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cleaning foil off an electric stove burner
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So my roommate was heating something on top of foil on top of our electric stove burner. The foil ended up melting onto the burner. Any ideas on how to get it off? We've tried reheating it so it's easier to clean off but with no luck. Thanks. |
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cleaning foil off an electric stove burner
On May 7, 4:02 am, ahmed wrote:
Hi, So my roommate was heating something on top of foil on top of our electric stove burner. The foil ended up melting onto the burner. Any ideas on how to get it off? We've tried reheating it so it's easier to clean off but with no luck. Thanks. Oven cleaner will chemically attack it, but a few weeks of use will burn it off without any oven cleaner. A little bit of scraping will help. The outside of the coil is insulated from the power but I would still turn the burner off while scrapeing. |
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cleaning foil off an electric stove burner
"ahmed" wrote:
Hi, So my roommate was heating something on top of foil on top of our electric stove burner. The foil ended up melting onto the burner. Any ideas on how to get it off? We've tried reheating it so it's easier to clean off but with no luck. If you can just live with it, I'd leave it alone. But maybe you're in a rental situation and will be charged for getting it fixed. Heating a burner without anything on it shortens its life, so that's not the best idea. You can get new coil burner elements relatively cheap. They'll cost between $15 and $50 depending on the brand of stove, and they are relatively easy to replace. There's a ton of places on the net that sell them, but be prepared to put in the stove model number to get the right part. If you have a repairman come out to replace it, it's probably going to cost $100. Often you'll find coil burner elements in hardware stores. Most stoves use one of two types, a universal type and a GE (and Hotpoint) type. If the burner is not a coil type, all bets are off. -- wff_ng_7 (at) verizon (dot) net |
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cleaning foil off an electric stove burner
Well, it's actually not on the coils themselves. The stove has a
glass top which is where the foil melted onto.... On May 7, 9:02 am, "wff_ng_7" wrote: "ahmed" wrote: Hi, So my roommate was heating something on top offoilon top of our electricstoveburner. Thefoilended up melting onto the burner. Any ideas on how to get it off? We've tried reheating it so it's easier to clean off but with no luck. If you can just live with it, I'd leave it alone. But maybe you're in a rental situation and will be charged for getting it fixed. Heating a burner without anything on it shortens its life, so that's not the best idea. You can get new coil burner elements relatively cheap. They'll cost between $15 and $50 depending on the brand ofstove, and they are relatively easy to replace. There's a ton of places on the net that sell them, but be prepared to put in thestovemodel number to get the right part. If you have a repairman come out to replace it, it's probably going to cost $100. Often you'll find coil burner elements in hardware stores. Most stoves use one of two types, a universal type and a GE (and Hotpoint) type. If the burner is not a coil type, all bets are off. -- wff_ng_7 (at) verizon (dot) net |
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cleaning foil off an electric stove burner
"ahmed" ...
Well, it's actually not on the coils themselves. The stove has a glass top which is where the foil melted onto.... Try using a razor blade (the single-edge kind that come in a box of 5 or 10 or so) to scrape it off. I get everything off with those and keep a sharp one right there. Tomes |
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