Steam – One of the most effective cleaners

When you are cleaning you want several things;

• You want to sanitise
• You want to freshen
• You want to remove marks and dirt
• And you want to do all these things efficiently and with little effort.

For years chemical manufacturers have sold us the idea that to get things really clean you need to add more and more chemicals.

That message is just baloney!

One of the most effective cleaners you can possibly use is steam.  That’s right just plain water raised to high temperature.  The benefits are numerous;

1. Steam kills just about all germs and bacteria
2. No bacteria means smells are eliminated
3. High temperature steam melts just about any stain and allows you to wipe it away.
4. Steam power allows you to glide through cleaning tasks.
5. Your surfaces are left looking clean and they are completely sanitised.

If you think about it, it makes such good sense. 

What do hospitals and dentists do to sanitise their instruments?  They place them in steamers that kill all bacteria.

What happens to grease when heated?  It melts and becomes less sticky

Do smells come from your spills and dirt?  Actually most smells come from the bacteria feeding on the dirt.

I use stem power on just about any cleaning job.  You need to use a little common sense and avoid any surface that could be damaged by heat but other than that steam will clean hard surfaces fantastically.  It will sanitise soft furnishings.  Steam cleans carpets really well and one of the best things is that steam will get to areas and cracks that you just can’t get a cloth into.

My daughter recently moved into new student accommodation.  Unfortunately like many students the previous tenants had not left the house in a very good state.  But a day with my steam cleaners and we soon had the place fresh, clean and bug free.

We removed gum that was stuck on the carpet easily – one blast of concentrated steam and the gum could be lifted away.  We steam mopped all hard floors and wood work.   I steam cleaned the carpets and sofas; I even steamed the mattress to ensure the dust-mites were killed.  After thoroughly steaming sinks and the bath I directed a jet of steam down the plug hole and watched it rush out of the overflow.  How else would you sanitise the inside of pipes?  In just one day we transformed a dump that I would not have allowed my daughter to stay in to a bright clean home that she can be proud of.

I actually recommend you have two steam cleaners; a specialist stem mop and a portable hand steamer.  It is so much easier to clean this way and they work out no more expensive than one multi-use machine that is not so good with either task.

I’ll be adding more steam cleaning tips to this blog so make sure you bookmark me and keep checking back