Cleaning Kitchen (Grease problem)...

Nicepeach

Hi, I used to have one of the steam cleaner things but found it too much of a "faff".

Try sugar soap. It comes in liquid form & in a gritty powder form. Both need to be dissolved in hot water & rubber gloves MUST be worn.

It's brilliant, cuts through grease no problem if you use very hot water.Painters use it for preparing & washing down paintwork but if you read the directions on the packs it gives instructions for usage & is recommended for general household cleaning.

You can get it from decorating shops or old-fashioned hardware or ironmonger type shops. You can get it at large DIY superstore type places but it's usually at least twice the price.

If you search the forums on here I'm sure I've seen other recommendations.

I really can't recommend it highly enough, when I bought my house the kitchen ceiling was terrible - sugar soap worked wonders.

Hope this helps.

imogen-p

I use bicarbonate of soda for removing grease in the kitchen, I found it worked far better than any other brand name cleaners that I'd used in the past. I use about about a teaspoon of it on the green scrubby side of a damp kitchen sponge.

If the grease is still tacky I sprinkle the bicarb straight on and wait a couple of minutes before wiping off with a damp cloth.

MrsAtobe

I second carbbit's suggestion of soda crystals and hot water - I've had good results with these in the past.

rosalie-lavender

MrsAtobe wrote: »

I second carbbit's suggestion of soda crystals and hot water - I've had good results with these in the past.

I will third it! I use soda crystals and hot water for anything greasy and it works very well.

Barneysmom

Flash for floors. It eats the grease

angeltreats

Have you tried Cillit Bang?

If it's bad, you're probably best off with an industrial cleaner. There's one we use at work to clean the grease traps and air filters (I work in a pro kitchen so you can imagine it gets very greasy very quickly), my mind has gone blank as to the name of it but I'll find out. It's amazing stuff, thick layers of grease just slide off.

kymbo82

I also use sugar soap, I usually have some hanging around after decorating and it works a treat on kitchen grease

CH27

Put a bowl of boilung water under the cupboards & steam for a couple of minutes.
Put some bleach on a brillo pad & scrub them.

evelyn-b_2

I can't use many cleaning products because of fumes which can make it difficult for me to breathe. Brillo pads are great but if the surfaces are quite thick with grease, the pads can get 'gunged up' quite quickly. I've managed to get grease off old shelves with a wallpaper scraper. If you can take the shelves out of the cupboard it's a bit easier. Dab a bit of hot water onto the grease patches to soften them, then get going with the scraper. A final going over with jif/cif will help get rid of any tiny grease spots. I'm not sure this would work with tiles as you'd have to take care not to scratch the glaze with the scraper, but if the alternative is dirty tiles it might be worth a go? Good luck whatever you decide to do!

angeltreats

The stuff we use at work is Deepio. We get it in single spray bottles from the cash and carry. It really is fantastic stuff.