I’m a cleaning pro – 5 areas of your kitchen you desperately need to pay more attention to
THE kitchen is widely regarded as the dirtiest room in the house, so it’s important to make sure you clean every part of it.
While scrubbing the oven and wiping down the counter tops are probably second nature to you, be sure to take some time to clean these forgotten areas.
TikTok user Cleaning Corner, aka Georgia, shared the top five most over-looked areas of your kitchen when it comes to cleaning.
MICROWAVE BUTTONS
Her first recommendation is to wipe down the buttons on your microwave.
While you are likely on top of cleaning the inside of your microwave, the buttons can become greasy and gross over time.
Simply take a surface spray or a micro-fiber cloth and wipe the buttons and the crevices in between every so often.
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KETTLE HANDLE
The handle of your kettle can also become quite dirty as time passes.
While you may be in the habit of cleaning out the inside of your kettle to prevent any scale forming, it is equally as important to clean the handle.
It makes sense that the handle of your kettle can be covered in germs, since you may pick up after preparing foods such as raw meat.
Taking a disinfectant spray, simply wipe the handle and the exterior of your kettle to clean the surface.
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BAR STOOL LEVER
Another item which you touch a lot without thinking about it, or ever cleaning it, is the lever on a kitchen bar stool.
Similarly to the above areas, you should wipe down the lever with a cleaning spray and cloth as it is likely you have transferred germs from your hands onto its surface at some point.
EXTRACTOR FAN FILTER
Another item which requires regular cleaning is the filter on your extractor fan.
Logic dictates that any kind of filter would need constant cleaning, given its function.
Yet, we tend to forget to clean the filter on our air filters, which is arguably one of the grossest spots in the home.
Extractor fans function to collect grease from the air as we cook, so naturally the filter needs a good and constant scrub.
BASEBOARDS
The final spot you may be missing is the baseboards of your kitchen, and probably other rooms.
While you may mop your kitchen floor often, the baseboards are often over-looked in the cleaning process.
The baseboards of your kitchen might even be slightly splattered with debris from your cooking and cleaning process.
They are also likely to be covered in a thin layer of grease, especially if you’ve ignored the above area.
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Commenting under the video, one of Georgia’s followers pointed out the advantage to having a less equipped kitchen, when it comes to cleaning.
“That’s why I have a small home, out of those I only have the skirting boards and the kettle and I keep them clean regularly,” the user wrote.