Cleaning Kitchen Cabinets
Assemble needed supplies
- Gloves
- Eye protection
- A covering for your head
- Spray cleaning solution of your choice or pan/sink of wet cleaning solution—Dawn and hot water
- Rags, wipes, paper towels—your choice
- Soft scrubber
- Baking soda or slightly abrasive cleaner
- Knee pads or step stool depending on the location of the cabinet
- Oil for the mechanism—I use sewing machine oil
- Shelf liner
- Scissors
- Cabinet cleaner for the outside of your type of cabinet
Remove everything from the cabinet that you want to clean and the adjacent cabinets on each side unless this is a standalone cabinet.
Check for items that may be in the void the lazy Susan doesn’t address and remove them.
Remove any removable liner placed on the shelves.
Cleaning the shelves
- Spray or wet the shelves with the cleaning solution.
- Wipe the shelves.
- Repeat until the shelves are clean.
Hard to remove the residue?
- Wet the area
- Add a sprinkle of baking soda over the area.
- Use a damp soft scrubber to clean the area.
- Repeat the baking soda as necessary.
- Use a clean, damp cloth to remove any residue.
- Use a dry cloth to dry the shelves.
Maintenance
- Use the oil to grease the moving parts.
- Add shelf liner—use scissors to cut the liner to fit.
- Clean the outside of the cabinet per the cleaner's directions.
Finishing up
- Place the desired contents back into the cabinet.
- If food contents have expiration dates, remember to purge the items.
- Put like items together.
- Place the items that will go out of date in front of items that will last longer.
Bonus
- Clean the adjacent cabinets.
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