Pet Peeves: How To Remove Pesky Pet Hair!

Whether it’s man’s best friend, or a feline companion, these four legged family members both have something in common: pet hair.

If it’s not on your clothes, it’s on your cushions and your couch, but what’s the best way to remove these tricky tresses from your furniture?

Sticky tape is a fine to get off small areas such as your clothes when you have sat down somewhere, but to get it off furniture there is an easier way. Put your rubber gloves on and rub the furniture in a circular motion to lift pet hair. The fluff ball can then easily be picked up and popped in the bin. Simple!

Do you have any clever cleaning tricks? If so, let us know!

Now Students can be Clever Cleaners

As thousands of students across the UK prepare to leave the cleanliness of their family homes for freedom in university residences, many will arrive clueless, not knowing their mops from their scourers.

Students are notorious for being lazy and preferring social activities to that of domestic bliss, but they should fear not as help is at hand from the cleaning experts.

Here are Vileda's top cleaning tips for students from the Clever Cleaning Team:

1. Divide the tasks equally among housemates – nothing will start an argument quicker than someone feeling like they do everything in the house.

2. Make sure that everyone is responsible for their own bedrooms. If someone wants to live in a pig sty that’s their choice but the living areas need to be up to everyone’s standards.

3. Plan ahead – decide on what you want to achieve and make a list. Visualise your end result and see yourself relaxing on the sofa in the fresh surroundings of your home.

4. Plan when is the best time to clean. Pick a day when everyone is at home and do it altogether.

5. Equip yourself properly and don’t use inferior tools when you can opt for expert equipment – it will make your job a lot easier and last longer, saving you cash.
6. Get rid of clutter – you can’t clean in a messy space. Ensure everyone picks up their own belongings.

7. Make it fun – once you’ve got the stereo blasting out with your favourite music you could even use a mop as a microphone and have a sing along!

8. Get a kitty together for cleaning products – Vileda has some great value cloths and the mops are very durable and long lasting.

9. Don’t let the washing up build up until the sink is overflowing. Dried on food is far more difficult to remove. Keep up with this after every meal.

10. After clearing clutter, having clean floors makes the biggest impact in a home. Make sure kitchens and bathrooms are mopped and lounges are swept regularly.

Welcome to our brand new blog, the Clever Cleaner

At Vileda, we live and breathe cleaning.

As we all have to clean at some stage in our busy lives, we thought it was about time we shared our thoughts, hints and tips on the wonderful world of cleaning with you all.

We will keep you up to date with the latest news, products, information and help from our cleaning experts.

We would love you to contribute to our blog by sending us any cleaning related videos, pictures, hints and tips to vileda@brazenpr.com and we will upload them onto this page so everyone can share your knowledge.

Alternatively, please feel free to add your comments to our blog, we want it to be the place to visit to help you clean in a clever way this year and a community is only as good as the people in it so get posting and emailing all your hints and tips!

Thanks

Emmah Littlewood & Lindsey Taylor
The Vileda Clever Clean Team