Kitchen is the heart of the house. Also, it is the busiest room where you spend a lot of time and your guests also visit when they arrive.

We all know Indian cooking involves plenty of spices and oil and hence ends up with a layer of grease all around. Dust mixed with this cooking grease can make you livid or even faint. Grease is spattered most where you cook that is your kitchen. You and your little ones spill everything from juices to oil there. So, kitchen cabinets are the obvious places that need to be cleaned frequently. Though they sit off to the side quietly collecting dirt, dust, grease and other residues like tacky glue, is all this mess difficult to remove? Now you can combat these grime, grease and grunge in easy natural ways by making your cabinet cleaners from the ingredients that are eco-friendly and available in your kitchen.

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Say goodbye to chemical cleaners and opt for the following solutions.

Spray vinegar onto the cabinet tops. Sprinkle baking soda over it. Wait for a few minutes. Scrape off entire sticky greasy gunk with the help of an old credit card. When all the greasy gunk is scraped off, wipe down again with a soft cloth or sponge soaked in vinegar.

Make a paste of vinegar and salt. Dip a toothbrush into the paste and scrub gently especially on the areas having stubborn stains. Don’t use steel wool to avoid scratch on the wood. Rinse the paste off with a clean wet towel. Finally, dry the surface with a clean dry towel.

Clean your kitchen cabinets with a solution of liquid dish soap and warm water. This simple solution is enough to get food smudges, dust and mild grease build off your cabinet. Rinse thoroughly with another clean cloth before drying with a final cloth. Don’t use hot water to clean your kitchen cabinets. It may discolour or damage them. You can use lukewarm water.

Mix salt with rubbing alcohol in 1:4 ratio and rub it thoroughly over the oil and grease stains on the cabinets.

Make a paste of borax and lemon juice, apply it over areas on the cabinet. Let it stay for some time until borax absorbs the oil and grease. Gently wipe the mixture with a wet sponge or cloth.

Now cleaning of kitchen cabinets won’t make you worry. These methods clean off the grime very well. They’re the best cleaners for the job. It is completely your choice which method you choose. Pamper your kitchen with the best and simplest cleaning techniques.

The key to cleaning kitchen cabinets is simple regular maintenance, restore them to their former glory.