Kitchen sink| |  Swishing water from the faucet around on the sink with a plastic net scrubber generally keeps the sink clean.
If you want a shiny look, scrub with Bar Keepers Friend (a powdered cleanser) and a plastic net scrubber.
In the picture from the left: full-strength Spic and Span liquid cleaner transferred to a bottle with pump dispenser, diluted Spic and Span in a spray bottle, Spic and Span liquid cleaner, detergent, same detergent transferred to a bottle with pump dispenser, microfiber cloth. |
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| | Scrub with a plastic net scrubber.
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Counters and floor
| | Use a sponge to mop the kitchen counters after cleaning up.
| Clean the sponge in the dishwasher occasionally.
| Let the sponge dry out. A moist sponge can breed bacteria.
| Floor: hands and knees method works best. Add a half of a capful of liquid cleaner, such as Spic and Span liquid cleaner, to a quart of water in the sink. Dip a pad of paper toweling into it and squeeze it out and wipe the floor with it. You can also dilute Spic and Span liquid cleaner and use it in a spray bottle. An alternative is to use a pad of three or four paper towels caught in the end of a Swiffer mop. (Recently, Home Depot was selling an 8"-10" x 6" microfibre mitten that fits snugly over the end of a Swiffer mop.)
Watch my video on cleaning the kitchen floor: Click here. |
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Coffee pot
| | If your coffee pot drips coffee from the sides of the basket while you are brewing it, pull out the stopper in the bottom of the basket when you rinse it out.
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Use a food thermometer.
| | When this thermometer reaches a designated temperature, it sounds a signal. It's available on the Internet - Polder Oven Thermometer and Timer - and at other locations by conducting a search.
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Sorting clean silverware
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To prevent knives that are sticking through the bottom of the dishwasher's silverware basket from nicking the countertop, pull out a drawer and lay the silverware basket on the drawer, and sort silverware from there.
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Cleaning pots and pans
