Professional cleaner 'always starts with one task' when tackling a kitchen
Cleaning the home is a task that needs to be tackled regularly, with multiple rooms and areas to attend to, including the kitchen. This room often houses a variety of major appliances, such as a fridge, oven and cooker, as well as a sink, storage units, cooking equipment and worktops.
A kitchen is susceptible to becoming grubby as it's the hub for preparing and storing food and drinks. Charlotte, a professional home cleaner, shares cleaning tips and advice on TikTok, offering her followers a glimpse into her daily work. In one of her videos, she walked viewers through a step-by-step routine she follows when cleaning a specific client's kitchen. She explained: "So the same with every room that I clean I always start off with high dusting."
Charlotte showed how she starts by dusting high up on walls and ceilings using an extendable magnetic duster.
Then she tackles the cupboard fronts with a microfibre cloth, ensuring she sprays any cleaning products onto the cloth rather than directly onto the cupboards to prevent staining and dripping.
She also cleans the dining table with the same cloth, along with everything on the table, like placemats.
The cleaning professional then wipes down the chairs. Following this, she moves on to cleaning the countertops using the Jangro Premium Citrus Cleaner, scrubbing it across all the surfaces.
Charlotte sanitises all the switches as she navigates the kitchen, including any appliances. She then tackles the cooker's backsplash, followed by the gas hob.
The cleaning expert uses Bar Keepers Power Clean to banish grime from the hob's base. She buffs it dry with a clean cloth and ensures that the product is fully removed, cautioning that Bar Keepers Power Clean contains acid which could cause damage if left on surfaces.
Charlotte uses a soap-filled scouring sponge to clean the upper parts of the hob, such as the burner caps and plates. She finds this sponge effective at scrubbing away tough brown stains that often appear on hobs.
Next, Charlotte scrubs the pan supports using either washing up liquid or the same citrus cleaner she applied to the countertops.
The professional cleaner added: "I then went ahead and cleaned the island all around the sink before I moved onto the sink."
The bin area is next on her list. Charlotte sprays it with disinfectant, allows it to work its magic, then wipes it down.
She continues by disinfecting all door handles, light switches and sockets, then dusts the skirting boards and door frames.
This is followed by "general dusting", which includes cabinets, mirrors and lamps. Charlotte concludes her routine by vacuuming and mopping the entire floor.
In her TikTok video caption, she reveals that this thorough process is her "regular weekly maintenance clean."
A number of users followers flocked to the comments section to express their admiration for Charlotte's meticulous cleaning routine.
One said: "You're way more diligent than our cleaners. That's my level of clean." Another exclaimed: "You are a magician!!! I would love to have you sort my house out!!"
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