cleaning mank off top of kitchen units!

kazmeister

medical wrote: »

pls where did you get starclens from
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medical

I got mine from Netto and at the moment use that more than the stardrops (as still have washing up liquid etc to use up)

save-a-holic

I did my units last week and used a pan scourer (the one with the green scrubby bit on the bottom) and Fairy Active Foam - it was amazing!!! The gunk just lifted off - yet I'd been scrubbing at it with all sorts of different concoctions before!

I'll definately be using this from now on!

As someong else has suggested - now that mine are clean I've lined them with newspaper so that I just have to change the newspaper from now on.

lil_me

Starclens I usually get in Home Bargains if you have one near you, Wilkinsons usually stock it aswell.

shandyclover

We've just moved, and while the new house was left fairly clean I've just discovered the top of the kitchen cupboards by the extractor hood are absolutely filthy, covered in in thick, sticky grease that looks like it will have to be scraped off!

Does anyone have any advice how to best go about cleaning this - I don't think normal kitchen cleaners will touch it.

Ben84

Borax, shake some on and scrub with a cloth dipped in hot water. It should come off pretty quickly and easily.

building_with_lego

If it's very think you could scrape the worst off with an old nectar/ library card before using the borax.

That's the kind of job I enjoy- you can really see where you've been!

jumblejack

Last time I did mine, I used value table salt liberally applied and an old rag with neat washing up liquid to scour it away. Takes some elbow grease but you get there soon enough.

babyblooz

I find that a solution of soap powder (like you put in the washing machine) really cuts through the scummy grease but soda crystals in hot water should also do it. Wear gloves though, the soda crystals are really harsh on your skin.

patchwork_cat

soda crystal solution all the way

rosie383

I'm ashamed to say that I hadn't cleaned the top of my cupboards for, ahem, a few years. I used a solution of washing soda in hot water and it came off easy peasy. I put layers of newspaper up there now to make it an easy job next time.