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Oh When The Ants Come Marching In… When the weather starts warming up, ants start to appear out of nowhere right around the 1st of March. There are a couple of things you can do to try to keep them from marching right to your house instead of your neighbors when warm weather hits. What Are The Ants Attracted To? First, know that ants are mainly attracted to anything that tastes or smells sweet, but they will come to your house for pretty much any kind of food. This includes sugar, fruits left on the counter especially items that have a sweet smell to them like grapes and strawberries, they also love honey, and BBQ sauces with sugar in them. Have you ever noticed ants in your bathroom and wondered why they are in the bathroom?? It’s the very little bit of sugar that is in your toothpaste! Yup, just […]

What’s The Hardest Type Of Dirt Or Grime To Clean In Your Home? In your home you have many types of dirt and grime, we all do. If you are reading this you are probably thinking about hiring a cleaning service and if you live in Maryland chances are Dirt Detectives Cleaning can help you with your house cleaning needs. In the meantime, if you feel the urge to tackle some of it on your own below I map out my step-by-step process for tackling the toughest types of grime and dirt in your home. Don’t worry we all have encountered these forms of dirt in our own homes, so you’re not alone. And The Winner Is….. One of the most difficult types of grime to clean and remove would have to be hands down food grease on cabinets, backsplash areas, and stovetops. What makes it so difficult to clean […]

What are some cleaning supplies you should be replacing on a regular semi-annual basis? The MOST important thing to replace frequently is the tools you use to apply cleaner/or clean with. ie: sponges and microfiber rags. Sponges come in contact with millions of bacteria and germs, depending on where they are used. In a kitchen, sponges come in contact with e-coli, salmonella, and viruses due to a kitchen being such a high-touch area. The cost of a sponge runs around $1.00. At this price, you should be tossing your kitchen sponge once a week. You may have been told before that running your sponge through the dishwasher or nuking it in the microwave is a good alternative to replacing it, but those were different times. Today we are all about cleaning and disinfecting our spaces so the kitchen is priority number 1. So toss that sponge every 7 days! In […]

If you’re anything like me you probably have no idea what is at the very bottom of your freezer right now. Sure you can plainly see those half-eaten bags of french fries and those popsicles that have been there since the Summer of 2018 but when was the last time you took everything out and tossed out what was bad? Did you just buy more chicken breast because you forgot you have a pack already frozen? By the time you clean your freezer out, you discover it covered in freezer burn? I’m 100 percent guilty of this. For me, I realized it was time to take everything out and start from scratch when I made some homemade sweet tea and filled my glass with ice. I took a big drink only to be surprised by the bitter taste of onion. This was the result of using the ice from the […]

We are honored to be affiliated with Cleaning For a Reason, a non profit that connects cleaning service providers with patients going through cancer treatment. We provide cleanings for hundreds of families in Maryland who don’t have the time or energy to maintain their home the way they would like to on a regular basis. We enjoy what we do for a living and actually LOVE to clean so it was only natural that we would want to partner with this program allowing us to give our time and energy to those who need it most right now in our community. If you or anyone you know is currently battling cancer or caring for a loved one who is battling cancer ( this includes parents who are caretakers for their children who are ill ) please have them email or call us so we can reach out to them and […]