TODAY: How to clean the moldings and baseboards in your home
TODAY reached out to learn Maeve's top tips for cleaning moldings. Read below!
Experts weigh in on the right way to do it.
Today By Zoe Weiner
When it comes to cleaning your moldings, chances are the task falls into the “out of sight, out of mind” category, and you aren’t doing it enough. Because if you can’t see the dirt, it isn’t really bothering anyone, right?
Plus, as pretty as ceiling moldings happen to be, they have traditionally been nearly impossible to clean unless you’re willing to wear stilts. In the same vein, baseboards — which often fall victim to brutal kicks and nicks — are typically forgotten because no matter how well you clean them, they never seem to actually stay clean for more than a few minutes.
Thanks to the experts, though, there are ways to make both of these processes slightly easier — no stilts required.
How to Clean Moldings
"For nooks and crannies way up high, use a microfiber duster on an extendable wand — get one that extends at least 4 to 5 feet,” suggests cleaning expert Maeve Richmond of Maeve’s Method. "Then once a month or so, just run the tip of the extended duster between your ceiling and walls, and you’ll catch lots of dust and the occasional cobweb, too.” If you can’t track down an extendable duster, she suggests taping a cleaning cloth to the end of a broomstick or yardstick for similar results.
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