How to defrost a Freezer easily in under 15 minutes - Remove ice from Freezer to keep it efficient
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- How to defrost a Freezer easily in under 15 minutes.
Freezer defrosting is very important to keep your freezer running efficiently.
In this video I will show you how to defrost your freezer easily with minimal effort and should all be completed in less than 30minutes. This is an ideal method to defrost your freezer quickly.
If you are wondering how to remove ice from the freezer then you have come to the right video.
This method is also ideal for how to defrost a fridge with a freezer compartment at the top.
Please take note of the methods NOT to use at the beginning of this video for safety reasons and to stop damage to your freezer.
Make sure your door seal is a good fit as this can cause more ice build up in your freezer.
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Cheers. Glad to help.😎
Absolutely! I'm glad I came here before I ruined my fridge 😂
@@aeornewscomm Me Too
I've always believed that the universe always gives me hints on what I need to do so thanks to this random video in my recommendations I shal be having egg and chips tonight. 🍽
Ooh my favourite! Double egg and crinkle cut chips and bonus sausage thrown in, Richmonds veggie ones which are surprisingly tasty. Enjoy.😎
Not the universe. it's God
Can’t believe I didn’t think of this myself! I’ve been doing it the hard way for years. So simple! Many thanks.
Yes it is pretty magic, glad to help.😎
I only have this little freezer department on top of my fridge and it was basically just an ice block at this point.
That’s why I couldn’t add anything to let it melt. So here’s what I did: I warmed water to 80 degrees, put it in a little spray can and sprayed all over the ice.
It got relatively loose pretty fast. Than I took a knife and „hammered“ it carefully below. It got loose enough to take the entire thing out as one piece.
I threw it in the shower and ran hot water over it. Worked super nicely and now I can actually keep things in there 😅
My freezer was sooo bad, but it took me just 2 hours to fully defrost and clean it thanks to this video. Thank you!
Cool, glad I could help out. 😎
Happened to me. Finally. Switched it 📴 on Friday. Discovered there was still ice.
Sounds like mine pray for me I'm doing it today
This is actual genius! It seems so obvious but I never would have thought of using the trays! Thanks so much 🌟
Yeh it's a good tip. Glad to help. 😎
I just wanted to say Thank you so much for the melting freezer ice how to.
For years I have been doing it the wrong way but thanks to you I cleared it in 15mins with ease. Your a star ⭐️ keep up the great advice.
Ryan & Cammie
Fabulous news. Yes it's a really good way to do it. Thanks for the nice comment and Happy New Year to you both.😎.
Agreed Ryan had the same problem...
A guy knows best🤣
If you defrost before ice builds up, you can leave the food in the trays as it only takes a few minutes with a heater to defrost with very little to clean up. Done on a regular basis instead of leaving it until you have no choice, it is quick and easy, instead of something to dread. If you need to clean the trays, they can be emptied onto the bench as it only takes a quick wipe to clean them, by the time you are done, the freezer is defrosted.
What type of heater?
Use a hair dryer
That’s the content we truly need in the internet. Thanks!
In my situation, my fridge drawers were leaking, so I took them out and put glass bowls instead (it also allowed to make water hotter and that sped up the process). Hope it helps someone!
Thank you, glad it helped. 😎
No one defrosts the freezer ar work I have a habit of letting it slowly defrost as I do my day job and once it gets soft I just rio it out with my hand hard cold work but cathartic
My freezer is in the same room as the electric clothes dryer. Open the freezer door, route the flexible dryer hose in front, turn the dryer temperature to Mediterranean (not Sahara), and blast away. Get the missus to stand in the puddle and catch the falling chunks. If her eyes light up, you forgot to unplug the freezer.
This made me 😂
Entertaining and informative presentation style. Loved it!
Thank you. Glad it was useful and also entertaining. 😎
I used a screwdriver once and can confirm Bad Idea. All the gas escaped I was left with a dead fridge/freezer.
My freezer is 10x worse than this after my dad left the freezer door open for 3days! I was literally about to throw all my food out and switch my freezer off for 24 hours…You saved me a lot of money, food and clean up time, thank you 💙🙏 💙
Oops, silly Dad ! Luckily you managed to salvage all your food, good result. Glad that I could help out, have a marvellous weekend and thanks for the comment. 😎
@@LurgsHowToGuides you too kind sir! 💙
I would have thrown out any frozen meat though...
If he left it open for 3 days I would’ve thrown it all out anyway
Is this in winter temperatures? Cuz that's the only way I imagine you'd be looking up a defrosting vid, otherwise it would've already self defrosted into a puddle.
Brilliant idea,I would never have thought to use the trays,I’m off to put the kettle on.
Glad to help. 😎
Thanks mate. Beauty.
[edit] Just the prep itself took me about 15mins. We didn’t have esky’s so I used plastic crates lined with a bathroom towel to store the frozen products. I transferred the crates to the garage to ensure they wouldn’t defrost too much. I then discovered the freezer trays weren’t sealed 😂🤦🏻♂️ so after a quick swap and mop, the oven trays filled with boiling water (cos they’re metal 😊), and were in, the process could begin.
But thanks. This was inspiring for what I have always found to be a daunting task. 😅😂
@@AnthonyLeighDunstan Nice one, had to do it a bit different but at least my video helped you on the right path. Nice one. 😎
You are supposed to use bicarb and water to clean, also turn on freezer and get it to temp before replacing food. Best done on a cold Winter's day, leaving food in bags outside in freezing cold.
I use puppy pads to put in the shelves and underneath, soaks up the water= less mess and no washing towels etc.
Amazing tip, thank you! And thanks soooo much for this video - I’ve been putting this off forever but going to go and do it right now!
I had a similar small freezer for a while except my drawers were plastic coated wire. I used the hot water method a couple of times but it made a mess on my floor from all the dripping water so I quickly figured out another tactic. I had mine on a little rolling dolly so I would roll it out the front door & use my garden hose to spray it until all the ice was melted. Then dried it out & returned it inside.
No matter how you defrost it, don't damage the cold coils. Clean the door gasket and the front where the gasket seals too. Check the seal with the door closed for any gaps. Any leak will cause frost to form.
I believe if bleach or any harsh chemicals are used on the rubber seals , they will harden and no longer seal well . I have a 30+ year old refrigerator in good condition . However , after Covid hit , some " help " went crazy with bleach and other cleaners . It ate into the white painted finish and then into the metal . It has now started to rust where the paint is gone !
Hello. I enjoyed your video and your delivery, and I applaud you for trying to be informative, but I must comment on some of the "facts" that you stated in your video, and hopefully put the record straight? I repair and service fridges and freezers professionally. You mention that this freezer is not "frost free". This is a universally misunderstood term, and refers to the fridge section more than any freezer. It applies to most "American" style fridge freezers, and increasingly more UK appliances. Years ago all fridges worked by making the upper part of the back wall of the fridge cold, initially by passing the cooling pipes through a metal plate, and latterly by placing the cool pipes behind the plastic back wall of the fridge ("cool wall"). This was controlled by the thermostat and as such ice formed on the back wall and then defrosted in cycles, as required. This is perfectly normal. You can tell this type as it will have a hole for the defrost water to drain away, near the bottom of the back wall. The cold air produced will fall to the bottom of the fridge compartment as it is more dense than the warmer air in the compartment, and this cold air will build up and keep the food cool, typically between 1 and 5 degrees (where bacterial growth is at a minimum, without freezing). Frost Free fridges refer to a different method of cooling, where some of the freezing air that is produced by the freezer section is diverted through channels between the two sections, normally fan assisted, and is "dropped" into the fridge section. The fridge cannot freeze up (unless faulty), unlike the older style, and it is therefore labelled "Frost Free". The fridge in such an appliance is effectively passive, and is just a "box" which stores food and accepts cold air, and has no active cooling function. This is actually cheaper to produce in some cases and has obvious benefits and attractions to any potential customer.
The freezer that you have shown uses coolant within the shelf pipes to produce the cold. This system is more prone to "ice up" than other freezer designs, and often this is because the shelves, or baskets are overloaded with frozen food and air cannot circulate as it should...........there should always be an air gap between the top of any food and the shelf above........but people never do this! lol
I cringe every time I hear a customer say that they have defrosted their own freezer, usually as a result of hearsay or after viewing a TH-cam video. Let me explain........I've lost count of the number of freezers which have mutilated side walls because people use knives to scrape off ice. The evidence is always very easy to see. You were quite correct in pointing this out. The plastic wall used in a freezer, or fridge, is of a specific type and is "antibacterial" when it has a smooth surface. When any scraper, like the one that you showed, or abrasive is used then large to microscopic scratches appear, where bacteria are able to take hold and grow. This plastic is only antibacterial when smooth and any form of "ice scraping" will counteract this. It is also very easy on the type of freezer shelf shown in your video to damage the system by puncturing the shelf piping..........the coolant gas escapes, the compressor can pack up and the appliance is then often irreversibly damaged. You were ok to show this type of scraper used to pry ice from the cool shelves, but it should not be used to scrape ice from plastic walls........and people will do that.
It is far more common for freezers to have an evaporator, which does the cooling, built into the back wall rather than have cool shelves, and this will be hidden behind a plastic panel. The reasons why you should NEVER defrost using hot water will now become apparent. Firstly, the defrost process on most freezers is NOT just to rid ice from the shelves (as stated, very few are of the type in your video) but to rid ice from the evaporator behind the back wall...........this can become choked with ice build up (you may have a defrost heater issue?) and the freezer becomes very inefficient as a result. You will not defrost this using the hot water/steam method as it is not visible or accessible, and will take hours to defrost........and as you have demonstrated, most people will stop the manual defrost when they cannot see any more ice, missing the fact that ice may still be choking the evaporator. The other very important point is that by using steam you are INTRODUCING moisture, which will gather in hidden areas and will then freeze when the appliance is rebooted and you can be worse off than before you started!
THE ONLY CORRECT WAY TO CORRECTLY DEFROST A (FRIDGE) FREEZER IS TO SWITCH IT OFF AT THE MAINS, PLACE A TOWEL ON THE FLOOR, OPEN THE DOOR AND LEAVE IT FOR AT LEAST 24 HOURS (We recommend 48 hours). Although this may seem inconvenient, it will fully defrost all areas and components of the cooling system and will not introduce any moisture into the cavity, unless your kitchen is particularly humid. It will also allow the gas to settle and will give the compressor a rest. The bonus is that when you switch on again you will find, unless you have another fault, that your freezer, and fridge will now work again as they did when new..........you may even get that nice "freezing fog" in the freezer that you had in the beginning?
We recommend that every customer defrost their fridge/freezer once a year..........and suggest that summer holidays are a good time...........manage the food for weeks in advance by using it up until almost empty........before going on holiday switch off and leave the door(s) open. Simple!
Keep up the good work with the videos.............This was not meant to be personal, but to be informative instead.
It still took a while and several changes of hot water bath, but it does help. My freezer had a thick frost layer.
Once you have dried the frezzer completely, I put glycerin over all sufaces. When you defrost it next time with just a little steam like this video shows the ice drops away easily. I will say the shelves with all those lines are a pain but it still helps. All the sides and tops aee a joy to watch it drop off.
My concern now is glycerin is now sold as a vegetable glycerin so i need to check it out. Fingers crossed 🤞 ive alsi just read a plain flavoured vegetable oil does the same thing, hence me on this site.
wow, how did I live 38 years of my life without knowing this life saving hack
Yeh me too, it is now so much quicker and easier! Glad to help 😎
I always use saucepans, never thought to use the trays lol game changer
Yeh makes it defrost much much faster! 😎
Brilliant! Absolutely love your channel Lurgs, I've managed to sort out so many things around my home thanks to you :)
Thank you, appreciate it. Have a fab weekend 😎
I've always done this with meat tins and boiled water .works a treat
Cracking video hack thank you for sharing.. very little mess or dripping outside the drawers and I recycled the freezer water on my plants. Excellent.
@@angiemoore8664 Thanks. Glad it was useful and flowers did well 😎
0:36 LOL I just cleaned my entire freezer with a butter knife bro 💀
Ouch, be very careful!
This actually works! I won't dread defrosting the freezer anymore and booking out a day to do it! I realise now I've been doing it wrong! Thanks for posting
Yes it really does and doesn't take very long. Happy Easter.😎
taking a day off work for freezer ?! 7 days a week workoholic or refusing to use weekends lol
i also use small fan with 10k power bank inside to make melting process faster 😉
Thank you so much for this! I’ve been putting this job off for months because it takes so long and is such a chore. Done in a fraction of the time! Subscribed. 😁😎👏
Great news and thank you for subscribing.😎
Thank You kindly Sir for this video!! My freezer is going to be frostfree within 1 hr rather than 6 hrs!! You are my Hero!
Cool, glad I was able to help, yes it’s a good way to defrost it.😎
In America we do not have electrical outlets that have switches on them. I wish we did.
Odd, yes we can switch them on and off, seems much safer than just plugging in and out direct to power.
Thanks for the tips! ❤ Last year, my top drawer froze shut 😅 I was still able to open it with a bit of strength, so I thought to myself "I need to defrost it soon" 😅😅😅 but I just moved out to my own house and never did this and had no idea how to do it. The instruction manual says to empty the freezer and leave it open overnight, but with hot weather and no second freezer, I didn't want to risk leaving my food out all night. This video popped up and it looked so easy! I decided to go ahead and defrost it immediately! It took a good hour and a half with changing the cooled down water for hot water every 15 minutes. But with minimal scraping, I don't mind at all! I'm glad my freezer is perfectly clean and clear of ice! It's the first time in 4 years I defrosted this freezer 😅 (I got it brand new when I moved!) But now I know how easy it is, I won't procrastinate when it's time to do it again! ❤
And it should be much more efficient now and you can get more in it! Glad my video helped 😎
Great idea in theory, it may work for many but not for me. The trays in my freezer aren't one moulded piece. They are two bits that clip together so they would leak. I only have one washing up bowl that doesn't fit the shelf so that's not an alternative either. Glad my fridge is now a frost free one though, my next freezer will be too.
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Yeh frost free is the way to go but they are much smaller inside.
I use a hair dryer or a steam tool, but I do this for a living. Hair dryer every one, it work well.
So how would this work with a small freezer compartment at the top of a small fridge?
Same thing, just switch it off then place a small tray of very hot water into the compartment at the top, close the door and wait
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Really, really good video .Saved me lots of time and effort.Thank you Lurgs
My pleasure, glad my video helped 😎
I just like to listen to his voice and the step by steps. Even without the video this is wholesome to listen too for some reason. Love it
Cheers, appreciate it 😎👍
Love your fun and great tips videos, will definitely watch your other videos with tips 😅
Thank you, glad you enjoyed the video and welcome to my channel. 😎
We use 2 large pans with hot water heated on the stove and placed on separated shelves. After a quick wipe down we plug the freezer in and wait until it gets to zero and then replace the food. Ice cream is our favorite freezer food item.
Good idea. Yes a quality tub of Cornish ice cream is the best! 🍦😎
@@LurgsHowToGuides Mackies Ice Cream from the Co-Op or Sainsbury's
Thank you for this incredible video! Helped me to defrost quickly and efficiently
Marvellous, glad my freezer tip helped out. 😎
Hi Lurgs, Thank you so much for your TH-cam channel.I follow your advice .my freezer you bad icing.bcoz of you I made perfect now is done we'll.your amazing.
Thank you. Glad to help. Merry Christmas 🎄
My trays leak. 😂 Using pans or bowls.
Thank you! I just purchased an upright freezer with plastic drawers and was wondering how I could make the defrost process easier. This is awesome! If it's that easy, I'll likely defrost it more often.
Next time get a frost free then you won’t have to do it. Merry Christmas 🎄
Good idea that - thanks Mate. Btw if you think the ice is bad in this video, you should look at mine ! It's going to take me more than 15 mins ! 😄
Glad my video helped, yeh may take a bit longer if its really thick, but it will fall off pretty quick. 😎
Eye opening video - thank you! (mouth opening also, I like those chips)
@@molengat1 Cheers. Yeh love chips!
Honestly never thought of it before. My freezer compartment had lots of ice but this method seriously saved me from considering the long process of open defrosting (too impatient lol 😆).
Left the hot water for about an hour cause I wasn't sure if 15 mins was going to be enough for how thick the ice in my fridge was but honestly, one hour was probably too long, 30 mins would likely have done the trick.
Thanks so much for the tip ✌
Yeh it’s a great tip. Glad it was useful and it’s all defrosted. 😎
TH-cam is full of absolutely rubbish, pointless, videos. This is NOT one of them!
Thanks 😎
What a brilliant idea I’m quite practical (being a craftsman) and usually find ways to sort out most problems but this is a great idea would never have thought of it well done keep the vids coming! 🙂
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Hi, really useful video, i'm going to try this!!!...can anyone help? I have a 3 drawer fridge freezer, the middle drawer refuses to shift it's completely iced up...this means I can't remove the drawer to defrost my freezer which is pretty bad!!.....any tips or advice would be really appreciated..... thanks 😕
It must be iced up, will just take longer that’s all to defrost
@@LurgsHowToGuides hi, thanks for answering my message, will your ingenious method still work on the drawer that's completely iced up even though it'll take longer? Wish I'd seen this video months ago......thank you 🙂
@@pammyjones1151 yes do it on all available trays and it should help melt the stuck one!
Thank you. You just convinced me me to buy a no frost freezer.
@@popoymotmot Yes definitely get a frost free one!
Thx so much! My fridge is no longer keeping my food fresh due to the seal being old and has shrunk/peeled off so I can prep the defrost to trash it. Also the vid was amazing. No messing straight to the point. These are the kinda vids I personally enjoy as there good to use in a emergency. Amazing work! New sub for sure.
Glad it was useful and thanks for subscribing, appreciate it. 😎
@@LurgsHowToGuides no worries. this is wahat social media is for. solving things not like what happens on the facebook or twitter ect. your a amazing asset to youtube buddy and i appreciate it.
@@LibbyMia-rz8gk Thank you, great to hear.
What if I can't find the plug nor the switch off for the fridge 😢? Anyway, this was a great video 👍🏼
You can't do this without switching it off. You'll need to find the plug.
Just done my freezers the way you do it so much easier than I used to do this is so much better thanks 😀
Great stuff, yes this is a really good way to do it. Glad you enjoyed and that it was helpful. Thanks for the comment. 😎
Mark waters I like your analogy of the ice monster which is a very good way to describe what is going on with my fridge freezer.
Thanks
I would like to thank you for this how to. BTW I'm in the US. It worked perfectly. I had been putting off defrosting my little freezer but had to finally do it. I checked many ideas on TH-cam but yours was the best not a lot of mess and within a little over an hour all the ice was gone. Not a lot of mess on the floor. Thank you so much for your help.
Great news, if you ever replace it get a Frost Free one but glad my video helped you out. 🇺🇸🏴
We’ll try it soon!
Our favourite items from the freezer are ice creams & good bread we freeze for later ❄️
Feast ice creams! And frozen lemons for my Gin and Tonic! 😎
Just spent the money buy a decent frost free freezer. And in the old days I just used a fan heater.
Yeh Frost Free is so much better!
I usually dont comment vids too much but I must say... This video you uploaded SAVED MY LIFE. lol!
You have no idea how I have been preparing and dreading for WEEKS to get it cleared up and been planning so much (I have 4 small kids) but this truly is a lifesaver and I needed to write you so you know how you saved my life(and the food in my freezer that I dont need to figure out what to do withanymore)
God bless you sir :)
Yes this really is much easier! So glad I could help save you some time. 😎👍
Legend mate! Legennnndddddd! Just saved me loads of time.
Cool, glad it was useful. 😎
Fabulous ....! I need to tackle the ice monster in my freezer. Was dreading doing it. This is so simple , why didn’t I think of this easy hack ! Thanks
Glad I could help out.😎
15 mins. NOT. WHY THAT HEAD LINE????
Did those freezer bins come with your freezer? They are nice!
You mean the trays the food was in? Yes they came with the freezer
My favorite freez food is ice cream sandwiches made by Mayfield creamery USA. I use a hand held steamer by shark to steam out freezer, done in 10 minutes. Cheers
Was so glad I finally nought a new fridge, no need to defrost anymore.
Yeh frost free is so much better!
4:02 'You shouldn't use an detergent'.
Proceeds to use Fairy liquid detergent
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It's more the sprays or any corrosive detergents. A tiny bit of washing up liquid and warm water is ok
Seeing manually defrost the ice..hmm I change my mind. Will look for frost free freezer 😅
Yes frost free is the way to go, so much easier. 😎
@@LurgsHowToGuides Frost Free’s I’ve had (decent brands) still get frosted up, but more slowly.
My freezer is in my garage. I empty it, unplug it, walk it to the edge of the garage and use the garden hose to melt the ice. Twice a year.
I only have a tray in the bottom.
Thanks for the hack about putting hot water into EACH tray. Genius.
Glad my video helped. Enjoy the rest of the weekend.😎
Love your Hello Kitty ice pack where did you get that?
Never even noticed that, my wife must have got it. She can’t remember I’m afraid
Thank you mate , great format for the video too loved it !
Happy to help. Glad you enjoyed the video. 😎
Something I've noticed - - many of the TH-cam "defrost your freezer" VID's, show people pitching the chunks of ice or pouring out the former ice (now water) down the sink, etc. This is FREE H2O (at least you didn't have to pay for it in the conventional sense) and unless there is some reason I hadn't thought of, should go right into the garden, whether it be on the fruits & veggies or Wifey's flowers. The more build-up that's in your freezer, the better to put on your plants & such. This is exactly what the "gray water movement" is all about, heck if you're a bit anal about it, you could even wring your towels into the bucket to water them with every last drop. 🤪
Suggestion for f.avorite f.reezer f.ood (the 3 F's, ha-ha): Jimmy Dean's Breakfast Bowls! Jimmy Dean has always been known in the States as a fantastic breakfast sausage. However, when they started putting out these breakfast bowls, they were a GAME CHANGER, LOVE the damned things! 😍 Oh & anything Italian, Pizza, Meats and Seafood. Those are my favorite freezer food. Just one? Sorry, I couldn't do it.
Cheers to you from Aurora, Colorado (U.S.A.)!
In England we don't need more water in the Garden, it rarely gets that hot! But yes I do put the ice in the Garden or our Water Butt when it's very dry.
Glad I could help. 😎
@@TheWatchernator
Why so callous?
Gray water is perfectly safe to reuse.
As long as you dont use it for things that need filtered water.
If I designed toilets, I would use the handwash water to fill the basin/tank of the toilet.
As long as water doesn't have heavy chemicals in it. Recapture and reuse would be great.
Just think of dry areas that have agriculture needs. Water conservation and reuse of non contaminated water is idea people do around the world.
READ MORE ON GREY WATER USES.
and you stay on books next time you feel like talking about people. You only show your ignorance.
Great vid. Like many others, it never occurred to me to use the trays! Thank you 🙏
No problem. Glad to help out. 😎
My favourite freezer food is chips as well
Yummy 😎
Well - where have you been all my life! 😂 Leaving door open till now was so slow and messy! Thank you for this excellent advice!!!!!
Glad you found me and my channel. Lots of decent tips on here. Glad it helped and have a great week.😎
You sound like GEICO gecko - 15% right
Same part of the world so guess we have a similar accent!😎
best video of the year for me! thank you sir you're an angel👏🌞🌟
Thank you. Have a fab weekend. 😎
Thank u for this video👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
No problem 😎
Amy's burritos and tater tots are tied for 1st place.
Never heard of those here in England.
Hey! How would you suggest defrosting a fridge freezer if (1) The freezer compartment is at the top and (2) if there aren't any trays, just racks? Appreciate any help given. Thanks.
Just use washing up bowls and saucepans, and you’ll need a few old towels as you will get lots of water, but once the ice gets warmer you can try to chisel it off
Usually do this but what ya do when some wee bugger doesnt shut the freezer door properly and all the drawers are frozen solid too (apart from wait 5+ hrs with the fridge freezer off and door open like i have so far and still cant get em out lol) guess the morning will be here soon lol plenty of towels down
Once it defrosts enough to get the trays out then you will be ok. Yes lot's of towels!
for sure....still cant get them out (fridge freezer been off since 4pm ish yday & its now 2.14pm) frost on outside of drawers all gone but inside, nope not happening, look like icebergs still lol so guess another 24 hrs should be good to go lol (how long will the stuff in the fridge be good is another thing with it being completely off) arrrrgh @@LurgsHowToGuides
Thanks for the video. How often do you have to defrost your freezer?
Never as we've now got a Frost Free one. But the one in this video we used to do it every 6 months.
@@LurgsHowToGuides got it. Thanks for the feedback
I tried the hot water trick on both my fridge and freezer. It cut the defrosting time down by over half. Brilliant, thanks 👍.
Marvellous news, glad that I could help out today. 😎
How else were you doing it? 🙈🙈
Did he suggest putting salt in the water as well? I searched for this for a mate, I don't need to defrost mine, it's the frost free type.
Flying Fist. The fridge and freezer were in the flat when I moved in. They're both second hand and there were no instructions. If the salt works as well, I'll try that next time.
If you put greased proof paper on each shelf that will help cutdown the ice build up.
Ooh cool tip, thanks.😎
Greased proof paper? Never heard of it. Where do you get it?
@@nadenegoudeau9926 cake. Cooking isle or with foil wrap might be listed under a different name but it's used to line baking tins for cakes making.
@@Porthcothen waxed paper! Thank you
I have a much simpler method, and no scraper is used so no damage to the fridge. Its quite easy, go to your DIY tools and get the steam walpaper stripper out, and steam the ice off. Works really quickly, removes ALL the ice, and doesnt damage your fridge.
Glad I found your video - I was wondering how to pull off a defrost on this sunny, midsummer's day! Well I managed with the numerous aluminium baking trays I've hoarded and filled them with hot water. All done, plus cleaning and sorting through in under an hour! Massive thanks!!
Great news, glad you found my video 😎
"Oh chips" LOL.
Can you be lazy and replace the hot water a couple of times instead of scraping the ice?
I guess you could but it will take longer
@@LurgsHowToGuides Thank you!
Thanks so much!🙏 Put a big tupperware tray of hot water in the freezer compartment for 15 min at a time twice and that did the trick!!🎉 The first time couldn't figure out how to turn the fridge off but it still kind of worked! Best to put a towel under the tray to soak up the melted ice
Glad it's all defrosted. 😎
If dad jokes was a person haha im playing but thanks
So cute when i see what other people call a lot of ice. The space in our freezer is at least 1/4 or even 1/3 filled with ice 😭
Oh dear best get it defrosted!
@@LurgsHowToGuides i already bought an isolated bag for that project lol 💪
This guy sounds like clavicus vile lmfao
How do you know I’m not?!
4:42 oh, chips and they are even naked
Delicious, fried eggs and chips is one of my favs.
You love your McCain chips, but since Wallace McCain and his brothers are from New Brunswick, Canader, perhaps you should call them fries. Cheers. What can be more British and holy than fish and chips, since you need a fish Friar and a chip monk.
We also have French fries which are the tasty thin ones.
I really appreciate your video. I was stressing about how to defrost my freezer before moving out of my apartment because my landlord is very strict and difficult
Doesn’t sound like a very nice Landlord! Hope your new one is better. Anyway glad my video helped out. Good luck in your new home 😎
Thanks for the video mate, very helpful!
I was dreading sorting out our freezer again after the last mess I made 😂.
Yeh it’s a handy tip. Good luck and glad I could help out 😎
I want to thank you for taking the time to create this and upload it to help others! I have to laugh that I couldn’t figure this out myself- pure genius. Happy new year and many happy returns to you and yours! 🥂
Thank you for the great comment, really appreciate it. Glad it was useful & Happy New Year.😎