Sears KENMORE 53475 - Manual (Page 12)

Care and Cleaning
Outside
The water and ice dispenser spill shelf should be
wiped dry immediately to prevent spotting. Water left on
the shelf moy leave deposits that you can remove by
soaking in undiluted vinegar. You can also use a paste of
non-precipitating water softener (such as Gabon brand!
and water, or one teaspoon of citric acid powder per pint
of hot tap water. Soak until the deposit disappears or
becomes loose enough to rinse away. Usually 30
minutes soaking time is adequate Avoid using wax on
the spill shelf and trim
The soft door handies are easy to clean if they are
waxed every few months Use a household wax such as
Pledge or Jubilee brand to coat the handies Soil will then
easily wash off with dish detergent and wafer or a non­
abrasive all-purpose cleaner.
Keep the finish clean. Wipe with a clean doth lightly
dampened with kitchen applionce wax or mild liquid
dishwashing detergent.. Dry and polish with о dean, soft
cloth. Do not wipe the refriqerator with a soiled
dishwashing cloth or wet towel. These may leave о
residue that con harm the point, Do not use scouring
pads, powdered cleaners, bleoch or cleaners containing
bleoch because these products con scrotch and weaken
the paint finish.
Protect the paint finish. The finish on the outside of the
refrigerator is a high quality, baked-on paint finish. With
proper core, it will stay new-looking and rust-free for
years. Apply a coat of kitchen/appliance wax when the
refrigerator is new and then at least twice a yeor.
Inside
The fresh food and freezer campartrnent interiors
should be cleaned at least once a year Unplug the
refrigerator before cleaning. If this is not practical, wring
excess moisture out of sponge or cloth when cleoning
around switches, lights or controls
Use warm wafer and baking soda solufion—about a
tablespoon of baking soda to a quart of wafer This both
deans and neufroiizes odors Rinse thoroughly with
water and wipe dry
Other refrigerator ports—including door gaskets, meat
and vegetable drawers, ice storage bin and all plastic
ports-can be cleaned the same way. Do not use cleansing
powders or other abrasive cleaners Door gaskets are
factory-lubricated with petroleum jelly on the hinge side.
If the lubricant is excessive, wipe it off but leave a thin film
on the gasket to help insure a proper hinge-side seof,
When you dean the door gaskets, relubricate them.
Avoid cleaning cold glass shelves with hot water
because the extreme temperature difference may
cause them to break.
To help prevent odors, leave an open box of baking
soda in the rear of the refrigerator, on the top shelf
Change the box every three months In addition, put an
open box of boking soda in the freezer to absorb stale
freezer odors.
Do not wash any plastic parts from your
refrigerator in your automatic dishwasher.
Storage Drawers
Drawers at bottom of fresh food comportment will stop
before coming all the way out of refrigerator to help
prevent contents from spilling onto floor The drawers can
be removed easily by tilting up slightly and pulling past
the "stop^' location.
To remove storage drawers when fresh food
compartment door cannot be opened fully:
1. Remove food from shelf above top drawer and take
out shelf.
2. Take food off glass cover and out of drawer
3. Grasp top of light panel
above the top drawer, flex
and rotate upper surface of
panel until it clears the upper
pin on each side wolf Then,
keeping panel upright, pul! bottom of pane! toward you
until it dears the lower side-wall pins.
4. Put your fingers behind
the gasket ot the rear of the
drawer and pull forward
Remove the gasket.
5. Pull the drawer
partway out Reach in,
push the reor of the gloss
up; at the same time, push
it back until if clears front­
corner retainers.
6. Tilt and remove the cover.
7. Pull the drawer
forward, lift the front to
clear stops, and pull the
drawer out until it hits the
door Then lift the drawer
up until it is higher than the
drawer supports, tilt it and
toke it out.
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