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How to Keep the Kitchen Cabinets and Cupboards Clean?

There are so many areas that quickly get contaminated and expose more dirt, bacteria, and grease like the kitchen cabinets and cupboards. Adults and children keep on opening and closing the cabinets; cooking grease and condensation from outside temperature affect the cabinets that insist you clean the kitchen appliances daily if not then on a weekly basis.

If you interested in spending time in the kitchen, then eventually you need in-depth cleaning because of splatters, grease, and spills. During the cooking, we usually wipe down from tabletops, counters, and stoves but clean them weekly with Clorox disinfecting spray. It is beneficial to kill germs, bacteria, and other microorganisms. 

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Deep Cleaned Kitchen Cabinets

No doubt, cleaning the kitchen cabinets and cupboards is a challenging task. But the cabinets are the center of almost every kitchen, which means people can quickly notice. Dirty fingerprints, watermarks, and food splatters are the main offender. Several cleaning tricks save time and schedule the alternates between deep-cleans and spot-cleans. Many folks have questions like do UV light sanitizers work in cleaning the kitchen cabinets, then yes, it advantageous cleaning products and necessary during in-depth cleaning. LuxUVC being a guide suggest you the best and easy way to clean all type of kitchen appliances.

Before following the step for each type of cabinet material, ensure that you must have all necessary cleaning supplies. For the standard cleaning, you can use conventional cleaning products like baking soda and vinegar. Analyze the material of the cabinet because your cleaning will be based only on the material. If you are confused about differentiating the wood cleaning material and laminate cleaning material, you can get advice from the cabinet professional.  

What Are The Primary kitchen Cabinets Materials That Need Cleaning?

There are various types of kitchen cabinets that require cleaning as per material. For the standard cabinets, you need the following material to clean:

  • General-purpose cleaner
  • Delicate general purpose cleaner
  • Baking soda & water
  • Vinegar/ white vinegar & water
  • Detergent & water. 

Cabinets are divided into the following parts:

  • Wood Cabinets
  • Painted Cabinets
  • Metal Cabinets
  • Long-Living Laminate 
  • Gorgeous Glass Doors

What Are The Simple Beginning Cleaning Hack?

Cabinets and cupboards mostly attract the exterior dirt regularly, which can be clean with the soft cloth and warm, soapy water, but it is not useful on the tough stains like grime and grease. To remove the tough stains, follow below suggested steps.

  1. Take a soap and water along with the microfiber cloth and dawn or Ivory detergent. After that, soak the cloth and scrub the surfaces. Attentively wipe the hinges, handles, and designed surfaces.
  2. With the soft cloth, cleanse the sideboards and doors punctually. After that, with another soft cloth mob, the remaining moisture.
  3. For the sturdy grease, use natural solutions, it gives positive results. Take one cup of white vinegar and two cups hot water and with that solution, wipe out most of the moisture, especially greasy cabinets and rinse it with a soft cloth.
  4. If any spots left, dip the cloth again in the undiluted white vinegar with more pressure wipe-down. 
  5. The grease and grimes which are really obstinate, for them make a paste of white vinegar and baking soda and check it on the cupboard to see whether it won’t mar the finish. Cleanse the cloth, wipe down the excess moisture, apply some of the paste, dump on the surface you want to clean, and wait for few minutes then smoothly rub with cloth or sponge to lift the grime.
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Cleaning Wooden Cabinets

Clean Wooden Cabinets

Wooden cabinet requires focused cleaning, and the best way is to purchase oil-soap wood cleaner or Clorox disinfecting spray. They are generally present on the local hardware store; it’s a good option to clean the wood with everyday materials,

1. Household Detergent

To clean the wood cabinet, the owner can use the oil/ Laundry Detergent or grease-cutting dish. In general, cleaning, you can take two cups of water in each cup of detergent. Make sure the cabinet does not get overwet; otherwise, it could ruin the finish. Ones you applied the cleaning solution, scrub down with a separate dry cloth.

2. Vinegar/White Vinegar

If you don’t have laundry detergent, use the vinegar and water as a substitute. The vinegar entirely removes the sticky films caused by the dirty hands.

3. Baking Soda

The toughest stains can be removed by the baking soda, make a paste by mixing the baking soda with water and scrub the stain with the wet cloth.

Cleaning Of The Painted Cabinets.

The painted cabinets are much long-lasting than wood cabinet. The same products are used for cleaning as need for wood cabinet. In a painted cabinet, you don’t have to worry about finish; you can easily wipe hard enough to separate food-borne bacteria or dirt with general cleaners. In painted cabinets baking soda and water is used to remove the tough stains. If your cabinets have latex style, the scrub cautiously otherwise, you can scratch the surface. Wipe off with the warm water and delicate all-purpose cleaner. 

Cleaning Of The Metal Cabinets.

The most effortless surface cleaning is metal cabinet cleaning; all kinds of practice can work with metal except baking soda. Like you avoid overwet the wood same avoid the metal also. The elongate dampness can result in rust. 

  1. Take a sponge and damped into the cleaning solution of dish soap and warm water.
  2. If the warm water and dish soap don’t remove the stains from the metal, then use alcohol or Clorox disinfecting spray to wipe down the grease and grimes.
  3. If the metal has rust spots, then scrub gently with fine steel wool, avoiding the metal finish.
  4. Clean away the spots from the surface with alcohol and soap and let it completely dry. After that, use the blow dryer on the standard areas like joined corners, hinges where rust has been lifted.

Cleaning Of The Glass Doors.

The cleaning of glass doors and cupboards are the same.

  1. Remove the daily grime, spills, stains of food with the Clorox disinfecting spray or wipe with the warm soapy water and clean it with clear water.
  2. For the unscratched finish, take a 50 percent diluted vinegar and 50 percent of water or take a glass cleaner and ammonia.
  3. If the glass is covered with wood flame, gently wipe the frame so that no damage occurs to the finish of the door and cabinets.
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Deep Cleaned Glass Door

If the glass has some decoration elements, then do not directly spray because it can cause seepage and discolor the wood. Spraying directly on the glass, spray it on the soft towel/cloth or lint-free paper towel after wiping the glass with the cloth. Dry the glass thoroughly with a paper towel or dry cloth.

Cleaning Of The Laminate Surface

Laminate surfaces are the most long-lasting and easy to clean and maintain. 

  1. Regular dust and wash the laminate.
  2. With the light dish soap and warm water, wipe the laminate surface and, after that, clear it with simple water and dry it with a soft cloth.
  3. To remove the tough stains, mix the hot water with white vinegar, or make a paste of vinegar and baking soda. 

 

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