I’m a cleaning expert – 5 mistakes you’re making at home, you could be left with streaky or cloudy floors
A CLEANING expert has revealed five common mistakes people make at home.
The oversights could cause streaky or cloudy floors in an otherwise clean home.
The TikTok account Home Reimagine (@home_reimagined) is run by the mononymous Jaqueline.
She offered five hacks and tips for around the house in a TikTok video.
They were for disinfecting, mopping, vacuuming, dusting, and maintaining one’s cleaning supplies.
The first mistake the cleaning expert identified is “not letting the product sit to penetrate the germs long enough.”
“If you are wiping up right away, then you aren’t letting the product do its job and eat up the grime while disinfecting,” she said.
Jaqueline revealed there are two mistakes people might be making while mopping.
They either put too much water, or too much product in the mop.
“If your floors are ending up streaky, it means the mop head has too much water on it (wring it out better),” she said.
“If the floors come out cloudy, then you have put too much product in the bucket,” the content creator revealed.
She said carpets should be vacuumed in a “cross” direction.
If you only do it one way, Jaqueline said: “You aren’t getting deep into the carpet fibers and picking everything up.”
Surfaces should be dusted or vacuumed before they’re cleaned.
The TikToker explained it will “ensure you aren’t just adding water to dirt and creating mud in your home.”
Lastly, it’s important to clean the supplies because it will extend their lifetime, Jaqueline shared.
One of the most popular comments was from someone who said they were “doing so good until the vacuum came up.”
Another person said they felt “an unreasonable amount of rage over having to clean my cleaning machine.”
One person joked that her tips were “too much adulting.”