I spent my morning cleaning the coils of my air conditioner in hopes that she will make it just one more year. I bought a foam spray specifically for this purpose and it worked wonders.............well, sort of. You were supposed to spray it on the coils and let it work for a few minutes and then, with a spray bottle, spray it off. Well, I tried this method, but it was taking WAYYYYY too long and apparently my air conditioner was WAYYYYY too dirty for such common methods. So, I did the only rational thing I could think of and dragged the hose from out front all the way through my house. This might sound a little drastic to some, but I was at the end of my rope. I attached an adjustable nozzle to the end of the hose to maintain water flow to a minimum, I lined the wood floor with towels, then trays and on top was a big bucket. I was really, really nervous about doing this, but I figured I'd already come this far...................and beside I'm a Bergen...................I'm creative. Was I seriously going to spray a hose inside my house? Yep, that's exactly what I did! Even though only a tiny bit of water was allowed out of the nozzle, the pressure was exactly right. It was AMAZING!!!! Who knew that much yucky stuff was trapped inside those beautiful silver coils? I had no idea that their original color wasn't black. Kirk helped me dump bucket after bucket of dirty, filthy water until it eventually ran clear. I wiped everything down and stuck a fan inside the A/C closet until everything was completely dry. Since I was already soaking wet from letting the hose spray me more than the coils, I did the only logical thing and cleaned both bathrooms top to bottom. I'm a comet girl myself and don't know how I'd make it through one cleaning job without comet w/bleach an a scotch brite pad. So, off I went with my comet and green pad. I cleaned everything, including the floors with it. I'm pretty sure that you could literally eat off of my bathroom floors, walls, toilets(why would I even write this?) and sinks. I highly recommend doing this atleast once a month. It not only leaves your bathrooms spotless, but only takes off the top layer of skin on your hands and leaves them oh, so smooth.
So is the a/c working better after all that work? I know we've done it on window a/c units and had good results. I usually break out the bottle brush that has fine bristles and give that a try too.
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