Cleaning a Freezer

Your freezer is an amazing appliance, allowing you to store food for long periods of time. To maintain its efficiency and sometime to find the lost steaks, etc. you should clean the freezer periodically. This is a guide about cleaning your freezer.

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Cleaning and Managing Your Freezer

Step 1: Take out all your items in the freezer and put them into a large black bag (heavy duty bag). Wrap a duvet around it to keep the cold in.

Step 2: Fill large bowls of steaming hot water and place on the shelves inside the freezer. Place a thick towel on the floor to catch drips.

Step 3: Wait.

Step 4: Once the ice is loosened use a plastic scraper to remove the built up ice. Never use a metal implement as this can puncture the walls releasing the CFC's.

Step 5: Once cleaned, with a cotton cloth liberally smear Glycerin all over your freezer walls. This makes a clean-up the next time a lot quicker. Ice won't stick to the walls so easily.

Step 6: Pop back all your foodstuffs back in the freezer. Close the door. Done!

While I was defrosting I counted all of my portions of meats and main meal type items and made a list to keep on my freezer. Now I just tick them off once I use a portion and that way I can see, at a glance what I have and haven't got when I next go shopping!

By Monique from Somerset, U.K.

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Use Vacuum For Cleaning A Freezer

Put the hose on the exhaust end of a vacuum or shop vac and hang it midway down in the freezer and gently close the lid on the hose. The vacuum exhausts warm room temperature air into the freezer with no danger of warping the plastic. Leave the gap so the cold air has an escape route.

If the freezer doesn't have a water outlet, simply switch the hose to the intake side of the shop vac and remove the water.

By Joan from Vermilion Bay, ON

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Use A Broom To Scrub Out A Freezer

Whoever the angel was who posted the tip about using the broom to scrub the bathtub, well she is just the BEST! I just used the same idea to scrub out my upright freezer with baking soda and water. Worked like a charm!

By Margie from Mount Vernon, Ohio

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