How to properly care for your refrigerator at home

Improper care of household appliances can also lead to a quick breakdown, and we want our refrigerator to serve us well for many years to come. Find out how to properly care for modern and old refrigerators

Care for a refrigerator at home
1. You should clean your home refrigerator, if it is a No Frost (self-defrosting), at least once every two months, and preferably every month. In this case, it is enough to wipe all the walls, shelves, drawers, having previously cleared the refrigerator chamber of all products.

And yet, twice a year, even such a modern refrigerator must be defrosted and thoroughly washed with suitable detergents. It is advisable to rinse with hot water and a special drainage hole in the refrigerator using an enema. After this, you need to turn the refrigerator over and collect the leaked water from the drain tray on the back wall, and then wipe it with detergents.

2. It is recommended to wash an old or drip refrigerator every month and only after defrosting it. But if an unpleasant smell appears in it before this period, do not put off washing it for a long time, wash the refrigerator as soon as possible.

3. If you have a new refrigerator, just from the store, and it has never been used, before plugging it in and loading it with food, the refrigerator should be washed.

4. A warm weak soda solution is suitable for washing the inside of the refrigerator. You can wash it with soapy water, laundry soap or dishwashing detergent. Some housewives use regular vodka to wash a new refrigerator.

5. Make sure that when washing the refrigerator, water does not flow behind the door seal. Thoroughly rinse the drain hole, where a lot of dirt usually collects, which emits an unpleasant odor.

6. Wipe the refrigerator with a dry, soft and clean cloth, and then air it out for half an hour or more.

Preventing the appearance of an unpleasant odor in the refrigerator
1. All products that emit strong odors, such as fish, as well as various drinks, compotes, soups and other liquids, should be stored in tightly sealed containers. Products can be placed in a plastic bag and tightly tied, or wrapped in cling film or aluminum foil.

2. Do not store spoiled products or products of dubious quality in the refrigerator – quickly remove them from the refrigerator and anything that emits an unpleasant odor.

3. Onions, garlic and some other vegetables are best not stored in the refrigerator at all. For example, fresh tomatoes lose their taste when stored this way.

How to eliminate a persistent odor in the refrigerator
1. If the smell in the refrigerator remains after defrosting and washing, then pieces of bread will help eliminate this nuisance. Grandma’s advice: put small slices of bread on the shelves, close the door and keep the refrigerator closed for a few hours – the smell will disappear.

2. Lemon juice or vinegar perfectly eliminates odors in the refrigerator. Squeeze the juice from a lemon, soak a clean napkin in it and wipe the refrigerator inside.

3. You can use activated carbon – crush it and place it on the shelves in a small container.

4. Soda is often used to remove odors. Pour soda into a glass and put it in the refrigerator. Soda is an excellent air freshener.

5. Semolina is also successfully used as an absorbent of unpleasant odors. Wash the refrigerator, if the smell still remains, and the usual baking soda has so inconveniently run out, then put a small jar of semolina in the refrigerator. Rice can also be used as an absorbent.

6. You can also remove unpleasant odors in the refrigerator using wood ash by pouring it into a saucer and placing the saucer on the refrigerator shelf.