05:37 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I feel for you. It seems you have to vacuum wood floors every day!
2007-04-04 15:22:51 · answer #10 · answered by Kelli 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋