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title: Cleaning Techniques
description: This topic covers the science and methods of sanitizing, organizing, and maintaining various household surfaces and materials. Learners will master efficient cleaning routines, chemical safety, and proper tool selection for different environments.
category: personal-development
subcategory: life-skills
difficulty: beginner, intermediate, advanced
url: /subject/cleaning-techniques
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# Cleaning Techniques

This topic covers the science and methods of sanitizing, organizing, and maintaining various household surfaces and materials. Learners will master efficient cleaning routines, chemical safety, and proper tool selection for different environments.

## Available Resources

2 Books • 5 Websites

## Websites

### 1. Unf*ck Your Habitat

Rachel Hoffman's cleaning system built around short timed work sessions followed by breaks, aimed at people overwhelmed by mess, depression or ADHD. Teaches how to break housework into small, repeatable tasks and maintain a livable home without marathon cleaning days.

**Difficulty:** Beginner | **Price:** Free

**Link:** https://www.unfuckyourhabitat.com/

**Tags:** decluttering, cleaning-routines, adhd, timed-sessions, housekeeping

### 2. A Slob Comes Clean

Dana K. White's long-running blog and podcast on housekeeping for people who find it hard, built around daily habits, the container concept for decluttering, and a room-by-room order of operations for keeping a home functional without perfectionism.

**Difficulty:** Beginner | **Price:** Free

**Link:** https://www.aslobcomesclean.com/

**Tags:** cleaning, decluttering, housekeeping, cleaning-routines, home-organization

### 3. thespruce.com

The Spruce is a home and lifestyle site offering practical, step-by-step guides on cleaning and laundry care, stain removal, garment care, and related home topics, with product recommendations. It provides how-to tutorials and tips for maintaining clothing and household items.

**Difficulty:** Intermediate | **Language:** English | **Price:** Free

**Link:** https://thespruce.com

**Tags:** websites, personal-development, life-skills

### 4. cleanmyspace.com

Clean My Space is a cleaning-focused site offering practical laundry and home-organization tips, tutorials, and product recommendations. It features step-by-step guides, routines, hacks, and reviews to simplify laundry and cleaning tasks.

**Difficulty:** Intermediate | **Language:** English | **Price:** Free

**Link:** https://cleanmyspace.com

**Tags:** websites, personal-development, life-skills

### 5. goodhousekeeping.com

Good Housekeeping is a lifestyle site offering practical home care advice, product reviews, and cleaning tips, with extensive coverage of laundry and garment care, stain removal, and appliance maintenance.

**Difficulty:** Intermediate | **Language:** English | **Price:** Free

**Link:** https://goodhousekeeping.com

**Tags:** websites, personal-development, life-skills

## Books

### 1. The Cleaning Bible

**Author:** Kim Woodburn, Aggie MacKenzie

Household cleaning reference from the presenters of How Clean Is Your House?, organized room by room and by stain type, with methods and inexpensive products for kitchens, bathrooms, fabrics, floors and furniture, and routines for keeping each space clean.

**Difficulty:** Intermediate | **Language:** English | **Price:** Paid

**Link:** https://www.amazon.com/dp/0141027002?tag=edmonddante07-20

**Tags:** books, personal-development, life-skills

### 2. Speed Cleaning

**Author:** Jeff Campbell

Jeff Campbell's method from his professional Clean Team service for cleaning a whole house quickly: a fixed route around each room, working top to bottom, carrying a tool apron, and choosing a minimal set of effective tools and products.

**Difficulty:** Intermediate | **Language:** English | **Price:** Paid

**Link:** https://www.amazon.com/dp/0709062214?tag=edmonddante07-20

**Tags:** books, personal-development, life-skills

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