Home appliances consume the greatest portion of the owner’s income. But, helps in making life more comfortable and easy, as one can complete all house chores on time. Today, we cannot imagine a single day without these appliances.
Home appliances are man-made machines. Therefore, it is essential to following simple cleaning and maintenance steps to prolong life. Many of the minor issues detected at the time of cleaning, save a great amount on repairing and replacement. Apart from these, it can save your family from major accidents. Performing cleaning and repairing services once a week or month are like a win-win situation.
Let’s know some easy ways to clean the washing machine, dishwasher, refrigerator, oven, and other small appliances.
- Tips to Clean Washing Machine
It is crucial for the washing machine to run and smell well to refresh your clothes. But, during washing, all the dirt and washing powder waste accumulate on the bottom surface of the machine. Later on, all these get collected in drums, pipes, heating elements, and even filters. Therefore, it is essential to clean all such accumulates from the machine once a week.
You can run a hot water cycle with baking soda or white vinegar (optional) that wash away all dust and other waste material from the machine. If you are not comfortable with these basic methods, look for commercial lime decalcifier in the market.
- Tips to Clean Dishwasher
The dishwasher is another home appliance that demands bi-weekly or monthly cleaning to work smoothly. During the dishwashing process, dust and debris accumulate over the outlet and let it clogged. Therefore, it is essential to clean Dishwasher at the bottom rack. You can also wash the filter with hot water and remove all dirt and debris from there.
Gas kit in the dishwasher is a little expensive to replace therefore, it will be a better idea to maintain the present one. For this, take a toothbrush into hot soapy water and start rubbing on the outer areas of the gasket. You will see all the greasy layers removing. After that use a soft sponge too and clean area with soft hands.
- Tips to Clean Fridge
The best and easy way to clean the refrigerator is to defrost it. In the modern refrigerator, defrost function is hardly seen because these are designed to auto defrost. But, if you have a little older fridge model and need to call Frigidaire Refrigerator Repair, it will better to manually defrost your fridge. Keep in mind, remove all frozen food from the freezer and place it in another cooler place. And during the cleaning process, a thick layer of ice will also melt. Therefore, place a container under it to collect all ice. Once it gets defrosted clean it by using towel.
For quick cleaning, you can also use solvent soda or chemical solvent. But be careful before going to use it. Be sure, water does not seep into temperature selector, drain channel or hole to effect fridge working.
- Tips to Clean Oven
Oven cleaning is one of the daunting tasks for many homeowners. As it contains grease and food particles. But using these stains oven is also not safe. Therefore, we have a quick and eco-frinedly way to clean your oven. Firstly, take baking soda and apply on all the inner parts of the oven. Make a complete paste all over. Leave it for one hour and then wipe with a soft cloth. You will see amazing results as your oven will be non-greasy and starts shinning.
Secondly, add 4 tablespoons of baking soda into water and using a spray spread all the mixture. If required, you can add more quantity of baking soda to make a thick paste and then wipe with a cloth.
- Tips to Clean other small appliances
Other small appliances include coffee machines, microwaves, etc. As coffee making falls in the category of small appliances, but regular use of hot water, sugar and coffee stains affect the taste of the coffee. Therefore, it will be good if you use vinegar solution and water in the 1:2 ratio. Then switch on the coffee maker and run the hot machine. At the end of the process, you will get a clean pot.
Another important home appliance is a microwave. For this, you just need to take a lemon with vinegar or water. Put it into the microwave and run its cycle. At the end of the cycle, you will need to wipe microwave ith clean cloth.
Hope the cleaning process will not be a difficult process, now. Just follow these simple tricks and prolong your appliance’s life.
Author Bio
Jeff Sears is working as a technician cum writer at Aplus Repair specializes in appliance repair and maintenance services like Ge Dryer Repair, Ge Freezer Repair & Inglis Oven Repair Montreal. He regularly writes to share his knowledge about electrical appliances repair and solving their problems.