Housekeeping Cleaning – Kitchen Surfaces

Date: 2010.02.06 | Category: House Cleaning, House Cleaning - Kitchen, House Cleaning Tips, Housekeeping Cleaning | Tags: cleaning tips,Home Cleaning,Home cleaning tips,House Cleaning Tips,Housekeeping cleaning

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The kitchen worktop is often what makes our kitchen look fabulous. But of course it has a practical purpose, and regular cleaning is essential. So here are my house cleaning tips for a number of different kitchen tops.

General Kitchen Surfaces

I tend to clean as I go, wiping down with a mild cleaner (this could be just a mild washing up liquid and water in a spray) or anti-bacterial spray. After all, this is where most of the food preparation takes place.

As a minimum, you should clean your surfaces everyday.

Kitchen Tiles

When it comes to tiles, these will need wiping down, again either with mild cleaner as above or antibacterial spray. In addition, where there is grout, you may want to make up a cleaning solution consisting of bleach and water (one part bleach to four part water). If you have an old toothbrush, this can be great for getting into the narrow grout.

Glazed Tiles

If you have special tiles – such as glazed tiles, then you want to avoid using a cleaner that is too harsh or abrasive

Laminate Surfaces

Laminate can be cleaned and wiped as normal, but for those particular difficult stains, I find a cream cleaner works well. Alternatively you can make up a paste of bicarbonate of soda and washing up liquid.

Wood surfaces

Solid wood surfaces will need oiling on a regular basis. This is essential to prevent to the wood absorbing too much water. Make sure you tackle any spills from food that stains, such as curry or tomato sauce immediately. Again a mild cleaner, and antibacterial spray is fine for wood surfaces. You need to rub firmly, and you will have your wood surfaces looking vibrant and clean.

Stainless steel surfaces.

Stainless steel surfaces show fingermarks up very clearly. A decent microfibre cloth is great at getting rid of these. If you add a tiny drop of baby oil, those fingermarks will disappear in no time. With metal surfaces do not use any wire wool, or abrasive materials as you will only scratch and damage the surface.

Granite surfaces

Most people consider the granite surface as the most hard-wearing. They tend to avoid staining, and can look fantastic. You will still need to clean on a regular basis as described above, and mild cleaner is all you need. Again, as with metal you need to avoid using materials that are abrasive as you do not want to scratch the surface.

The kitchen can be the heart of the house, and a clean kitchen is a healthy kitchen, and can be a place to be enjoyed. Tidy and wipe down the surfaces as you go and you will have a place where you will enjoy cooking and entertaining.