How to clean your phone without damaging it: Professional cleaner shares the three products she uses

Professional cleaner reveals the three products she uses to clean her phone daily: ‘It’s a little bacteria box’

A Melbourne cleaner has shared exactly how she sanitises her phone
Kacie from The Big Clean Co dubbed phones as a ‘little bacteria box’
In a video she used isopropyl alcohol, a handheld brush and a microfibre cloth
Research shows phones carry 10 times the amount of germs compared to a toilet

By Carina Stathis For Daily Mail Australia

Published: 02:02 EDT, 11 September 2022 | Updated: 03:48 EDT, 11 September 2022

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A professional cleaner has revealed the three products she uses to clean her phone screen and speakers to banish unwanted bacteria.

Kacie Stephens, who heads The Big Clean Co in Melbourne, dubbed phones as a ‘little bacteria box’ that should be cleaned daily – as research shows phones can carry 10 times the amount of germs compared to a toilet seat.

In a video shared on social media, Kacie used isopropyl alcohol, a handheld brush from Bunnings Warehouse and a microfibre cloth to clean the phone.

She used the brush to clean the tiny speakers and improve the sound quality, while the microfibre cloth was used to clean the screen.

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Professional cleaner Kacie Stephens (pictured) from The Big Clean Co in Melbourne shared how to clean phone speakers to improve sound quality and kill bacteria

In a video shared on social media, Kacie used isopropyl alcohol, a handheld brush from Bunnings Warehouse and a microfibre cloth to clean the phone

‘If the speaker on your phone isn’t working well, this is how you clean it. Put some isopropyl alcohol on a brush and scrub out all the holes,’ Kacie said in the clip.

‘This is great if you wear makeup every day or if you’re just a bit of a grub.

‘While you’re at it, sanitise that whole little bacteria box.’

In the footage Kacie first applied a few squirts of the alcohol spray onto the brush then gently cleaned the top and bottom speakers.

Next, she used the microfibre cloth to remove unseen bacteria from the surface of the device.

To kill bacteria, it’s recommended by cleaning experts to sanitise your phone daily.

‘If the speaker on your phone isn’t working well, this is how you clean it. Put some isopropyl alcohol on a brush and scrub out all the holes,’ Kacie said in the clip

Within 48 hours the helpful video was viewed more than 16,000 times on TikTok and received almost 700 likes.

‘Omg. Needed this!! Thank you!!’ one person commented, another joked: ‘And if you aren’t wiping down your phone screen & back with isopropyl every day… I’m calling the police.’

In a 2011 study conducted by researchers at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, faecal matter was found on one out of every six smartphones.

And shockingly, further research conducted by an American microbiologist found mobile phones carry 10 times the bacteria of most toilet seats.

Other items including shoes, the kitchen sink, television remotes and children’s playgrounds are also commonly covered in bacteria.

How much dirtier is a phone than a toilet seat?

The typical mobile phone is carrying over 25,000 bacteria per square inch.

This is dirtier than a kitchen counter (showing 1,736 bacteria per square inch), your dog’s food fish (2,110 bacteria per square inch), and even the common doorknob (8,643 bacteria per square inch).

And of course, the most shocking of the facts: your phone is dirtier than a toilet seat.

The average phone is 10 times dirtier than a toilet seat

Source: Southern Phone

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