On a lot of them you can detach them and just wash them in the sink with dish detergent. Dry them off real good and pop them back on. Just be really careful not to rip it, usually expensive to replace too.
Tip for quickly defrosting for anyone who wants to do this: get a few pans of water to the boil. Take everything out of your freezer. Turn it off, put the boiling pans of water in on top of some old towels (I stress: with pan! Don't pour it!). Close the freezer and wait 10-15 minutes. The hot steam will quickly defrost your freezer, faster than your stuff will thaw. Fit as many pans as you can, don't let the hot steam out, and repeat if the water cools but there's still ice. It's fast but messy. Use plenty of old towels!
I would suggest not doing this if you have glass shelving in your freezer. You'd probably only want to do this with a thick plastic that won't shatter from thermal shock of putting the hot pot/pan on some towels.
what about taking out the glass shelves, filling up one of those five gallon jugs with boiling water, then putting that in there? (i assume we're talking a chest or walk-in)
Thats awesome! Don't forget to clean the condenser coils and fins. Lol I did the coils, but, not, the seals yet on mine. Had to pull the fridge out to clean broken glass. I saw your cleaning solution in the comments, I'm going to have to borrow that.
The one at my work is 11 years old and doesn’t get frost, but it does get sheets of ice on the bottom. The one at my house is 3 years old and gets no frost or ice sheets.
26 Comments
Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world · 40 pts · 237d
Wait......no before/after pics??? How are we supposed to comment that's one fine clean job???
catharso@discuss.tchncs.de · 16 pts · 237d
hmm 🤔 too late for before pics.
but it was all black and moldy, could barely see the white anymore.
tynansdtm@lemmy.ml · 15 pts · 237d
Posts that make you think "Hell yeah."
lastunusedusername2@sh.itjust.works · 15 pts · 237d
How to you clean the seals? Serious question.
catharso@discuss.tchncs.de · 29 pts · 237d
Mixed a thick paste of stuff i thought might work: baking powder, a bit of oxy-action(?) washing-powder, dish-soap, isopropyl alcohol & water.
I then applied it with an old toothbrush and let it sit for 5 mins before wiping it off.
Not sure which of those ingredients did the trick 🤷🏼♂️
tanisnikana@lemmy.world · 18 pts · 237d
Honestly that sounds like a good all-purpose paste.
ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 237d
Use it as a roux!
lastunusedusername2@sh.itjust.works · 8 pts · 237d
Love this. Thank you!
Screen_Shatter@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 237d
On a lot of them you can detach them and just wash them in the sink with dish detergent. Dry them off real good and pop them back on. Just be really careful not to rip it, usually expensive to replace too.
Maestro@fedia.io · 13 pts · 237d
Tip for quickly defrosting for anyone who wants to do this: get a few pans of water to the boil. Take everything out of your freezer. Turn it off, put the boiling pans of water in on top of some old towels (I stress: with pan! Don't pour it!). Close the freezer and wait 10-15 minutes. The hot steam will quickly defrost your freezer, faster than your stuff will thaw. Fit as many pans as you can, don't let the hot steam out, and repeat if the water cools but there's still ice. It's fast but messy. Use plenty of old towels!
Riffz7@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 237d
I would suggest not doing this if you have glass shelving in your freezer. You'd probably only want to do this with a thick plastic that won't shatter from thermal shock of putting the hot pot/pan on some towels.
Maestro@fedia.io · 4 pts · 237d
Good point. I have glass shelves but I take them out when I do this .
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 237d
what about taking out the glass shelves, filling up one of those five gallon jugs with boiling water, then putting that in there? (i assume we're talking a chest or walk-in)
LillyPip@lemmy.ca · 11 pts · 237d
Nice work! :)
fubarx@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 237d
Dammit. I KNEW there was something I was supposed to do this week...
SpacePanda@mander.xyz · 8 pts · 237d
Thats awesome! Don't forget to clean the condenser coils and fins. Lol I did the coils, but, not, the seals yet on mine. Had to pull the fridge out to clean broken glass. I saw your cleaning solution in the comments, I'm going to have to borrow that.
thagoat@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 7 pts · 237d
Cool
TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 237d
Tis the season..
CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de · 5 pts · 237d
I’ve been thinking I should do that.
ngdev@lemmy.zip · 4 pts · 237d
its fewer syllables to say thawed
ccunning@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 237d
I didn’t think they even made non-frost-free freezers anymore. Am I wrong or is this just an old reliable freezer?
winkerjadams@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 237d
I have a mini fridge that frosts up and needs to be defrosted occasionally.
I_Fart_Glitter@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 237d
The one at my work is 11 years old and doesn’t get frost, but it does get sheets of ice on the bottom. The one at my house is 3 years old and gets no frost or ice sheets.
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 237d
how did it taste?
PalmTreeIsBestTree@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 237d
I cleaned the gutters on my rental duplex because every time it rained, the rain would just splash off the roof.
LemUser@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 236d
I have never had to defrost a freezer. Doesn't that mean that something is wrong with the freezer?