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Kitchen Cleaning Tips - How To Get Organized

By Kaye Dennan

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Published: 30Jul2010
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Kitchen cleaning tips to help you get that chore done faster and cleaner than ever are a must. Cleaning a kitchen can take forever if the kitchen itself is not an organized room. It is the one room in the house that not only the family has access to but so do friends and visitor. The constant flow of traffic through a kitchen sometimes means the home owner will leave more items out and available than would normally be the case.

If these kitchen cleaning tips are taken into consideration the total cleaning of the kitchen will be so much easier.

7 Kitchen Cleaning Tips

1. Go through the kitchen and throw out any outdated products. Anything that is just about at the due date needs to be used immediately.

2. Organizing your pantry is a must as being organized in this area will make life much easier. Use containers for your products, whether they be glass jars or plastic containers and then make sure that each of them has a label. Is it time to purchase a set of containers so that the panty can be well organized? Organizing the pantry is not just a matter of making it look nicer and be cleaner, but also making it much easier to find items.

3. Before putting your pantry items back, clean out the cupboard with a mix of water and vinegar which is a natural disinfectant. Consider this tip: put a dry erase board inside the pantry door to list the items that are running low.

4. Attack the fridge in the same manner, creating some sort of order on the shelves so that items can be found really easily. Before putting everything back in the fridge wipe the fridge out with a mix of lemon juice and water to freshen it up and remove odors.

5. Wipe out the microwave with vinegar and water. If there are any hard burnt on pieces of food put 1/2 a cup of water in the microwave for 1 minute on high and this should loosen it.

6. Cleaning down the bench tops - with so many different bench tops on the market do find out which products are going to do the job efficiently and not damage the top. Although you will probably be recommended a commercial cleaner often an eco friendly mix like vinegar and water will do the job. For tougher stains sprinkle some baking soda over the area then rub down with the vinegar and water mix. Do take care with baking soda because it is also an abrasive.

7. Baking soda is also very good for cutting through grime and bleaching grout so if you have either of these jobs to do in the kitchen then use this eco friendly product by making a paste, spreading it on the area and using a scrubbing brush to remove it. Then rinse with clean water.

When cleaning bench tops or other softer items like carpet and lino, do 'a test clean' first in an area that will not be noticeable if there is a little color fading. This is always a good motto when using products throughout the house because there are so many new products in the market place. As mentioned earlier, if the kitchen is organized then our kitchen cleaning tips will make the chore that much easier.

Kaye Dennan has employed cleaners in her businesses for over 25 years and has learnt what works and what does not. Many house cleaners now like to use environmentally friendly products to clean a house and this is so healthy for those living there. Find out how to clean quickly, efficiently and effectively with eco friendly products.

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