Defrosting the freezer

MrsAtobe

Please, please don't use a hair dryer on your freezer, if the pipes get hot, the coolant will expand and blow a pipe (ask me how I know ). The hot water in a bowl method is the one that I use now.

maman

MrsAtobe wrote: »

The hot water in a bowl method is the one that I use now.

I've found that's the bet method by far too.


All I wanted to add is that I put the boiling water in roasting tins rather than bowls. My freezer has fixed shelves and removable drawers so washing up bowls wouldn't fit.


Once ice loosens I do poke at it with wooden spatulas and it falls away. Very satisfying!;)

I_luv_cats

maman wrote: »

Once ice loosens I do poke at it with wooden spatulas and it falls away. Very satisfying!;)

I totally agree - it's a lovely feeling.

forgotmyname

Small sprayer you use for misting plants etc. Fill with warm water and spray it in jets to cut through the ice where its attached to the pipework etc.

Or a fine mist for a larger area.

melanzana

I use a steam cleaner, nozzle into the Ice. Done in ten minutes.

zippychick

ive merged this with our existing thread on defrosting freezers

Zip

Honey_Bear

theoretica wrote: »

Your freezer must be a very different construction from mine - or did you mean fridge? I can't see how the thick ice you want to melt would go without the food in the same place defrosting too.

We may be at cross purposes Theoretica. I was assuming your fridge freezer was a fridge above or alongside a freezer, but if you're talking about a fridge with an ice box at the top, then none of my post makes any sense at all!

sandy325

I read a tip that said once your freezer is defrosted 'paint' the inside with vaseline then the ice comes of much easier next time, haven't tried this yet but I'm going to.

Anyone got any more tips?[/QUOTE]

it's because you've left the freezer open a long time or there's openings in the seals that allows air in and ice ends up accumulating in the back of the unit, painting walls with vaseline is not going to fix the causes or help with treatment lol

nothing you paint your freezer walls with or i guess gunk is up with is going to speed up the process of what's actually wrong and that's ice in the back of the unit, it's just going to give you gunk on your walls and you wasting time, the best use of time is not leaving your freezer and fridge doors open but a few seconds at a time and not overpacking things and making sure everything's closed and sealed properly then you won't have to go through all this

Eenymeeny

I'm finding that the top drawer of my fridge freezer freezes up pretty quickly (within a few days of defrosting it) Is this a sign that something isn't working properly or that I'm doing something wrong? I did read that you shouldn't use open ice cube trays in modern fridge freezers as it draws the water out? Sorry for the poor, non technical explanation.

spencer007

My mini fridge has a separate top freezer which has to be manually defrosted. I've found that pre-coating the interior with PAM (non-stick cooking spray) allows the ice to drop off easier when it comes time to defrost. In fact, I just turn off the refrigerator, leave the freezer door open for an hour, and BAM.. the ice easily slides off in large neat sheets. There's very little mess or mopping up. Once defrosted, I re-coat with PAM. I used to do this job with a blow dryer and spatula. Talk about a majorly wet hassle. Anyhow, hope this tip helps someone!