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How often do you clean

14 replies

Dietagainmonday · 22/02/2015 18:50

Kitchen cupboards and fridge?
I spent my weekend cleaning cupboards out and cleaning the fridge, I never want it to get in such a mess again! Kitchen drawers are a complete mess, I have put this off until next weekend.

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dashoflime · 22/02/2015 18:52

Fridge: once a month. Cupboards: never.

DramaAlpaca · 22/02/2015 18:56

I do the fridge when it starts to annoy me, maybe once a month.

I do kitchen cupboards when they get so disorganised that I can't find anything. I pull everything out and give the cupboard a good clean before I put all the contents back tidily. I find it quite therapeutic actually.

roundtoit · 22/02/2015 18:59

used to be a proper clean freak, always cleaning and scrubbing something. Now I am getting old, i have decided that there is more to life than cleaning. I dont have any crap lying around so the place always looks tidy, but look close and you will see dusk and fluff lying around and maybe a cobweb or two.

MrsPresley · 22/02/2015 19:04

Fridge...spills are wiped ASAP, but a good clean every 3 or 4 weeks, sometimes longer Blush

Cupboards...last done just before Christmas, but can't remember when they were done before that Blush Blush

nancy75 · 22/02/2015 19:08

I do the fridge every week before I do the shopping, I am quite good at throwing things out although we do have the traditional junk drawer in the kitchen!

morethanpotatoprints · 22/02/2015 19:14

Fridge and cupboards daily as we go along, then they never need doing.
Inside the cupboards about once a month, just a wipe around and chuck out any suspect packets Grin
I used to leave it but then hated spending all weekend doing it.
Now, its part of sunday night washing up, everyone gets a cloth.

SlinkyB · 22/02/2015 19:15

Fridge ... erm, every six months or so? (When it starts to look proper minging).

Kitchen cupboards once a year? Never really thought about it.

Rinkydinkypink · 22/02/2015 19:17

Fridge every 10 days. Kitchen cupboards are a bit disgusting actually it must be 6 months or so for some of them.

Kim82 · 22/02/2015 19:21

Fridge - every week before I go shopping.

Cupboards - once a year, probably not even that often.

PowderMum · 22/02/2015 19:28

Fridge roughly twice a year, to coincide with our holidays, I clean it out before we go and then again before I restock it.

Cupboards about once a year, not all together, just if they look like they need it or I feel an organisation burst.

Last year when my DD was on summer break she did the whole larder cupboard, including post-it labels for what goes where. I was brilliant - but didn't last.

ITHOUGHTISAW2ANGELSAHEADOFME · 22/02/2015 20:36

I try and clean fridge every couple of weeks. I try and clean work tops and things as I go along. Bathroom good scrub with ciff once a week. downstairs loo once as week bleach toilet a couple of times a week as it's near front door.

wobblebobblehat · 22/02/2015 22:03

I wipe the fridge over once a week. Take five minutes.

Have started doing the cupboards once a month but it has often been much much longer when working full time and flat out. It's much easier if you clean regularly.

E-cloth and hot water is enough.

Mrsteddyruxpin · 23/02/2015 13:05

Weak Milton solution once a week

Cupboards - every few weeks because otherwise I forget a jar of sauce or something and hate leaving stuff lurking about. Tend to use baby wipes for handiness.

Chertsey · 23/02/2015 13:19

I clear out the fridge and wipe any obviously nasty bits each week as I put the shopping away. A proper clean is quite rare.

Cupboards, in theory I have a system of clearing out and cleaning one per week, the reality is probably one gets done every three weeks or so.

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