Out of all the rooms in the home, the kitchen
is probably one of the most important spaces in the home. One of the main
reasons for this is that the kitchen needs to be maintained in the cleanest and
most hygienic conditions because it is the place where food for the whole
household is made. As such everything should be done to keep every inch of the
kitchen neat, tidy and clean. There are many ways that have been documented
over the ages for ways to keep the different surfaces and equipment found in
the kitchen clean. Most methods involve using industrial grade chemicals which
are more often than not, quite toxic to the environment, let alone toxic and
harmful to individuals in a household. There is no need to use these toxic chemicals
because very natural but effective methods can be used to clean the kitchen.
Below are some of the natural techniques that you can use to clean the
different surfaces and equipment found in the kitchen.
kitchen, probably one of the most important areas of the whole room is the stainless kitchen sink.
The sink, especially a stainless one is the place where food and dishes are
cleaned and it should therefore always be maintained with the utmost
cleanliness in mind. The great thing about stainless steel kitchen sinks is
that they are fairly easy to maintain because all you have to do is rinse the
sink with some warm soapy dish soap after you have finished using the sink.
That way, the surface of the sink will always remain clean and you will not
need to get rid of stains that are as a result of dried up particles of food.
Additionally, as soon as you have poured any sort of acidic food such as a
citrus fruit on the stainless steel kitchen sink, you should immediately rinse
away the juice because it is likely to ware away the protective coating that
the stainless steel sink might have.
units attached to the sink mechanism, this is something that you always need to
keep clean because not cleaning the sink will mean that the sink will have a
foul smell. A simple way to clean the garbage disposal and keep bad odours away
is to cut a lemon in half and let it be ground by the garbage disposal for
about 10 seconds. Doing this once in a while will ensure that your garbage
disposal always smells fresh.Apart from cleaning the stainless kitchen sink
using some dish washing soap and some warm water, you could also use some baking
soda to get the job done. For other surfaces in the kitchen such as the
cabinets, counters and tables, an all-purposeorganic cleaner can do a great job
in getting the surfaces clean.