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How to Clean Using Vinegar

November 5, 2020 by emilysmaids

Vinegar is a remarkable substance that can kill bacteria and restore the shine to any faded or dull glass object.  While its distinct smell does require extra rinsing, its properties of removing mineral deposits are well-worth the trouble.

Cleaning and descaling your coffee maker

During the pandemic, the financial situation of many people has declined. As we try to cut back on daily expenses, many people will try to minimize the number of purchases they make. For example, you can save a respectable amount of money by brewing your coffee instead of buying it from a store.

Given this situation, our coffee making machines are seeing more and more use, to the point where they need to be cleaned way more often. These household appliances can be burdensome to clean due to certain areas being hard to reach.

Thankfully, it is not impossible, and this article is meant to teach you how to clean your coffee making machine properly.

First, you should disassemble the appliance, separating each removable part from the main body. Clean these components with warm, soapy water and leave them to dry. After, be sure to clean the machine’s exterior using the same soapy water and a wet sponge.

This operation doesn’t take much time and should be attempted at least twice a week.

However, that is not the end of the maintenance process. Wherever you have stale water and moisture, you will have fungal and bacterial growth. It is not uncommon to find find a bacteria-ridden film of gunk sitting at the bottom of the machine’s reservoir. Many reservoirs are narrow and do not allow for a human hand to fit in easily.

 It is best to avoid that bacteria build in the first place. In addition, you can also have mineral deposits coating the walls, left behind by the evaporated water.

To stay on top of the situation, use a non-toxic descaling solution or just simple white vinegar. Ten ounces of either should be enough. Just turn on the machines, letting it run its cycle. Repeat for about 2-3 times. After, repeat the process for another two times using regular water to rinse the system.

This will disinfect the coffee machine and remove any mineral debris.

Brighten glassware

While we’re on the topic of using vinegar to remove mineral deposits, we should also mention glassware. When they are new, transparent glasses can be a sight to behold. Yet, as we wash and age them, their brightness fades. Even though they are perfectly clean, somehow, they lost their near-perfect transparency and light refuses to play on their surface like it once did.

This loss in shine is due to the minerals in the water. Minerals don’t evaporate, so they are left behind long after the water has been dried away.

To resolve the issue, get a container that can hold a lot of liquid and fill it with white vinegar. Then leave your glasses to soak in there for about 5-10 minutes.

After the brief soak, each glass should be rinsed by hand, and excess moisture absorbed using a particular cloth made especially for glasses. You should avoid using a regular kitchen towel or cloth, given that it can often leave behind lint deposits and scratch the delicate glass.

Using vinegar for your washing machine

Your washing machine is one of your most expensive and essential appliances. Taking care of it will increase its lifespan and protect your clothes and your plumbing.

Few things get wet more often than the interior of a washing machine, and as we’ve learned by now, dried water leaves behind mineral deposits. These deposits form a crust that can hinder movement, stain clothes, and damage components. It is also hard to see when wet, tricking us into thinking that the drum is perfectly clean.

It would be a good idea to fill the drum with 2-3 gallons of white vinegar every six months, select the program with the hottest washing temperature, and let it run. This will cycle the vinegar thought the system, rigorously cleaning, disinfecting, and descaling your appliance.

After the cycle is done, rerun it with just water to rinse any excess vinegar smell.

Conclusion

In many ways, vinegar is a miracle substance. It is a sterilizing agent that also removes limescale and other mineral deposits. Of course, the store-bought cleaners do smell nicer, but they are more toxic.

Vinegar is a very cheap, all-natural solution to many of our household problems. There is no better choice for those with breathing conditions triggered by the chemical fumes resulting from store-bought solutions.

Home Cleaning Tips for Busy People

October 27, 2020 by emilysmaids

Juggling work, errands, and the chaos of everyday living can be daunting. The narrative is even more complicated if you have kids. With everything going around, it can be almost impossible to keep a clean home. However, there are ways you can keep your house in order without losing efficiency at any other task.

Ways busy people can keep a clean home

Clean your house every day

The most effective way to keep your house clean if you are on a busy schedule is never to let dirt pile before cleaning them. At a glance, this approach seems impractical; however, if you will be willing to make small changes, you will be more effective at cleaning.

Always put things away after use

If you cultivate the habit of putting things away after use, you won’t always need to declutter your house. Hence, before you leave for work, take a final glance at a room to try to identify an object or item that does not belong. When you do, remove the item and return them to their original place. Keep this in mind, one cloth every day at the wrong spot will eventually form a pile.

Make your bed every morning

Start your morning by making your bed before heading out. If you don’t, chances are that you will come back from wherever you went feeling exhausted and tired. Unfortunately, you will still need to make the bed regardless of whether you are tired or not. Hence, you should do it in the morning when you are still energized.

Prepare for today the night before

To get a happy start every morning, you can take small but significant steps to clean some parts of your home before you go to bed. For example, head to the kitchen and wash the dishes. You can wipe down the kitchen surfaces or empty the trash bin. Although it is small, steps like this will help you make light work of your daily task.

Learn to multitask

It will help if you can learn to do more than one thing at once. Not in excess, but enough to keep you busy. For example, you can spray or wipe the bathroom surfaces while you take your bath. Since cooking takes a while, nothing is stopping you from cleaning as you cook. If you want, you can carry your baby if you have one even while carrying out these tasks. The idea is to stay flexible and try to do minimal tasks at the same time.

Do little but do it often

You don’t need to spend hours cleaning since you don’t have the time anyways. However, you can stay one step ahead of yourself by doing small tasks and preventing more complicated ones later. For example, do the dishes after eating to avoid a pileup later. Remember, it does not have to be flawless. Whether flawless or not, it is better than nothing.

Conclusion

Home cleaning does not have to be a mystery if you can have a simple and flexible structure around it. Apart from the points we have mentioned, you can create a list or schedule for deep cleaning since it will only be once in a while.

COVID-19 House Cleaning Tips

October 9, 2020 by emilysmaids

Fun fact: Housecleaners and plumbers have saved more people than doctors. This fact may seem counter-intuitive, as we rightfully associate healthcare professionals with health. Yet, as is the case with any issue, prevention is always a better cure than the cure itself.

The realization that lifeforms can get smaller than the eye can see and that many of these organisms can cause disease has revolutionized human health.

Keeping a clean home and running a tight ship also has a tremendous phycological effect. During the pandemic, many of us feel that the control has been taken out of our hands. This indiscriminate force of nature has shattered our dominion of the outside world.

Still, our homes remain our own, and at least we can control the environment in which we spend the most time.

Given the mandatory precautions imposed in business settings, odds are you will get infected inside, not outside. This article will go through common-sense cleaning methods that we should all implement.

Traffic means risk

What is more likely to house the new Coronavirus, your doorknob, or the space behind your bed? Of course, the doorknob. The virus will most likely hitch a ride on your clothes, your skin, or on your pet’s fur. Then, as we touch surfaces inside our homes, it will linger. To make matters worse, the virus is swiftly killed by UV light, and there is no UV in household light.

So, except for those who live in tanning salons, what can we do to mitigate risk?

The answer is to clean high-traffic surfaces regularly, more often than you would regularly do so. The list includes phone screens, computer mice and keyboards, almost everything in your bathroom and kitchen, remote controls, etc.

Solutions

To understand which solutions work against COVID, we must first know what protects it. Although a virus is a very fragile strand of protein, it is covered by a lipoprotein membrane. Lipoprotein is just a fancy way of saying: a mixture of protein and fat. Thus, any substance that works well against fat should dissolve the membrane.

First, we have Old Faithful: soap and water. Simply mix the two and wash down any surface exposed to regular contact. Yet, do not rely entirely on soapy water to get the job done.

To be sure, use an alcohol-based ( 70% concentration is ideal) or bleach to wipe down the area further.

By doing this simple act, you are vastly reducing the chances of infection. Still, it can be easier said than done, as our modern lives often cannot accommodate dozens of daily scrubs, in addition to constant hand washing.

Be sure to let the solutions soak and linger for a while before wiping them off. Some of them need a few moments to be maximally effective.

Carpets and laundry also need to be handled with care. As far as the virus is concerned, each woven fabric is an apartment complex with countless nooks and crannies. While doing laundry, try to wear gloves and avoid shaking the clothes. Also, ignore the label recommendations and wash clothes at the highest possible temperature.

Carpets must be shampooed more often, but the most effective method is cleaning your soles each time you walk into your home. Take care to wash the pet’s paws with soap and water as well.

Conclusion

The fact that you are most likely to be infected indoors should be a source of consolation. This is your domain, and you can control it. Taking the reins of your own safety makes everything seem less random and chaotic, and it also has the benefit of being true.

Emily’s Maids has taken measures to mitigate the risk of catching coronavirus. To learn more, view our Covid-19 policies and procedures and our disinfecting services, free for the duration of the pandemic.

Emily’s Maids In The News

September 18, 2020 by emilysmaids

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Our staff here at Emily’s Maids are often used as sources for house cleaning-related stories. We’re happy to help journalists and writers with their stories and thought we’d share a few of the ones we’ve been quoted in here.

4/1/2020 – What Kills Bacteria – And What Doesn’t

Does bleach kill bacteria and viruses?

It does—and it’s one of the best ways to do the job, says Abe Navas, general manager of Emily’s Maids, a house cleaning service in Dallas. In fact, your household bleach can be used as a disinfectant. According to a study published in Oncology Times, the active ingredient in bleach is hypochlorous acid—an ingredient that works in a similar manner to fevers. It unfolds the proteins in the bacteria, which is just one way that it kills all those germs. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Guidelines (CDC), you should mix 1/3 cup bleach with one gallon of water, use it to clean non-porous surfaces, and leave it on for at least 1 minute so it can work its magic.

PressFrom.info

4/18/2020 – 15 Ways You’re Cleaning Your Bathroom, According To Experts

“The soap trap gets bit by bit, so every time you use soap, some residue is left behind,” explains Abe Navas, General manager of Dallas-based Emily’s maid. He says that the best bet to remove it is that the way you use it in the kitchen is an abusive one. And to try and stretch things in more ways, discover these 33 crazy cleaning tips that actually work.

NewsChant.com

4/29/2020 – 7 Coronavirus Laundry Tips You Need to Start Following

Set up a laundry basket at the entrance of your home.

If you have been outside, you could easily be bringing the virus into your home on your clothes. To help prevent your worn clothes from contaminating other things in your house, Abe Navas, general manager of Texas-based cleaning service Emily Maid’s, recommends setting up a laundry basket near your most-used entrance so you can shed them immediately.

BestLifeOnline.com

5/27/2020 – 6 Subtle Signs You Need to Replace Your Hand Sanitizer

If you accidentally leave your hand sanitizer open for an extended period of time, you could be weakening its potency, according to Abe Navas, general manager of Emily’s Maids, a cleaning service in Dallas, Texas.

“Alcohol evaporates quickly, so if you have a sanitizer that you forgot to close for a couple of days, you should worry about its effectiveness,” he says.

BestLifeOnline.com

5/29/2020 – 8 Ways You’re Secretly Ruining Your Disinfectants

Just like the sun’s rays can be damaging to your skin, they’re not good for your disinfectant either. A spray disinfectant left out in the hot sun will have a much shorter shelf life, says Abe Navas, the general manager of Emily’s Maids in Dallas, Texas. But that’s not the only thing you’ll need to worry about. “Alcohol-based cleaners, when heated to a certain temperature, can combust or become a fire hazard,” he points out. So be sure to keep your sanitizer in your purse rather than leaving it in a hot car as summer approaches.

BestLifeOnline.com

6/1/2020 – As coronavirus travel restrictions loosen, how do you know if your hotel room is really clean?

Look for the little things. Details matter, says Abe Navas, the general manager of Emily’s Maids, a housecleaning service in Dallas. “The basics are changing your sheets, dusting and general cleaning. Someone put in real effort when you see clean door handles and clean toilet buttons — the little details,” he says. “If your room doesn’t have any smudges or fingerprint marks, this is the way to know if it’s properly cleaned.”

Give it the sniff test. Navas has one final test.  “Smell,” he says. “There is a certain smell that is not a chemical scent, but rather a nice aroma that comes when your room is properly cleaned.” He stresses it shouldn’t be a chemical smell. That means someone has applied too much bleach or cleaning solution.

The sniff test also works the other way around. When Valerie Smith smells smoke or mildew, she turns around and walks back to the front desk. “I ask for another room,” says Smith, a retired real estate agent from Shepherdstown, West Virginia. “This time, I inspect it before I accept it.”

And if that room’s also smelly? Now more than ever, it’s time to check out and find another place to stay. 

Seattle Times

6/3/2020 – This Is the Best Time to Go Shopping, According to the CDC

That’s because businesses are typically more packed on the weekends when many people aren’t at work. So, on Monday, due to the weekend traffic, there’s a risk that employees “didn’t clean or disinfect well enough on Sunday evening” because they were rushed, says Abe Navas, general manager of Emily’s Maids, a cleaning service in Dallas, Texas. “Your golden days should be Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays, in the morning. The staff should have had time to disinfect the store properly and you should be safe,” Navas says.

BestLifeOnline.com

6/8/2020 – This Is the Worst Thing You Could Wear During Coronavirus

Abe Navas, general manger of Emily Maids, a cleaning service in Dallas, Texas, acknowledges that the probability of transmitting the coronavirus from your clothes is not high, but it’s also not impossible. Wearing fitted clothing can help, but he says the most important thing to do during the pandemic is to make sure you properly remove and clean the clothes you have worn in public—no matter the fit.

BestLifeOnline.com

9/5/2020 – How to Get That Burnt Smell Out of Your Microwave

The longer you ignore the burnt smell, the harder it will be for you to deal with it—so take action as soon as you have burned something,” says Cyrus Bedwyr, a kitchen appliances technician and cleaner at Fantastic Services.

Another cautionary note: Abe Navas, owner of Emily’s Maids in Dallas, wants to remind you to avoid using a metal sponge when cleaning a microwave. Not only could the metal scratch the inside of your appliance; leftover metal bits inside of the microwave could cause a fire when it’s in use.

ApartmentTherapy.com

9/7/2020 – 5 Clever Tricks to Make Your Most-Hated Household Chores Easier

Speed through dishes with a spritz of vodka.

According to a recent national survey, dishes are public enemy number one — the most-hated of all household chores! Luckily, there’s an easy way to speed through cleaning them, and it actually involves doing less work, promises Abe Navas, general manager of Emily’s Maids in Dallas, who says just soaking dishes in hot, soapy water for 15 minutes “super hydrates” stuck-on gunk, helping it lift right off. Pro tip: Add a splash of vodka to the dishwater to speed-clean greasy pots and pans — the alcohol absorbs grease particles, so dishes easily wipe clean.

Woman’s World

9/21/2020 – We Asked 5 Professional House Cleaners What They Use to Clean at Home — Here’s What They Had to Say

1. A high-quality microfiber cloth

Abe Navas, the general manager of Emily’s Maids in Dallas, swears by microfiber cloths as a multi-tool. “People underestimate how good they actually are for every surface — they trap dust and gunk like nothing else,” he says. Plus, unlike wasteful paper towels, microfiber cloths are reusable. Navas says you can hang on to them for years!

Of course, that’s only if you take care of your microfiber cloths. Clean them frequently, but also carefully. You can throw them in the wash with your normal laundry soap, but avoid tossing them in the dryer. Navas says heat exposure from the washer or dryer can quickly damage or even ruin a microfiber cloth.

TheKitchn.com

9/22//2020 – This Cleaning Mistake Could Be Ruining Your Home, Experts Say

That sponge’s metal scrubbing pad may be great for cleaning pots and pans, but using it to clean wooden furniture or trim work in your home can lead to disastrous results.

“Metal sponges are great for removing gunk, but on wood, will cause scratches and will ruin [those items],” says Abe Navas, general manager of Emily’s Maids. 

BestLifeOnline.com

$20.00 Off Any Clean on Mon or Tue

April 30, 2020 by emilysmaids

Mondays and Tuesdays are our slow days. Not particularly fun for our maids because it’s stressful to work hard part of the week while having nothing much to do on the slower part. So, help us make our teams less stressed by ordering your house cleaning service on Mondays and Tuesdays, our slow days.

Our maids will be happier. And happier maids makes for more productive clean. That means you and all our amazing customers get the best cleans in town. And we’ll give your $20.00 Off to boot!

Book your award-winning house online for a Monday or Tuesday. It only takes 60 seconds!

30% Off Make Ready Cleans

April 21, 2020 by emilysmaids

30% Off Make Ready Clean

UPDATE 4/28/2021: 

Though the original special has expired, you may now get $30.00 OFF Any Make Ready Cleaning when using discount code FATHOM30. Just use the discount code when booking your Dallas maid.

Here’s the deal. It’s been slow for Emily’s Maids.

My best cleaners need more work. Since I want to make sure they have a livelihood, I’m making YOU a deal.

Order a make ready cleaning from now until May 20th and get your cleaning 30% OFF.

I know this might be weird, but I want to keep my top performers even if we don’t make any money from this offer. They will bring you all the joys of an incredible, immaculate, hassle free Move In/Out cleaning.

To sweeten the deal even more …

You will also get our home disinfecting extra for FREE.

Our professional-grade, EPA-registered hospital disinfectant will be applied to commonly touched surfaces, giving your clients peace of mind when moving into their new home.It kills 99.999% of corona-family viruses!

Free clean for your clients

Finally, if your client signs up for weekly or bi-weekly service after they move into their home, they will get their first clean for FREE! They just have to stick with us for a minimum of 8 cleans.

Like giving your clients a free clean? Imagine how quickly they will sing your praise to their friends.

Reply to this email or call (214) 556-MAID and someone from my team will get back with you.

Or, if your prefer, book online using our booking page. It only takes 60 seconds! Just use discount code “FATHOM30” at the online checkout.

Sincerely,

The Emily’s Maids family
ph. (214) 556-MAID

P.S. It is my sincerest hope our clean exceeds all of your and your client’s expectations. We won’t make any money from this offer and that’s ok. I just want to 1) help my amazing employees survive these times and 2) am confident once you experience our award-winning service, you will come back when the avalanche of pent-up demand is released. Until then, stay safe. We are all in this together ❤️❤️❤️

Unprecedented 50% OFF Bi-Weekly And Weekly Cleanings!

April 9, 2020 by emilysmaids

Get 50% OFF 2 Months of Housecleaning!

Schedule weekly or bi-weekly service starting this or next week and…

Get 50% OFF Your First 2 Months of Housecleaning!

With residential cleaning services listed as an essential service, this is as good of a time to book as ever. And with Vital Oxide, our professional-grade, EPA-registered hospital disinfectant, your family will have more protection from harmful bacteria and viruses. It kills 99.999% of corona-family viruses!

In addition to our special-ordered disinfectant, Emily’s Maids has taken serious measure to protect you and your home.

So call (214) 556-MAID or reply to this email to get 50% OFF when you book weekly or biweekly service for at least 2 months.

If you work from home or have a house full of people, we’d be happy to help.

Most people seclude themselves in a room or part of house while we clean. 

Others take the opportunity to go to the grocery store or go out for a walk.

We’re still operating and we don’t anticipate that changing.

Book at Least 2 Months and Get 50% OFF Your housecleaning appointments for the First 2 Months. 

This is offer is good for Weekly and Biweekly; and all appointments come with our 100% Satisfaction Guarantee. This is also a great opportunity if you’ve never had a housecleaning service before and want to try it out, or if you have a cleaning service now but just want to see what Emily’s Maids is all about.

Just reply to this email or call us at (214)-556-MAID.

We look forward to hearing from you.

~ Jill and Emily’s Maids Team

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P.S. To be 100% forthright with you: We are hurting like other family-owned businesses in Dallas. Our staff come first at Emily’s Maids (that’s the secret to our success!). That is why we are offering the best deal we have ever offered! I don’t mind if we don’t make – or even lose – money on this deal as long as our amazing talent are taken care of. Thank you for giving us a chance to serve you!

Coronavirus & Flu Killing Clean

March 18, 2020 by emilysmaids

To keep your family and friends safe during a time like this, we have taken extreme measures to disinfect your home and prevent the spread of viruses; measure such as:

  • Disinfecting – Under normal circumstances our cleaning products and methods help tremendously in ridding homes from any illness causing microbes. Now we are taking an added precaution of disinfecting surfaces and high touch points to kill viruses and germs before we clean. 
  • Increasing Social Distancing – In order to limit the amount of people our cleaners encounter, instead of meeting at our office, they go directly to your home. Using only solo cleaners, they usually only encounter one or two houses a day.
  • Hand Washing – Before entering your home, the cleaner applies anti-bacterial lotion. Upon entry and departure, they wash their hands with soap and water.

For further measures included in our policies and procedures, click this link:  https://emilysmaids.com/emilys-maids-coronavirus-and-flu-policies-procedures/

If you already have a cleaning service, PLEASE share our policies and procedures with them so they may better protect their customers. We are all in this together!  

Protect your family and friends now with Emily’s Maids anti-coronavirus/flu cleaning by calling (214) 556-MAID or booking online in 60 seconds, hassle free!

~ Emily’s Maids

EMILY’S MAIDS Coronavirus and Flu Policies & Procedures

March 16, 2020 by emilysmaids

Emily’s Maids Coronavirus and Flu Policies & Procedures

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Kev’s Best Top 5 House Cleaning Services in Dallas

February 20, 2020 by emilysmaids

Kev’s Best recognizes Emily’s Maids as one of the top 5 best house cleaning services in Dallas.

We’re excited to announce Kev’s Best recognizes Emily’s Maids as one of the Top 5 House Cleaning Services in Dallas!

We are honored to earn a place on Kev’s Best top five list. Their website states, ” You can’t pay for being listed in one of our articles, all businesses listed on our website haven’t paid for these listings.” Rather, they independently review the local businesses based on a check list of 60 carefully chosen criteria.

Here is Kev’s Best top rated House Cleaning Services in Dallas:

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