On 1/4/2011 11:54 PM, David Nebenzahl wrote:
On 1/4/2011 4:49 PM spake thus:

On 1/4/2011 4:15 PM, bob wrote:

I'm trying to clean the grease off the range hood. Even using a
"pro 409 degreaser" (main ingredient is 2-butoxyethanol), the dried
and sticky grease still isn't coming off easily.

Is there an even heavier duty grease cleaner?

Fantastic and mineral spirits (NOT MIXED) work well, and the m.s.
probably is less damaging especially to painted surfaces or glass. A
razor blade scraper for really heavy gunk - toothpicks or wood skewers
work nicely for the built-up stuff in edges and corners.

Ugh: all good, except for ixnay on the razor blade scraper. Why should
you have to scrape grease? It won't be hardened like it will on a range
top; after softening with solvent (mineral spirits, etc.), you should be
able to just wipe it off.


Well, depending on it's history and previous cleaning, there could be
gunk in corners or along moldings....lots of globbies can hide on the
underside of a range hood....razor blade scrapers are my favorite tool
....good for built-up grease, stuff burn onto inside of oven window,
paint splatters, cutting a smooth edge on windows painted by shaky
hands, etc. I ruined two ranges before I figured out that lye was pretty
bad for appliances. When I repainted my 35 y/o range hood, I used the
razor to make a quick job of cleaning it - it was worn through the
original paint in places, so there was no damage to be done. Some
Rustoleum primer and enamel in my handy Preval sprayer made it look like
new.