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UK General Cleaning Forum => General Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: AbacusFM on January 29, 2008, 02:49:02 pm

Title: Kitchen Worktops - Build Cleans
Post by: AbacusFM on January 29, 2008, 02:49:02 pm

I have been meaning to ask this for ages. When we do a build/final clean on a property the kitchen work surfaces are always a nightmare. They are covered in a particular dust which even if you wash it a couple of times and dry off with a cloth, it still looks dirty. We also polish the surface after. If any of you have any tips for this it would be greatly appreciated!

Title: Re: Kitchen Worktops - Build Cleans
Post by: rob fryer on January 30, 2008, 05:53:39 pm

if its a marble top i always use spray glass cleaner.
if its normal laminated i use nilco hard surface cleaner

hope this helps
 rob

Title: Re: Kitchen Worktops - Build Cleans
Post by: craig b on January 30, 2008, 07:13:39 pm

baby oil .

Title: Re: Kitchen Worktops - Build Cleans
Post by: martin19842 on January 31, 2008, 09:12:25 am

hi there

dont use baby oil,

site agents will hate it, looks great for about 15 minutes.

regards

martin

Title: Re: Kitchen Worktops - Build Cleans
Post by: Small but perfectley formed on January 31, 2008, 12:41:02 pm

we use baby oil no problems with it

Title: Re: Kitchen Worktops - Build Cleans
Post by: craig b on January 31, 2008, 05:10:05 pm

site managers always ask what we use and love the way it brings them up ... and it last alot longer than 15 mins if applied right. dont over do it and make sure they dried of right first after cleaning..

Title: Re: Kitchen Worktops - Build Cleans
Post by: martin19842 on January 31, 2008, 05:19:36 pm

we used a liquid polish, that was great on all surfaces.

worst ones were the gloss white doors,

regards

martin

Title: Re: Kitchen Worktops - Build Cleans
Post by: AbacusFM on January 31, 2008, 05:40:43 pm

Thanks for this I will give a few of these a go!

I also came across a situation this week where the tape used for sticking a front door protective covering on had been stuck down two sides of the front door (ill-fitting covering). It has left a cross-hatching shape of sticky gloop. It doesn't wipe off with usual cleaners and elbow grease, it doesn't roll off either. The thing is it sits on a painted wooden front door so I can't use too strong a cleaner. I'm going back soon to tackle this problem and will do abit of research on the web. Do you think meths will take it off? Obviously I don't want to take the paint with it (tried a light scouring but this was taking paint off!). Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated, great web site this!

regards
Sheena

Title: Re: Kitchen Worktops - Build Cleans
Post by: sherco on January 31, 2008, 06:29:12 pm

I use a cloth with a small bit of wd40 sprayed onto it, the dust sticks to the cloth it works really well. Not to much wd40 only a little squirt.

Title: Re: Kitchen Worktops - Build Cleans
Post by: lisamint on February 05, 2008, 03:28:05 pm

hi i have found that regular furniture polish is great for removing sticky stuff.
I just removed whole heap of the remainder of packing tape off some double glazed windows.
Might be worth a try.
regards lisa

Title: Re: Kitchen Worktops - Build Cleans
Post by: BDCS on February 05, 2008, 07:15:58 pm

I use prochem citrus gel or amberklene label remover for glue residues