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6 Well-Kept Secrets to Cleaning Your Bathroom

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Take Your Bathroom Cleaning To The Next Level With These 6 Tips

If you’re like us, cleaning the bathroom is your least favorite thing to do. Between scrubbing the tub, wiping streaks off the mirror and getting in every nook and cranny of the toilet, cleaning the bathroom is exhausting, not to mention kind of gross.  While having an exceptionally clean home is great, it can be ruined if your bathroom isn’t as spotless as the rest of your home. After all, nothing ruins a guest’s visit to your home quite like a dirty bathroom!  To make sure you (and your guests) get to enjoy a sparkling clean bathroom all year long, here are six bathroom cleaning secrets you need to try! 

6 Bathroom Cleaning Tips

1) Heat Things Up

Heating up the tub and bathroom a couple degrees above normal room temperature will allow for a more effective clean. Similar to how you warm your face before washing it, warming your bathroom before cleaning the area allows for a deeper clean.

2) Get Tiles Clean with a Neutral ‘pH’ cleaner

For a professional clean, opt for cleaners with ‘natural pH’ on the label to ensure your tiles aren’t damaged in the cleaning process. Scrubbing the grout completely off the tiles will drastically change their appearance and make them shine!

3) Bleach + Water = An Epic Mixture

Bleach, water and a bit of detergent is all you need for a guaranteed mold-killing mixture, safe for use on all surface areas of your bathroom.

4) Vacuum and Dust

You read that right! Vacuuming and dusting will ensure that no hair or pet dander is left on the floor. You’ll be surprised by how far a little vacuuming can go!

5) Let Your Disinfectant Sit

Disinfectants need time to work. If you apply them then immediately wash them off, you are cutting their effectiveness in half. Allow for your cleansers to sit five to ten minutes before wiping them off.

6) Clean with Essential Oils

If you’ve been keeping up with our blogs, then you already know how essential oils work to fight pests and mold. Now use those same oils to clean your bathroom! Oils like lemon, lime, orange, lavender, tea tree, eucalyptus, lemongrass and grapefruit are ideal for keeping your bathroom clean. Just add two drops of oil on a wet cloth and scrub! The oils will fight against bacteria and leave your bathroom smelling better than it ever has. For more ways to clean your bathroom using essential oils, click here.

Why Keeping Your Bathroom Clean Is Important

Now that you know six of the best ways to keep your bathroom spic-and-span, let’s talk about the importance of a clean bathroom.

Hygiene

First and foremost, let’s discuss hygiene. Bathrooms are a hub for bacteria, and not doing your part to keep them clean allows germs to spread all over your home. Dedicate time to cleaning your bathroom once a week to eliminate bacteria and restore hygiene to your home.    A Note from Killingsworth: When flushing the toilet, make sure to put the seat down. Otherwise, particles from inside the toilet infiltrate the air, landing on door knobs, toothbrushes, hand towels and more. 

Moisture

When bathrooms aren’t regularly cleaned, moisture levels are allowed to build up. As this happens, you’ll likely start noticing a musty mildew smell in your towels, clothes hamper and potentially even your shower curtain. A deep clean of your bathroom will help to eliminate this excess of moisture, bacteria and its smell.  Related: How To Remove Musty Mold and Mildew Smells Around Your Home

Maintenance

Since there is so much moisture present in your bathroom, regular cleaning will help you identify areas that may be affected by too much moisture. For example, if the paint on your walls is bubbling or peeling, it could be a sign that ventilation and moisture are cause for concern in your bathroom. If moisture is left to build up, it could turn into more serious issues and expensive repairs.  Check the corners of the bathroom, the lining of the tub, tiles and underneath the sink for moisture damage. Also keep an eye out for signs of mold — we would hate for your bathroom to be hiding a mold damage nightmare!  While it may make your list of unfavorite tasks, keeping your bathroom clean is an important part of being a homeowner. After all, you, your family and your guests use your bathroom everyday — so it ought to be clean! Take the time to clean your bathroom regularly, and use the bathroom cleaning secrets on this list to get the job done.  Regular cleaning will ensure that bacteria isn’t being spread around your home and that moisture isn’t building up in your bathroom, potentially causing serious mold damage. 

Don’t hold off in addressing your mold problems. Schedule a service with our experts to make sure your home is safe!

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6 Well-Kept Secrets to Cleaning Your Bathroom

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How to Know if Your Hotel Has Bedbugs

Upon entering a hotel room, do you typically reach for the tiny toiletries, take a leap onto the bed, or perhaps start by inspecting for bed bugs? Knowing what to look for is essential. Anticimex Carolinas Service Manager Christian Tweed has shared valuable insights on identifying bed bugs in your hotel room and preventing them from hitching a ride back home with you. And if bed bugs do become an unexpected part of your vacation, remember that Clark’s Pest Control is here to assist!



Q&A with a Pest Professional


How do bed bugs get inside hotels?


Bed bugs are primarily hitchhiking insects as opposed to foraging ones, meaning that they get carried around on people’s clothes and belongings. Someone with an active infestation in their home can easily bring bed bugs to their hotel, but they can also be picked up during travel (airplanes, taxis, and rideshare services) and brought to a hotel room.


What do people misunderstand about bed bugs in hotels?


From a probability standpoint, all hotels will deal with bed bugs at some point in time. If you think about a bed bug’s method of travel, there’s literally nothing a hotel can do to stop them from being carried in. What I have realized is that luxury hotels are more likely to have an aggressive response to dealing with a bed bug case once it’s identified as they tend to have a higher quality of service and a reputation to protect. While this isn’t always the case, it has been my experience more often than not.

Got bedbugs? Call Clark’s at 866-781-4991 today!

What do you recommend travelers do when they get to their room to check for bed bugs?


Most hotel headboards hang directly on the wall. I start my inspection here before even looking at the bed itself. I have found bed bugs, their exoskeletons, and the telltale black stains they leave behind around the edges of or in the crevices of headboards. If the headboard looks clean, move on to looking over the pillowcases and comforter for any signs or stains. You can dig into the bedding as deep as you want here, but I encourage people to look over the top layer of things at the very least.


What are some lesser-known signs of bed bugs in your hotel room?


The specifics of the black stains they leave behind, which as gross as it sounds, are just digested blood as that’s all that bed bugs feed on. If the stains are on a hard surface, they will be small dots as if left behind by an ink pen and will smear into a brownish gray when moisture is applied. If they’re on fabric, they will usually bleed along the fibers making a small diamond, square or X shape.


If there are bed bugs in your hotel room, can they travel home with you?


They absolutely can, however this is easy to prevent. While staying in a hotel, keep as much of your clothing and luggage off the beds as possible. Storing suitcases in the bathroom might sound odd, but it’s an effective method of prevention.

Don’t tackle bedbugs yourself, call Clark’s at 866-781-4991!

What should you do with your suitcase if you suspect your hotel has bed bugs?


When arriving home from a trip, leave your luggage in the garage or on a porch and bring your clothes in one load of laundry at a time. If the clothes are dirty, wash them like you normally would, if they’re clean then run them through the dryer for at least forty-five minutes. Once your suitcase is empty, vacuum over it meticulously (don’t forget to empty the vacuum when you’re done), or if you’re in the right climate, expose it to heat for a few days by placing it in your vehicle (parked in the sun) or for a few weeks in your attic.


The Clark’s Solution


If you brought bed bugs back to you home, Clark’s is here to help. Our Bedbug Control service is designed to eliminate bedbugs and create a safe, comfortable environment.


A Clark’s Pest Professional will do an inspection and recommend a plan of attack to get rid of bed bugs now and prevent them from hatching in the future. Call Clark’s at 866-781-4991 today for more information.



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