I used this today on a kitchen that I believe hasn’t been cleaned in 10-15 years and the owner frequently used a deep fryer on the counter. The cabinets looked even worse than your example, but this stuff worked like a charm. I’m so thankful you posted this video. I think you saved me hours of scrubbing. Thank you!

A little hint for landlords. Every time I went into one of my units after they came vacant I'd find grease had popped onto the walls and turned into concrete all around the area of the stove. I bought transparent contact paper from Family Dollar and wallpapered the area around the stove. Peel it off and replace it with some clean stuff. I found that any product that was strong enough to remove the grease would also remove the paint. Saved me hours of work and frustration

I have been trying to find a cleaner that would do that for 30 years worth of grease layered on kitchen walls. Nothing has worked so far. I went right out and bought some of this and guess what.....IT WORKS!!! FINALLY I can get this cleaned up and painted!! Thank you for sharing this!

“ I typically start with the hardest things to clean so I feel better when I get to the easy ones.” That alone was worth the price of admission. I wish my 20 year old could hear that - from anyone - and that it would sink in. Have a good one!

Another helpful thing to use for cleaning nooks and crannies are the thin bamboo skewers sold for bbq kabobs. They are sturdy enough to dig gunk out of corners, great for filling damaged screw holes, lots of uses and they don't hurt surfaces. Plus, they are cheap. Thank for the great tip.

OMG! I just tried this on my kitchen cabinets today and walls today, and it really works! I searched high and low for something strong enough to remove that buildup. I appreciate this video.

Wow, this stuff was a godsend! Maguiars wheel and tire cleaner works amazing on not just wood but also stainless steel, ceramic tile, plastic, and metal! I've never seen anything work as well on thick grease that's been caked on for many years! Definitely a great product and this was an amazingly helpful video. Thank you!

I just want to let you know my house had 26 years of build-up and I've tried everything and nothing has worked but this stuff worked like a charm. Thank you so much I can be proud of my oak cabinets once again!

This product is AWESOME!! I have a house that is 75 yrs old and the 2 previous residents did nothing to keep it clean. I've tried at least 12 products to help.. THANK U SO MUCH FOR THIS! U saved me so much scrubbing work!! 💋💋💋

GAME CHANGER!!! We bought a fixer upper as well. Short of replacing the cabinets, which isn’t an option, I was stumped. This is exactly what I was looking for when I googled ‘how to clean and restore kitchen cabinets’. You’re right, in other cabinet videos the cabinets aren’t even dirty...compared to what I’m working with!!! Thank you for sharing.

You are a genius!!! I'm soo glad I found this....right before the holidays!! Thanks a million for sharing!!🙏🏽

ghostses I tried your tire cleaner tip and OMG! I ended up cleaning my range hood, filters and greasy back splash and wow, it was quick and fabulous. I sprayed the cleaner on the filters in the trashcan, used plastic shopping as gloves and a back drop for quick disposal of the greasy trash. Thanks so much for sharing your tip. It inspired me to keep on cleaning and my kitchen is so pretty and cheerful again. Thank you, thank you, thank you!

This is the best video on the net I've found. Thank you for taking the time to make this you've helped thousands!

I have GOT to say, HANDS DOWN, this is the BEST video I have seen in the history of FOREVER!!! I have a house that's over 100 years old and MOST of the moldings is still original, including some around the kitchen! This video is a GODSEND! Thank you so much!

Thank you so much for sharing and for all the warnings. I am in a 34 year old rental, in the degreasing stage before I degloss and paint my cabinets. The insides were all rough particle board too, so I had to vacuum the insides, paint on a thick layer of wood glue, sand them and vacuum again before I start to clean. It’s been very tedious and challenging to figure out how to do this for the first time, but I’m hoping I will be satisfied with the results. I’ll be sharing a tutorial/review of the methods and products as soon as possible and I will include your video to advise people with the same issue. I was originally planning on tackling this with zep citrus degreaser as the amount of grease is less, but I wanted to double check and see if there was a better product to start with. Thanks again, this information is priceless. - Sue

You are a lifesaver. Meguires is incredible. Thank you so much for finding this gem and for taking the time to make this video and posting it. I have been trying many different products over the years and this one is the answer. And there's very little effort. Thank you again.

I used this stuff on some very heavy greased cabinets and I would like to thank you for the tip. Very helpful.

Used this in a rental unit it works. You just saved me thousands in new cabinets! Thank you

Thank you GOD for pointing thia video out to me. This is exactly how my kitchen cabinets look. I hope to find this product at Wal-Mart this evening.

I am so thankful I found this video. I have been restoring my parent's home that was built in 1972 and I sure can relate to the horrible greasy grime build up from years of neglect. My Mother is 89 now and continues to cook so know you understand. Like you, I had tried many products and the TSP took off the stain and varnish which is another issue I have to fix so if you know any companies that mix stain to match aged wood/varnish, I am interested. Meguiar's is so easy and for a bonus I found out the hardware on my cabinets were brass so cleaning them as I go. Feels like a new kitchen.

You have NO idea how much time and money you saved me!! My parents (in their 70s) moved into a home where the previous owners were disabled. There was at least 30 years of yuck on the kitchen cabinets and my mom asked me to refinish the cabinets. My siblings had scrubbed and scrubbed but couldn't get them clean. I had actually stripped a few of the panels when I found this video. My husband and I actually took the doors to a do-it-yourself carwash and made a dent in the grease then used a different brand name than you did here and cleaned them completely!! I then used mineral spirits to show my parents what all would look like with poly and they thought it was gorgeous. So aside from staining what I had stripped and some spot staining on worn areas I only needed to poly. Thank you so much!! ps: I was even able to clean the ceiling grease by spraying the product onto a cloth and then immediately wiping with a damp rag. You, sir, are a genius!

Because of my arthritis I haven't been able to give my cupboards a good scrubbing in a while. Thank you for this video, and saving my hands! 😀

Thank you for your great tip! I too have been struggling with this problem for years... And I just so happen to have a bottle of that exact McGuire's in my trunk.

I have been trying to clean my mom's kitchen cabinets recently by the stove as they have at least a couple decades of oil and grease on the bottom and sides. I've tried baking soda and vinegar, other degreasers and nothing works to the point that everything is removed let alone without a lot of effort. I stumbled across your video this morning and I would've never thought to try something like this. Can't believe how easily it was coming off. Thank you so much. I am going to get some and try it out.

I know this is an older video, but boy is it still relevant!! I'm currently cleaning my cabinets in preparation to refinish. I tried TSP, I tried Dawn dish soap, I tried Dollar Tree's LA Totally Awesome spray cleanser (normally some really good stuff for everyday cleaning) and after watching this video I tried Dollar Tree's version of the tire cleaner. I still found myself scrubbing and not getting very much grease off of the cabinets. The results using this Meguiar's is night and day, AMAZING STUFF!! I was going thru 6-8 shop towels with each application to wipe away over a decade of build up, it got so much oil off the cabinets! I can't thank you enough for making this video, it's made a very labor-intensive chore actually enjoyable to do!

Did he say I was cleaning my wife’s closet the other day!!! God Bless him!

Oh my word! I just tried this. It works. I even took down a couple of my 1970s door pulls. They were sticky caked in grease. Sprayed this on there, cleaned with a toothbrush and the grime that came off! They probably hadn't been cleaned since the cabinets were built. Thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I am thankful for your video. We used this product tonight. I am usually embarrassed to have company but not this year!! Wow.

👍 Thank you for producing a video with such excellent content, editing and photography. It is extremely helpful to know what products you had tried (which many of us are probably familiar with) because it gives us a frame of reference for its power. I also really liked the fact you explained each step. I use toothpicks and barbecue skewers to get into some of the narrow angles. The close-up at the end was outstanding for showing the results. Thanks again for sharing your knowledge and experience.🥂

Thank you, great video! I have a cleaning business and own a few rentals, this information will save me time and money! I’m including this product in my cleaning caddy immediately!

Thank you, thank you, thank you - please never take this video down! It's 2018 and your tip just saved me a ton of work!

I needed this video so thank you for taking the time to post it and sharing your labor saving discovery. I've got 31 year old cabinets and they need the same treatment prior to refinishing. One thing I just discovered about refinishing cabinet doors and furniture is that you can use a baking soda blaster to remove the finish without having to chemically strip or sand the old finish off. Unlike blasting with sand, grit or glass beads a soda blaster does not damage the wood, it just removes the finish. Stain is another story though...

U can't even imagine how thankful I am right now.this stuff is magic.my cabinets over the microwave clean like nobody business. I am so thankful.keep it up

Wow. Thank you. I usually use rubbing alcohol on a monthly basis, but for heavy grease I love your idea.

Apparently you DO know how difficult it is to find something to clean old cabinets. I am going to have to paint mine because there is damage to the cabinets but I didn’t want to paint over the gunk. You have made my day, thank you!

Holy Smokes, that is fantastic! I am trying to clean 60-year-old kitchen cabinets that are disgusting and don't respond to anything. I am going to buy this today. This is a wonderful video. Great idea with the ruler. These cabinets I am working on have never been cleaned before. Thank you, thank you, I can't wait to try it!!

You may want to contact Meguiar's and show them your video. They may send you some product to try on other things. It's not just good for "tires and wheels" anymore. LOL You're a clever and determined man, I admire that in a guy.

Thank you! It really does works. The cabinets I worked on, were years, of built on Grease.

Thank you so much for sharing; we are moving and wanted to leave this rental spotless and this will help us. Thanks!

SO THANKFUL for you. I’m working on renovating some kitchen cabinets in an old farmhouse we bought and this is the only video I’ve found that’s been helpful!!! I’ve tried everything on these gunked up cabinets and nothing budges it. I can’t wait to get to town to buy some of this!

Best video by far on cleaning grimy cabinets. My cabinets do not go to the ceiling so I put things on top of them for decoration. I decided to change the items up there and was grossed out by the amount of grease that had accumulated up there. I tried all kinds of cleaners like, Dawn, Murphy Oil Soap, Degreaser and so on. AMAZING ! YOU'RE A GENIUS !

I love his understated comments: "You can see how tasty this is." Also his voice has an authoritative quality that makes me trust him. I'm hitting Auto Zone this afternoon! I'm in a rented apartment that was built 16 years ago and the cabinets have 16 years of crud on them. It's disgusting and no amount of elbow grease has done anything to help the situation. I do have one tip to help w/kitchen cleaning. I bought the cheapest toothbrushes with the stiffest bristles and keep one next to my dish sponge. Perfect for getting dried milk/cream out of the thread at the top of a bottle/jar, cleaning small or narrow spaces too small for a sponge or dishcloth, or even getting at the inside if a narrow bottle neck. You get the idea. Perhaps you can find more uses for my tip! Now, back to my cruddy cabinets! How tasty!

My cabinets are beautiful, dirty and about 15 years old... nothing worked until.... YOU CAME ALONG!! My cabinets look and feel squeaky clean, thank you!!

Thank you so much!! This worked AMAZINGLY. I was able to clean all the kitchen cabinets, some of which were really bad, with just one bottle that cost me under $5. This is the most helpful video on this subject. Thanks again for sharing.

We inherited a house that had decades of grease, cat hair, and grime on the cabinets and stove. We thought we were going to have to rip them out until I came across your video. Thank you so much for sharing this! You saved us thousands! Thank you, thank you, thank You!

I have exactly the same cabinet doors to clean, and it's been about 3 years since I last cleaned them. I used LA's Totally Awesome cleaner purchased from the dollar tree. It was the only product I found that works, and it will do just about the same job as this product but only costs $1. It also works well for removing the grime and grease from atop the refrigerator and range hood.

Just want to thank you for this sharing this. I brought numerous products trying to cleanup the my grease cabinets left from previous owner. Nothing works and it was bother me so much. I found your channel and went out to brought the same product to try and It works like a charm. No more greasy sticky residues.

This is exactly what I was looking for! I am cleaning a kitchen that has many years of grease and grime and is so bad that nothing is working. I'm headed out now to pick up some of this. I bet it will work great on the black grime by the door knobs on the doors too! Thanks for posting this video

" hope this helps someone"... Amen! Have the same 80s oak cabinets & the grease buildup is astonishing! Thank you!

Wow!!!! Just wow!!! Thank you so much for sharing! 🤗

My tenant has just left the house I rent out and I wasn't looking forward to cleaning the kitchen before reletting the house. Saw this video and decided to give it a go. It has worked brilliantly cutting through the grease on the top of the cupboards, and saved so much time. Thank you.

Ran right out...bought the only bottle they had.........it WORKED beautifully!! Bless you....Thanks soooo much.

thank u so much , this is the best video i have ever seen for cleaning the cabinet

Thank you so very much for sharing this you have literally saved my hands and probably saved me from getting carpal tunnel I have tried everything thank you again so much

Thanks for saving me lots of frustration. I've tried so many products. This is an amazing solution to a big headache.

Those cabinets look good! I have that product here right now got some other ideas for it now! Thanks for the share!

I'll bet that would be an awesome solution to cleaning the exhaust hood over the stove! Thank you so much for sharing this!

I'm going to get some and use it on my fan filter for the stove! I can never get that stuff off properly. Thank you!!

Holy Cow! I am so impressed. I use this product on my car. I would never have thought about cabinetry. Thank you Thank you Thank you Thank you Thank you.

We did my grandmothers whole three bedroom house, that includes kitchen and bathroom with a product called greased lightening. It was amazing. We left it on long enough to pull the varnish since we were redoing it completely. I love learning about "new" ways and products that make life simple. Thanks, I'll be adding this to my list.

Amazing!! I have several investment properties and most times I was replacing cabinets due to grime not damage. This could save me thousands literally!

Just wanted to say THANK YOU for sharing! Worked AWSOME in my kitchen!

Thank you for sharing. This is amazing information which I’m putting to use this weekend. Thanks again.

Gotta love a man who wants things to be this clean!!!!Most wouldn’t care or wouldn’t even notice!!!Or they’d just pitch them and buy new rather than relentless trying to clean what you have!!!!THANK YOU SOOOOO VERY MUCH!I cannot wait to get this!

Thanks ...helpful information .. Without a whole lot of yapping.. 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

Awesome Orange works as well. I used it to clean the gummy gunk off knotty pine cabinets and oak floors in a 60 year old home with original finishes prior to applying a fresh coat pf poly. Just spray on a heavy application and wipe off. $1 per bottle at Dollar Tree in Florida.

It amazes me how often some of the most obvious remedy's are right in front of us who would have every thought that a wheel and rim cleaner would do this kind of magic on kitchen cabinets!!! Good Job! and thanks for sharing this!

Great tip. Thank you! I would rather have a root canal than try and clean greasy cabinets! I had a rent house once where the tenants fried everything they ate. Had to just replace all the cabinets before we could lease it again. There was no getting that stuff off. Wish I had known about this.

I wish I knew about this when I had oak cabinets (like the one in the video)! This is amazing. I couldn’t even pry the built up grease off mine. I doubt if it could have been sanded off. I’ll say it again - this is amazing!

Yes! Thanks so much for this moved into house built in 1901. Baseboards,doors,trim, total grease for like 100 years,lol. Gonna try this!

Saw this a while back and should have used it then . This works amazing !!!! Nothing was getting this grease off in this kitchen . Wow is all I can say and Thank You . Very much appreciated .

Your cupboards look exactly like mine!! Mine are made of Oak from 1955 when my house was built. I have been living here for 20 years and have tried everything under the sun (almost) to clean them and nothing worked. I can’t wait till the spring when I can open my windows to try this. Thank you for this great tip!

WOW! You just let me go back to sleep. This has kept me stump on how to clean some kitchen cabinets we're working on. Thanks for the share! You just made my life much easier. Just picked up tire brightener from the rental property which we will try out also. Your the best! You sound like someone i know who is JD from Tennessee. God Bless!

Best cleaning advice ever found.

I'm going to try this product. Got to go and buy it straight away. Infact not only the cabinets need it even the back splash. Thanks for sharing!!!!

Thank you so much for posting this I actually at first couldn't find the Maguire's so I purchased another brand and it didn't work you definitely have to get this exact stuff. It's actually kind of miraculous how it works so good. A thousand thank yous!

Good info. I'm the same way about wearing gloves. All of the chemicals I've handled over the years and nothing has burned my hands off yet

I was really expecting a "use baking soda, vinegar, and a whole bunch of elbow grease." video. Thanks for a great solution. I will definitely try it.

Thanks for sharing! We also rehab homes, and have seen some shocking filth... we will definitely be using this method!

Awesome! I thought I was the only one using auto products on furniture. I once cleaned some tar & nicotine from danish furniture with engine degreaser. I started with the mildest cleaners and worked my way up to the degreaser. They thought I was nuts, but it didn't even ruin the beautiful finish. Apparently the previous owner was a very heavy smoker! Great job!

"ogee profile..." I KNEW you were a woodworker! LOL!

Thanks for sharing. It almost looks effortless.

Wow! We just bought a 30 years old fixer-upper with cabinets which look exactly like yours -- both in color, and in accumulated dirt and grease! I wish I had seen your video 2 months ago -- it would have saved us a lot of work! Thanks for sharing!

I cannot tell you how much I appreciate this video! Thank you soooooooo much!

Thanks for sharing, Mister.

I'm sorry that I can only 'like' this video once. Thank you for the info, I'm going to be doing a kitchen redo next spring and this will help immensely.

I, too, have tried everything on a house built in the early 60's and nothing has worked. You can imagine the grease and grime buildup on the cabinets. I will definitely try this. Thank you!!

Used to own rental properties. Wish I had known about this technique for removing thick grease back then. A real time saver.

This product is amazing. I just cleaned cabinets in an old house that probably haven't been even wiped down for over 20 years. The cabinets look amazing and the finish was not damaged. Thank you for making this video!

I'm gonna use this on my stainless steel range hood. I've cleaned it well, but there is a very thin layer of polymerized grease that I can't get off no matter what I've tried. My hunch is that this stuff will do it. Thanks for the help.

Awesome, I'm glad I stumbled across this video. Been looking for something that's effective!

Thanks for your reply, I know I couldn't believe it myself when I moved in but this location in the city is in big demand so there's only shut up and deal with it .I did get some nice shelf paper but this oil is on the backs of all the cabinet doors and inside ,all the controls on stove, dishwasher, intercom and the thermostat I cleaned that and by the time the gunk was off the printing was off it .The stuff you used looked great no damage from heavy cleaning really amazing also I went looking today to find the cleaner but I think it might be at home depot.You sound like a good landlord :)

You're a lifesaver! Thank you!

✴🍻Cheers!!! Thank you, Mr. NOTHING WORKED, THEN I FOUND YOUR VIDEO👍👍 Lolll* You are a FANTASTIC LIFESAVER💯❗ Sincerely, Colleen✌*

Very much appreciate you sharing such a fantastic discovery! Can only hope when Meguires comes out with a "new" product for cleaning cabinets you will receive the royalty checks!

Wow. This is one of the best videos I've ever seen on YT. Thank you! I liked that you mention things you've already tried, and that you thoroughly describe the process you go through, without any waffling on, like a lot of You tube channels. I just rang Supercheap Auto to check we can get it in Australia. It has a slightly different name, but it's in the same bottle. I use lots of Meguiars products, but none of their tyre products. I've subscribed to your channel and I'm v keen to watch your other videos. PS You've solved the problem as to what to buy my car-mad cousin for his birthday, too!

The fats has oxidised into polymers. Basically, you had the same problem as you would have if you removed dried oil based paint. In oil colour, they choose oils that oxidise fast and add oxidisers, that make them dry (oxidise) faster. Given enough time, many fats present in foods, or used in frying, oxidise. Linseed, sunflower and olive oil is used in oil colours as is, rapeseed (canola) and cotton oil can be used as an ingredient after some treatment (like heating). In caveman times, animal grease was used as a binder in cave paintings, but since it can start smelling and dry to slow, it has been less popular when other alternatives are available. So, any method used to remove old oil colour work, when you have to remove old grease from a kitchen. Problem is that you may remove the underlying varnish and paints as well. Also, with traditional (oil based), varnishes and paint, the grease may be chemically bound to the surface. One possible alternative is simply to polish the surface, like you would when you oil treat wood, or use egg-oil tempera colours on wood surfaces. The grease remain, but if you are lucky, you might get rid of the stickiness (fats that is only partly oxidised, or doesn't harden when fully oxidised) and get a nice, satin shiny and durable surface. If the polishing is successful, it leaves only the fully hardened polymers and also closes the pores on the surface, and creates a surface that is easy to clean of any new filth.

...you answered a prayer today!!!..much love🧡

Sir, I have never been this entertained in my life. Thank you.

Awesome. My project this coming weekend. Thank you