Cleaning Your Refrigerator; Cleaning Chart - Whirlpool ETl4EP Use And Care Manual

Cleaning your refrigerator
Both the refrigerator and freezer sections defrost To clean your refrigerator, turn the Refrigerator
automatically. But both should be cleaned about
Control to OFF, unplug it, take out all removable
once a month to help prevent odors from building
parts, and clean it according to the following
up. Of course, spills should be wiped up right away.
directions.
Cleaning chart...
Part
Removable parts
(shelves, crisper, meat
pan etc.)
Outside
What to use
Mild detergent and
warm water
How to clean
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Wash removable parts with warm water
and a mild detergent.
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Rinse and dry
Sponge, cloth or paper
towel; mild detergent;
appliance wax [or good
auto paste wax).
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Wash with warm water and a mild de-
tergent.
Do not use abraslve or harsh
cleansers.
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Rinse and dry
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Wax painted metal surfaces at least
twice a year with appliance wax or a
good auto paste wax. Apply wax with
a clean, soft cloth.
Do not use wax
on plastic parts.
Waxlng palnted metal surfaces provides rust
prOteCtiOn.
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Inside walls [Freezer Sponge, soft cloth or
should be allowed to paper towel, baking
warm up so cloth won't soda, warm water, mild
stick.) detergent.
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Wash with warm water and
-mild detergent or
-baking soda (2 tablespoons [26 gl to
1 quart [.95 I] warm water
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Rinse and dry.
Door liners and gaskets
Sponge, soft cloth or
paper towel; mild
detergent, warm water
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Wash with mild detergent and warm
water
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Rinse and dry
Dark plastics
[covers and panels]
Defrost pan
[behind refrigerator
on top of the motor)
DO NOT USE Cleaning waxes, concentrated detergents,
bleaches or cleansers containing petroleum on plastic parts.
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Mild detergent and
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Wash with a soft grit-free cloth or
warm water; soft, clean sponge.
sponge and soft, clean
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Rinse and dry with a damp grit-free
cloth.
cloth or chamois.
DO NOT USE paper towels, wlndow sprays, scouring cleansers,
or flammable or toxic solvents llke acetone, gasollne, carbon
tetrachlorlde, etc. These can scratch or damage the materlal.
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Warm water and mild
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Slide refrigerator out away from wall.
detergent.
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Wash defrost pan with warm water and
mild detergent.
Do not remove defrost pan
to clean.
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Rinse and dry
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Slide refrigerator back into place.
Condenser coils
Floor under refrigerator
Use vacuum cleaner
with brush attachment.
Usual floor cleaners.
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Clean dust and lint from condenser
coils behind the refrigerator at
least once every other month.
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Leave an inch (2.54 cm] between
wall and condenser coils on back
of the refrigerator
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Slide refrigerator out away from wall.
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Wash floor.
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Slide refrigerator back into place.
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Check to see if the refrigerator is level,
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