Methods That Decrease Defrosting Time
Defrosting your freezer is a time-consuming task, and so naturally many people have come up with methods to speed up defrosting. Here we’ll list all of these quick ways of defrosting your freezer, and whether they’re worth trying or not. It’s important to note that many “quick” methods can be unsafe or can lead to you damaging your freezer. If you do damage your freezer, your warranty may become invalidated. If you do decide to use any of these methods, please proceed with caution.
1. The Spatula Method
Using a spatula you can carefully chip away at the frost build-up. If the frost in your freezer is fairly built up and hardened, it’s important to try not to remove too much at once. Being overambitious may cause your hand to slip and cause you to scratch up against a sharp part of ice.
This method can be helpful at speeding up the process, especially if you have a lot of frost build up. However, you do risk potentially harming yourself or your freezer. Proceed at your own risk.
Never heat up a spatula. Handling heated metal causes serious burns.
This method can be helpful at speeding up the process, especially if you have a lot of frost build up. However, you do risk potentially harming yourself or your freezer. Proceed at your own risk.
Never heat up a spatula. Handling heated metal causes serious burns.
2. The Boiling Water Method
A defrosting method that presents little hazard is the boiling water method. Here you turn off your freezer, and then leave the trays and drawers. Then, place bowls of boiling water in them. Finally, close the freezer door whilst the steam works its magic.
This can speed up the process of defrosting by a lot. Just be careful when you open the door back up- The defrosted ice will be sat at the bottom as water, just waiting to spill out!
Remember to place folded towels under the bowls of water to prevent damage to your freezer drawers
This can speed up the process of defrosting by a lot. Just be careful when you open the door back up- The defrosted ice will be sat at the bottom as water, just waiting to spill out!
Remember to place folded towels under the bowls of water to prevent damage to your freezer drawers
