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How to Deep Clean a Refrigerator

How to deep clean a refrigerator

This month’s reader question is, “How do you deep clean a refrigerator and get the gunk out of the crevices?” While this may not be the most fun thing to clean, you will be happy to get it out of the way before the holidays hit. You’ll need extra room for holiday treats and entertaining and it’s always refreshing to open the fridge to clean shelves and fresh, organized food! Grab a rag, a butter knife, and fill up your sink with hot soapy water. Let’s get started!

1) Take a quick look and throw out anything you know is outdated or can see has gone bad.

Before you clean anything, take a quick inventory of what’s in your fridge. Throw out any old leftovers or items that have surpassed freshness.

Deep Clean Your Fridge Top-to-Bottom

 2) Start at the top and work your way down, cleaning one shelf at a time.

Take all the food off the shelf, wipe the bottom of food if necessary and place it elsewhere in the fridge. If your shelves are really large or do not come out, you’ll obviously have to wipe them down while in the fridge. Leave a rag dipped in hot soapy water on hard to get off food and carefully use a knife to get into crevices. If shelves do come out, remove them entirely and wash in hot soapy water. Use a butter knife to get into the crevices if stuck on food is really stubborn. Rinse the shelf and dry. Before putting the shelf back in the fridge, wipe the walls of the inside of the fridge. Repeat with each shelf and then do the same to the shelves in the door.

3) Organize Food

Once each shelf has been cleaned, organize your food. Anna has some great tips for that here.

New box of Baking Soda in fridge each month to keep it fresh

4) Place a Box of Baking Soda in Fridge to Keep it Smelling Fresh

Be sure to place an opened box of Baking Soda in the fridge to keep foul odors at bay. Change the box out each month!

5) Wipe down the Refrigerator Door Gasket

Clean the Refrigerator Gasket

I hadn’t noticed this before I was deep cleaning but that rubber thing around the inside of the fridge door gets pretty dirty. Simply take your soapy rag to it, all the way around!

6) Clean the Coils

Clean fridge Coils

And last but not least, pull the grill off the bottom of your fridge (on older fridges it may be on the back) and vacuum the coils. This will help your fridge run more efficiently!

Vacuum coils on fridge

And that is how to deep clean a refrigerator!

Kim

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Hey there! I’m Kim, cleaning guru and writer of A Real-Life Housewife - a blog all about cleaning how-to’s, household tips and tricks, a little bit of crafting, and life with kids. I am thrilled to be a part of the Ask Anna team. Each month I take on one of your questions, so lay them on me!

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  1. Carissa says

    October 15, 2014 at 9:14 am

    Don’t use warm or hot water on your glass fridge shelves until you bring them to room temperature! My mom did this a few years ago and her shelf shattered! Glass fridge shelves are tempered but not magical.

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  2. kaylee says

    March 9, 2015 at 7:16 am

    Before just throwing your dirty shelf in the hot water let the shelf warm up first,or take a rsg and warm it up first. The quick temptation change from cold to hot can dhatter the glass. I’ve had it happen before.

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