Steam cleaner update

I've used the hose end of a wallpaper steamer for that very purpose - indeed, some time after, I saw a stripper advertised as being useful for that. Our freezer was a bit dodgy and needed doing every month or so, but we've got a frost free now and that just needs the thermistors replacing every 5 years or so, much less hassle!

SteveW

But where does the gunge on them end up? Running all over the frames and down the walls?

I was actually out when she did it so I don't know for sure but the steam cleaner came with a squeegee attachment so using that in conjunction with our own squeegee and a cloth sorted it. Water runs down to the cill then gets mopped up just as when using a bucket of soapy water on the outside.

Some 40-50 years ago, my grandfather set about defrosting their new Hotpoint Iced Diamond fridge, in the same way he always did. With the door open and the one-bar electric fire pointing in, he retired to the living room to listen to the News. On returning after the news, he was horrified to find the fridge liner hanging off in large loops of molten plastic. This was the first fridge he had with a plastic liner, the previous ones all being enamel. Anyway, he called out the Hotpoint engineer, who exclaimed he'd never seen a fridge go like that before! (Not sure if my grandfather told him what had happened.) Anyway, they delivered a new one.

So do be careful with high temperatures on parts that were never designed to handle them, particularly steam.

Hum, I'd be a bit worried about heating the thing up to fast and causing expansion of the refridgerant (liquid to gas or just gas) faster than the system is designed for. I'm sure I've seen warnings about that ITFM.

I stand a fan heater on a stool in front of the open door and wait. Just emptying the bowl under drain as required. Takes about an hour and no faffing about with a hot hose.

In message , Pete Zahut writes

Tumble drier hose poked into the freezer and a decent load of washing on a rainy day always worked for me before we got a condenser drier.

I use a carpet extraction machine on ours. Spray on hot water, vacuum up defrosted water.

Either the water is removed by a squeegee or the tool has an absorbant towel fitted.

The Medway Handyman coughed up some electrons that declared:

My freezer in it's current state would need an SDS.

Or

Wait for it

Angle grinder!

There, said it