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Wade Lippman
04-10-2016, 1:09 PM
This is pretty disgusting and can't be helping efficiency.
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I have flat "refrigerator cleaner" but it won't fit under, and snags when I try to go over.

The instructions say it doesn't need to be routinely cleaned, but if particularly dirty, it can be cleaned with a brush on a vacuum. I tried that and the vacuum would have to be a whole lot more powerful to do anything at all. I tried a brush for a shotgun and that kinda works, but I am concerned about what I am going to damage in the process.

Any suggestions? (I mean, other than blowing it out with a compressor. That would work, but I don't think my wife would be happy with the results.)

Mel Fulks
04-10-2016, 1:41 PM
We bought one made for that. Kinda like a bottle brush. Access is better if you remove the low grill and lift out the drip tray.

Matt Day
04-10-2016, 1:52 PM
I don't know. The visible parts of my kitchen are neglected enough that I'm not too concerned about the places you can't even see!

I'd spend the time in the shop instead of the refrigerator cleaning.

glenn bradley
04-10-2016, 2:04 PM
I'd spend the time in the shop instead of the refrigerator cleaning.

Bazinga!!!

Steve Schlumpf
04-10-2016, 2:06 PM
This is funny - I just cleaned my fridge yesterday! I used a small long-handled paint brush, a rat tail brush and a vacuum to reach most everything - but you are right, it is hard to get to! The rat tail brush worked the best and all I did was force the bristles into the grill work from underneath and move back and forth to break the dust free. The vacuum - with one of those crevice attachments - worked well after that.

I thought about using a nylon brush from my gun cleaning kit - but to be honest - I forgot until after the job was finished. Not sure if it would have fit in there anyway.

Tom M King
04-10-2016, 2:34 PM
Roll it straight out, take the cardboard cover off the bottom back, and you can get a vacuum nozzle in there.

Jerome Stanek
04-10-2016, 3:09 PM
I use a dryer cleaning brush

Denny Tudor
04-10-2016, 5:35 PM
Lowes sells it for under $4 in appliance section. Coil brush .

Ken Fitzgerald
04-10-2016, 7:49 PM
Use something like this: http://www.amazon.com/Flexible-Dryer-Vent-Refrigerator-Brush/dp/B0046OEAHK?ie=UTF8&keywords=coil%20brush&qid=1460331960&ref_=sr_1_1&sr=8-1

Chris Padilla
04-11-2016, 3:40 PM
Roll it straight out, take the cardboard cover off the bottom back, and you can get a vacuum nozzle in there.This is what I do. The floor can get nasty, too, as well as the walls. Who knows how some of the crud gets in there but it does!

Tom M King
04-11-2016, 5:25 PM
We have an ancient one in the tackroom in the barn that I think may be from the 1950's. It stopped working, so I drug it out expecting to dispose of it. It had so much hair balled up under it that the fan couldn't turn any more. For the heck of it, I cleaned it out, plugged it in, and it went back to work. They don't make them like they used to.

Fred Chan
04-14-2016, 10:54 PM
I gave up trying to suck up the dust with vacuum. I ended up getting the wife to hold the shop vac at the front of the fridge while I blew the dust out from the back. Did a great job of getting rid of the dust. Almost got rid of the wife as well because of the incredible dust cloud in the kitchen afterwards.

Wade Lippman
04-15-2016, 7:20 AM
I emailed Maytag and they called me. They recommended a coil brush and long vacuum attachment. The attachment is 1.5" thick and the opening is only 1" so that was out. I bought the brush and found the opening is closed completely about 6" in.
I guess it's Fred's method or leaving it dirty.

Al Launier
04-15-2016, 7:26 AM
I think Ken's suggestion, along with a vacuum is a good one, but once you clean it you might want to hook your shop DC under the fridge & you'll never have to clean it again, or the kitchen for that matter.:D