Cleaning Caddy 101: Everything You Need to Know
Most people are familiar with caddies. Anyone that went to college before the 21st century probably used a plastic caddy to carry their toiletry items to a communal bathroom. Although this tool is effective for organizing personal care items, it can be just as effective to use in organizing your household cleaning products.
Using a cleaning caddy is beneficial because it makes cleaning more efficient, organized, and less stressful. Here are four advantages of using a cleaning caddy:
Saves Time
By storing all your supplies in one place, you don’t waste time running back and forth to grab what you need. A cleaning caddy also speeds up the cleaning process since you can carry everything with you from room to room.
Keeps Supplies Organized
A caddy has compartments for sprays, cloths, brushes, gloves, and other items, making it easy to find and use the right tool quickly. By storing your cleaning tools in a caddy, you also reduce clutter under sinks or in closets.
Encourages Consistency
With all your cleaning essentials ready to go, it’s easier to stick to a cleaning routine. A fully stocked cleaning caddy ensures no areas get overlooked, because your standard products are always with you.
Promotes Safety
Keeping chemicals and tools together and off counters and floors helps to minimize accidents. Having all your cleaning tools in one portable organizer also makes it easier to store supplies safely out of children’s reach.
When it comes to caddies, there are all different sizes and shapes, and they can be made out of a variety of materials. Angie recommends one caddy in particular: Husky Caddy. This is the organizational cleaning tool that all Angie Custom Cleaning residential/commercial cleaning professionals use. Angie likes it, because it’s big enough to hold all your cleaning supplies while also being very sturdy and durable.
Once you have selected the cleaning caddy that’s right for you, it needs to be stocked. Angie recommends these items:
- Cleaning chemicals: Load your caddy up with your favorite cleaning products. If you buy products by the gallon, you will also need to purchase some spray bottles, which you can use to dilute these solutions for storage in the caddy.
- Brushes: A scrub brush, toilet brush, rubber brush (for brushing off your dusters), and a toothbrush are recommended.
- Dusting tools: Angie recommends using a feather duster and a microfiber duster or Swiffer.
- Sponges: It’s a good idea to have a variety of sponges in your caddy. Angie suggests regular sponges, sponges with a scrubbing side, and a magic eraser.
- Plastic cup: Have a plastic cup on hand for storing wet brushes and sponges.
- Plastic scraper: This versatile non-scratch tool can be used to remove a variety of residues from surfaces without causing damage.
- Large and small garbage bags: Having garbage bags on hands makes removing trash seamless. You can also use a bag to put wet cloths in as you use them.
- Cloths: You need several microfiber cloths and at least one glass cloth. These cloths can then be used for dusting, polishing, and deep cleaning surfaces like glass, stainless steel, and countertops.
- Toilet Stone: This tool comes in handy for removing tough water stains, hard water rings, and mineral deposits like limescale from toilet bowls and other hard non-porous surfaces.
As you can see, using a cleaning caddy provides many benefits when it comes to cleaning your home. Having the right caddy and stocking it correctly can also make your cleaning more enjoyable and efficient.
If you live in Lancaster County and are interested in a deep clean or home cleaning, contact Angie’s Custom Cleaning for a free estimate.