Speed Cleaning by Jeff Campbell

Author:Jeff Campbell [Campbell, Jeff]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
ISBN: 978-0-307-79696-7
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Published: 2012-12-12T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 8.

THE REFRIGERATOR

This is not weekly cleaning. However, if you are going to clean the refrigerator when you do your regular cleaning of the kitchen, do it first—before anything else. If the freezer is to be cleaned, it should have been turned off earlier so that it is defrosted and ready to clean. You can help yourself further with this chore by choosing a time to clean it when it’s as empty of food as it gets (according to your weekly shopping schedule). Also, before starting, throw out anything that deserves it.

The freezer is easy to clean once the ice is loose. Put any loose ice and ice-cube trays in the sink and proceed to clean. If possible, don’t remove anything else. Rather, move items toward the right, spray the left with Red Juice, and wipe. (If a little Red Juice gets on the frozen-food containers, it won’t hurt a thing.) Now move items from the right to the left and repeat. You may have to do that in three moves or more. If the freezer is completely full, remove only as much as you have to. When you move items to make room for cleaning, move them onto the top shelf of the refrigerator.

Inside the refrigerator itself, start with the top shelf. These interior shelves don’t usually need to be emptied. Items on the shelves should not be removed—just moved to the right. Then clean the racks with Red Juice and white pad, followed by a cleaning cloth to wipe dry. If the shelves are too full to move things to the side, then remove only enough so you can move the rest from side to side. When you remove items from a shelf, set them on a convenient countertop or on the floor just in front of the refrigerator in the order they were removed. After cleaning, replace the items in reverse order.

Do the next lower shelf and the next until you are finished. Drawers and bins should be removed from the refrigerator because you need to clean them inside and out. Don’t forget that nasty area under the bottom drawers. Crud and water both accumulate here.

Generally you can clean the door shelves by removing a few items, cleaning that space, and then sliding over a few more things and cleaning under them, etc. Pick up and wipe the bottom of each item as you put it back so it doesn’t leave a spot on the clean surface.

When you are finished with the inside of the refrigerator, don’t clean the outside yet. Go back and start to clean the kitchen as you normally would. If you are working as part of a team, it often makes sense to have another team member do the inside of the refrigerator as you begin to clean the rest of the kitchen. The reason is that the kitchen can turn into the longest job, and you want the team to finish at the same time. (See Chapter 9.)

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