My husband usually cleans up after dinner and often lets the baked on grease stay. So it has built up and no amount of cleaner, organic or chemical, is able to break through. I'm afraid to scratch the surface with a scraper of any sort. I've tried the method of putting the grids (it's a gas stove top with iron grids) into plastic bags with ammonia. It's supposed to work great, but it was cumbersome, smelly, and didn't really work. Plus, I can't do that method on the enamel stove top itself.
So, hit me with your best suggestions. I'm googled out and need personal experience responses because nothing seems to be working.
ooh man!! that would piss me off!! Sorry!!
I would spray Clorox Clean UP on it and let it set for about 15 minutes.
My dad bought this and likes it..
https://www.mycleaningsecret.com/?refcode=1003NTM
I have NOT used it yet. And since my dad lives on the other side of the country??? I haven't seen it first hand...
GOOD LUCK!!
S.-
the mildest possible approach is to use a combination of heat and patience. use a soft bristle brush and dawn dishwashing liquid, apply to the grease spots. then get some tea towels rags or wash cloths and soak them in the hottest water you can tolerate. cover the enamel with these (wet but not dripping). Give it 15 minutes and use the rags to wipe away whatever grease has lifted. Try again.
If you don't have the heart to do it all at once, you can do this every night for several nights and eventually it will come clean assuming he isn't making a pig mess of it all the time.
As for the grids, I lay a towel down in the bath (so as not to scratch the tub) put the grids on top, smear with dawn, and soak in hot water overnight.
Best,
F. B.
I use a general purpose solution of 50% white vinegar, 50% Dawn dish soap, in a spray bottle. When something is built up on the stovetop, saturating it well and letting it sit for a bit usually does the trick.
Our grids fit in the dishwasher, so I wash them. That's technically not the right way to handle it, but a decade of it hasn't hurt them any.
i'm in the dawn/white vinegar camp. it's a magic combo!
khairete
S.
What about throwing them in your self cleaning oven? And tun the self clean cycle. Works wonders for some of my baking sheets that get baked on grease
Doobie scrub sponge and soft scrub with clorox bleach.
Wet surface with hot water. Apply the Soft Scrub. Let sit for five - 10 minutes. Use the doobie sponge to scrup away the grease. Also an old tooth brush will work too for the scrubbing.
Good luck with the cleaning.
Scotch Brite nylon scrubbers work great with a little paste of Dawn dishwashing liquid mixed with baking soda. Then rinse. Glass cook top stoves allow use of razor blade to scrape off baked on residue. My stove came with a razor blade scraper for the glass cook top. Often I use dishwashing liquid and baking soda with the Scotch Brite and it has never scratched.
Is it a glass top? I use softscrub, it works on anything that is built up.
Eta. Sorry just saw you said gas...I would still try the soft scrub.
I'd contact the manufacturer.
I wouldn't use Comet if you think you are going to scratch it.
I absolutely would not use Clorox or Soft Scrub with chlorine bleach anywhere near food surfaces! It's so incredibly hazardous and you do't want to send it down your drain when you're done!
Here's what I found on eHow http://www.ehow.com/how_###-###-####_should-clean-enamel-... I find Dawn dish soap is the best for grease cutting - that's what they use on waterfowl after oil spills, after all!
Ammonia is still the best way to clean the grates. As for your enamel surface, make a paste with water and Comet powdered cleanser. Use a non-scratch Scotch Brite scrubbing pad and the paste. Scrub it in until the gunk is gone, wipe off with a wet cloth and then rinse the cloth and wipe again to get the cleaner off completely. Easy.
Best thing we've found for the grates is to throw them in the oven when we run the self-clean cycle, which reminds me that we're overdue for our "post-Christmas stink up the kitchen while burning all the oven crud" afternoon :)
I saw this on Pinterest and have used it to clean greasy residue in my bathrooms and on my stove and cabinets and microwave above the stove. 1 cup with vinegar, 1 cup water, a few drops of dish soap (any kind). Put that in the microwave until it boils. Put it in a spray or squirt bottle or use a cloth to sponge it onto the area you want to clean. Let it sit for a bit, then sprinkle with baking soda and wipe/scrub as needed. You can increase the amount and put it in your sink and soak the grids in your sink if you want and when done soaking, wipe/scrub with baking soda. This is also good for wiping down grimy woodwork. Good luck!
