09 Jan
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How to Clean Your RTA Cabinet Post New Year Party

Posted By: Eva Times Read: 1044

Family, friends, food, music, wine, dance – What a buoyant start to the new year, inviting and partying with your loved ones at home! But do you visualize the post-party picture? Your messy party floor, a dirty kitchen with spills all over, which needs hard cleaning. But who likes to spend hours covered in dirt, dust, and soapy water the next morning after party night? However, no matter how much you try to ignore and procrastinate about cleaning your living space, it is necessary to avoid falling sick just at the beginning of the new year. Imagine being confined to bed while others are having the time of their lives, just because you delayed the post-party cleanup routine. That wouldn't certainly be a wonderful and memorable way to welcome 2018.

The after effects of a New Year party are most visible in the kitchen as this space witnesses the maximum action. You spend days and hours cooking up all the delicacies for your guests, aiming to make the party a massive success. Thus RTA cabinets and countertops installed in your cooking space will always need a little extra scrubbing post party. Otherwise, kitchen cabinets and countertops will contaminate food, raw ingredients, and utensils, which are kept or stored in them on a daily basis.

However, before you mentally and physically get ready to wash your kitchen cabinets, go through the cleaning tips discussed below and employ the correct technique to avoid added workload.

Basic RTA Cabinet Cleaning Tips:

The RTA cabinet surfaces can sport a range of finishes and can be constructed of a varied type of materials, such as stainless steel, solid wood, ply wood, and many more. Each of these materials and finishes has different cleanup routines. Let us go through some tips for cleaning the cabinets properly:

  • The primary cleaning pattern is more or less the same, regardless of the material the kitchen cabinet is made of, or the look it sports. Always use a soft cotton cloth or a clean microfibre dust mop to get rid of the loose dust before attacking the unwanted stains. Wiping off the dust initially will eliminate the chances of leaving marks when water is applied.

  • With the dust out of the way, you can see the stains glaring back at you more prominently than ever. Apply adequate proportion of mild soapy water on the grease and dirt stains tarnishing the RTA cabinets and wipe them off with a dry soft cloth. Similarly, you can also spray the soapy water directly on the stains and clean it with a wet cloth. However, dry off that area quickly using a clean soft fabric to avoid the formation of water stains.

  • Do not shy away from applying adequate amount of pressure while cleaning. However, forceful rubbing may damage the uniformity of the finish on the surface of the kitchen cabinet.

Solid Wood RTA Cabinet Cleaning Tips:

Our home is a part of our soul that we adorn with the best of things. After investing in quality solid wood RTA kitchen cabinets, it is but natural for you to want to retain its flawless look, especially after preparing for and hosting a new year party. However, to achieve such a feat is neither impossible nor difficult. It would only require you to use some cleaver cleaning hacks, which has been discussed below.

  • For starters, do not clean wooden surfaces with abrasive cleaners, solvents, or strong acids. These cleaning agents will not only damage the materials but will also ruin the gleaming, shiny look appearance of the cabinet surfaces.

  • To prevent scratches on the solid wood surface of the RTA cabinet, always wipe both the inside and outside of the storage space along the pattern or grain of the material. Do not use scrubs, steel wool cleaning pads, wire brushes, or scrounging pads to clean stains from solid wood or ply surfaces. Application of these cleaning products with create scratches on the surface of the wood and may also chip the material.

  • Wooden cabinets come with a beautiful natural sheen of its own. To maintain and retain the natural luster, avoid application of any type of artificial polish on the surface of the wood. In case you feel that the shine is lacking after years of continued use, spray a small amount of furniture polish lightly over the surface and carefully fill it in all the pores in the wood.

  • Generally, the best cleaning advice for a particular surface is printed on the label of the cleaning agent. Thus, it is best to follow the instructions to receive optimum results.

In Conclusion:

You have spend hours and days to select the perfect cabinet out of the millions offered in the market and have handpicked the color and the material of these closets. After putting so much effort into the making and installation of these RTA cabinets, it would be unwise to not maintain them properly. Hopefully, the above discussed cleaning tips will assist you to restore your home to its previous glory without breaking your back over the task.

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