How To Organize Your Cleaning Supplies
Mar 3, 2009
As Spring Cleaning season looms just around the corner, you can start to get a head start on your cleaning routine today by opting to organize your cleaning supplies. By taking the time to get your spics and spans in a row, you can be sure that cleaning will be easier and less frustrating than you last remember. After all, Spring Cleaning can be a very rewarding experience when you get it done right. Here are the steps you need to get your supplies ready for the fight against dirt, grime and dust bunnies:
Step 1: Find A Space
Most people tend to shove their supplies under a shelf, in a cupboard, or even in a bucket in a closet. The point of organizing your cleaning supplies is to find a space where it can fit comfortably and be dedicated to storing just cleaning supplies. If you don’t have an entire closet to devote, you can always think about setting aside part of a pantry, a nook under a staircase, or even an organized bin.
Step 2: Clean Up
Sort through your supplies and sort out what’s unnecessary. If you have two half-used bottles of the same product, combine them together. Pitch brooms, mops, or rags that are worn out beyond repair. Start organizing your products by room, type, or whatever way works best for you. Try to secure loose items like brooms, rags, and bottles by tossing them in bins, buckets, or hanging them up on racks, hooks or similar.
Step 3: Stock Up
Once you’ve cleared out the clutter, replenish your supply of depleted cleaning products. ToiletPaperWorld.com is your source for finding the Cleaning Supplies You need to restore your cleaning space to where it should be – just in time for Spring Cleaning.
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Excellent tips! I’ll be sure to follow these guidelines whenever I have to clean stuff up!
Haha, I never really thought about it, but I think it’s pretty funny that my cleaning supplies are always so unorganized.
I tend to think back to times where i have been unable to find a certain item in the house because i have thrown them anywhere the previous time i was using it. Very frustrating!
Now i think on that basis whenever i am looking to store an item away. And think, where would i be able to find it next time i come to use it?
Follow this procedure and your certain to stay clutter free!
Thanks for sharing.
Glad that you enjoyed the post!
Do you recommend having more than one storage space for cleaning products? Currently I have the main stuff stored under the sink in arranged bins, and toilet cleaner in either bathroom, along with bathtub cleaner for the tub in one bath. Do you think that’s enough?
I organize my cleaning supplies with buckets — one bucket for each area of the house. This way, they are organized (I hate the idea of mistakenly using the bathroom sponge for cleaning my kitchen tiles. Yuck!) and I can just dump them all in after a strenuous day of scrubbing and washing.
The one thing I’ve noticed is that you have to also clean out the area that holds your cleaning supplies, too, from time to time. Last year I thought nothing of it, and when I went to move and go through the products, I found a nice little patch of mold growing from one of my bottles leaking. Now that’s an ICK!
Thanks for the additional cleaning tip!
Make sure that if you are using aftermarket spray bottle that us use the correct MSDS labeling protocols. When trying to organize all of my Eco Friendly solutions i find it much easier if they are labeled correctly. Another tip I have for organizing cleaning supplies is to consolidate. Many products have many uses, I find many people have way to many when only a few can do the whole job!
Really thanks a lot for sharing these useful cleaning tips with us.
Nice tips. I just finished my spring cleaning (seems like it took forever!) and saw your tips. I think this can be done year-round since cleaning supplies are in use almost everyday.
Thanks for the tips! My mom is such a neat freak and actually bought me stuff for the bathroom so I can organize everything. She bought me a rack for my towels, a toilet paper storage for spare rolls, a shower rack for my soap and hair products, and other things. I can’t complain. She even got them so match my color scheme!
Some good tips here on getting cleaning supplies organised. I will follow your advice in my carpet cleaning business in Derby.
Thanks.
I just went to the Container Store to get my bathroom organized. Thanks for the tips and I’ll apply these to the work!
I always combine two of the same products into one bottle, but my wife always gets mad. I will have to show her this article. Thanks.
Why would she get mad? I always welcome my boyfriend’s contributions to household cleaning.
This makes a lot of sense. Never really occured to me how important it could be to organise my cleaning gear.
Learn something new every day
Great post making some good points. Will definitely be taking them into consideration.
I am so bad about just throwing my cleaning supplies under the sink or in a closet, I really need to organize them- clean my cleaning supplies! Lol
This might sound weird but do you have any tips on how often to replace cleaning brushes, products, etc etc? I assume products are good for a while before they lose their cleaning abilities and need to be replaced, and if I have a brush that looks grimey or gross I’ll throw it away but is there a general guideline to when you’ve had something for long enough?
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