How to Clean & Disinfect
You may have the cleanest home in the neighborhood, but if you don't disinfect you may be hiding germs that can make your entire family ill. Cleaning is making things neat and tidy, so that there is no visible dirt left on surfaces. To disinfect your rooms is to kill the germs that cleaning can leave behind. To make your home safe and germ-free you need to do both. Does this Spark an idea?
Things You'll Need
- Soap
- Paper towels
- Spray bottles
- Bucket
- Measuring spoons
- Bleach
- Vinegar
- Hydrogen peroxide
Instructions
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Wipe off all crumbs, dust or other loose particles with a paper towel. Make a solution of soap and water and put it into a spray bottle. Spray the surfaces that you want to clean with soapy water. Allow the soapy water to sit on the surface for 15 seconds, then wipe off with clean paper towels.
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Pour clean water onto the cleaned surfaces and dry them with a paper towel. This will remove any soap residue that might have remained after cleaning.
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Measure 1 tsp. of regular bleach into a bucket. Add 1 gallon of warm water. Pour this sanitizing solution into spray bottles.
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Spray sanitizer solution onto every surface that you want to disinfect. Allow the sanitizer solution to air dry on the surface, or wipe the surface dry with a clean paper towel if you need to use the surface immediately.
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Fill one spray bottle with white vinegar and another with 3 percent hydrogen peroxide. These two liquids will combine to make an alternative sanitizing solution if you don't want to use the basic bleach solution. Spray the surface first with vinegar and then with the hydrogen peroxide. They combine to create a diluted peracetic acid, which is a strong germ killer.
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Tips & Warnings
Do not premix the vinegar and hydrogen peroxide into one bottle. This could produce an acid in dangerous concentrations.
References
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