{"id":4793,"date":"2020-11-19T09:30:22","date_gmt":"2020-11-19T00:30:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vhbloglive.wpengine.com\/?p=4793"},"modified":"2020-11-05T23:18:41","modified_gmt":"2020-11-05T14:18:41","slug":"overlooked-cleaning-spots-in-your-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.villagehouse.jp\/en\/japanese-apartment-life\/overlooked-cleaning-spots-in-your-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Overlooked Cleaning Spots in Your Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Cleaning is a\nnormal part of life, but sometimes we forget some areas of the house that need\nto be touched. Check out our article on overlooked cleaning spots in your home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One thing that\nstays the same, no matter where you find yourself in the world, is the need to\nclean your living area. Your house will always need to have some kind of light\ncleaning done from time to time. Depending on your decorating style cleaning\ncan be a big ordeal that creates stress when you think about picking up the\nduster. You can see the dust gather in some areas more than in others. This\nwill lead you to clean the usual spots and forget to take care of some other\nplaces. If you forget about the little places they turn soon become larger\nproblems. Your apartment will have a few extra nooks and crannies that you may\ndiscover when you you\u2019re your surroundings a closer look. We will look at a few\nplaces that you might forget to check when doing your usual cleaning rituals. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Vacuum Cleaner<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

When thinking of\ncleaning your home you may not have this one pop into your mind first. Your\nvacuum cleaner will be your main tool when cleaning hardwood floors or carpets.\nUsing your vacuum regularly will cause it to fill quickly with all of the dirt\nand dust that falls in your room. It\u2019s easy to forget that it too needs to be\ndusted and cleaned now and then. The dust and dirt in the filters will build up\nquickly creating a clog that can damage your vacuum. Make sure to take out the\nfilters regularly and get all of the dirt out of them. Some filters can be\nwashed and others will need to be cleaned by hand with a mild cleaning\nsolution. Make sure to keep all of your cleaning instruments kept up and in\ngood condition to ensure you can clean your home with no problems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Air Conditioner<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The air\nconditioner is an absolute magnet for all the dirt and dust particles that\nenter your home. Dust becomes trapped in the filter and if you use the air\nconditioner heavily during the summer months it will quickly become caked with\ndust. Filters should be cleaned at the least once a month and changed every\nthree months. The filter can be cleaned by simply running water over the it to\nremove the dust as best as you can. The other areas you may not think about are\nthe spots near the sides and the back of the unit. The inside of the casing\nthat lines the filter will need a quick polish as well. There are many small\nspots all over the machine so look around it to get any excess dust off of it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Refrigerator<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Your refrigerator\nis constantly running and begins to be a gathering spot for extra dust and\ndirt. The fridge will be a victim of extra food particles and pieces of trash\nthat will fall and float around the kitchen. You will need to clean the area in\nfront because it is easily visible when you walk in the room, but it is the\narea behind the fridge is the most congested. You will need to clean the sides\nto alleviate the largest amount of dust. This doesn\u2019t get cleaned enough\nbecause it requires you to pull out and move the large machine, but it is\nnecessary to give yourself the cleanest apartment possible. This is another\nscheduled cleaning and should be done at least once a week to keep your space\nclean. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Electronics<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Thanks to a few reasons, all electronics are dust magnets. They consume a lot of power while they are one and they need to be cooled. This requires them to have fans that suck in large amounts of air and in doing so the insides get extremely dusty. This will cause your products to slow down, overheat, or just stop working completely. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The best thing to do is to open the machines and blow them out with canned air. This will be a scary thing to do as you will be afraid of damaging your electronics, but if you want to keep them working for a long time you will need to do this. The grates near the vent ports will need to be cleaned regularly and cleaning the area around the items will need to be kept up a well. Most of the dust that gathers in the machines will come from the immediate area around it so try to keep it clean as well. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Shelves and Drawers<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Shelves and\ndrawers can become covered with dust quickly since they stand tall in your room\nand catch any dust before it can settle on the floor. The tops as well as the\narea behind will become covered with dirt and dust. The parts that will be\nforgotten are the inside of the drawers. They won\u2019t become dirty at first, but\nif you look at them over time you will see a small build-up begin to happen and\nthe dust will form together in the corners. Your clothes will begin to have\ndust on them without you having worn them. You just need to do light dusting\nwithout them inside, and it is easy to do, but just as easy to let it build up.\nTry to remember to wipe them at least once a month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Toilet Room<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The toilet room\nis another area that has obvious spots that need cleaning. A few spots will\nescape your immediate view such as the area underneath the toilet bowl and the\nsides. These spots will become dirty & dusty quickly. They are easily\nforgotten since your focus will most likely stay on the bowl. These spots will\nsurprise you as they get runoff from the bowl that mixes with dust and becomes\na dark caked mess. Be thorough when you do your normal cleaning of the room and\nthe toilet. The back of the toilet will be dusty, but it shouldn\u2019t be a large\nproblem to clean.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Closets and Cabinets<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The areas inside\nand outside of your closets and cabinets can be tricky to keep completely clean.\nThe insides of both places tend to accumulate a large amount of stuff that will\nalso get covered in dust. It can slowly become a huge problem that can seem\nlike an impossible task to finish. You should make sure to do some light\ndusting and wipe down the spots inside the shelves. Your clothes should be\nremoved a few times from your closets and the insides of them wiped down. If\nyou do some light cleaning every few weeks you will not run into this problem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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These places are\nall small easily overlooked areas that can be a problem if left unattended for\ntoo long. You have to make a conscious effort to get them all cleaned properly.\nIf you set a schedule and begin to make a habit out of cleaning them, you can\nkeep your house squeaky clean.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Cleaning is a normal part of life, but sometimes we forget some areas of the house that need to be touched. Check out our article on overlooked cleaning spots in your home. One thing that stays the same, no matter where you find yourself in the world, is the need to clean your living area. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":4794,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4793","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-japanese-apartment-life"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.villagehouse.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4793","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.villagehouse.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.villagehouse.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.villagehouse.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.villagehouse.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4793"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.villagehouse.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4793\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.villagehouse.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4794"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.villagehouse.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4793"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.villagehouse.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4793"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.villagehouse.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4793"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}