Cleaning The Toaster

 

I happened to be looking at my toaster the other day and was wondering when it started to look so shabby.  The more I looked at it the more I realized it had a lot of built up grime covering it.  I’m a bit embarrassed to admit that other than wiping it off on the outside with a soapy dishcloth and emptying the crumbs on occasion I haven’t really paid that much attention to it other than to grumble about the crumbs it would leave in the cabinet where I keep it.

 

Hmmmm..... 😒

I’ve had this toaster for several years, probably close to eight maybe?  It was only recently, last summer in fact, that I bought a bin to keep it in so I didn’t have to keep grabbing the vacuum cleaner all the time to suck up the crumby mess in the cabinet.  After all these years!  Duh!  You are never too old to learn stuff.

 

Ewwww! 😧

The toaster is nice and fully functional.  It has a brushed nickel finish which is what initially attracted me to it, but that nice finish wasn’t so nice anymore.  Upon further inspection I realized it had developed a “protective” layer of grime that I could probably scrub off if I was of a mind too.  Turns out, I was.

 

Whaaaa....? 😲

With a magic erasure and some of my Mean Green degreaser I scrubbed it up in short order and was absolutely horrified at the sight of all the dirt on that eraser.  Gross!  You don’t realize, until you get started, just how bad it actually is.  But with a little more elbow grease I was getting it clean and boy did I love the result.  It looks like new again!  Yay!  Clean, shiny and crumb free.  I’m ready to make toast!

 

Whoa! 😎

Why have I overlooked this well used and well appreciated little appliance for so long?  I’m ashamed to say I truly do not know.  Moving forward though I will try to do better and keep it nice and clean from here on out.  No more neglect.  I promise.  How does your toaster look?  You probably treat yours a little better than what I have mine.  Poor little toaster.  With that however, I can't help but wonder how many people would've just tossed this toaster out and bought a new one.  Hmmm.