I had a white ceiling fan in a 12x12 kitchen, with only one normal size doorway, no outside exhaust and cooking daily for a family of 5. Needless to say that ceiling fan was a weekly cleaning job.

My kid tried to help once, she lost her balance, grabbed an arm that holds the blade and thank goodness she didn't fall but the arm bent. I said Oh well, one nasty blade down nothing to loose.

I scrubbed that blade until all traces of dirt and grease were gone. A lot of the white paint was also gone. Still having nothing to loose I had a can of no gloss White enamel spray paint left from something else. I had 220 grit sand paper and made sure it was it was smooth then I spray painted it and it looked like new! I did the same to the others and bought a new a set of arms for $12.99 at Home Depot and put the old newly painted blades with new arms back up.

For the next 6 years that we lived there, dusting the blades was easy, stuff just slid off. When they did get dingy looking. Windex and a paper towel and they would be sparkling white again.

I've had the same problem recently. What I tried was cleaning it with Krud Kutter then finishing it with Pledge. The thought process is that if it has slicker blades, perhaps crud won't stick to the blades. We'll see if it works.

I've never heard of Krud Kutter before. Where can I buy it?

Krud Kutter is available at Lowe's or, I believe, Home Depot.