YOU BE SPRUCING UP YOUR HOME
THIS TIME OF YEAR? WE ARE
GETTING TIPS FROM
FRANK SUSTER, SAFETY &
FACILITIES MANAGER AT CITY
MI
IT IS OFFICIALLY
SPRING AND THAT MEANS
SPRING CLEANING.
HOW SHOULD YOU SPRUCE UP
YOUR HOME THIS YEAR.
WE'RE GETTING TIPS FROM
CITY MILL.
GOOD MORNING.
WE HAVE A LOT OF
GREAT PRODUCTS TO TALK
ABOUT BUT BEFORE WE DO,
WHY IS IT SPRING
CLEANING, INSTEAD OF
CLEANING IN THE
SUMMERTIME.
HAWAI'I, WE DON'T
REALLY HAVE SEASONS LIKE
IN THE MAIN -- WE'RE
KIND OF TEMPERATURE IS
THE SAME THROUGHOUT THE
YEAR.
THE MONTHS, JANUARY,
FEBRUARY.
IN THE OLDEN DAYS THEY
HAD STONES, HEATING
OVEN, A FIRE BURNING AND
WHEN THE SHOOT WOULD
ACCUMULATE ALL IN THE
HOME.
AFTER THE WINTER IS
GONE, THEY OPEN ALL THE
WINDOWS AND THEY WOULD
CLEAN.
WAY BACK IN THE OLDEN
DAYS, BECAUSE EASTER
ALWAYS KIND OF FALLS,
THE CHURCHES LIKE THE
CATHOLIC CHURCH WOULD DO
A BIG CLEANING OF ALL OF
THE CHURCHES.
THE PEOPLE WOULD CLEAN
THEIR HOME IN
ANTICIPATION.
THAT'S WHERE SPRING
CLEANING CAME IN THE
MONTH OF HAWAI'I.
HAWAI'I, WE CLEAN
ANYTIME.
THE HOME WHAT I TRY DO,
I HAVE A BIG FAMILY.
IT'S GOING TO TAKE AT
LEAST EIGHT HOURS DO AN
OFFICIAL CLEANING OF THE
HOME.
WOW.
YOU'VE GOT
EVERYTHING.
YOU'VE GOT
GRANDCHILDREN, FREE
LABOR.
[ LAUGHTER ]
YOU INVITE THEM OVER AND
SAY WE'RE GOING TO HAVE
PIZZA BUT THEN YOU
ASSIGN TASKS.
ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE
HOME WE HAVE SCREENS.
YOU GET ALL OF THE
SCREENS OFF, TAKE THEM
OUTSIDE, WASH THEM.
FOR PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN
APARTMENTS WHO CAN'T
REALLY TAKE THE SCREENS
OUTSIDE AND WASH THEM.
THERE'S A SPECIAL TOOL
THAT WILL HAS MICRO FILL
AMOUNTS ON IT THAT WHEN
YOU PUT IT ON WARM,
SOAPY WATER AND IT
ATRACKS ALL OF THE DIRT
AND COMES WITH A
SQUEEGEE.
THIS IS A SPECIFIC ITEM
THAT YOU BUY.
WE HAVE CEILING FANS IN
THE HOME AND MINI
BLINDS.
THERE'S A SPECIAL TOOL
THAT YOU PUT ON THE
FAMILY AND THEN YOU
SLIDE IT BACK AND FORTH
AND IT HAVE MICRO FILL
AMOUNT ON IT.
SO MUCH EASIER THAN
HAVING TO GO ONE BY
WHEN YOU DO SPRING
CLEANING YOU WANT TO
START IN THE BATHROOM.
THAT'S PRETTY MUCH
ANY CLEANING YOU WANT TO
DO.
START IN THE
BATHROOM.
THERE'S MANY PRODUCTS
FOR BATHROOM.
YOU HAVE MILDEW, USE
PRODUCTS THAT HAVE
CLOROX IN IT TO KILL THE
MILDEW.
THERE'S PINE SOL WHICH
IS AN EXCELLENT CLEANER.
FROM THE BATHROOM YOU GO
INTO THE BEDROOMS.
ANYTHING THAT HAS TO BE
WASHED IN THE WASHING
MACHINE.
GET ALL OF THAT DOWN,
THE DRAPES, BEDDING.
ASSIGN ONE OF YOUR
GRANDCHILDREN OR YOUR
WIFE DO THE WASHING
MACHINE.
YOU ARE IN CHARGE OF
WASHING AND YOU WASH IT
IN THE ORDER THAT YOU'RE
GOING TO PUT IT BACK
BECAUSE WHEN YOU PUT IT
IN THE DRIER IT TAKES
TIME.
AND THEN YOU GET INTO
YOUR KITCHEN.
THERE'S SPECIAL CLEANERS
FOR COUNTERTOPS, IF YOU
HAVE GRANITE TOPS.
THERE'S COOKTOP
CLEANERS, FLOOR
CLEANERS.
ALL OF THESE PRODUCTS
CAN BE FOUND AT ANY HOME
CENTERS SUCH AS CITY
MILL.
I USED TO MAKE A
MISTAKE.
I DIDN'T REALIZE
DIFFERENT TEXTURES OR
DIFFERENT STONES, I
HONESTLY I USED TO JUST
WIPE MY CLOROX BLEACH
WIPE ON EVERYTHING, IN
THE REFRIGERATOR, ON THE
COUNTERS, WHICH
APPARENTLY YOU'RE NOT
GOINGED TO DO.
OF COURSE THERE'S ECO
FRIENDLY PRODUCTS.
SOME PEOPLE DON'T LIKE
CHEMICALS SO THERE ARE
PRODUCTS THAT ARE MADE
FROM OLIVE OIL, FROM
LEMON JUICE, THOSE TYPE
OF PRODUCTS.
THEY DO WORK.
SO WE HAVE THOSE TYPE OF
PRODUCTS.
AND THE TOOLS THAT YOU
USE, YOU WANT TO MAKE
SURE IF YOU DON'T WANT
TO SCRATCH THE SURFACE,
YOU USE PADS THAT ARE
NOT SCRATCHED RATHER
THAN THE HEAVY-DUTY.
THERE IS PUMICE STONE
FOR CLEANING THE RING
AROUND YOUR TOILET.
THERE'S SO MANY PRODUCTS
AVAILABLE.
THE BIGGEST PROBLEM IS
GETTING THE EL BOW
GREASE.
THAT'S A PRODUCT I WANT
TO SELL AT CITY MILL,
PUT IT IN A CONTAINER,
SPRAY IT ON YOUR ELBOW.
WITH SPRING CLEANING,
IT'S REALLY THE DEEP
CLEANING STUFF.
YOU'RE DOING THINGS YOU
DON'T DO EVERY OTHER
WEEK, WASHING THE
WINDOWS OR THE SCREENS
COMING THROUGH.
IT IS THE TIME TO GET
DOWN AND DIRTY AND GET
THESE GREAT PRODUCTS
THAT ARE GOING TO HELP
YOU REALLY IMPROVE YOUR
HOME NOT JUST FOR A
SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME BUT
SOME OF THESE CAN HELP
YOU LONG-TERM.
THERE ARE SOME REALLY
COOL THINGS.
I HAVEN'T SEEN THESE
BEFORE?
SOMETIMES YOUR
GARBAGE DISPOSAL GETS
SMELLING.
RICE GETS STUCK IN
THERE.
A LOT OF PEOPLE WHAT
THEY WILL DO, TAKE
LEMON, CHOP IT UP, THROW
ICE CUBES BUT WE DO SELL
A PRODUCT THAT'S
DISPOSABLE REFRESHER
BEADS THAT HAS THE LEMON
OIL AND IT CLEANS OUT
YOUR GARBAGE DISPOSAL.
WONDERFUL.
MAYBE SOMETHING THAT'S
MORE EFFECTIVE THAN
THROWING IN SOME FRUIT
YOURSELF.
NOW IS THE TIME WHRL
IT'S INDOOR, WHETHER
IT'S OUTDOOR.
WHETHER IT'S YOUR
BATHROOM, LIVING ROOM,
BEDROOM, IT'S THE
PERFECT TIME TO CLEAN
UP.
IT'S A GOOD EXCUSE
ESPECIALLY WITH EASTER
COMING UP, YOU'RE GOING
BUY FLOWERS.
SO IF YOU'RE HEADING
OUTDOORS TO BUY SOME
THINGS TO REALLY SPRUCE
UP YOUR HOME, OF COURSE
CLEANING PRODUCTS ARE
THE MAIN THING.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
JOINING US.
YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT
TAKING OFF SCREENS.
I'VE NEVER TAKEN MY
SCREENS OFF SO CLEARLY
I'VE DONE SOMETHING
WRONG.
I'LL CLEAN THE CAMERA
SCREEN.