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There is no doubt that going on a picnic can be a fun and enjoyable way to spend one's lazy Saturday or Sunday. While picnicking is all fun and games, there's a serious aspect to keeping your food cold and edible. Picnic coolers can make all the different when you're taking a picnic on a hot summer day.

After you have spent an afternoon under the hot sun, you're probably ready to take a shower. Keeping your picnic cooler clean is nearly as important as keeping yourself clean. After all, you'll be putting your food into it again and you don't want to store your food in something that isn't clean.

There are benefits to keeping picnic coolers clean. First of all, if your cooler is clean, mold and mildew can't grow inside of it. Getting rid of mildew is nearly impossible, so why risk allowing it to grow in the first place? Secondly, your food stays clean. You would never eat off of a dirty plate, right? So, why would you store your food inside of a space that is dirty? Lastly, if your cooler is clean, it will smell good. Mildew can cause a space to smell horribly and you'll most likely have to just throw the cooler away.

So, how are picnickers keeping their picnic coolers clean? The most effective way to keep it clean is to ensure that it's dry all over. Think about where most picnic coolers are probably stored? Whether it's in the attic, the basement, or the garage, that cooler is going to get hot. The only things that bacteria really need in order to grow are moisture and warmth, so if you can eliminate the moisture factor, you'll just be left with a hot cooler. After you have dried your cooler, wipe it down one more time with a dry cloth and then set it out in the sun. No matter how dry you think your cooler is, it might still have leftover moisture in its tiny cracks and scratches.

Even after you dry your cooler in the sun, you still need to ensure that it is completely clean. You can do that one of two ways. First, you can clean your cooler with alcoholic wipes. They're inexpensive and the alcohol in them will purge your cooler of harmful bacteria. You can also clean the cooler by giving it a bleach bath.

Polly Godwin writes the blogs for "coolers," a North Carolina-based company that aims to share their love of people, nature and life through outdoor living products.