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Always remember the key to speed cleaning is prevention. A lightly dirty surface is far easier to clean than one caked in muck. Run your thumbnail across the bottom of your shower. Any gray matter that comes off on your nail is soap scum. Prevent the problem by switching soap. The talc and animal fat in most soap causes the buildup which also clogs the drains. Switch to an all-natural soap like Sappo Hill found in health food stores.

So accustomed have we become to the rhythm of the air-conditioner that rarely do we remember to clean it. Yet doing so reduces the cost of running it and helps prevent it from shutting down on a 95 degree day. Let’s take a look at the proper way to clean this contraption.

How to clean Cabinets and Doors

The dos and do nots of cleaning cabinets:

Get Rid of Dust Mites: Short, easy tips that help improve one’s health are always my favorite tips. Here is one: Dust mites not only irritate the skin but wreak havoc on sinuses and worsen allergy problems. They thrive in moist environments and what better place than a bed dampened with sweat during the night. Upon rising, turn the covers down to expose the top half of your bed. Bedding and pillows dry during the day and the little scamps wither away from starvation.

For the past several years I’ve written an article this time of year covering various holiday cleaning tips, dos and don’ts. If you wish a refresher course click on years 2011 and 2012 and the October and November blogs give you all you need to know to speed cleaning your way through the holidays. Email me with any questions or better yet grab my book The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Green Cleaning. The full stain removal guide in the back is quite popular during the holidays.