primitives discuss cleaning range hood

[franksolich]

http://www.democraticunderground.com/115737097

Oh my.

spinbaby (11,208 posts)    Thu Jan 9, 2014, 09:24 AM

Ugh, cleaning range hood

Has anyone found a better way to clean a range hood? I'm chipping away at the gunk this morning using 409 and one of those steamer gadgets.

<<<have discovered the easiest way to have a clean range hood is by using the range as little as possible, maybe no more than one or twice every three or four weeks.

But one supposes the primitives, being gluttons, have to use the stove every day.

cbayer (126,933 posts)   Thu Jan 9, 2014, 01:02 PM

6. Can you remove it?

If you want to avoid those horrible caustic chemicals, soaking in boiling water will give you a big head start.

Warpy (73,651 posts)    Thu Jan 9, 2014, 02:50 PM

7. I think Windex works better than 409

because the Windex contains ammonia, a grease buster.

That square of metal filter should wait until hot weather, sprayed down with ammonia and left in a black plastic garbage bag in the sun. It's the only way i know how to clean those without stinking up the house.
 
At least you have a hood. I don't in my 1946 kitchen.

Oh now, Ms. Hindenberg, the defrocked warped primitive, is just advocating wasting money.

A bottle of Windex costs $3.99; a same-sized bottle of plain old ordinary ammonia costs 57 cents.

Why didn't she just recommend ammonia, instead of this diluted stuff that costs more?

spinbaby (11,208 posts)   Thu Jan 9, 2014, 07:17 PM

8. No filter.

My hood has a kind of squirrel-cage arrangement that spins the grease out into a metal box that can be put into the dishwasher. At least they told us it can be put into the dishwasher--the finish is coming off the metal box and now it rusts. I wound up waxing it with paste wax to deal with the rust after I ran it through the washer. The hood itself got a going over with something called Krud Kutter, which was recommended by a guy at Lowes. It seemed to work reasonably well without stinking up the joint. The squirrel cage had a lot of fuzz and crud on it, which mostly came off after a spray of Krud Kutter and a going over with the steamer.
 
We have a brand called Vent-a-Hood (http://www.ventahood.com), which claims to be easy to clean. I like that it's a really powerful vent fan, but easy to clean it's not. I clean it twice a year and it's torture every time. I honestly think it would be easier to just have a filter that I can run through the dishwasher every week than to try to clean that squirrel cage arrangement.

[Mike220]

Gasoline and a match. Easy and works every time.

[DefiantSix]

I generally find that not wallowing like a pig in your own slop - AKA clean it up as you use it and it never gets that disgusting in the first place - works miracles in my kitchen, DUmbassess. YMMV, of course.

[franksolich]

I generally find that not wallowing like a pig in your own slop - AKA clean it up as you use it and it never gets that disgusting in the first place - works miracles in my kitchen, DUmbassess. YMMV, of course.

That too.

[Purple Sage]

I generally find that not wallowing like a pig in your own slop - AKA clean it up as you use it and it never gets that disgusting in the first place - works miracles in my kitchen, DUmbassess. YMMV, of course.

^^^^^^^^^ This. 

[Bad Dog]

It claims to clean it twice per year.  Unless this is a restaurant, no way it could get that cruddy in just six months, more like six years.

[franksolich]

It claims to clean it twice per year.  Unless this is a restaurant, no way it could get that cruddy in just six months, more like six years.

It's a primitive kitchen, though.

If a primitive's cooking, it's possible it gets that cruddy in a week.

[BlueStateSaint]

All of the suggestions have merit--because it's a primitive we're discussing (Mike's "gasoline and a match")

[JohnnyReb]

Gasoline and a match. Easy and works every time.

My first thought too....I'm gonna have to start reading these threads when they first show up if I'm gonna get my snark in.

[Tucker]

Asking any of the 5,000 members how to clean anything is a wasted effort.

[BannedFromDU]

     If it's THAT dirty, which seems impossible given their alleged low-fat, mostly raw food diets, then the solution is tedious but obvious: disassemble, place on newspapers in the garage or outdoors, and apply oven cleaner. Wait, rinse, scrub, repeat if necessary.

     And then don't let it get so dirty next time.

[Bad Dog]

     If it's THAT dirty, which seems impossible given their alleged low-fat, mostly raw food diets, then the solution is tedious but obvious: disassemble, place on newspapers in the garage or outdoors, and apply oven cleaner. Wait, rinse, scrub, repeat if necessary.

     And then don't let it get so dirty next time.

Casting swine before pearls.

[BannedFromDU]

Casting swine before pearls.

     My cleaning advice applies to the DUmmies themselves, as well as their kitchen appliances.

[BattleHymn]

     My cleaning advice applies to the DUmmies themselves, as well as their kitchen appliances.

H5.  Nice touch.

[Bad Dog]

     My cleaning advice applies to the DUmmies themselves, as well as their kitchen appliances.

I think Mike's advice might be more appropriate or, in any case, entertaining.

[Mike220]

     My cleaning advice applies to the DUmmies themselves, as well as their kitchen appliances.

So does mine...