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Holi 2021: How to Protect Your Home from the Colours

Holi needs no introduction. The Indian festival of colour is celebrated every year during the spring season. From kids to the elderly, everyone likes this joyous festival and celebrates it with music, dance, food, and especially colour. This year, due to covid restrictions, many states have banned the celebration of Holi in public areas, and in other states, it is advisable to play indoors. This means, your house going to be as colourfully messy as ever. And if you have kids around, cleaning the entire mess all alone is just next to impossible, at the moment go for a professional cleaning expert. And I bet you, with various advantages of hiring a professional cleaning service will make your daily routine easier with kids like never before.

The colours used in this festival are both organic and synthetic. While organic colours are easily removed, it’s the synthetic ones that are hard to take off. That’s because, synthetic colours are a mixture of mineral oils, heavy metals, acids, and glass powder. They are harmful to your body as well as your house. This is going to be the biggest concern of playing Holi indoors. Here we have presented a few tricks on how to keep your house clean pre and post Holi. By applying these tips you don’t have to book deep cleaning services.

Floor:

The floor being messed up by colours in Holi is inevitable. If you have marble flooring, avoid playing on it, as the colours can be really hard to get rid of. For a pre-Holi method, you can lay old newspapers on the floor right from your living room to your bathroom. The dry colours can be easily removed with sweeping or vacuuming. It’s wet colours that can form hard stains. Use tissue paper or newspapers to soak up the water. Make a paste of some water and baking soda. Pour the paste over the stain and let it dry. Wipe it off using a damp cloth.

Walls:

Be it outside or inside, walls are also the most affected areas while playing Holi. Both dry and wet colours can hamper the wall if stained. If you could apply an anti-stain coating before playing with colour, it can be the safest procedure. Also covering the walls with plastic or cling film can also be useful in avoiding Holi colours.

But these methods are very time-consuming. You also could move a few pieces of furniture or something to avoid people reaching the wall. But, if your wall does get stained, there are other options for maintaining a clean wall like making a solution of mild bleach and water and wiping out the colour. Make sure the solution is not concentrated, as it can change your wall paint too.

Furniture:

The best way from getting your furniture stained with colour is to cover them with sheets that can be disposed of later. In case they get stained, try dusting off your wooden furniture. For upholstered furniture, vacuuming the colour will be the best option, as dusting them could make the colours spread on the fabric.

Removing wet colours can be tricky. For wooden furniture, you can clean them with varnish. For upholstered furniture, soak the affected area with vinegar for 15 minutes and then wipe it off with a cotton ball. Make sure to dry the area after wiping it.

Doors and Windows:

If it’s dry organic colour, you can just dust it right off. If it is a synthetic colour, you can use liquid detergent or cleaning solutions. If it didn’t work, you can use nail polish remover for the wooden parts of windows and doors. For glass parts, make a paste of baking powder and water. Apply the paste to the affected area, let it dry, and then scrape it off.

Bathroom:

The bathroom is the place where we rinse the colour from our bodies, so obviously it is going to be dirty. For starters, if you have a bathtub, try using that instead of the shower. To protect your bathroom fixtures you can apply oil or vaseline, or petroleum jelly before you bathe. It will make the colours come off the fixtures easier.

The key is to get the stains as quickly as possible. The longer it stays on the surface, the harder it is to clean. Do not let the thought of cleaning kill the joy of enjoying Holi with your friends and family. Even if by any chance the above-mentioned tips don’t work, there is always TechSquadTeam to provide you with the best deep cleaning services in Bangalore.

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