Make sure you do a weekly kitchen cleaning even if your preventative measures (you are picking up, wiping spills and doing dishes daily, right?) are keeping your kitchen looking fairly approachable. As you are cleaning, do you best to work top to bottom in a circle around the room.
Many of the tasks below ask you to spray and wipe. You can either use retail all-purpose cleaner for this or a bleach and water cleaning mixture. When cleaning the kitchen it’s very important that, no matter what kind of cleaner you choose, it is one that not only cleans but also disinfects.
Your weekly cleaning should include all of the following tasks:
o Launder dishtowels, napkins, etc.
o Dishes (which should be done as part of your daily cleaning).
o Dust ceilings, doorways, tops of cabinets/fridge/shelves.
o Wipe down counters and everything on them including small appliances and canisters.
o Wipe down the outside and air vent of the fridge.
o Throw away expired items in the fridge and cupboards/pantry/shelves.
o Wipe down the inside of the fridge (if it needs it).
o Wipe down cabinets (if they need it — fingerprints, splatters, etc)
o Scrub the inside and outside of the microwave
o Check the inside of drawers for accidental spills
o Spray and wipe the stovetop including the hood and burners.
o Spray and wipe the outside of the oven.
o Clean the sink (powdered cleanser in the bowl, spray and wipe the rest)
o Clean windows
o Sweep and mop floors.
Other tasks such as the oven and major fridge clean out do not need to be done weekly, but should find a way into your schedule on a monthly or, at the least, biannual basis. Happy cleaning!
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