If one has a positive attitude towards cleaning and its benefits, cleaning becomes much easier to accomplish. 

 One finds cleaning most effective and least bothersome when it is done as a regular part of everyday life.

There are 3 different categories of cleaning which one must remember:

1.Immediate Cleaning: This prevents small, easy to clean up messes from becoming big and unmanageable.

Example: After cooking dinner, your stovetop has few spatters of grease on it. You may decide to ignore it since it is hardly noticeable. But, over a period of time, your stovetop will look dull and dirty.

In immediate cleaning method, you clean up the mess, even if it is un-noticeable right away. Over a period, this becomes a habit, a good habit.

2. Maintenance Cleaning: It is done regularly but not necessarily often. This kind of cleaning can be put on a schedule.

Example: Washing of curtains. You may decide to wash your curtains once in 3 months or as per your need.

Maintenance cleaning can be organized and planned.

3. Remedial Cleaning: This is basically cleaning after a long period of neglect. 

Example: Cleaning of worktable and drawer.

This kind of remedial cleaning is preventable. You can avoid this by taking immediate steps or following maintenance routine.

The big danger is that the remedial cleaning can easily become abusive cleaning. That happens when a mild cleaner fails to remove the dirt, so a strong and often abrasive cleaner and tools are called for. The abusive cleaning can do more damage than the dirt itself.