09/03/2014
Happy Wednesday! Here are some fun cleaning facts:)
*70% – 80% of dust particles in any given home are made up of dead skin cells. The other 20% includes outdoor particles coming inside, such as soil.
*Iceland is the cleanest country in the world.
*Over six million people employ domestic cleaning help in Britain. It makes you wonder the number of domestic cleaners in London alone!
*As well as a saviour to the potato, tomato ketchup is a multitasking clean hero. It can bring back the shine to tarnished or corroded brass, and it can remove rust stains from fabrics.
*Most kitchen sinks actually have more germs than the toilet, so next time you fancy licking the sink, opt for the toilet instead.
*Spraying a surface and immediately wiping it away will only do half a job. The majority of antibacterial cleaners are designed to be left on surfaces for 30-60 seconds before wiping them off.
And if you’ve run out of your antibacterial spray – lemons are a great disinfectant.
*Another handy fruit to have around for cleaning emergencies is the banana – they can clean silver items and give leather shoes a good polish.
*If you get chewing gum stains on your clothing, place a newspaper over the top and give it a quick iron
*Some countries, including Scotland, Ireland and New Zealand, have a ritual house-cleaning the day before the New Year – similar to our ‘Spring Cleaning’.
*The average woman cleans for 12, 896 hours in her lifetime
*And men clean an average of 6, 448 hours
*66% of British people clean the surfaces in their home on a daily basis