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Cleaning Kitchen (Grease problem)...

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  • mrsmortenharket
    mrsmortenharket Posts: 2,131 Forumite
    I shall try the bicarb...I have loads of bicarb as I stockpiled when the baby had chickenpox as it's good in the bath for the pox!

    Lisa x
  • EllieA_3
    EllieA_3 Posts: 186 Forumite
    Anyone got any recommendations for cleaning kitchen units/tiles etc.. mine are all greasy around the oven even though I clean it quite often it never seems to come clean.. it’s all discoloured and the hard to reach area’s have a greasy layer and it’s just not nice to see nor can it be hygienic ??
  • LMCD
    LMCD Posts: 649 Forumite
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    Cillit bang degreaser is really really good!! or lidl do their own w5 or something its called it got the which award for best cleaner..
  • Pink.
    Pink. Posts: 17,638 Forumite
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    Hi Ellie,

    These threads have some ideas that may help:

    Grease marks on kitchen cupboards help please.

    Cleaning Kitchen (Grease problem)...

    Cleaning greasy surfaces

    I'll add your thread to those once you've had more replies.

    Pink
  • anguk
    anguk Posts: 3,412 Forumite
    Hot water and Stardrops are what I use for greasy units. The whole back wall behind my cooker is white tiles and they really show the grease, I just fill a bowl with really hot water (wear rubber gloves) & stardrops and they wipe clean with a microfibre cloth.
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  • foxgloves
    foxgloves Posts: 12,990 Forumite
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    To tackle most greasy kitchen jobs, I use the old-fashioned soda crystals in a strong solution with hot water. They seem to tackle most greasy jobs......I even unblocked an outside drain with them once when my husband was about 2 mins away from calling the plumber out (70p instead of a big bill!).
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  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Posts: 17,413 Forumite
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    Yes a pair of rubber gloves and soda crystals in as hot a water as possible with a pot scourer should see most grease off and its quite cheap.
  • blueeye
    blueeye Posts: 19 Forumite
    foxgloves wrote: »
    To tackle most greasy kitchen jobs, I use the old-fashioned soda crystals in a strong solution with hot water. They seem to tackle most greasy jobs......I even unblocked an outside drain with them once when my husband was about 2 mins away from calling the plumber out (70p instead of a big bill!).

    I have yet to find anything that shifts grease better and as cheap as soda crystals, I also use them to clean the inside of my oven.
  • Fruball
    Fruball Posts: 5,822 Forumite
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    Definately soda crystals - they are fab :D
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  • Justamum
    Justamum Posts: 4,727 Forumite
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    Soda crystals for me too - the best grease shifter you will ever find. You can buy it in a liquid form too, which is what I use for cleaning - the powdered sort I put in with my washing (and loo cleaning).
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