Oh my goodness!!! What a huge, grimy, yuck job!!! Large appliances. So glad this is done too often, but hopefully more often than as long as I waited. All appliances are cleaned inside and out! See how I did it:
Stove/Double Oven
We are short a door shelf (kids pulled on it to close the door and it broke) and the top door shelf is cracked. Both ordered and should be here Wednesday...woot!
It is so hard to keep the tops of these clean, especially when my daughter accidentally recently cooked granulated sugar right onto the burners.
__ Use Bartender's helper and some elbow grease to clean the stove top.
__ Remove knobs. Use an SOS pad for the area where knobs belong. Scrub knobs separately and replace after drying.
We have used the self cleaning mode in the past and our stove almost broke. Seriously! It locked for 2 days and then we finally got it open so went the spray route this time. Sprayed and left overnight. Amazing!!!
Did you know that these racks now roll out on their own? They do...that clean!
Range Hood
I am constantly cleaning down my range hood, but never this piece. P.S. I hate this piece.
__ Spray inside with oven cleaner including the racks
__ After letting sit overnight, pull out racks. Wipe down with clean rag. It gets very grimy quickly so rinse rag in between wiping. Wipe down bottom and all 4 sides.
__ Wipe down window.
__ Use a chopstick or skewer to clean out harder to reach crevices.
__ Scrub down racks in the sink, wipes all wire and rinse thoroughly. Put back into the oven.
__ Pull over from wall as far as it will reach. Sweep with broom behind and anything that pulls out from moving it.
__ Scrub down each side.
__ Vacuum behind.
__ Scrub down range hood inside and out.
__ Take filter out. Soak for 30 minutes in a rub of vinegar, water and a few squirts of dish soap. Scrub with a toothbrush. Let air dry. Replace.
Refrigerator
I LOVE a clean fridge...as often as I can. Look at it sparkle...isn't she pretty?
We are short a door shelf (kids pulled on it to close the door and it broke) and the top door shelf is cracked. Both ordered and should be here Wednesday...woot!
__ Remove food from each inside shelf separately, remove inside shelves and scrub down in the sink.
__ Wipe down inside fridge while inside shelves are drying.
__ Remove drawers, contents and scrub them out.
__ Remove bottles from door shelves, remove shelves and scrub down in the sink.
__ Wipe down inside door while door shelves are drying.
__ Remove frozen foods and inside shelves to scrub in sink.
__ Wipe down inside freezer while shelves are drying.
__ Remove items from door shelves of freezer and scrub down in the sink.
__ Wipe down inside door while door shelves are drying.
__ Replace baking soda box fresheners in both the fridge and freezer.
__ Wipe down entire top of the fridge, sides and front.
__ Pull out from wall and vacuum the back.
__ Pull further out in different directions and broom sweep everything that has gotten caught underneath.
__ Take off foot vent piece and scrub down, replace.
Dishwasher
I am not sure how I missed a pic of the dishwasher, but who cares. It's a boring appliance. Clean no less!
Microwave
The most used appliance we own, especially with college and high school kids.
Ahh....lovely! Don't mind the 2 little scuffs on the right.
__ Microwave a bowl of vinegar for 2 minutes.
__ Remove plate and rotating piece. Scrub down both in the sink.
__ Wipe down entire inside including roof with a wet rag.
__ Replace plate and rotating piece.
__ Wipe down entire outside.
__ Move and scrub counter underneath.
Washing Machine
My 16 year old overfilled our washer with her comforter, 2 throw pillows and a rather large teddy bear the day before cleaning and then we found water leaking underneath. Turns out, she had just off balanced it and all is now well with the world.
Gorgeous....can you just scream it?!!!
__ Run a load of vinegar through the washing machine.
__ Wipe down underside of door and all edgings. Use a chopstick or skewer to get to anything unreachable.
__ Wipe down entire outside of washer.
__ Pull washer from wall and vacuum behind.
__ Broom sweep up anything that comes out from under after moving the machine.
Dryer
And the washer's lovely sidekick is clean as well!
Inside has seen more clothing than a mall! There are some dark marks simply from a huge amount of clothing over the past 10 years. Other than that, clean!!!
__ Spray vinegar and wipe clean.
__ Vacuum out lint trap as far down in as you can go.
__ Wipe down inside door and around opening. Use chopstick or skewer to reach areas unreachable.
__ Clean entire outside of the dryer.
__ Pull dryer from wall and vacuum behind.
__ Broom sweep up anything that comes out from under after moving the machine.
__ Replace old basket with a new one.
__ Convert any half empty bottles together, toss any empty bags or bottles.
__ Fit all supplies into basket, set on top of dryer.
Whew!!!! My goodness....done, done and done!
Til next week....Kitchen!
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