I need some help please. We are trying to clean a rental property before moving in and the kitchen is absolutely disgusting.
It appears that they have been cooking with doors and windows closed for years. Everything you touch is sticky, but not the normal kind of sticky that comes off with soap and water!
We have spent hours yesterday scrubbing the extractor hood and cooker. And the tiles around cooker although the grout still has the yellow/brown sticky residue on!
Even with using cif, you still need to scrub. We have used scrubbing brushes the green scrubby things and cloth. The scrubbing brush is ruined as the brown sticky stuff is now embedded in the bristles.
Anther problem is that the kitchen units have been repainted and they have obviously used just normal gloss paint as it scratches so easily. Just from trying to wash down the one door that is sticky, I have managed to scratch the door.
Is there another way to get this clean? Vinegar maybe? Please let me have all your advice.
And before you say it, we were lucky to find this place for the price, it is in a fab area and close to everything, and the rest of the place is not too bad, just the kitchen. The agent thinks nothing of the dirt, he was very proud of himself for wiping the dust off the windowsill!