Spring Cleaning means that you have to clean everything… well, maybe not everything but you do have to put a little elbow grease to the floor. I don’t know about you but I don’t always think about what cleaning your vacuum. This weekend I decided as part of the my 4M series – Margarita’s Manic Monday Minutes, I will give you a quick overview on cleaning your vacuum cleaner. This workhorse gets banged around, pull and pushed everywhere and it picks up a lot of dust. Its time to give it a good overhaul before the true spring cleaning begins. You can imagine that the canister, filters and brushes all get dirty and grimy. Here are a few tips to keep your vacuum cleaner – C.L.E.A.N.
5 Things to clean on your vacuum cleaner:
- Clean the canister. That is the first thing that gets filled and emptied. Make sure to give it a rinse and keep the dust to a minimum.
- Clean the filter. Run water through it to clear the dust but also to keep it fresh. Replace it if you have to but most are sturdy fabric filters. Make sure to air dry well before you install back in the machine to avoid mould build up.
- Clean the brushes (yup, that is a lot of hair that was wrapped around the brush). It won’t do the job if it has nothing to grasp on. If the hair gets to thick, it could damage the belt and slow the machine down and cause a strain on the motor.
- Clean the tubes (I forgot to mention this in the video). Make sure that air can pass through them easily and without obstruction.
- Clean all outside of the machine. Day-in and day-out all your vacuum does is collect dust. Give it a good wipe down to keep that from flying all over the room the next time that you turn it on.
Margarita Ibbott is a travel and lifestyle blogger. She blogs about travel in Canada, the United States and Europe giving practical advice through restaurant, hotel and attraction reviews. She writes for DownshiftingPRO.com and other online media outlets.
great tips thank you, I find i have to clean our brush on the vacuum alot due to my daughters long hair and pet hair!
This is great! I never really clean my vacuum cleaner, I’ll start doing that.
I never even thought about cleaning out my vacuum, but that makes perfect sense!
Oh gosh, I’m so behind on spring cleaning! And I definitely need to clean out my vacuum canister and rinse the filter. I’m just glad my vacuum cleaner still works – we got it 6 years ago!
It’s time of a year. I’ve did my Spring cleaning last week and sort out my daughter clothes as well. It’s tiring but at least I still managed it.
Oh my poor vacuum! It has terrible allergies because of our neglect. Lol. It needs some major spring cleaning.
This reminds me… I need to clean mine! Actually I need to get a new one, my one sucks. I got it for 4 years.
This sounds like a great vacuum!! It can be hard to find one that works with the cat hair and carpet in our house!
What a great post. I am really not a great cleaner and tend to do things half heartedly but these are some great tips. Thanks!
It’s a great idea to clean your vacuum. Spring is such a great time to do this type of cleaning.
I seriously needed this post!! I have some cleaning to do, and I needed these tips! Thanks for posting!
These are all great tips. I have to clean the filter on mine very week.
Spring cleaning gets me really excited! I love the feeling of cleansing everything – but the vacuum causes my asthma issues and so my husband is going to be doing this chore!
I get my husband to clean our vacuum. I get so grossed out! 🙂
I should probably get to work on this. I don’t think I’ve ever really given my vacuum a clean.
Thank you for the tips! I hate cleaning my clothes steamer and vaccuum, but know that it’s necessary for performance.
It is so important to clean your vacuum and I am so glad to come across this because I have been telling myself I need to do this. We have a Dyson and because of the cost, you just have to make sure to take care of it. You know?
It’s important to clean the vacuum the proper way. This is a good instructional and makes you clean your vacuum faster.
i am embarrassed to say that we haven’t vacuumed our house in awhile!! but these are some great tips!
xo,
Sandy
Sandy a la Mode
It’s so important to properly clean your vacuum! I went months within cleaning mine and it was so clogged up that it barley worked! Great tips <3