How to clean a broom: say goodbye to fluff

Do you know how to clean a broom and look after it properly? It continues to be practical and an excellent ally in cleaning the home. We teach you everything!

A broom continues to be one of the best tools for cleaning the home each day, despite the vacuum cleaner gaining ground on it. In addition to being quick to use, it enables you to clean different types of dirt: remove large pieces of debris, remove dust, get rid of fluff...

To ensure good hygiene in your home, your broom should be clean, otherwise, all you are doing is moving the dirt around.

How to clean a broom with each use

Removing the traces of dirt from the broom after each use is fundamental. Hair, fluff, crumbs...if you don’t get rid of all this, the dirt will build up on the broom and the next time you use it, rather than clean, it will spread those traces of dirt around the whole house.

There are various ways of doing it:

• With your hands:  this is the most common way, removing the hairs and fluff directly with your hands. You can use gloves to do this, although it isn't necessary.
• Brush the bristles: use a wide-toothed comb to clean the broom. With this comb, exclusively used for this purpose, you can comb the bristles and will be able to remove all the hairs and fluff that are trapped in them. Some brooms and pans include a type of comb for this purpose.
• Shake the broom against the floor: place a piece of newspaper to collect the dirt easily. The only drawback of this cleaning method is that it only removes the dirt from the broom, so you will need to remove any hair and fluff by hand.

How to deep clean a broom

• Fill a bucket or bowl with warm water and a drop of washing-up liquid. If you notice the broom is very dirty, you can add bleach or ammonia to the water. You can also use vinegar, which is a natural product with disinfectant properties.
• Unscrew the brush from the pole and soak it in the water for half an hour.
• Meanwhile, clean the pole with disinfectant and a brush.
• Wear gloves and, with the brush immersed in water, scrub the bristles to remove the dirt.
• Afterwards, remove the brush from the water and immerse it in another bucket or bowl of clean water. Scrub the bristles again to finish rinsing any soap left on the broom.
• Finally, wring the broom and leave it to dry outdoors. First, place it faced down, in other words, on the floor, and then place it face up after a few minutes, supporting the pole on the floor to prevent the bristles on the brush from deforming.

Ideally, this cleaning and disinfection process should be done once a week.

How to clean rubber brooms

This type of broom is particularly useful for removing dirt from the floor, sweeping the garage, cleaning up spilled liquids, the garden, areas where sand, gravel or soil builds up, among other things.  Cleaning a rubber broom is quick and easy with these steps:

• Wet the broom with a bucket of warm water or, if possible, directly using a hose and pressurised water.
• If your broom is very dirty, apply neutral soap, removing the dirt with a soft sponge or cloth.
• Wet again to remove the soap.
• Remove the excess water with a dry cloth and leave the rubber broom to finish drying outdoors, but protected from the sun.
• If you need to sanitise the broom more, you can use bleach, ammonia or cleaning or apple vinegar.