How to clean your freezer

Unless your freezer is overflowing with ice, it’s easy to forget about cleaning it. Every once in a while though you do need to clean your freezer as sometimes food does drip out of containers before freezing and then the door get accidentally left slightly open. Before you know it there’s a gooey mess at the bottom of the freezer and everything starts getting sticky. It’s also a good idea to clear all food that is passed it’s time in the freezer.

When you remove the food from your freezer it’s a good idea to put it all together in one place out of the sun. If you can put them all in a cooler box that would be ideal. At this stage you can switch the freezer off at the plug.

If yours is the type of freezer that needs to be defrosted, you will need to start by putting a towel on the floor at the open door. Replace this towel as often as you need to. To speed up the defrosting process you can put a pot of hot water inside the freezer to heat it up and melt the ice. Do not scrape the ice away with a knife or spatula as you might accidentally puncture the casing of your freezer and this will cost a fortune to repair. When all the ice is defrosted you are ready to give it a clean.

A great freezer cleaning product to use at this stage is one from the Delphis Eco range. Blendwell Chemicals manufactures this eco-friendly range of cleaning chemicals under license to the UK from their factory in Midrand, South Africa. I would recommend the Anti-bacterial Sanitiser. Dilute 50ml of this green cleaning chemical in a one litre spray bottle filled up with water. Spray the cleaning solution onto the surfaces of your freezer and wipe with a clean cloth. When you have finished you can switch on your freezer and repack your food.

For more information on this and all the other freezer cleaning chemicals that are manufactured by Blendwell Chemicals please visit www.blendwell.co.za. We are your local cleaning chemical supplier!

Cleaning your kitchen appliances

If you have small children you’ll have some idea of the state of my household. I can clean as much as I like but there is always some mystery substance spread by little hands across all kinds of kitchen surfaces. My lovely stainless steel fridge and oven seem to bear the brunt of this.

I guess it has something to do with the fact that my children are perpetually hungry and love pretending that they are cooking dinner in the oven (the oven is switched off at the wall where they can’t turn it on and they do have a play oven – the real one is just so much more exciting).  So that dear little hand print, made from whatever mixture of food that could be reached in the pantry, can solidify really well in just one day. It also spreads across multiple surfaces: floors, walls and cupboard doors are usually affected.

I have found a way to clean it without ruining my appliances or anything else. This kitchen cleaning product has completely changes how I clean in my kitchen. I mix 1:10 Eco-Lyte DG cleaner with water and I keep it in a spray bottle. I spray it onto whatever needs cleaning. For things that have dried out a lot, I leave it for a minute or two before I wipe away but for normal kitchen dirt, it’s a spray and wipe.

Eco-Lyte cleaningproducts are totally eco-friendly as they are made from salt and water being passed specialised processes. I don’t have to worry about my kids or pets getting to close after cleaning with it. Although, it’s vital to always treat any cleaning products with care. What I really enjoy about this cleaner is that it makes cleaning so quick and easy.

For more information on this eco-friendly cleaning product please visit our website.

Blendwell Chemicals has a large range of green cleaning products to suit all kinds of environments and budgets.