As one of the most-used rooms in your house, it’s important to keep your kitchen clean. Follow these simple cleaning hacks to make your kitchen sparkle.
DIY Natural Cleaners
Start by gathering some DIY natural cleaners for the kitchen. Some great natural cleaners include baking soda, salt, and lemons.
How to Properly Load a Dishwasher
Using a dishwasher to clean your dishes can save valuable time. This video from Cascade gives some helpful tips on how to load a dishwasher to get your dishes nice and clean.
Cleaning a Dishwasher
To clean a dishwasher use baking soda and vinegar. Start by removing all of the racks. Then wipe down all interior surfaces using a clean rag saturated in a water and baking soda and solution. Finally, replace the racks, pour a cup of vinegar in the dishwasher, and run a short cycle.
Cleaning a Gas Stove
Regularly cleaning a gas stove is the best way to maintain it. This article from Style at Home walks you through the gas stove-cleaning process while also giving some great tips.
Cleaning Stove Burners Pans
An easy trick to use when cleaning electric stove burner pans is to place the burner pans, and other stove top parts, into a large plastic Ziploc bag. Fill the bag with a small splash of ammonia, seal the bag, and allow it to sit in your sink overnight. The next day, remove the parts and wipe them down with a sponge.
Cleaning an Oven Interior
An easy way to clean your oven is to mix water, soap, and baking soda. Take the paste you created and spread it on the interior of the oven using a sponge. Allow the paste to sit for 30 minutes and then wipe off using a clean sponge and warm water. Rinse sponge and continue to clean until residue is removed.
Cleaning Oven Glass
Oven glass collects the grease from items cooking in your oven making them a greasy, hard-to-clean mess. Mr. Clean Magic Erasers and a little work can have your oven glass looking good as new in as little as 10 minutes.
Polishing a Stainless Steel Sink
To get your stainless steel sink to really shine, rub isopropyl alcohol on it using a clean cloth after cleaning it. For best results, wait for your sink’s surface to dry completely before applying the rubbing alcohol.
Hacking a Built-in Soap Dispenser
This hack provides a great way to save money on hand soap for houses with built-in soap dispenser in the kitchen. Remove the old soap container and run rubber tubing, which you can find at any hardware store, from the pump into a large container of soap underneath the counter. Pump until the soap comes out.
Cleaning a Wooden Cutting Board
To easily clean a wooden cutting board, wash it down with hot soapy water after use, standing it up to air dry. To remove odors, wipe down the board with white vinegar. For more stubborn stains, sprinkle banking soda on to the surface and work it in using a lemon. Rinse the board and dry with a towel.
Removing Burnt On Food
Removing burnt on food on pots and pans might seem like a chore. An easy way to remove burnt on food is to place a little vinegar in the bottom of the pan while placing it on medium heat, helps loosen the food. Mixing cream of tartar, baking soda, dish soap, and hot water removes more stubborn stains.
Cleaning a Slow Cooker
Easily clean baked-on food from the surface of a Crockpot using nothing more than water, dish soap, vinegar, and heat. Fill the Crockpot past the line of baked-on food, add dish soap and vinegar, and cook on high for a couple of hours. Turn off and allow the water to cool. Wash with a dishcloth and rinse.
Cleaning a Keurig
Clean your Keurig often, making sure to descale it once every three to six months. Fill the reservoir with 10 ounces of white vinegar and run the machine through a cycle without using a K-cup. Repeat a cycle with 10 more ounces of vinegar. Finally, run another brewing cycle, except use 10 ounces of fresh water.
Cleaning Rusty Knives
Easily remove rust stains from your cutlery using a mixture of lemon juice and water. Place the mixture in a cup and insert your rusty knifes. Allow to soak for 10 minutes and then wipe the knives clean with a cloth. You might also need to scrub tougher stains to remove them.
Cleaning a Cooking Sheet
Make your cooking sheets look like new using a mixture of baking soda and hydrogen peroxide. Apply baking soda and hydrogen peroxide to sheets surface and allow to sit for a couple of hours. Wipe off the mixture using a clean cloth.
Cleaning Off Baked-on Grease
While you could soak and scrub a pan to remove baked-on grease, an easier way involves using baking soda and vinegar. Start by sprinkling baking soda onto the pan and then spraying the area with vinegar. Allow to sit before scrubbing with a sponge. Repeat if necessary.
Cleaning Grease From Cabinets
Easily clean grease spots off of cabinets using a variety of cleaners. Vinegar offers grease-cutting properties, while dish soap mixed with hot water is another method for wiping down and removing grease. Use baking soda mixed with vegetable oil to cut through even tougher grease build-up.
Cleaning the Microwave
Cleaning a dirty microwave is as easy as placing a chopped up lemon and one cup of water with vinegar inside a bowl. Turn on the power for several minutes, allowing the solution to boil and produce steam. Allow the microwave to cool for 15 minutes before removing the bowl and wiping the inside.
Cleaning Kitchen Floors
If you have scuffed linoleum, use toothpaste to remove them. For even more stubborn scuff marks, placing WD-40 on a towel and rubbing the area can help remove it. For a great shine add a few drops of baby oil to an apple cider vinegar and hot water solution. Apply with a damp mop.
Clean Kitchen Habits
Keeping a clean kitchen involves more than knowing a few simple hacks. This video from VasseurBeauty gives some helpful tips for keeping your kitchen looking great all of the time.
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