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Cleaning Tips offer quick and easy cleaning tips that you can add to your regular cleaning routine!
Use Your Pillowcase to Clean Ceiling Fans - House Cleaning Services, Memphis TN

Use Your Pillowcase to Clean Ceiling Fans

Cleaning ceiling fans with a pillowcase is a popular and effective method for removing dust and debris from the fan blades without spreading it around the room. Here are the steps to follow: 1. Choose a pillowcase that is large enough to fit over the fan blade. Cotton pillowcases are best, as they are less likely to leave lint or ...

Dusting with Coffee Filters - House Cleaning Services, Memphis TN

Dusting with Coffee Filters

A great idea to keep your electronics clean is to use coffee filters to clean them. Coffee filters are a great home essential for DIY cleaning and household hacks. They are convenient to hold and leave no marks or scratches, making them an ideal material for cleaning screens and electronics. You can use them to dust gadgets at home, which ...

Use Rubber Gloves to Remove Pet Hair - House Cleaning Services, Memphis TN

Use Rubber Gloves to Remove Pet Hair

Rubber gloves will get the job done when your vacuum doesn’t! Just put on your favorite rubber cleaning glove and rub your hands all over your upholstery to pick up all the fuzz. Friction between your glove and the fabric creates a static energy that causes stray debris, such as pet hair and small pieces of lint, to stick to ...

Removing Carpet Stains with Vodka - House Cleaning Services, Memphis TN

Removing Carpet Stains with Vodka

Vodka is not only meant to mix in drinks, you can also use it to remove carpet stains! Using vodka is a great way to remove stains from fabrics, upholstery and carpets with no extra chemicals are needed for the job. It is best to use a vodka that is not flavored, and you don’t have to have expensive vodka ...

Olive Oil Removes Water Rings and Scratches - House Cleaning Services, Memphis TN

Olive Oil Removes Water Rings and Scratches

You can bring back the look of wood by using a bit of slightly warm olive oil to cover small scratches and water rings. All you need to do is to apply the oil with a soft cloth and then buff with a dry cloth. Make a good furniture polish to use weekly by mixing 1/4 cup olive oil, four ...

Cleaning Grout with a Bleach Pen - House Cleaning Services, Memphis TN

Cleaning Grout with a Bleach Pen

For tile walls, use a bleach pen to make your grout look great. This method is takes some time, but the payoff is crisp, clean grout lines. Use the pen to draw bleach across the grout lines. The pen allows you to target the grout without getting bleach all over the tile. This method is best for light or white ...

Polish with a Microfiber Cloth - House Cleaning Services, Memphis TN

Polish with a Microfiber Cloth

Microfiber cloths are a great at putting the finishing touches on mirrors, countertops, tile and fixtures. After cleaning surfaces with your favorite cleaning solution and drying them off with a terry cloth rag or a separate microfiber cloth, polish them to a mirror finish with a dry microfiber cloth. Cleaning Services in Memphis, Tennessee. Clean & Pink offers the following ...

Keeping Your Microwave Clean - House Cleaning Services, Memphis TN

Keeping Your Microwave Clean

Clean your microwave using vinegar and water. Just use ½ cup white vinegar and ½ cup of water and bring to boil on high power using the microwave. The steam from your mixture of water and vinegar will loosen, and food particles and dirt-caked inside the microwave. Then wipe the inside of the microwave using baking soda and a sponge ...

Tennis Ball Scuff Mark Eraser - House Cleaning Services, Memphis TN

Tennis Ball Scuff Mark Eraser

A tennis ball is actually one of the easiest ways to remove scuff marks from vinyl flooring. With kitchen floors being the most used floors in the house, a light rub with a tennis ball will make heel marks disappear. This tip will keep the floors looking good between visits from Clean & Pink. Cleaning Services in Memphis, Tennessee. Clean ...

After the Holidays Cleaning Tips - House Cleaning Services, Memphis TN

After the Holidays Cleaning Tips

After the craziness of Christmas, here are some tips to add to your cleaning list: Wash, dry, and store all dishes and cutlery. How to clean a house during and after Christmas Dry clean special outfits before storing. Take down any decorations and strings of lights and gently clean before storing them for the next celebration. Prepare a meal plan ...

Dishwasher Cleaning - House Cleaning Services, Memphis TN

Dishwasher Cleaning

Dishwasher cleaners power away grime, food residue, and mineral buildup from inside the machine. Cleaners can remove grime, food residue and mineral buildup from inside the machine. To keep a dishwasher in top running shape, it’s important to clean it regularly, about once a month for most machines and households. Here are some top rated picks you can use in ...

Winter Cleaning Ideas - House Cleaning Services, Memphis TN

Winter Cleaning Ideas

There are certain things you should attend to every winter. These tasks ensure that your house performs efficiently, thus saving you money. They make perfect activities for when you are snowed in or can’t get out. The staff at Clean & Pink can help you with these tasks. 1. HVAC – Replace your air filters and consider having your air ...

Microwave Your Cloths and Sponges - House Cleaning Services, Memphis TN

Microwave Your Cloths and Sponges

When you are doing that touch up cleaning between the times Clean & Pink comes to clean, make sure your sponges and cloths are stay sterile. Pop your wet sponge or cloth in the microwave for 30 seconds to remove any bacteria. If you don’t have a microwave, you can also put your cleaning cloths in the washing machine. Try ...

Coconut Oil to Remove Make-Up - House Cleaning Services, Memphis TN

Coconut Oil to Remove Make-Up

Its almost Halloween… Or Hallowscream, when you can’t get all the make up off that you wore the night before! Yikes, who wants to go to a meeting with left over make-up! Want a tip, here is how to remove it with ease. SWAP YOUR MAKEUP REMOVER WITH COCONUT OIL TO SIMULTANEOUSLY SOOTHE YOUR SKIN. According to special effects makeup ...

16 Practical Uses For Nail Polish Remover - House Cleaning Services, Memphis TN

16 Practical Uses For Nail Polish Remover

Keep your patent shoes shiny Clean your china teacups Remover permanent marker marks Uses for acetone in the bathroom Clean paint from windows Use nail polish remover to dissolve superglue Smooth minor scratches on your watch Sanitize your beauty tools with acetone nail polish remover Get rid of ink stains Remove stubborn stickers from glass and metal Nail varnish can ...

Dishwasher Tablets Can Do It All - House Cleaning Services, Memphis TN

Dishwasher Tablets Can Do It All

Most people just use dishwasher tablets in the dishwasher, which is understandable. But did you know you can also use them to clean your deep fryer? And there are many more things you can use them for! Here is how it works: Deep fryer One of the most annoying chores we can think of is cleaning our deep fryer. It’s ...

Weekly Cleaning Schedule - House Cleaning Services, Memphis TN

Weekly Cleaning Schedule

Weekly cleaning schedule so your house stays clean! OR……if you don’t want to clean your house, call the professionals at Clean and Pink we will do it for you! Cleaning Services in Memphis, Tennessee. Clean & Pink offers the following cleaning and professional services for: Residential Cleaning Services • Professional Residential Cleaning Services • Residential Home Sale Cleaning Services

In Memory of Queen Elizabeth II

In Memory of Queen Elizabeth II

Clean & Pink are sending our formal condolences to the royal family and our thoughts are very much with them, and their loved ones, at this difficult time. The Queen has been an inspirational figurehead and moral leader and has given great comfort to those in need throughout the years of her reign. She will be sorely missed by so ...

Don’t ZEP it, ZAP it! - House Cleaning Services, Memphis TN

Don’t ZEP it, ZAP it!

For those stubborn bathroom stains, rust, or crystalized hard water stains and industrial clean is probably recommended. If you don’t want to hire our professionals and want to “do it yourself”, then we recommend a product called ZAP, Cleaner and Restorer. Its intense so don’t breathe in the fumes. Wear a mask and gloves. Dilute is a spray bottle and ...

The Basic Fall Cleaning Check List - House Cleaning Services, Memphis TN

The Basic Fall Cleaning Check List!

Clean and Pink can help you keep your clean and organized. Fall is the perfect season to get your home clean and cozy for winter and the holiday season and complete household chores that may have been neglected during summer vacations. The heat of summer has passed, and the weather is still mild enough to be outdoors to make sure ...

Cleaning Your Shower Head - House Cleaning Services, Memphis TN

Cleaning Your Shower Head

Clean your shower head and faucets with vinegar and a plastic bag Simple cleaning tips that require little work from you are the best. This hack will remove unwanted buildup, grime, and limescale from your shower and faucet heads with minimal energy from you, other than removing the shower heads and faucet handles themselves if necessary. Step 1: Get a sandwich ...

How to Remove Red Kool-Aid Stains - House Cleaning Services, Memphis TN

How to Remove Red Kool-Aid Stains

Back to school can cause spills while rushing out the door. Note: Using a wet/dry vac can be used for extraction instead of a towel. Wondering how to get red stains out of carpet? The reason why Kool-Aid stains are difficult to eliminate on carpet, or upholstery is the presence of dyes. Kool-Aid has the ability to stain your carpet; ...

How Often Should You Clean? - House Cleaning Services, Memphis TN

How Often Should You Clean?

Good Housekeeping…..literally! Owning a cleaning company, one must always be researching. That’s why I keep this handy “How often should you clean everything from good housekeeping. This is a great way to keep up with rotational cleaning. However, if you don’t want to clean every week or every other week, call us at Clean and Pink. (901) 834-3195 We will ...

House Cleaning Service, Memphis - Kitchen Cleaning Tips!

What is Housekeeping Anyway?

Cleaning Top to Bottom and Left to Right……. Why? Dust and Dirt fall from top to bottom. So don’t clean the counter first and then clean the cupboards or microwave. If you clean left to right, you won’t miss areas. If you get interrupted leave a reminder where you stopped on the surface (or if you are cleaning top to ...

House Cleaning Service, Memphis - What is Housekeeping Anyway?

What is Housekeeping Anyway?

Cleaning is the most important and primary aspect of “housekeeping”. It is a process of removing dirt, dust, and grime by using methods such as dusting, shaking, sweeping, mopping, washing or polishing. There are certain areas you may clean daily, whereas you may clean other areas occasionally or once /twice in a year, as in baseboards. Clean and Pink uses ...

House Cleaning Service, Memphis - Lemon It!

Lemon It!

At a friend’s house this weekend, cleaning the kitchen was our responsibility. We had used all kinds of fancy cutting devices from the cheese grater, vegetable slicer, melon ball scooper to knife sharpeners. This takes time and will shred a sponge. So, Lemon It! Clean a cheese grater. Save sponges from getting shredded by wiping graters with a lemon before ...

House Cleaning Service, Memphis - The Three Touch Rule™

The Three Touch Rule™

At Clean and Pink we train our staff to use “The Three Touch Rule”™ which was the founder of Clean & Pink’s “Rule in Cleaning”™. This picture was captured when a Clean & Pink employee was responsible for dusting a room. When dusting, we dust, polish and buff when applicable to individual surface areas. The has all three in hand. ...

House Cleaning Service, Memphis - Monday is a State of Mind

Monday is a State of Mind.

Cleaning out closets is never fun, however using old Shirts is a great way to clean moldy showers. If you have a shower with pink mold, soke the old shirt in the cleaning solution of your choice (Clean and Pink uses Shaklee Basic G’ Mold Defense) and lay the shirt on the effected area. Let is dwell (sit) for a ...

House Cleaning Service, Memphis - BASIC G is Clean and Pink’s Product of Choice

BASIC G is Clean and Pink’s Product of Choice

Owning a cleaning company surely has its challenges, but mold will always be a factor. This product is one of the best products for mold defense and is a Clean and Pink Staff Choice. Summer is mold season for showers and bathrooms sinks, tubs, and shower heads. Basic G is not a harsh product like bleach. Clean and Pink uses ...

House Cleaning Service, Memphis - 10 Cleaning Tips for Summer Maintenance

10 Cleaning Tips for Summer Maintenance

Clean the air conditioner filter. Clean & reverse the fan. Wash the windows. Get sudsy with the window screens. Clean the fridge. Clean and disinfect your trashcans starting with the Kitchen. Clear out the freezer. Clean out the drain and garbage disposal. Dispose of old canned goods in pantry. Clean return vents with warm Dawn and water. Cleaning Services in ...