Imagine yourself coming home from the office, after working hard all day. As soon as you enter your home, you rush to the kitchen; place your bag on the counter, and open the refrigerator to pour yourself your favourite juice. But Wait! Why is your fridge smelling so bad! Has something rotten inside or is there spilled liquor on the tray? Whatever is the reason, the unpleasant smell from the fridge just killed your hunger and ruined your mood.
It is not a very tough job to keep your fridge smell free. With a few simple steps you can end up with clean and healthy storing conditions for your food. In order to help you out, in this post we will share some highly effective tips for deodorising your fridge forbond cleaning as well as general cleaning.
1. Thorough inspection and proper cleaning
Cleaning your fridge promptly is the most important step of this entire process. Whether you are performing an end of lease cleanor yourregular monthly cleaning, it is always recommended to start with an inspection and then move onto
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Firstly, remove all those things from your fridge that are rotten or were stored quite a long time ago. It is better to throw them away as they would no longer be suitable for eating. Following this, store the rest of the food in a cooler place, and cut off all the electric connections from the fridge. Keep the doors of your refrigerator open for a few hours for the ice covered walls to defrost. Now remove the water that has deposited in the fridge from the melting of ice. You can use natural cleaners to scrub the shelves, trays, and other compartments, and clean the deposited dirt, fungus or food remnants.If the trays are detachable, you can remove them, wash them properly in the dish washer, and reinstall them later on.
Once, every portion of the fridge has been washed properly, it is time to wipe the walls and the trays with a dry, clean cloth.At times, the water accumulated in the fridge during the wash also causes bad odour, so make sure that everything has been dried completely. Finally, put everything together and plug in the electric supply to resume its cooling.
2. Place natural odour-absorbers in fridge
There are several natural smell absorbers, which when kept in the fridge will ensure no-bad-smell. The most common thing amongst them is baking soda. You can spread a few spoons of baking soda in a small container and place it on the shelves of your fridge’s door. If you don’t have baking soda, you can also use white vinegar, oats, dried coffee ground, and charcoal briquette for the same purpose.
3. Label your food before storing
Have you ever wondered what causes this bad smell in your refrigerator? 90% of the time, it’s the rotten food that you forgot to take out. So, another way to ensure your fridge stays cleaned is by labelling your food with the date when it was cooked and stored in the fridge. Therefore, you will know exactly how long it has been since you put the food in there.
4. Use airtight containers
In order to retain freshness and lock the smell of the food within the container, it is important to use an airtight container. It also prevents the food from losing its moisture and dehydrating. Therefore, avoid wrapping your sandwiches or pizza slices in tissues or napkins while refrigerating. Instead, put them in sealable boxes and containers and then refrigerate them properly.
5. Conduct a regular fridge check-up
It has been observed that when people perform vacate and end of lease cleaning, they discover that there are some major issues with the condenser or thermistor of the fridge which they never figured out previously.In order to fix them, they have to invest more money and time than a regular cleaning session. Therefore, it is recommended to conduct a regular check-up of your fridge under the supervision of professionals, at least once a year.
In the fridge you store your edibles. Thus, its cleanliness should be somewhere on the top of your cleaning-priority list. With these simple tips you can easily achieve the goal of a clean, odour-free fridge.
