How to Deep Clean Your Kitchen
Get into the spring cleaning spirit and learn how to deep clean your kitchen!
How to Deep Clean Your Kitchen
Get into the spring cleaning spirit and learn how to deep clean your kitchen!
Why Kitchen Deep Cleaning Matters
The kitchen is one of the most used spaces in a home, and keeping it in tip-top shape is important not only for its look and beauty, but for health and safety issues as well. Even if you’re not into cooking at home, having a clean, sanitary place to eat makes for a better living space.
While cleaning up spills and messes as they happen is great for keeping a kitchen clean, a good kitchen deep clean is needed to clean areas that aren’t part of a kitchen’s daily use. Deep cleaning anything may seem like a hassle, but with the right plan, even the biggest kitchens can get a good deep clean in a short period of time. The key to deep cleaning your kitchen is to have a good plan of attack, the proper tools and the right cleaners.
How to Deep Clean Your Kitchen
Here&rsquof;s a quick guide to get you deep cleaning your kitchen in no time!
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Collect kitchen and non-kitchen items:
Before you start going all-out with surface cleaners and disinfectants, make sure everything is in its right place. Kitchen counters and tables can easily collect random items that don’t belong. Clear countertops completely to give yourself full access to surfaces. Set aside non-kitchen items to return later, but stay focused—deep cleaning the kitchen comes first. -
Start with an empty sink:
Clean dishes in the sink or put them in the dishwasher. That way, your sink can work for you during the cleaning process by giving you a place to let various appliance parts soak. An empty sink becomes a central workstation for soaking greasy trays, shelves, knobs, and removable appliance parts while you clean other areas. -
Work from the top down:
When it comes to where you should start cleaning, start by dusting and cleaning cabinets and slowly move downwards. This method prevents dust, crumbs, and grease from falling onto already-cleaned surfaces, saving time and effort. -
Attack the dirtiest spots first:
With larger jobs like deep cleaning appliances, clean the dirtiest items first. Focus first on stovetops, ovens, microwaves, and refrigerators—these areas often require the most effort and benefit from soaking or dwell time while you clean other parts of the kitchen. -
Disassemble and sanitize:
For cleaning refrigerators, ovens and microwaves, be sure to really get into the appliances by taking out as much as you can to give a good deep clean.
Remove shelves, trays, racks, knobs, and removable panels whenever possible. Soaking these parts helps loosen stuck-on food and grease, making sanitizing easier and more effective. -
Scrub your cabinets:
Be sure to be thorough with your cabinets when giving them a deep clean. Wiping the fronts of cabinets may seem enough, but make sure to get all sides and edges.
Cabinet doors, handles, and drawer pulls are high-touch areas that collect fingerprints, oils, and bacteria. Use an old toothbrush to detail around hardware and seams, and don’t forget to clean the interiors of drawers and shelves. Bona's Cabinet Cleaner easily removes fingerprints and is safe for cabinets and your family. -
Don’t Forget Hidden and High-Touch Areas
Pay attention to often-missed spots such as:
- Light switches and outlet covers
- Appliance handles and buttons
- Trash and recycling bins
- Backsplashes and wall areas near cooking zones
These areas can harbor bacteria despite looking clean.
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Leave floors for last:
After everything’s been thoroughly cleaned, use a microfiber mop to clean your floors.Deep cleaning stirs up debris that eventually settles on the floor. Cleaning floors last ensures no crumbs, grease, or dust are left behind. Bona PowerPlus®Hardwood Floor Deep Cleaner has an oxygenated formula that loosens and removes heavy dirt build-up, providing a deep clean for your hardwood floors without the extra effort!
To keep your floors and kitchens looking their best, consider Bona cleaners and floor care products. Bona offers microfiber mops, dusters, cabinet cleaners and hard surface floor cleaners. Our products are GREENGUARD certified, giving your floors a phenomenal clean while keeping your home safe for your family or pets.
Related Products
Bona PowerPlus® Hardwood Floor Deep Cleaner
Bona PowerPlus® Microfiber Deep Clean Pad
Bona PowerPlus® Hardwood Floor Deep Cleaner Refill