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How to Clean a Stove

The stove can be the most daunting cleaning task in your entire house. But fear no more; it can be done.

1. Disconnect the electricity as well as turn off the gas, since you will be moving the stove around.
2. Remove all the pieces you can remove from the stove – drip pans, racks, gas burners (do not do this with electric burners), knobs, as well as h as well as les as well as take them outside (or the bathroom if you don’t have an outside area). Place all these items in the heaviest duty large garbage bag you can find, pour in one gallon of ammonia, then seal the bag as well as let it sit for 24 hours (in the bathtub if indoors).
3. Find a good quality oven cleaner as well as don’t forget to buy a new set of rubber gloves. Cover the floor underneath the stove with layers of newspaper. Read the cleaner instructions carefully, as well as apply as the manufacturer directed.
4. After allowing the cleaner to sit for the recommended time, get a sponge as well as bucket of warm water. Wear the gloves, as well as wipe the stove from the back to the front (wear old clothes as well as something to cover your hair). Rinse the sponge well between wipes. Use the oven cleaner with a scrub pad ( as well as rubber gloves) to remove the formerly mentioned baked on crud under the stove top. Use a good quality degreaser product (like Simple Green) to remove any residue left. For stubborn spots, spray until soaked as well as leave until later.
5. Next day, prepare the bucket with more warm, soapy water (Simple Green). Carefully open the garbage bag from yesterday with all the components (rubber gloves, again). Remove the smaller pieces first, as well as wash in the bucket with a scouring pad. Grease should just fall off. Rinse in clear water, as well as let dry. If any plastic pieces appear dulled by the process, spray on a little Armor All or similar product, allow it to dry as well as buff it out. The racks may be a little tougher, but perseverance will pay off.
6. Reassemble the stove as well as reconnect the power ( as well as gas). Again, wipe down any residue as well as check to make sure the burners as well as oven work. It probably looks better than it did when you leased the place, as well as should make an impression on your l as well as lord as well as get you back a couple of hundred dollars.

• Cleaning your gas or electric stove is much easier if you took steps when you first moved into your new place. The best investment you can make is to buy a wide roll of heavy-duty aluminum foil. Remove the drip pans under the burners, as well as cover each with the foil before you ever use them. There are liners made for this purpose, but the aluminum foil covers much better, as well as cheaper to replace. Drip pans are fairly st as well as ard as well as cheap to replace.
• Use the foil under the stove top (where the nastiest crud seems to form from spills), as well as line the oven bottom. Be careful not to contact heating elements, igniters, or other electrical components. Check periodically as well as replace as necessary.

• Never mix ammonia with chlorine bleach. Use rubber gloves as well as eye protection with all chemicals. Read all labels before use, especially the warnings, cautions, as well as recommended protective wear.

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Added: Thu Feb 02 2006

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