Author: Patricia Feager, 12/11/19
"The secret of a clean kitchen is simple.
Don't cook EVER..." ---Anonymous
A little humor is a good way to start the day but when buying or selling a home, product maintenance and safety is more important than a kitchen that is aesthetically pleasing. Before you update or buy a home make sure you know and understand manufacturer recommendations for care, maintenance, and product safety. Spending $50,000 or more on new kitchen updates and new trends such as flooring, cabinets, and counter tops doesn't impress anyone if you don't know what you're doing to keep it looking beautiful and new.
Not knowing how to care for an aesthetically pleasing kitchen cabinets, counter tops, appliances, and floors can cause irreparable damage. To enjoy your kitchen, sell a home, or buy a recently updated kitchen know the basics when it comes to cleaning. The next time you're in the grocery store, take a look at how many cleaning products are now on the shelves that didn't exist 5, 10, 15, 20 or more years ago. One product may not be for all. The variety offered on the shelves can be overwhelming. Products are not cheap. Cheap, costly, or the wrong products can once again, cause irreparable damage.
When it comes to newer floor care, water, buckets and soap won't work for every flooring surface - chemicals don't either. Know what materials stay looking like new before you invest in products. Methods grandma used for years may be obsolete and I repeat, may cause irreparable damage. Types of wood floors with acrylic impregnated finishes can be tricky. Common sense goes a long way in keeping your kitchen looking spic and span clean.
A kitchen, like a home or a vehicle is a costly investment. Problems do occur with resilient floors and other surfaces when it comes to water, chemicals, adhesives to bond, scrubbing, stains and other old wives tales other than good old vinegar and water. But even vinegar and water has a recipe. Follow manufacturer directions, especially when applying dilution ratios and cleaning frequency.
Think before you buy or invest. Cracking the code to kitchen maintenance and use and things to think about include:
- What type of floors and counter tops are installed?
- Will seller leave left over kitchen products after the move?
- How do you use the Microwave?
- How do you cook with a Gas, Electric, Convection, or Induction Stove?
- If not visible, is there a water-line behind the refrigerator?
- Technology? Which buttons do you press and how do they work?
- Will the child proof cabinet latches stay or go?
"Fifty thousand dollars' worth of cabinets isn't going to make a
better cook; cooking is going to make you a better cook. At
the end of the day, you can slice a mushroom in about three
inches of space, and you can carve a chicken in a foot and
a half. So it doesn't matter how big the kitchen is."
---Tyler Florence
"SAVE THE EARTH it's the only planet with coffee"
---Anonymous
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