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Does Your Refrigerator Smell?
Posted on February 20th, 2014If you open your refrigerator, does an odor linger around in your kitchen even after the fridge door is closed?
Whether it is in your home, RV, boat, vacation house or second refrigerator in your garage, fridge odors can be annoying and distracting!
Clear The Air carries an Odor Eliminating Bag that will eliminate odors from your refrigerator once and for all. All you have to do is simply place the Odor Eliminator Bag in your refrigerator and foul odors will be eliminated. The Odor Eliminator Bags last up to 3 months.
Since it is time for spring cleaning, here are some helpful steps to cleaning out your refrigerator and keeping odors away for good:
- Perform a big fridge cleaning. Take everything out of your fridge. All the items that must stay cold, you can put in a cooler with some ice temporarily. Make sure to throw away any spoiled food and wipe any bottles or canisters that have food leaking out of them.
- Once you’ve taken everything out, turn off your refrigerator. Take out all your shelves and drawers and wash them in the sink to remove any spilled food particles. Wipe down the inside of your refrigerator with soap and water.
- Now, place one to two of our Clear the Air Odor Eliminator Bags in your fridge towards the back or wherever they won’t get in the way. Turn the refrigerator back on.
- Return the cold food items to the fridge and you are ready to enjoy your refrigerator odor free!
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5 Tips to Make Cleaning Fun
Posted on February 7th, 2014If your sense of shame outweighs your desire to entertain, it might be time to step up the housework.
Piles of stuff, a smelly fridge, an oven that needs cleaning, toothpaste on the bathroom sink—if this describes the way your home looks most of the time, finding a few cleaning shortcuts will definitely help you out.
It’s not necessary to spend every day engaged in heavy housework if you know and practice the cleaning tweaks recommended by the pros.
Soaker Method
Spray it down and let the cleaner do the work for you. Often, allowing a cleaner five minutes to soak into a surface will save you 20 minutes of strong elbow grease. The same goes for toilet bowl cleaner when you treat the bowl before bed and swish it in the morning. For odors that just don’t want to leave, Clear the Air products will get your house smelling fresh and clean. Placing a bag or sprinkling granules around the house will completely eliminate those stubborn smells.
Make an Appointment With Yourself
If it’s clutter that has you firmly in its overwhelming grasp, make an appointment with yourself several times a week. Even 15-minute intervals provide enough time to whittle down the piles of mail, toys and dislocated items that belong in other rooms or out of your life altogether. Pencil yourself in on your desk calendar, just like you would a doctor or dental appointment. This way you’ll be more apt to honor the commitment you’ve made to a more organized home.
Make Cleaning Convenient
Imagine how difficult it would be for your mechanic to fix your car without the proper tools. Mechanics have implements that make their jobs easier, such as specialty wrenches, extension arms and more. If you approach cleaning with the same mentality—that it takes tools to get the job done right—the task will take on a whole new energetic feel. Find the products that work best for you and make those little household jobs easier:
- Antibacterial wipes
- Microfiber cleaning cloths
- Specially shaped mop heads
- Over-size buckets
- Handy cleaning caddy
The items mentioned above shouldn’t cost much, but you should also invest in a a high-output, low-weight vacuum, like the ones made by Dyson and sold at department stores.
Hampers in Every Room
If even one person in your family is guilty of leaving a trail of discarded clothes in their wake, keeping a laundry hamper in every room will make life much easier. Those little piles of socks and leggings that were pulled off and tossed in the corner go far in giving your home a disorganized feel. Keep the clothes off the floor and neatly tucked away in hampers.
An Ounce of Prevention
It’s the little things that matter—like one doormat that sits just outside every entrance and a second one that lays just inside. It’s the double whammy of dirt prevention. Removing shoes at the door, Keeping a cleaning tablet dissolving inside your toilet tank and adding a few drops of olive oil to your floor rinse to help prolong the shine on your wood floors are all excellent preventative measures you can take to help cut down on the workload throughout the week.
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Springtime is Dog Time!
Posted on March 28th, 2012Springtime has sprung!
It is time to clean up inside your home and spend your time outside with your dog for the Spring Season. Here are some helpful tips to do that:
- It is a good idea to schedule a vet check up for your dog. Taking in your dog for a checkup after he has been inside for most of the winter will ensure your dog is healthy and ready to get outdoors.
- Your dog will start shedding as the warmer months approach so it is a good idea to brush your dog on a daily basis. This will help keep shedding under control and keep your dog neat and clean. Brush all the way down to the skin which will loosen and remove dead hair and dandruff. Brushing routinely will also help reduce the buildup of pet hair in your home.
- Spring can bring mud outdoors so it is important to keep your dog’s feet clean. In order to keep paw prints of mud and dirt off your newly cleaned home, greet your dog at the door and gently clean each paw with a damp cloth making sure to get between the toes and remove mud and debris.
- Regularly wash your dog’s bed. Use a fabric cover that on your dog’s bed that can be easily removed for washing. Vacuum the excess hair and dirt and then wash the lining in a non-scented detergent without fabric softener these can irritate your dog’s skin.
- Get active with your pet! Make sure you and your dog take advantage of the warmer weather and spend time outside. If your pet has been cooped up most of the winter, take it slow at first. Go to the local dog park or play fetch in your yard.
Spending quality time with your dog will not only improve your pet’s behavior it will also improve your mood as well. Who can’t enjoy watching a dog completely overwhelmed with happiness while he is playing outdoors? Spring is here, it is time to get out with your pup!
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Helpful Tips for Spring Cleaning
Posted on March 5th, 2012Spring is upon us and we’d like to share some easy spring cleaning tips.
Remember, if you have any foul odors lingering in your home, always make sure to use Clear the Air to completely eliminate those odors!
Come up with a game plan – Jot down the areas of your home that you need to clean, come up with a plan and be sure to budget in time for distractions so you won’t get discouraged after just a few hours cleaning. In essence, make a reasonable plan of attack that has at least a 98% chance of being accomplished!
Make sure you have your supplies first – There is nothing more frustrating than to start a project {or Spring cleaning} only to find that you’re out of supplies.
Ask for help from your family – Having small tasks to accomplish while growing up gives children a feeling of accomplishment. Delegate tasks for your children based on their age. Or, if you wish, you can bring them over to their grandparents while you crank up the music and get cleaning!
Take on one task at a time – It’s exciting to get started cleaning and sometimes you may tend to get distracted with various projects throughout the house. It is incredibly helpful and sanity-saving to work on one area at a time. Inadvertently, piles of stuff will migrate to other rooms in your house, but those can be tackled when you get to them.
De-clutter Before Cleaning – It is frustrating to be ready to dust an area only to realize that you have to move 15 knick-knacks, 10 pieces of junk mail, broken crayons and wadded up tissues before you can get started. Save yourself a headache and get rid of the garbage and extraneous clutter before cleaning.
Use storage bins for organization – Instead of just dividing up things into separate piles that will likely get knocked over or mixed up, use plastic bins to keep them organized. Have a bin for garage sale items, items to donate, garbage and things that need to be returned to others.
Start at the top and work to the bottom – Let gravity make your job easier by working with it! Start at the ceiling by dusting the ceiling fan or light fixture then get all the spider webs off the crown molding. Work your way down the walls, over the furniture, all the way to the baseboards and flooring.
Get a new look – Since it’s Spring, try switching out heavy, darker items out with lighter and brighter accessories. You can do this with all the decorations you already have.
Come up with a daily cleaning schedule – After all your hard work is done, make sure that you have a good cleaning schedule in place. Whether you need to make one from scratch or update the one you have, set small daily tasks that will help keep your house in order until next Spring…or until you decide to deep clean your house again!