Very dirty woodwork/kitchen cabinets
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We moved into a new (to us) house. The kitchen needs updating- but that's down the road. The cabinet & drawer fronts are dirty & feel tacky - as is the wood hand railings going upstairs. What is the best way to get these clean? I've tried ammonia/dish soap, Magic Erasers, HOT water with Mr. Clean ... I got some of the grime off the railings with Clorox wipes but it took about 10 of them & they were nasty dirty. They're "stock" 1976 plain wood door fronts, darker stain.
6 answers
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Give Murphey's Oil Soap a try! I use it regularly, mix in water as it does nothing straight out of the bottle! (??) I don't know why...It will cut that sticky grease from years gone by, and not too much elbow grease.
Sally-Charles Evans
on Jul 18, 2016
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LA Awesome from Dollar Tree-works magic. Make sure you let any solution sit so it can do it's thing.
Linda Santo
on Jul 18, 2016
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I also used murphys oil soap, yes works incredible on wood and grease, great stuff, it does get it off same stuff made by pledge, cabinets look gorgeous after words, I did my cabinets once a year. I also did goof off, that's great on everything, you can use it on anything to get anything sticky off of something. Example: for real tough stuff sos pad with lots of liquid soap on top of dos pad and I used goof off with sos pad and soap on a nasty stove, tooth brush for tight areas, when all done no scratches and the stove looked brand new. The liquid soap added constantly to the sos pad help remove slum without scratching, the goof off help remove the sticky stuff.
Mrs P
on Jul 18, 2016
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I swear by TSP. Trisodium Phospate. The hardware store will sell you TSP substitute and you can mix it up, spray it on and simply wipe it off.
Mary
on Jul 18, 2016
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I like both Murphys Oil Soap and Awesome. Both do a great job. Dollar Tree sells Straight Awesome in both a spray bottle plus a refill bottle. For a $1. it is the way to go
Sue Kiene
on Jul 19, 2016
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If none of these other good ideas work, since you don't know what has been layered over the years on that wood, I'd say your LAST resort would be to sand it all off and start again. A palm sander isn't very $$ and the doors can be taken off and done a few at at time. But try the chemical solutions first - it's just that I'd rather sand than scrub/wipe.
M. M..
on Jul 19, 2016
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