Speed Cleaning 101: Cut Your Cleaning Time in Half! [Paperback]

Laura Dellutri (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 11, 2005

The Healthy Housekeeper shows readers how to get in the cleaning mood and how to make a cleaning kit.

Offers techniques used by pros to clean better and more efficiently—how to clean smarter not harder.

Describes old-fashioned remedies that are wrong, dangerous, and ineffective.

Information on how to give a house a 10-minute emergency clean before visitors arrive.

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About the Author

Known as the "The Healthy Housekeeper," Laura Dellutri is a speed cleaning consultant, entrepreneur, author, and frequent guest contributor on radio and television shows. She started her own residential cleaning service in 1990 and developed it into a professional janitorial firm. In 2003, she founded the National Training Center for Cleaning Contractors. She has worked as a cleaning educator and trainer as well as a speaker on the home-show circuit. Dellutri’s media experience includes shows on Discovery Channel, HGTV, and local radio and television across the country. Most recently she’s appeared on ABC’s The View, Living it Up With Ali and Jack, and Soap Talk. She also is a frequent contributor to magazines such as Better Homes and Gardens, InStyle, Men's Health, Lifetime, First for Woman, Real Simple, and Reader's Digest.

Product Details

• Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: Meredith Books (January 11, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0696224143
• ISBN-13: 978-0696224140
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6.9 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,107,013 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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26 of 29 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Basic advice with a few gold nuggets, August 27, 2005

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Anonymous (Houston, TX United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Speed Cleaning 101: Cut Your Cleaning Time in Half! (Paperback)

What's charming about the book is the author's positive attitude and humor. She gives great advice on what products to use and general techniques. However, this book is not a step-by-step manual. It seems written for people who have already housecleaned their whole lives and just need some pointers.

Best advice from the book:
1. Use microfiber cloths
2. Separate wet from dry cleaning
3. Work top from bottom, clockwise around the room
4. Use Lemon oil to chine bathroom/chrome accessories

22 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Clutter meetsClean and neat, July 21, 2005

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Elise Parham (Memphis, TN USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Speed Cleaning 101: Cut Your Cleaning Time in Half! (Paperback)

This book is so exciting to me, the Title itself is motivating. I read of it in a magazine, immediately went to Amazon! Sure enough, there it was. I ordered it and in a few days spent time reading it (still reading). It is so encouraging to finally find something that WORKS without making you feel defeated before you start.This book tells me what I need to make it simple,enjoyable and excited because I know if I follow this method I can have a clean, uncluttered houseall of the time...without the panic on hearing the doorbell ring and find my neighbor standing there waiting to be invited in. When we visited our son and family recently, I took the book to read on the way up and back, when his wife saw it , she wanted one. so I gave her mine, then regreted it all the way home, thinking "what if I can't find another? Not to worry, I did .Now, I'm busy reading more and doing more in less time.
I highly recommend this book to homemakers, professionals, or any one that isn't presently using this method. Try it , you will like it!

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Speed Cleaning 101: Cut Your Cleaning Time in Half, March 27, 2007

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Donna L. Boston - See all my reviews

This review is from: Speed Cleaning 101: Cut Your Cleaning Time in Half! (Paperback)

Too many prose...not a quick read. Prefer the Clean Team and the Campbells books. They are to the point and are not afraid to recommend supplies one can pick up off the shelves of the grocery store. So, I bought the Speed Cleaning book//Campbell and the Clean Team.Speed Cleaning