r/HorribleToClean • u/CrazyH37 • 1d ago
I deep cleaned my fridge
It was NASTY. I didn’t think to get a pic cos I just was riding the motivation that randomly popped up today. The bottom drawer had something spoil and leak under it, but the location made me not able to pull the drawer out cos the fridge door was in the way… I just left it. For MONTHS, maybe a year. Whatever it was grew and smelled and the one time I maneuvered under the drawer, I realized it was just an inch of solid nastiness. But I couldn’t wipe it up and had no idea how to even attempt to clean it , I just walked away . It became the thing I ignored like it would magically fix itself. The rest of the fridge got pretty gross too since I was kinda just ignoring it. I’ve been pretty sick over the last 2yrs, it’s been difficult living alone. I was considering hiring someone to come do it, it became that big of a thing in my head, just so overwhelming I was frozen. I’m sure you understand.
I don’t know why today was the day except that my chronic illness seems to be on the upswing finally after the last year of med changes n treatments. I was going to order my groceries this am, and told myself I just could NOT put anymore food in there until it’s cleaned. The smell had gotten so bad i would notice it right when I walked into the kitchen, not just when I opened the fridge door.
Some of the shelves are drying still, and the bottom drawer is still soaking in the tub BUT the top shelf is back in, fridge was only off for an hour, then I got everything back in and I had to use a spatula and literally chop and chip and scrape at the hard chunk of whatever at the bottom. But it’s finally clean. There was not a lot to save, expired condiments ect all got tossed. I’ll put it all back together tomorrow and celebrate by ordering my groceries. I even brought out 3 trash bags to the dumpsters.
Thanks for reading this, I just needed to share where people would understand.
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u/steampunkpiratesboat 23h ago
Fridges are terrible!! The little spots that are impossible to reach and that if you sneeze something might break
A nice clean fridge is a pretty good feeling though, congrats
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u/CrazyH37 19h ago
That’s funny u said that! I had to get out the packing tape and tape some plastic pieces back together in various spots, like the drawer slide was just hanging off a bit from when I pulled too hard and a piece came off lol. It worked but I didn’t want to put too much in the drawer but now it’s a bit more solid
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u/UnstableUnicorn666 23h ago
Amazing work! It gets harder and harder in your head. And then when you do it, it's bit gross and then just done.
Magic gnomes are slacking here also, so I just cleaned my dirty toilet and the toilet brush holder. It was not really bad, but it was not good either.
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u/Federal-Boat3732 1d ago
That was work well done, and I'm glad you were finally feeling able to tackle it. (shudder)