Along with sun and vacations, you can always count on summertime in New York City to brings heat, humidity and some unique cleaning challenges. Here are a few cleanup tasks that need a little extra TLC during the hot summer months.
1) Bathrooms - A little humidity may keep your home from becoming overdry in winter, but in summer it can lead to unhealthy and unsightly mold and mildew - your bathroom is the perfect cultivation environment for both of these nasties. Be sure to turn on the fan or open a window after your shower and leave the fan on for at least 30 minutes afterwards. Also, make it a habit to wipe down any surfaces where water accumulates.
2) Kitchen Trash - As the temperatures rise, so do odors - particularly from things like food refuse. Now is a good time to give that kitchen trash can a good scrubbing. You may want to empty your trash more frequently than usual too!
While you're in the kitchen, pour a few spoonfuls baking soda or a few pieces of lemon peel into the garbage disposal and run it to eliminate garbage disposal odors.
3) Carpeting and Upholstered Furniture - Heat and humidity bring out odors in carpets and upholstery too. Some options for taming them:
- Shampoo your carpets and upholstery, or better yet, call a professional cleaning service to get the job done quickly and efficiently. Cleaning pros have equipment that will get more of that deep-down dirt out of your carpets and dry them much faster than consumer carpet cleaners.
- Need a quick fix? Try sprinkling baking soda on carpets and upholstery and leave for a few minutes before vacuuming.
- What about sprays and room fresheners? Sprays like Febreeze(tm) may help mask odors temporarily but for long-term relief a good cleaning is the only answer.
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