how to remove built up grime and grease from wood cabnits

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How to remove built up grime and grease from wood cabnits

Moxie · Answer

tsp and warm water/ follow directions on bag (you can get at hardware store) and wear gloves or your nails will get 'softened'

The Garden Frog with C Renee · Answer

I found the best stuff at Dollar Tree-as seen on tv Totally Awesome cleaner. Not the dollar tree brand but in a opaque bottle and it is concentrated. it removes oil and diesel fuel out of my hubby's clothes and I just did a kitchen renovation where I used it to remove years of grease and gunk off the cabinets and the hood vent. use it full strength and not a lot and let it run down. Warm wet rag to keep rubbing and wiping. It is strong smelling so do not inhale too long. good luck

Jeanette S · Answer

Elbow grease! Sorry, but I could not pass up that smarty comment! HA! I see all those white kitchens on HT and I think, 'Am I the only person in the world whose kitchen gets gunky?' I would love to have my cabinets painted...not white...but I am too old to spend a month scrubbing down the cabinets to get someone to paint them! HA!

PATTY · Answer

I have refinished/cleaned a lot of furniture, cabinets and house trim and Always us Murphy's Oil Soap.  You can buy it at any grocery store in the cleaning aisle.  It smells great, no toxic fumes and really does the job!  I also use a terry cloth so that I have some texture to really remove the grime.

CK · Answer

I have done this on farm house cabinets that were quite dirty/greasy. I merely used dish soap (Dawn or other grease cutting kinds work best)...not dishwasher soap ;-) Put a LOT of it in some very hot water, get your rubber gloves on and wash till it doesn't feel greasy and sticky anymore. Change water/soap often. Then rinse. Simple but it worked. The secret to grease removal is often the hottest water you can tolerate ;-)

Kathy · Answer

1/3 C. Dawn liquid, 1/3 C. TSP, (Trisodium Phosphate) 1 gallon hot water, gloves! Mix everything up really well, (except the gloves). Make sure to rinse well. Dry with a clean rag, and you may need to repeat if the cabinets are really bad. It works like magic. You can get the TSP in any hardware store, maybe even Walmart or Kmart! I was given this tip by a wood refinisher.

Liliana Wells · Answer

Good to know.

Delores Snellen · Answer

I cleaned my cabinets with 409

Trisha Flaherty · Answer

I have tried all the above, including taking a razor and gently sliding it over to remove what remains after doing all the above recommendations and it is still greasy/tacky!! Turning on the air conditioning helps you to forget about it until the next humid day!! I've even used a steamer with a rag, baking soda, a cabinet paste cleaner, simple green, etc. Either I have a really dirty kitchen or I'm now down to the shellac.

Kate Sullivan · Answer

'Power Clean' or 'Purple Power' (same thing) from an auto parts place like Autozone. Stuff is amazing!  Just spray it on and crud starts running off.

Irish53 · Answer

Spic and span been using it for years. Buy the box of dry powder to make it as strong as you need.

Daphne Miller · Answer

I recently read that the Magic Eraser works great for cabinets. I bought some but have not tried them yet.

Pat Zagami · Answer

Grease Lighting works great. Do not use on painted anything, it will take the paint off.

Wendy Johnson · Answer

All interesting comments, including the one that said none of them work..

Monica Pokorny · Answer

Believe it or not... Avon Skin so soft bath oil.

Monica Pokorny · Answer

@janice. I just use a paper towel.  It works to remove any grease.  You can also google uses for skin so soft. It has many many uses.

Fran Bacak · Answer

Thank  you for all your ideas, I'll start with one and keep trying till I find something that works.   These cabinets were varnished some 40 years ago and are so nasty looking.  Both of my parents have passed, and

Fiddledd224 · Answer

Mr. Clean Sponge followed by either Liquid Gold or Windex

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