A thirty-something gal from Pennsylvania who loves her chihuahuas and blogs about simplifying life, organizing your home, getting your finances in order.
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Let's be real here, the holidays are a great time of year and everyone seems to be in such a celebratory mood. That is until it's a day before the gathering that YOU'RE hosting and you're scrambling to clean your home and get it in perfect shape.
I have a neat and tidy home normally so luckily the most I have to do is actually scrub or clean surfaces but I never have to waste time on removing clutter. But for those of you that do hate to deal with that part of the clean and prep, you're in luck because today I'm sharing a tutorial on how you can clean your home for the holidays whether it's before or after.
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Summer time is gone and Fall is here and eventually the cold icky weather will be too. So that means it's time for me to clean and close up parts of my home and yard for the season. It may seem easy enough to just move stuff inside but it's a MUCH better idea to clean everything so that you have less to clean when Spring arrives again and because it's never a good idea to store dirty stuff. So check out how I'm using my Mean Green products to help me get the job done.
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Winter was spent cleaning the inside of my home top to bottom and Spring was spent purging and organizing. But now that Summer is digging it's heels in, it's time for me to show off how I cleaned the outside of my home. We have several outdoor living spaces now since we have a patio, a garden bed area, AND a screened in porch so there was lots to do. Not to mention we have a garage that my husband is always in so we like to keep that area nice and clean as well.
For cleaning outside the house my go to product is Mean GreenSuper Strength Cleaner & Degreaser. It's a strong multi-purpose cleaner and degreaser that can cut through grease and grime on most surfaces. It's great because even though it's super powerful it can still work on delicate surfaces like fabric but also a surface as tough as concrete. I can use it inside the home too (and I have) but it's definitely the star product for outside the house.
A nice clean swipe where Mean Green annihilated the pollen, dirt, and grime from an entire Winter and Spring season
Patio Furniture || Patio furniture gets DISGUSTING especially with all the pollen in the air from Spring. I use Mean Green Super Strength on a nearly weekly basis to scrub down the patio chairs and the table. If we're going to be eating and drinking off that table I can't have pollen everywhere getting on my food.
It's also great for spot cleaning stains that randomly appear (thanks a lot dogs!) on the patio furniture cushions.
Under the Hood of My Car || In addition to the Mean Green Auto & Garage to do the initial degunking of the grime and grease in my engine bay, I do a weekly cleaning with Mean Green Super Strength. I just spray it on a microfiber cloth and get any dirt off the plastic parts under the hood.
I know most people probably don't care about how it looks underneath their hood but I do because when James works on stuff on my car, it's cleaner for him to maneuver his fingers around without getting covered it oil and grease.
Vinyl Fencing || So we got this beautiful vinyl privacy fence to go with our patio that will be completed this month and it's white, which means it will get dirty and we will need to keep up with cleaning it. While we will pressure wash using Auto & Garage, I like to spot clean it with Mean Green Super Strength. It's great for bird droppings, random overspray dirt that comes from hosing off the chairs of concrete, and just overall dirt and pollen from the air.
Storm Door || The storm door is white so of course that means dirt and grime gets stuck easily and shows very obviously. It's super easy to just give it a quick wipe down with Mean Green Super Strength and then it looks brand new! Keeping the outside of my home clean and attractive is just as important to me as the inside and that's why I'm so glad I have a versatile cleaning product like Mean Green Super Strength as well as Mean Green Auto & Garage.
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Today I am super stoked to introduce you to an amazing brand that I am an ambassador for, Mean Green. You'll be seeing more posts about Mean Green from me throughout the year.
Mean Green is a line of cleaning products for inside and outside the home. It's actually the #1 Heavy Duty Cleaner in America and contains more cleaning ingredients than other brands. Mean Green is designed to take on the greasiest, dirtiest of tasks whether it's in your basement, garage, automobile, bathroom, or kitchen. Are you ready to meet the entire line of Mean Green products? Let's take a look! Super Strength Cleaner & Degreaser || This is a very powerful multi-purpose cleaner and degreaser that can cut the grease and get rid of the icky grime on most surfaces. It can work on something as delicate as fabric or as tough as concrete. It's good for garage use, outdoor use, and inside the home use. You can pretty much clean just about everything with it. Anti-Bacterial Multi-Surface Cleaner || This is a great product for kitchens and bathrooms. It can cut through the tough grease but also kills 99.9% of germs. It's great for scouring the bathroom and kitchen when you have a sick family member or you can use it for everyday upkeep of the most touched places in your home. The anti-bacterial formula in this product is used in all types of places like schools, hotels, restaurants and other public facilities. There are no harsh ingredients like acids, phosphates, or bleach. Mildew Destroyer || Perfect for the kitchen and bathroom yet again, this product destroys mildew and soap scum like you will find around your kitchen sink, bathroom sink and shower, and even outdoor patio furniture. This product is a bleach-based cleaner and disinfectant so it can tackle what grows in dark and damp spaces. Showers, sinks, toilets, tubs, tile and grout, floors, and garbage cans can harbor disgusting and dangerous molds and bacteria. Cleaner with Bleach || This cleaner is designed to disinfect and clean the toughest of stains in the kitchen and bathroom while killing common household bacteria. If you have a lot of germs or a very sick person in your home - this is an important tool to use to disinfect! Foaming Bathroom Cleaner with Bleach || Scrubbing is a lot of hard work which is why this foaming cleaner goes to work immediately on contact and removes soap scum, hard water, and calcium and lime stains. You can scrub less but still get effective results with 99.9% of germs destroyed. It's great for shower doors and tiles and even the toilets and sinks. You simply spray it on and then wipe it away. Orange Champ Cleaner & Degreaser || This is an awesome multi-purpose cleaner and degreaser for kitchens and bathrooms that cuts through the grease and grime and leaves a fresh citrus aroma behind. It's safe on most washable surfaces through the home. Heavy Duty Wipes Super Strength || These wipes are great for indoors, outdoors, in the garage, and even on products where you're making a mess and doing a lot of work. They are specially formulated to be tough on grease and grime and easily remove them along with adhesives from various surfaces. Auto & Garage Cleaner & Degreaser || Who doesn't love a clean garage? This product is concentrated and is a multip-purpose cleaner and degreaser proven to beat other brands when it comes to grease and grime. It's formulated to remove and dissolve petroleum based grease, grime, and oil from engines, tools, and concrete and you can even use it on outdoor furniture, grills, painted surfaces and more! Car Wash || Yes, that's right - this formula will remove the dirt and crime from your car's exterior without leaving streaks and spots behind. You can use it right on your garden hose meaning you don't even need a bucket. Washing the car just got so much easier!
I already love the results I'm seeing with some of these products around the house.
I am stickler for having a clean bathroom and I despise mildew so I was excited at the immediate results on my shower walls.
The Mildew Destroyer got to work right away and left the walls of my shower soap scum free and it even got rid of the icky brown spots!
Since the weather is warming up it was time for me to get to work on the patio furniture in the screened in porch.
I love the nice citrus scent it left behind but most of all I love that it got through layers of grime from the furniture being neglected all winter.
I even got to work in the garage cleaning some of the dirty surfaces that haven't been touched since we moved into our home 3 years ago!
The Auto & Garage formula was great on the doors that had grease spots!
Super Strength Cleaner & Degreaser made a huge difference on my bathroom sink area where I didn't want to use any bleach.
I am so excited to get my home in sparkling condition with Mean Green! Check back in a few months and I'll share more of my thoughts with you AND more before and after photos!
