Jul 21 2008
Quick Tips For Kitchen Cleaning
- Cracked Egg Cleanup: If you’ve ever dropped an egg on the counter or floor, you know what a sloppy, slimy mess it is to clean up! Next time try drizzing salt generously over the egg, wait a few minutes until it’s dry–then the mess sweeps up easily. *ETA: Careful not to leave the salt sitting too long, especially around metal parts. I had a reader send in a note that the sitting salt affected a metal piece underneath kitchen carpeting.
- Remove Oven Cleaner Residue: There is often a residue of oven cleaner coating the inside of the oven once it’s been cleaned. It causes an odor and some smoke when baking or cooking dishes until it’s burned off. What you can try is once the oven has been cleaned, do a quick wipe with a cloth first soaked in 50/50 vinegar and water. This will remove all traces of the cleaner and voila! No more residue. Just make sure to do a complete wiping job.
- Washing A Dishwasher or Washing Machine: The orange Tang juice crystals contain citric acid which can remove stains nicely. If your washing machine or dishwasher (or even a toilet bowl) need a little TLC to remove scum or stains, run a full empty load with some orange Tang tossed in.
- Refrigerator Cleaning: Try washing the inside of your refrigerator with hot, soapy water and then a rinse wipe with 50/50 solution of vinegar and water to help fight mildew. It also freshens and deodorizes the inside of your fridge. If your refrigerator is cleaned regularly, just the scrub down with vinegar and water will do the trick. Also make sure to check out this tip: Clean The Refrigerator Daily In 10 Minute Chunks
- Refrigerator Dust Bunnies: Don’t forget to pull out your refrigerator regularly to vacuum off the back coils or pull the front kickplate off to get at the coils if they’re at the bottom. The coils are a major dust collector and this means your fridge has to work harder to keep the inside cool (costing you more to run it). Unplug the refrigerator before moving and cleaning it.
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17 Sep 2008 at 7:04 pm
I’d like to make a small comment on item #3. To have some “street cred” among y’all, please know that I’ve owned my own very successful domestic services business for 30+ years.
Very often, when there are rust stains in the wash, it can be attributed to a cheap(er) clorine bleach product. Many cheap brands have heavy deposits of iron in them and this is what can cause those nasty rust stains. If you’re not using Clorox brand, try switching to it — rust stains should be gone.