When you finish eating, wash the dishes. It repeats every day.

However, it's easy to overlook things in your home that get dirty little by little. Unwashed items like dog food bowls and dishwashers can harbor germs.

In order to keep the house really clean, you have to clean such things from time to time.

Today, I'll share with you 12 household items that often fall off your cleaning list, and when and how to clean them.

Contents

1. dishwasher

2. coffee maker

3. washing machine

4. disposer

5. microwave

6. Refrigerator

7. Oven

8. Blinds

9. Bath mat

10. Air conditioner filter

11. Pet food bowl

12. Children's toys

Dishwasher

You may not believe that you need to wash your dishes, but the food debris that builds up in your dishwasher is a breeding ground for bacteria.

The Washington Post recommends cleaning your dishwasher once a month for efficient maintenance.

Fill a dishwasher-safe cup with distilled white vinegar and place it on the top rack inside the dishwasher.

If you don't add anything else and select a course that produces high temperature steam and operate it, the inside will be clean and bacteria will be removed.

Coffee Maker

Since you only put coffee in your coffee maker, cleaning may not be immediately on your mind.

However, minerals in hard water can build up inside and adversely affect mechanical parts or change the taste of coffee.

Food site Eat This, Not That! recommends that coffee drinkers clean their coffee makers once a month.

Fill the water tank with a 1:1 mixture of distilled white vinegar and water, then press the brew coffee button.

Stop halfway through the brewing process, let it sit for about 30 minutes, then continue brewing to the end and it will be clean.

Washing machine

What happens to the dirt and grime filtered out by the washing machine after each wash?

Dirt may have been sucked out during dehydration, but over the years dirt has accumulated inside the washing machine as well.

The Spruce, a home and garden site, recommends cleaning your washing machine every month if you want to ensure that your clothes are clean and that you don't want mold and bacteria to build up.

Fill an empty washing machine with a quarter cup of bleach and run it in warm water. Rinse twice to wash away any leftover bleach and dirt.

Disposers

Disposers are also appliances that require regular and thorough cleaning, but those who don't want to think about cleaning them may put them on the back burner.

Home renovation guru Bob Vila recommends cleaning your garbage disposal every two weeks.

"Consumer Report" listed the following 3 steps as a simple cleaning method every 2 weeks.

Microwave

The Spruce recommends that frequent microwave users should clean their ovens once a week to keep germs and germs at bay.

If you have food or bad odors in your microwave, put water and a few lemon slices in a microwave safe bowl and microwave to boil the water.

After leaving it for a few minutes, wipe off the softened dirt inside the refrigerator.

If your microwave has a turntable, wash it in the sink or dishwasher along with the dishes.

Refrigerator

I feel guilty when I have a half-used jar of jam in the inside pocket of the refrigerator door, but don't leave anything until the jam becomes sticky. I didn't mean to.

Molly Maid, a home cleaning site, recommends cleaning your refrigerator every three to four weeks. Empty the refrigerator and remove any removable shelves or drawers.

Wipe down the inside of the refrigerator with warm water mixed with detergent and a cloth. Wash the drawers in the vegetable compartment by hand in the same way as you wash the dishes. Dry thoroughly after washing.

After wiping the inside of the refrigerator clean, wipe it with a dry cloth and put back the shelves, drawers, and food that was put outside.

Molly Maid also recommends using a vacuum cleaner and brazier attachment to suck up dust that accumulates on the back of the refrigerator.

The motors and cooling system will be unobstructed and will work properly.

Ovens

Ovens are often left out of routine cleaning because they are difficult to clean.

However, with regular maintenance, your oven will be much easier to clean.

Some people clean their ovens seasonally, such as at the end of the year or at the end of the year.

Melissa Maker of the blog Clean My Space tells food and kitchen site Food52 to use the oven's self-cleaning feature (if it has one).

However, Lifehacker has previously reported on the dangers of using the oven's self-cleaning feature, so be prepared before using it.

If you don't want to use the self-cleaning feature, Mayer recommends sprinkling salt to soak up liquid spills.

Once the salt has completely soaked it up, it can be easily wiped off. This little hack will save you a lot of painstaking cleaning.

Blinds

You don't realize how dirty your blinds are until the sun shines through the dust that accumulates.

Architectural Digest's "Clever" recommends dusting your blinds once a month so you don't have to take the blinds off for a thorough cleaning.

No need to clean between the blinds. Simply close the blinds and wipe them down with a microfiber cloth.

Turn the blinds around and do the same thing again.

Then wipe both sides in the same manner with a damp cloth. For stubborn stains, use detergent and warm water.

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Bathmats

Bathmats are a favorite spot for mold, germs and all manner of germs in your bathroom.

Bath mats are used a lot, so Towel Supercenter recommends washing them once a week.

For cloth bath mats such as linen, wash them in the washing machine according to the washing instructions.

When the bath mat is warmed in the dryer, take it out before it finishes drying and adjust the shape of the bath mat.

Do not put the rubber-backed bath mat in the dryer.

Air Conditioning Filter

Maintaining your air conditioning filter is essential to keeping the air in your home comfortable and running well.

The heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) company Air Conditioned recommends that you check and replace your air conditioner filters once a month.

We also recommend having your air conditioner cleaned by a professional twice a year.

Vacuum your air conditioner filters and coils until you have them professionally cleaned.

Pet food bowl

Pet food bowls contain harmful bacteria that have been transferred from the pet's mouth to the bowl, and the remaining food can spread bacteria and other bacteria such as salmonella. It becomes bait.

Veterinary site Vet Street advises pet owners to clean their pet bowls daily with hot water and soap, as dangerous bacteria can grow in them.

Wash your water bowl every other day as well.

Children's toys

Children's toys are used frequently, and often approach or come into contact with children's faces and mouths.

It sounds like a breeding ground for germs, but sanitizing innovation site Safe Space says it's not cause for alarm.

Exposure to such germs builds a child's immune system, so we recommend cleaning your child's toys only once a month.

If your child is sick or the toys are particularly dirty, clean them a little more often.

You can clean the toys that you use all the time every week.

Machine washable toys should be washed in the dishwasher. Before sterilizing, clean the toy with detergent and water.

To sterilize hard toys, place them in a mesh bag and submerge them in a basin containing half a cup of bleach and 3.7 liters of water.

After five minutes of soaking, remove the mesh bag and let the toy dry.

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Source: YouTube (1, 2, 3), Eat This, Not That!, The Washington Post, Pet Wellbeing, The Spruce, Consumer Reports, Molly Maid, Semrush, Food52, Clever, Conditioned Air,

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