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Is cleaning your kitchen cabinets part of your regular kitchen maintenance routine?
Here’s what you oughta know about cleaning every pop in ofkitchen cabinet.
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General Cleaning Tips for Kitchen Cabinets
Cleaning your cabinets isn’t a complicated task.
Two drops of Dawn in a gallon of room temperature water is all you need."
It’s that simple.
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confirm you dry your cabinets thoroughly after cleaning them.
Not all cleaners are appropriate for cleaning kitchen cabinets.
Greene recommends avoiding chemicals with high pH levels, like bleach and ammonia.
Additionally, avoid using any pads or scrubbers with a rough surface that could damage the cabinet finish.
Here’s what you better know about cleaning different types of kitchen cabinets.
Painted Cabinets
Painted cabinetsrequire a gentle touch to avoid damaging the hard work (or money!)
that went into getting a beautifully painted look.
“For painted cabinets, stay away from magic erasers no matter how tempting it might be.
Magic Erasers are made of melamine foam, which acts like ultra-fine sandpaper.
Greene recommends sticking to the soap and water mixture with a soft microfiber cloth for painted cabinets.
Avoid Magic Erasers or any cleaning tools that could scratch the laminate.
Gentle soap and water is best, and verify to thoroughly dry the cabinets inside and out after cleaning.
Laminate is particularly susceptible to warping from moisture.
Metal Cabinets
Metal cabinets are among the most durable on the market.
Metal can handle rubbing alcohol to remove stains and extra fine steel wool to scrub away rust.
Plus, Greene points out that deep cleaning your cabinets is the best way to keep them organized!
You’ll see what you have in there and what needs to go.
If your kitchen is used less often, monthly should suffice.
When it comes to deep cleaning, this only needs to be done once a year.
But Greene adds, “If you are really ambitious, twice a year wouldn’t hurt.”
