How to clean the refrigerator from the outside

It is enough to wipe the out­er sur­face of a new­ly pur­chased refrig­er­a­tor with a sponge moist­ened with soapy water — this will elim­i­nate germs and fac­to­ry dust. But dur­ing oper­a­tion, var­i­ous stains and dirt may appear on the refrig­er­a­tor, espe­cial­ly if it is locat­ed next to the stove — in the lat­ter case, grease spots will reg­u­lar­ly appear on the sur­face of the equip­ment.

We have pre­pared a list of rec­om­men­da­tions, fol­low­ing which you will quick­ly wash off even the most stub­born stains and grease stains on the refrig­er­a­tor.

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General recommendations

You can wash the sur­face of the device as fol­lows:

1. Con­t­a­m­i­nat­ed pens are well washed with tooth­paste. It is also enough to wipe them with deter­gent and rinse it off;
2. The sur­face of the refrig­er­a­tor is well washed with win­dow clean­ers, ammo­nia;
3. If the refrig­er­a­tor has a met­al sur­face, wash it with soapy water. Aggres­sive means can­not be used, oth­er­wise the tech­nique may change col­or, become stained, and the paint may crack;
4. If the refrig­er­a­tor has a glass sur­face, a win­dow clean­er will do. Gen­tly wipe it with a soft microfiber cloth;
5. Dry the sur­face thor­ough­ly after wash­ing. If this is not done, ugly smudges will form on it.

When wash­ing equip­ment, do not:

• use a hard sponge, soda — oth­er­wise unsight­ly scratch­es will appear on the sur­face;
• use means for clean­ing plumb­ing, white­ness — this will lead to the appear­ance of yel­low spots;
• use abra­sive and chlo­rine-con­tain­ing prod­ucts — they will vio­late the integri­ty of the out­er lay­er, lead to rust, and the paint­work may swell;
• leave deter­gents on the sur­face of the equip­ment for a long time — oth­er­wise the paint will swell.

Refrigerator cleaners

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Today there are store-bought prod­ucts for wash­ing such equip­ment — for exam­ple:

1. Unicum. You can use it to clean the out­side of the device. It gen­tly cleans the sur­face, elim­i­nates third-par­ty odors, and pre­vents the for­ma­tion of mold and bac­te­ria. Also, the use of Unicum forms a spe­cial lay­er on the sur­face, so that the refrig­er­a­tor stays clean longer;
2. hg. The prod­uct is also used to clean equip­ment inside and out. After its appli­ca­tion, there are no streaks on the sur­face. The tool elim­i­nates third-par­ty odors, dirt, stains. It is not nec­es­sary to wash it off with water;
3. Tech­ni­cal soda for clean­ing equip­ment (non-food). This is a uni­ver­sal tool that is use­ful, includ­ing when wash­ing the refrig­er­a­tor. Pour soda into a deep con­tain­er, add heat­ed water to a mushy state. Next, apply the prod­uct to the cloth, attach it to the dirt for 5 min­utes and wipe it with a non-rigid moist­ened sponge.

Folk remedies for washing the refrigerator

If there is no store-bought prod­uct at hand, use folk meth­ods for clean­ing the refrig­er­a­tor:

1. Laun­dry soap. Add soap shav­ings to a bowl of hot water and stir until a vis­cous mass appears. Using a soft sponge, apply the solu­tion to the sur­face of the device, leave it for 5 min­utes and rinse well. After that, wipe the tech­nique with a lint-free cloth — for exam­ple, gauze;
2. Table vine­gar and eth­yl alco­hol. Dilute the prod­ucts in half with water and wipe the sur­face of the equip­ment with a solu­tion;
3. If there are spots on the sur­face (for exam­ple, drops of oil), soak a cot­ton swab in undi­lut­ed vine­gar or alco­hol and apply it to the stain for 2–3 min­utes. When the cot­ton wool becomes dirty, repeat the pro­ce­dure with a new cot­ton swab. Car­ry out these actions until the stain dis­ap­pears com­plete­ly;
4. A mix­ture of ammo­nia (2 drops) and tooth­paste. Apply the result­ing prod­uct to a non-rigid sponge and wipe the sur­face of the equip­ment with it;
5. Hydro­gen per­ox­ide. Soak a cot­ton pad in it and wipe the sur­face. You may have to repeat the pro­ce­dure up to 5 times. Then rinse it with water and dry it with a soft dry cloth.

How to remove traces of glue

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Often stick­ers and stick­ers are hung on the refrig­er­a­tor — after remov­ing them, traces of glue appear on the sur­face. You can get rid of them like this:

1. Wet the label with warm water before peel­ing it off for 5 min­utes;
2. then wipe this area with the hard side of the sponge moist­ened with soapy water;
3. Moist­en a cot­ton swab with alco­hol or sol­vent, remove any remain­ing glue.

Before using sol­vent or alco­hol, test it on an incon­spic­u­ous area of ​​the refrig­er­a­tor. Make sure that such prod­ucts do not lead to tar­nish­ing of the col­or of the tech­nique. If the col­or has changed, they can­not be used.

You can also heat the stick­er with a hair dry­er, and then wash it with alco­hol or a sponge moist­ened with soapy water. Anoth­er way is to soak the stick­er in veg­etable oil/vinegar for 5–10 min­utes and scrub it off with a soft soapy sponge.

Refrigerator Care Tips

If a new stain has just formed on the sur­face of the device (for exam­ple, drops from sun­flower oil have fall­en on the sur­face), remove it imme­di­ate­ly. Fresh stains are removed much faster than dried ones.

If the chil­dren drew on the sur­face of the refrig­er­a­tor with a mark­er, then it all depends on its base:

1. A solu­tion of laun­dry soap will cope with a water-based mark­er;
2. Alco­hol-based — alco­hol (before that, test the alco­hol on an incon­spic­u­ous area of ​​the equip­ment);
3. In dif­fi­cult cas­es, white spir­it will help.

4. Tooth­paste can also wipe off the inscrip­tion.

Often, liq­uid appears inside the refrig­er­a­tor, which flows onto the seal­ing gum. Also, crumbs, pieces of food often accu­mu­late on it, the decay of which caus­es a pun­gent odor. A solu­tion with soap or bak­ing soda, ammo­nia, glyc­erin are suit­able for wash­ing seals.

But if the seal has become inelas­tic, has begun to crum­ble and crack, then it must be replaced. The low qual­i­ty of these ele­ments leads to the fact that they begin to move away, and the cold from the cham­ber will get out. Too high a tem­per­a­ture will arise inside, which will lead to rapid dete­ri­o­ra­tion of the prod­ucts, to the break­down of the refrig­er­a­tor itself.