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Home » Non Toxic Deep Home Cleaning: Get Your Home Move In Ready the Easy Way!

Non Toxic Deep Home Cleaning: Get Your Home Move In Ready the Easy Way!

Published April 11, 2017 8 comments >>

This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Scrub Daddy. All opinions are 100% mine.

This free printable deep cleaning checklist will help get your home looking like new. Whether your’re moving out, moving in, or just want to do some serious tidying up this cleaning guide has you covered.

Deep Cleaning Smiley Face Sponge

 

Let’s talk a little about DEEP house cleaning. I’m not talking about weekly home vacuuming and dusting. I’m talking about a “move the appliances –  degrease the oven hood – call the carpet steamer” cleaning.

Serious moving into a new home cleaning.

As a military family we’ve lived in nine  different houses in that past 16 years. Sometimes we rent, sometime we buy but we always, Always, ALWAYS CLEAN.

We clean when we move into a home to get rid of the dirt and gunk left by the previous owners. We clean when we move out of a home to leave it spic and span for the new tenants.

It can be downright exhausting without the right cleaning tool and tricks!

  • (I’m devoted to green cleaning so it’s important to find the right cleaning tools to remove stubborn dirt and grime without using toxic chemicals.)

Colorful sponges with Cleaning List

Are You Sanding Stains Away?

For a long time I reached for magical sponges and I thought they did a great job cleaning. Then I learned an ugly truth. I wasn’t so much cleaning as I was sanding.

That’s right those so-called erasers are actually mini sanders! URGH! They are made of Melamine resin foam that acts like super-fine sandpaper filing away the stain.

Unfortunately it can also file away anything around the stain… like the paint on the wall, the wood finish, the floor finish, etc.

Maybe you’ve noticed a dull or cloudy finish after cleaning an area with an eraser? That’s the damage caused by the micro-sanding!

Non Abrasive Scrubbing Power

I recently found a new non-abrasive tool that works great on scuffs, spots, and hard water stains without damaging the surrounding finish.

What is this cool new tool? Scrub Daddy sponges!

Scrub Daddy sponges are made from engineered cellulose that is latex free, BPA free, and nontoxic. They are scratch free, don’t hold onto odors, and rinse clean.

They meet my green cleaning standards and clean great with just a bit of tap water!

Light switch Before and After Cleaning

Deep Cleaning with Scrub Daddy

As we move from house to house  I’ve noticed that lots of grime can build up without homeowners noticing… especially if you’ve lived in the house for longer than a few years.

When the house is empty it’s easier to spot… but who empties their house each year?

Each spring I try to do a move out cleaning to get our home in the best shape possible. I call it a move out cleaning because it’s the kind of cleaning that gets the house so clean you would certainly get your full security deposit back (if you were a renter moving out).

Shower Track Before and After Cleaning

This cleaning tackles those less frequently cleaned areas such as the greasy cabinets above the  stove, the scuff marks on baseboards, and/or the dirty fingerprints above light switches and door knobs.

They’re the overlooked areas you don’t even notice until you start looking!

Free Printable Deep Cleaning Checklist

I’ve compiled a list of the grime offending areas we tend to find when doing a move in cleaning. This free printable checklist is great for moving into or out of a home or apartment… but it also is a great annual checklist to make sure your home is as clean as when you first moved in!

Grab a smiley Scrub Daddy and my free printable deep cleaning checklist and get cleaning!

Three Smiley Face sponges with Deep Cleaning List

How to Use a Scrub Daddy

I have been interested in trying Scrub Daddy since I say the adorable smiley faces on Shark Tank in 2012. (They’e now available at all major retailers.)

The adorable smiley faced design reminds me of living in Japan (where cleaning products are much much cuter than in the US). Cleaning is a bit more fun when you have such cheerful tools!

I’ll also admit that I was a bit skeptical of all the cleaning promises… I mean come on, it’s a sponge. My box of Scrub Daddy’s arrived and I started cleaning (We’re in the process of moving  so I am in the process of deep cleaning our newly purchase house and deep cleaning our rental!) Coffee Stain Before and After Cleaning

After a week of deep cleaning I can truly say that Scrub Daddy Sponges are amazing—they are hard when dry, firm when wet with cold water, and soft when wet with warm water. This means you can customize the super-scrubbing power so they can be used to clean practically anything! Just wet the eraser sponge and rub gently to remove any of these messes:

  1. Scuff marks on baseboards and walls (I used a cold, damp sponge and did not damage the paint!)
  2. Coffee stains on counter tops (I used a cold, damp sponge and did not damage the finish!)
  3. Hard water mineral stains on bathroom fixtures. (I used a cold, damp sponge and did not damage the shiny metal surface!)

Before and After Cleaning Drain

You can also use Scrub Daddy (American’s Favorite Sponge) to remove marker, pen and crayons, clean soap scum off of shower doors, cleans granite counter tops, scrub tile grout, polish stove tops, and much more! Get more ideas from Scrub Daddy Facebook.

Smiley Face sponge out of box

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  1. Tammy

    February 7, 2019 at 10:53 am

    I am also a clean freak and also worry about disinfecting, sanitizing, (de-germing ok my own made up word lol) but you get the idea. How do I do that without using bleach products that I swear by? My son has asthma and my daughter swears I’m hurting us more by cleaning all the time. I know she is right but that isn’t going to stop me from using them. What do I do?

    Reply
    • Bren

      February 8, 2019 at 2:45 pm

      Tammy, you can disinfect with hydrogen peroxide (I use a spray top on my bottle), essential oils, or even vinegar. There is a great discussion on my Facebook page about this right now! Check it out here.

      Reply
  2. Richard Learner

    February 25, 2018 at 10:20 pm

    Great list! Oh yes, pre-move cleaning is no small task. That’s well defined and I really loved it a lot. You are providing great help and I hope you’re feeling well as you tackle all the big jobs ahead!
    Move in clean Fort Worth TX

    Reply
    • Bren

      February 26, 2018 at 10:34 am

      Thanks, Richard!

      Reply
  3. Niccole

    May 11, 2017 at 2:51 pm

    Where can I find that deep cleaning check list?

    Reply
    • Bren

      May 22, 2017 at 11:29 am

      It’s available in the free printable library!

      Reply
  4. April

    April 17, 2017 at 1:31 pm

    Perfect! We’re about to move and there is dry erase marker on the recently painted white wall of our rental home, courtesy of my two year old sneaky son. 🙂 Thanks again, Bren!

    Reply
    • Bren

      April 17, 2017 at 8:23 pm

      Ah, the job of the toddler years! Hope the Scrub Daddy works great for you!

      Reply

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