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amother

Mon, Mar 25 2024, 11:47 am

Whats the best scrubber for elbow grease?

amother

Scarlet

Mon, Mar 25 2024, 11:50 am

Spray any kind of cleanser liberally and let it sit for at least 20 minutes. If the gunk is still stuck on, wipe off what you can, spray liberally again and wait another 20 minutes. Soaking softens the worst offenders.

effess

Mon, Mar 25 2024, 12:55 pm

You could put shelves and pieces into the dishwasher

amother

Mon, Mar 25 2024, 2:51 pm

Don't have a dishwasher. The bottom of the fridge is so dirty. Will take tons of elbow grease. And it's not a shelf or drawer that I can give a bath like with do every year

ra_mom

Mon, Mar 25 2024, 2:53 pm

This nail brush is actually very good for corners.
https://www.amazon.com/Superio.....psc=1

amother

Daffodil

Mon, Mar 25 2024, 2:57 pm

I like windex for grime. The alcohol in it breaks all the grease and shmutz down well.

Otherwise fantastic works well.

Ema of 5

Mon, Mar 25 2024, 2:58 pm

amother OP wrote:

Whats the best scrubber for elbow grease?

I use windex or fantastic.

amother

Scarlet

Mon, Mar 25 2024, 3:05 pm

amother OP wrote:

Don't have a dishwasher. The bottom of the fridge is so dirty. Will take tons of elbow grease. And it's not a shelf or drawer that I can give a bath like with do every year

My fridge bottom gets gross too.

We wash the shelves and drawers in the sink, but the bottom I put on tons of spray and let it sit until it softens. Very little scrubbing needed.

effess

Mon, Mar 25 2024, 3:40 pm

Dish soap is great for grease

zaq

Mon, Mar 25 2024, 4:12 pm

OP, were you being facetious? Because "elbow grease" is an idiomatic expression that means "hard work." It is NOT a kind of glop that you find clinging to the bottom of your fridge or the top of your stove.

"How did you get your stove so clean?"
"A little bit of dish soap and a lot of elbow grease."

Farshteyst?

amother

Butterscotch

Mon, Mar 25 2024, 5:12 pm

effess wrote:

You could put shelves and pieces into the dishwasher

How does that work? Things spill and leak in a fridge, both dairy and meat. So how can you just throw the shelves into a dishwasher? Seems like a kashrut problem.

amother

Mon, Mar 25 2024, 5:14 pm

Grime is a better word here

lucky14

Mon, Mar 25 2024, 5:16 pm

Mr clean magic erasers really made cleaning my fridge so much easier.

Pour a bit of warm water on the shelf to let the gunk soften a bit, wipe up water with paper towels and then scrub at it with a Mr clean magic eraser. Make sure the magic eraser is wet.

ray family

Mon, Mar 25 2024, 5:40 pm

If it’s really disgusting and you don’t want to spend a ton of time scrubbing, you can spray oven cleaner. Let sit for a few min and use either a brush or a white sponge to clean it.

amother

Lightblue

Mon, Mar 25 2024, 6:08 pm

Dawn powerspray is amazing for getting off gunk.

amother

Forsythia

Mon, Mar 25 2024, 6:14 pm

Just a life hack for the future, once a week, ideally before adding newly bought products into the fridge, grab a couple of wet wipes and wipe down spills and crumbs. Takes less than a minute and saves a lot of work.

advocate

Mon, Mar 25 2024, 6:52 pm

Seconding the Dawn power wash and magic erasers....

Chag kasher v'sameach!

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