Home Cleaning Tips

Learn some of the best ways to clean, disinfect and help protect your home from germs.

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Back To School

Messy Kids? 3 Reasons They Come Home Dirty

Busy parents all know the extra stress that comes with keeping messy kids looking their best – best as in, not covered in dirt, mud and who knows what else.

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Attack of the Allergens!

Itchy eyes? Runny nose? Constant sneezing or coughing? Yep, you've got allergies.

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How to Clean Trash Cans

It goes without saying that germs live in and around your trash can. Thanks to leftover food, drinks, containers and more, your trash can requires regular maintenance. Without this, it will not only develop an unpleasant odor, but carry bacteria that can be harmful to you and your family.

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How to Sanitize Laundry

Many of us would think that when we put our dirty clothes in the wash, they come out clean and germ free. What many don’t know however, is that cleaning laundry with your everyday detergent and cold water is not the same as sanitizing laundry.

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Is Your Laundry Really Clean?

Delicate fabrics and high energy bills mean that a lot of us wash our laundry at home at a lower temperature. While this can help reduce the cost of energy, not all temperatures kill germs, so there is the risk of bacteria and other germs surviving, or being passed from one item of clothing to another.

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New Moms

Diaper Changing Tips: Keeping Clean On The Go

Diaper changing can offer a host of challenges, especially when you’re on the go. That’s why always being prepared is important.

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Back To School

Back to School: Protecting Your Child

Every day a child is absent from school, they miss out on valuable educational lessons. Preventing flu from spreading at school is important for your child’s education.

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Lysol Laundry Sanitizer Kills 99.9% of Bacteria Detergents Leave Behind

Lysol Laundry Sanitizer is specially designed to sanitize your laundry and to kill 99.9% of bacteria*. It can be used on most washable fabrics including: Baby Clothes, Gym Clothes, Undergarments, Towels, Bedding, and Delicates.

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12 Organization Tips to Keep Busy Parents Sane

Just because your schedule is chaotic, doesn't mean your house has to be.

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Clean Your House in 30 Minutes or Less

In the day-to-day hustle and bustle, keeping the house clean can seem about as likely as winning the lottery—but it doesn’t have to consume hours of your daily time.

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How to Clean a Bedroom

Our bedrooms may seem like the coziest places on earth. After all, we do spend around a third of our lives sleeping in them. But they can in fact be a breeding ground for bacteria.

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How To Clean A Nursery

When your little baby is born, your love for it is infinite. You’ll want to protect it from harm’s way, including the germs within your home.

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Disinfecting Common Surfaces

How to Clean Sink Faucets

In a busy household, your bathroom and kitchen sink faucets/taps get a lot of usage, making them a hotbed for germs.

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Disinfecting Common Surfaces

How To Clean Stainless Steel

Stainless Steel is popular for its clean look and durable material, but as one of the most commonly touched areas in your home – you’ll want to know how to keep it safely disinfected, as well as how to ensure it stays looking its best, for as long as possible.

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How to Clean Wood Floors

How to clean wood floors tends to depend on the type of finish. In this article, we’ll show you how you can clean polished or non-porous wood flooring.

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How To Clean Your Baby's Toys Properly

Baby toys may look fun and harmless, but without regular cleaning they can fast become a breeding ground for germs.

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Disinfecting Common Surfaces

How to Clean Doorknobs

Doorknobs have a high concentration of germs that could start spreading, particularly if you have family members or guests that are sick.

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How to Clean and Disinfect a Cutting Board

When it comes to the kitchen, a quick wipe of your surfaces just won’t cut it*

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New Moms

3 Nesting Must-Do’s Before Baby Comes Home

Easy ways to put that nesting energy to good use and get the world ready for the baby to come home.

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Activities With Kids

Our Secrets For Making Cleaning Fun For Your Kids

Teaching kids to clean doesn't have to feel like a lecture. Whether they realize it or not, kids already have a pretty fair understanding of germs – they just have a different name for them: Cooties

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Disinfecting Common Surfaces

How to Clean Tile Grout

There’s nothing quite like cleaning tile grout to get your bathroom or kitchen looking spick and span. This is because those annoying little grooves can easily end up getting dingy, dirty and moldy, resulting in the whole space looking grubby.

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Where Nasty Germs Could Be Hiding In Your Bathroom

So you’ve mopped the bathroom floor, wiped down the sink, and cleaned the toilet, but is that enough to keep your bathroom hygienically clean for you and your family?

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For The Classroom

5 Steps to a Clean and Healthy Classroom

Germs are everywhere, and the classroom is no different. In fact, due to this being such a high traffic area, it’s likely that there are more germs here than many other places. That’s why it’s so important for the safety of both pupils and teachers to keep hygiene levels up in schools.

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What Is Hard Water?

If you live in an area with hard water, the parts of your home that have hot, running water (such as your bathroom and kitchen) are susceptible to the unsightly stains that hard water leaves behind.

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Activities With Kids

5 Cleaning Hacks to Save Time

There never seems to be enough hours in the day to get everything done! Lysol shares helpful tips for a clean home in no time at all.

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New Moms

House Cleaning Checklist: Baby Proof Your Home

Get the world ready for your crawling, walking, curious baby.

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For The Classroom

Tips for Teachers: Classroom Supply List

Already have your school supply list? Or dreading creating it from scratch? We have two new and easy ways to help you.

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New Moms

From One Mother to Another

Four secrets to a stress-free home.

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New Moms

Tips on Cold Prevention from Real Moms

As a mom, you want to do everything possible to keep your children happy, healthy and free from both the cold and flu. As your children grow and start to interact with the outside world, one of the biggest concerns for moms is the germs that children will come into contact with at day-care or at school.

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How To Clean Electronics In Your Home

As smartphones and tablets are passed around your house, so are the germs that lurk on their surfaces. The electronics your family uses the most are often the ones that need the most frequent cleaning.

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Kills 99.9% of viruses and bacteria to bring peace of mind

Lysol Disinfectant Sprays kill 99.9% of the viruses and bacteria your family comes in contact with every day.* Use it on both hard and soft surfaces, including upholstery, furniture, pet beds and baby areas.†

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For The Classroom

Healthy Habits for Kids in the Classroom

The only way for students to form healthy habits is by doing healthy things every day. This K-1 lesson helps students focus on the need to repeat healthy behaviors often and brainstorm ways to incorporate healthy habits in their daily routine.

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Do You Really Know How to Clean a Kitchen?

Cleaning the kitchen efficiently and effectively takes some practice, but once you learn how to clean a kitchen, you will be able to easily maintain it. Read on to learn how to deep clean your kitchen.

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Lysol's New Brand New Day Lavender & Cotton Blossom Range

Effortlessly kill 99.9% of germs with NEW Lysol Lavender Scented products. They’ll leave a scent you’ll love.

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Lysol Air Sanitizer is The Future of Air

Revolutionize your indoor air with Lysol Air Sanitizer, the first-ever spray that kills 99.9% of viruses and bacteria* and eliminates odors** in the air. Experience the future of air.

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Tough cleaners for filthy jobs.

From toilet bowl lime scale to soap scum, and 99.9% of the germs in between, Lysol® Toilet Bowl Cleaners make everyone’s least favorite house chore a breeze.*

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You can’t wipe away all of life’s problems. Just 99.9% of the germy ones.

Lysol Disinfecting Wipes make it easy to clean and disinfect surfaces at home, school, work and beyond.

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Life is messy. We’re here for it.

From kitchens to bathrooms to common household areas, Lysol All-Purpose Cleaner helps achieve fresh, clean surfaces. Cutting through tough grease and soap scum, it kills 99.9% of germs to help provide peace of mind for busy families.*

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Tough pet messes? Meet your new best friend.

Your pets bring great joy and the occasional mess into your home. Lysol Pet Solutions products are designed to deodorize tough messes, killing 99.9% of viruses and bacteria in the process. So you and your pets can enjoy some good, clean fun together.

Tough pet messes? Meet your new best friend.
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5 Ways To De-Germ The Heart of Your Home

For most families, the kitchen is the hub of the home. It’s the place where everyone gathers for meals, conversation, homework sessions, and crafts. With all that traffic, it’s essential to keep the space as clean and healthy as possible.

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What’s the difference between bleach and disinfectant?

You’ve heard bleach is a powerful disinfectant, but also that Lysol® is a powerful germ killer. So which product do you choose?

What’s the difference between bleach and disinfectant?
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How To Clean A Living Room

The living room is often labelled the heart of the home. The clue is in the name: “living” – it’s where family, pets and friends gather, as well as often being the place to relax and unwind.

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How To Clean An Air Conditioner

Learning how to clean an air conditioner can increase its efficiency, prevent breakdowns, and prevent mold, mildew and other allergens from entering the home.

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How to Clean and Disinfect a Bathroom

Not many people enjoy this task but knowing how to clean your bathroom is essential to combatting the build-up of germs and grime that occur in this highly used space.

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The Room-by-Room Guide to Deep Cleaning Your Home

You can’t kill every germ in your home, but the occasional deep cleaning and disinfecting can go a long way to eliminating germ hotspots.

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Disinfecting Common Surfaces

How To Properly Clean Porcelain

Over time porcelain is prone to stains that can detract from its usual bright white look, so it’s important to know how to look after it properly, as well as cleaning it with the right chemicals so that no damage is done.

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Lysol Cleaning Wipes Kill Bacteria Without Bleach

Germs, bacteria, stains, spills, soap scum, kitchen grease, you name it—everyday filth and grime shows up everywhere. This is why you need cleaning wipes that can take on messes on surfaces throughout your home.

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New Moms

5 Simple Steps to Prevent Germs from Crashing Baby’s Dinner

Time to get the world ready for a whole lot of messy meals with baby

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New Moms

3 Cleaning Tips for Working Moms

Maintaining a clean environment in your home as a new and working mom can certainly seem like a daunting task at first. Reference these cleaning tips for working moms by Lysol® in order to keep your home clean and spend more time with your loved ones.

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New Moms

Getting Ready for Guests as a New Mom

The arrival of a new baby is an exciting time, so you can count on a lot of visitors lining up to meet your little one. This might seem a little daunting as you try to adjust to life as a new mom, but there are a few things you can do to take the pressure off having visitors to the house.

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Activities With Kids

It's All About the 5 Healthy Habits you can Instill at Home

As a parent, you naturally want your kids to grow up healthy and happy. This means staying diligent about things like immunizations and checkups, teaching them about germ prevention, and giving them a good foundation for healthy eating and fitness.

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For The Classroom

How to Get Energized Lesson Plan for Kids

To complement good nutrition and help keep students’ bodies healthy (see Building the Breakfast Habit), students learn that getting up and moving gives them energy and helps them feel great as they work to incorporate simple activities into each day.

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Is Your Kid Coughing? Learn How to Stop It

If you spend all day with young children you've probably been exposed to a lot of germs. It doesn't help kids to learn when they miss school and it can be tough for kids to learn when their teacher misses school too.

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Life is messy. We’re here for it.

From kitchens to bathrooms to common household areas, Lysol All-Purpose Cleaner helps achieve fresh, clean surfaces. Cutting through tough grease and soap scum, it kills 99.9% of germs to help provide peace of mind for busy families.*

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For The Classroom

Cleaning Protocols for Germs in the Classroom

Cold and flu season is time for us to be even more conscious of the harmful germs that pop up - which means stepping up your cleaning conduct and approaching germs in the classroom and at home in the right way.

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New Moms

How to Clean a Stroller in 6 Easy Steps

Once you start using it, you’ll be bringing your stroller everywhere—and that can mean picking up a whole lot of germs.

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New Moms

How to Clean Your Baby’s Crib Mattress

Your little one spends so much time sleeping that their sleep environment is very important. We’ll show you how to clean a crib mattress and keep it safe from bacteria and germs.

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