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Cleaning Wood Cabinets

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  • by Melissa Maker
  • in Ask Melissa · Bathroom Cleaning · General Home Cleaning · Kitchen Cleaning · Spring Cleaning

Happy Fall, all!

I got a great question from one of my YouTube subscribers (love them).  It pertains to cleaning wood kitchen cabinets.  I thought it was pretty helpful and that others may be wondering the same thing, so here we go!


Here’s the question from my inbox:

Hello,

Im doing Fall cleaning and i have to wash wooden cabinets, I was wondering would you use Murphy Oil Soap on it ? and what would be the best way to go about cleaning them ?

Hope you had a grate Thanksgiving !!!!

your friend that stuck out in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean :)

And here’s my reply!

Hi – sorry it’s taken me so long to reply.

If you are going to clean wood cabinets (I am assuming they are not painted), you can do so with a treatment of warm, soapy water and a soft sponge. Dry well so that no warping of the wood doors happens. If you want to have them shine nicely, you can use a touch of lemon oil on a rag and polish them afterward (if they are indeed wood). Keep in mind this can pose a challenge if you ever want to re-varnish them though!  If they are laminated wood, no need to do anything. I think the less product, the better!

Good luck!

Melissa

Have you done this, what has your experience been with cleaning wood cabinets?

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Melissa Maker is the founder of Clean My Space (a well-known Toronto-based cleaning service) and editor-at-large of CleanMySpace.com. Melissa is a business school grad who happened to start up a cleaning service back in 2006. Her initial cleaning knowledge ranked about a 2/10 (and she didn't really enjoy it either) so she learned everything about cleaning from the ground up. Today, she teaches her staff of 25+ about her favorite techniques and they have helped her build Toronto's best cleaning service. Further, she shares this information with the public via this blog, YouTube, Pinterest, Twitter and many Canadian news and television shows. Melissa knows that like her, there are a lot of people who don't really know how to clean (or perhaps don't like to clean either). She's known for her simple and effective cleaning tips.

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