Ever stumble upon a tiny particular area of your home that makes you stop short with the realization that you live with grossness? Things you aren’t cleaning – but should be?
I sure do. A few times a year at least. Sure we all clean the floors, the toilet bowls, the counter tops. When we’re deep cleaning in the spring or fall we might de-scale the faucets or wipe under the cabinets and bleach out our garbage cans.
Every fall I take the screens out of my windows and vacuum out the dead bugs and dust. Then I use cotton swabs and warm water with vinegar to clean out the grunge that isn’t vacuuming out.
I’ve only ever had mold in my fridge seal once, but once is enough to make me want to check it often. We had a second hand fridge when we moved into our place, and I’d guess that the people who had it before got some food on it and then just wiped it down but didn’t actually separate and wipe inside the layers of the seal.
This is especially important if you only use your machine seldomly or if you keep the door closed when it’s not in use. Water sits in there (and so do things that fell out of your pockets, like coins, screws, pen caps ect.)
3 ) and The seal inside your front load washing machine.
I started taking my toilet seat off to clean right where it attaches a couple of years ago, and I was pretty unpleasantly surprised by how not clean it was.
4 ) Where your toilet seat is attached to your toilet.