Teenagers and The Hair Spray!

I don’t need to describe the condition of a bathroom after a teenager has left and gone to school. Hair spray is everywhere. As frustrating as it is, I well remember doing the exact thing many years ago. Hair spray has been around for a long time.

The bathroom looks much like a disaster zone after the kids leave for school. There is hair spray on the mirror and walls. Before anyone gets to the realization that the mirror and walls need desperate attention, weeks have passed. The counters are full of an assortment of spills, drops and smudges! The toilet seat even has hair spray on it. If there are boys in the house, let’s not forget how the toilets and the floor look after a few days, let alone weeks! If this isn’t a bad enough situation, the bickering to see who is going to clean the bathroom is never-ending.

I wondered how I could ever get through this war zone without the Comet, Windex, toilet bowl cleaner, swiffer and lots of paper towels? Everywhere I turned, I kept reading an article on cleaning green. There is so much talk about not using toxic chemicals.

I saw a commercial on the Sargent Steam machine. I actually came across the Steams My Team blog and called about it. My cleaning solution has been solved!

I have worked on the beveled edges on the doors where the hair spray was caked on. When that hot steam hit the doors, I was able to whip away the dirt with a rag. The doors, the wall behind the mirror, and the mirror were gleaming. A soft micro fiber cloth on the mirror made them look sparkling. There was true amazement on my face. The entire process maybe took about 20 minutes. I had saved so much time. I no longer needed ANY chemicals in my house at all.

I actually have so much room under my sinks, the bathroom cabinets, and storage room, that the shelves looked bare! I must have had hundreds of dollars worth of this and that I had seen advertised on television that I bought almost every week. None of them work like they say they will! They just cost a lot of money and give the companies a huge profit every year.

That was a year ago now. Cleaning with steam has made our home happier, cleaner, and saved us from anymore expensive chemicals. My teenagers are thrilled to use a steam cleaner. It makes cleaning fun!

For more information on cleaning with steam, purchasing a steam cleaner, or having a FREE cleaning demonstration in your home, call Michelle at 801-979-6707.
I have many years of experience with a cleaning business, but once I became acquainted with the Sargent Steam cleaner, I decided not only to use the machines in my cleaning business, but also to become an independent business owner. Steams My Team is listed on Angie’s List!

Teenagers and Their Air Spray!

I’m sure I don’t have to spend much time describing the bathrooms that teenagers get ready for school in. Let’s not get too frustrated because I well remember doing the exact thing many years ago. Hair spray has been around for a long time, as I have.

The bathroom looks much like a disaster zone after the kids leave for school. There is hair spray on the mirror and walls. Before anyone gets to the realization that the mirror and walls need desperate attention, weeks have passed. The counters are full of an assortment of spills, drops and smudges! The toilet seat even has hair spray on it. If there are boys in the house, let’s don’t forget the toilets and the floor. If this isn’t a bad enough situation, the bickering to see who is going to clean the bathroom is never-ending.

I have no more worries whatsoever about the bathrooms and you shouldn’t either. I readily solved the problem a year ago when I had a Sargent Steam machine demonstration. I had been told to make a list of the “worse parts in the house” and we would tackle them one at a time. Of course, the bathroom was the starting point. There was dread in my heart to let anyone see the battle zone, but the nice lady showing me the machine assured me that I was “not to worry.”

The lady had a cart full of all kinds of brushes, attachments, micro fiber clothes, and extension wands. She had everything, but there was one important thing missing: she had NO toxic chemicals at all. That was my first concern. How was she ever going to get through this war zone without the Comet, Windex, toilet bowl cleaner, swiffer and lots of paper towels?

She took the steamer first to the toilet, spraying 298 degree heat and 50 pounds of pressure to the tank, toilet seat, around the bottom, inside, and all around the floor with no effort at all. She did no kneel one time on the floor or bend over. That was my amazement. My knees are red and sore after I clean just one bathroom, and most of us have three bathrooms! The toilet soon looked like the day the plumber took it out of the box—it was spotless.

“The Steamer Lady,” as she calls herself, went to work on the beveled edges on the doors where the hair spray was caked on. When that hot steam hit the doors, she whipped the dripping crap off with a rag. She explained that there were several ways to attack the problem. She said she could also use the triangular brush covered with a fitted towel. This way everything was done at once. The doors, the wall behind the mirror, and the mirror were gleaming. She used a soft micro fiber cloth on the mirror. There was true amazement on my face. The entire process maybe took her 10 minutes. The time it would save me was worth the money, and I no longer needed ANY chemicals in my house at all.

I actually have such an arsenal of cleaning products that I was able to give away or throw away, it gave me so much room under my sinks, the bathroom cabinets, and storage room, that the shelves looked bare! I must have had hundreds of dollars worth of this and that.

That was a year ago now. My husband nearly flipped that I would consider an expensive machine like this until he too starting using it. It has made our home happier, cleaner, and saved us from anymore expensive chemicals. My teenagers are thrilled to use it. It makes cleaning fun! I am sold on the Sargent Steam machine. If you too want to experience the same thing I did, give Michelle a call at 801-979-6707. Go to her Google site: Steams My Team and read all the articles on the benefits of using steam. Wow!

Avoiding Panic with Impromptu Parties

Entertaining friends at our home is something my husband and I both love to do. Last minute, thrown together dinner affairs are just such a great break from the norm. Seriously, he usually only gives me about 5 minutes notice that he’s bringing folks home for dinner.

I’ve developed a talent for throwing together a great meal in a really short amount of time. We always end up laughing and enjoying ourselves. My secret, you ask? There are three and they all involve being calm and prepared.

The first is keeping my freezer and pantry well stocked. I make big batches when I have time and freeze the rest for just such occasions.

The second is that I’ve given up stressing about whether everything is perfect. Being together with people we love is perfect. Stressing over insignificant details is not.

The third, and maybe the most important necessity, is my secret weapon cleaning tool. The one thing that used to get me riled is that I typically had only seconds to make sure our friends didn’t see anything unsightly in the bathroom.

So I bought a steam machine that tackles pretty much anything dirty all over my house so fast and easily I don’t have to stress about any mess.

I got the warning call yesterday at 5:10 that the party was on for 6:00. I hung up, grabbed a salmon fillet from the freezer, checked the contents of the veggie bin and flipped on my steamer.

I took my steam cleaner to the toilet, sink and mirror. I was almost finished when I caught a reflection of the bathroom door in the mirror. What were all those shiny speckles sparkling in the sunlight?

Upon closer inspection I determined it was hairspray overspray stuck on the bathroom door and the painted wall behind it. Bathroom doors often have those beveled edges that collect stuff and sure enough, mine was caked with industrial strength hairspray. And from the looks of it, quite a bit of it.

I’ve trusted my steam cleaner on most every surface in my home with great results so I knew steam could get that mega super hold hairspray off my door and painted walls safely with plenty of time left over for other party preparations.

I wanted to tackle the wall first because I was so excited to see the results. I attached my diamond brush, covered it with the fitted cloth and chose a low steam setting. I began moving the attachment up and down with a good consistent motion.

It worked beautifully at melting through the sticky buildup without damaging the paint. I switched to the soft brush to get into the beveled corners on the door. Same thing here. The steam melted right through it and with a quick wipe, the door looked beautiful too.

When I finished there was not one trace of hairspray anywhere to be found and the walls felt like they had actually been repainted. This cleaning tool ROCKS! It’s the biggest reason I don’t panic at last minute party plans.

Now all I had to do was throw together a yummy Greek salad to go with the grilled salmon fillet and fill up the ice bucket!

For more information on cleaning with steam, purchasing a steam cleaner, or having
Steams My Team make an appointment to go to your home and clean with steam call Michelle at 801-979-6707 or e-mail her at michellekjac@yahoo.com

I have had many years of cleaning experience. Once I became acquainted with the Sargent Steamer, I decided to become an independent business owner and started my own cleaning business as well.