How to clean your cooler box

With the holidays just around the corner, it may just be time to haul out your cooler box and give it a good clean. There’s always a good chance that when you do get it out to use it, when you open it you’ll find it has a rather musty smell inside.

It is always a good idea to clean out the cooler box straight after use. If you have used it only for some drinks and nothing spilt then a simple rinsing out will do. If you used it for storing some meat you would be better off disinfecting it first or if it wasn’t cleaned properly after last use. Easiest way to do this would be to start with making sure the cooler box is empty and no food particles remain. Then take 5ml of Blendwell Chemicals Bleach and add one litre of water. You can either wipe this on with a rag (remember a cloth is likely to get bleached too) or you could put the solution into a spray bottle and spray it into the box. Make sure you have wiped the inside of the box thoroughly and then rinse with clean water.

Now that you know how to disinfect the cooler box you should also know how to clean the inside too. Use a dishwashing liquid like Blendwell Chemicals Greendet. Simply squirt some dishwashing liquid into a sink and fill up with warm water. Using a sponge or cloth wipe the inside of the cooler box with the solution and clean thoroughly. Rinse with clean water.

Whenever you clean out your cooler box be sure to dry thoroughly after cleaning or disinfecting. It would be a good idea to leave it in a sunny spot for a few hours to make sure it dries out.

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