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Kitchen Cleaning - What am I missing?

house_cat — Sun, 19 Mar 2017 15:01:36 GMT

I'm gearing up to do a thorough kitchen cleaning today.

I always feel like I'm forgetting something obvious and important.

Please tell me what I'm missing.

Thank you.

Dust ceiling.
Swipe walls.
Clean top of fridge.
Shine backsplash.
Clean cabinet doors.
Clean stovetop.
Clean appliance doors - dishwasher, oven, fridge.
Disinfect trash cabinet.
Shine countertops.
Clean that space under the cabinets, near the floor - what the heck do you call that?
Scrub and shine sink.
Wash floor.

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Peaches McPhee — Sun, 19 Mar 2017 15:04:03 GMT

This must be a joke. What is this "thorough kitchen cleaning" thing of which you speak?

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depglass — Sun, 19 Mar 2017 15:07:07 GMT

A cleaning lady. I think that space is called a mop board or a kick board.

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nomless — Sun, 19 Mar 2017 15:17:08 GMT

It's called a toe kick.

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Snowpuppy — Sun, 19 Mar 2017 15:20:57 GMT

I'll stop by with coffee & cinnamon buns.

You'll forget all about cleaning by the 2nd bun. 😊

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IamMrsG — Sun, 19 Mar 2017 15:22:15 GMT

G'mornin', @house_cat. You're in for quite a day, aren't you? Here are two items I would add to my list:

Vacuum the coils on your refrigerator. Keeping them clean will help extend the life of your frig. If it's an older refrigerator you might actually have to pull it from the wall to find them on the back of the machine. Newer refrigerators have them in the front, down by the floor. It is always astounding to me how much dust they can hold.
If they don't reach the ceiling, clean the tops of your cabinets. For easier cleaning in the future, line the tops with waxed paper, tissue paper, brown paper bags or even newspaper. Then, next time, all you'll have to do is switch out the paper.

"Clean that space under the cabinets, near the floor - what the heck do you call that?" It's called a toe kick.

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Annabellethecat66 — Sun, 19 Mar 2017 15:24:39 GMT

Hummm??? This must be a foreign language...When my husband was alive my house was spotless...

Then I realized how short life is...My kitchen is clean (enough for me). I'd rather be doing something fun with people I love and who love me...

It's amazing what the 'mind' can 'over-look'.

I was raised with an Aunt who had what is now called OCD. I wasn't allowed to leave a spot from water in the kitchen sink. There was no 'paint' on the toilet seat due to cleaning with bleach and Lysol.

I swore I'd never be like that. Due to my personality I finally realized there was no chance of that! Ha!

Not making fun of anyone just teasing a bit. I hope it's taken that way.

@house_cat is actually one of my favorite posters and I think she'll 'get' my post. Hope so. Love you @house_cat

Be safe.

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Tigriss — Sun, 19 Mar 2017 15:26:35 GMT

Pull the stove and fridge out, clean the floors underneath them, wipe down the sides, and clean the coils on the fridge so it can work more effectively. This would also be a good time to clean under the sink where we tend to keep the chemicals and things.

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house_cat — Sun, 19 Mar 2017 15:26:45 GMT

@IamMrsG

I should clean the fridge coils. I usually do it once a year, but I suspect that's not often enough.

Thanks to those of you who identified the "toe kick". I knew it was some kind of kick!

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house_cat — Sun, 19 Mar 2017 15:29:50 GMT

@Annabellethecat66

Thank you. I enjoy your posts, as well.

No worries about me overcleaning. If I lived alone, and didn't work, that could be an issue, but I have a full-time job AND I live with two men, so having a spotless house is not an option.

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Annabellethecat66 — Sun, 19 Mar 2017 15:52:43 GMT

@house_cat We seem to have a mutual admiration going on...Ha!

In my cleaning like crazy days I just about took the refrigerator apart wiping it down. It's surprising these days how easily you can take some of the appliances apart to clean them (it's the taking them apart thing that I like).

You are right to take off the front panel at the bottome and clean the coils (i.e. vacuum them).

One thing people don't think about is the 'plunger' in the sink gets very dirty. I do periodically soak it and use bleach on it. I have a double sink and only run water through one side. Every now and then I run water in the other side with a small amount of bleach. It's funny the way people smell odors and can't figure out where they are coming from.

I have a filter on the refrigerator water/ice dispenser but I still periodically (I use that word a lot) let a few cycles run through and throw out the ice.

I won't go on (see....my Aunt often haunts me). I keep a lid on my cleaning fits because I've been known to go overboard.

However....(come closer...closer) I am whispering...since I've gotten old(er) it's a lot easier to control these cleaning 'fits' (as I call them).

Love you sweet @house_cat

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IMW — Sun, 19 Mar 2017 16:11:15 GMT

How often do you clean the kitchen?

Next to you I'm a real slouch.

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151949 — Sun, 19 Mar 2017 19:46:59 GMT

I agree with the person who said what you are missing is a housekeeper. I don't really understand what "dust ceiling" & "swipe walls" means, but my housekeeper does a very good job of keeping my kitchen spotless, God Bless her! She usually cleans the tops of the cabinets once every year and they stay clean enough. In the spring when we go home to Pa. DH pulls out the fridge, stove and the DW and unplugs them so he cleans behind them at that time. We also unplug the TV , cd player and other electronics so when he gets behind the entertainment center to do that , he vaccums back there.

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candys mine — Sun, 19 Mar 2017 20:12:20 GMT

Enjoy your nice clean kitchen! One other thing I can think of is if your range hood has removable filters that can be soaked. They get coated with dust and grease.

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AuntG — Sun, 19 Mar 2017 20:19:28 GMT

Oven, range hood, light fixtures, inside of fridge, wash window/curtains.

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homedecor1 — Sun, 19 Mar 2017 20:23:11 GMT

@house_cat

Seems to me Suggestions I had have been mentioned --but, if your not too tired I will gladly make you a nice cup of tea & fresh piece of danish (not homemade but good) put your feet up & relax for a job well done!

We are in the process of finishing our house remodel project & this week it's a "spit shine" having guests (but their wing of the house is fresh & sparkly clean😺). when they leave I know that's my goal -- Spring is here!!!

Such a great feeling fresh clean home (and I have inherited my mothers OCD genes) but I enjoy cleaning!!!🤔😳😉

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house_cat — Sun, 19 Mar 2017 20:47:30 GMT

@IMW wrote:
How often do you clean the kitchen?
Next to you I'm a real slouch.

@IMW

I do what I consider to be surface cleaning every night when I finish cleaning up dinner. I never go to bed with dishes in the sink or crumbs on the counter, though I have been known to wake up to them. My husband and son are up much later than I am at night, and though they think they are cleaning up after themselves, they aren't doing a perfect job.

I do thorough cleaning like today, probably four times a year, which would be seasonal I guess, if we actually had seasons.

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house_cat — Sun, 19 Mar 2017 20:42:08 GMT

@homedecor1

Tea and danish with a friend sounds SO GOOD RIGHT NOW!

Unfortunately, I'm too tired to get out of the chair. I just finished - started at 8:30 this morning and finished at 1:30.

I have the stove grates and a few other things in the dishwasher, but other than that I am done and the kitchen looks beautiful :-)

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house_cat — Sun, 19 Mar 2017 20:45:04 GMT

@AuntG wrote:
Oven, range hood, light fixtures, inside of fridge, wash window/curtains.

@AuntG

Yes! I realized right after getting started that I'd forgotten to put the range hood and microwave on my list. I told DH that when the microwave breaks down (it's 10 years old), I 'm going to replace it with shelves to warm my dough above the stove. I really don't use it for anything other than making hummingbird nectar and softening butter. I think I can live without it.

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AuntG — Sun, 19 Mar 2017 20:53:27 GMT

@IMW wrote:
How often do you clean the kitchen?
Next to you I'm a real slouch.

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We deep clean much like @house_cat has listed in the Spring. Right before we decorate for Christmas, we do a pretty thorough cleaning. Then for fifty weeks of the year, cleaning is fast and basic. With no kids or pets in the house, our house is always presentable.