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What's the heaviest duty kitchen grease cleaner?
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? |
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What's the heaviest duty kitchen grease cleaner?
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? Ammonia water, detergent, and alcohol work pretty well, at least when I mix them up myself. You could always try simple green, which works pretty well also. Beyond that, lye or mineral spirits. Jon |
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Jon Danniken wrote: 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? Ammonia water, detergent, and alcohol work pretty well, at least when I mix them up myself. You could always try simple green, which works pretty well also. Beyond that, lye or mineral spirits. Jon The "purple" industrial degreaser (Zep found at Depot, among others) is very heavy duty and works very well. I strongly recommend wearing nitrile gloves when using it unless you like to dissolve your hands. It took the heavy grease buildup off a Hobart commercial mixer in seconds flat when other cleaners wouldn't even touch it. |
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On Jan 4, 4:11*pm, "Pete C." wrote:
Jon Danniken wrote: 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? Ammonia water, detergent, and alcohol work pretty well, at least when I mix them up myself. *You could always try simple green, which works pretty well also. Beyond that, lye or mineral spirits. Jon The "purple" industrial degreaser (Zep found at Depot, among others) is very heavy duty and works very well. I strongly recommend wearing nitrile gloves when using it unless you like to dissolve your hands. It took the heavy grease buildup off a Hobart commercial mixer in seconds flat when other cleaners wouldn't even touch it.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - It is also pretty good dissolving soot buildup on glass fireplace doors. |
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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. What's the hood made of? |
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I've had some success with simple green, or with oven
cleaner. Ideally, you can unscrew the hood, take it outdoors. Spray it generously with oven cleaner. Wait five minutes, rinse. In the outdoors department is power washer, might work. -- Christopher A. Young Learn more about Jesus www.lds.org .. "bob" wrote in message b.com... 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? |
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In article .com,
"Pete C." wrote: The "purple" industrial degreaser (Zep found at Depot, among others) is very heavy duty and works very well. Yep. That ****'ll take the spots off a Zebra. Wait ...I mean, uh ... |
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On 1/4/2011 2:11 PM Pete C. spake thus:
Jon Danniken wrote: 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? Ammonia water, detergent, and alcohol work pretty well, at least when I mix them up myself. You could always try simple green, which works pretty well also. Beyond that, lye or mineral spirits. The "purple" industrial degreaser (Zep found at Depot, among others) is very heavy duty and works very well. I strongly recommend wearing nitrile gloves when using it unless you like to dissolve your hands. It took the heavy grease buildup off a Hobart commercial mixer in seconds flat when other cleaners wouldn't even touch it. Instead of using strong strong caustics to cut the grease, I agree with the previous poster: just wash it off using solvent. Either paint thinner (mineral spirits) or naphtha (like charcoal lighter, close enough for gov't work). Of course, you'll need "adequate ventilation" and all, but it will simply soften and dissolve the grease, allowing it to be wiped away. After that, of course, you'll need to use a strong cleaner to remove the last of it, but you'll be able to get 90% of it easily with solvent. Oh, and don't try lacquer thinner, acetone, etc.: while that'll work great, it's overkill, and is bad stuff (give me headaches). Stick to safer oil-based solvents. -- Comment on quaint Usenet customs, from Usenet: To me, the *plonk...* reminds me of the old man at the public hearing who stands to make his point, then removes his hearing aid as a sign that he is not going to hear any rebuttals. |
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What's the heaviest duty kitchen grease cleaner?
On 1/4/2011 3:15 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? if it's stainless, then ezoff oven cleaner. and not that lo-oder crap. if it's aluminum or painted, then i don't have a suggestion. -- Steve Barker remove the "not" from my address to email |
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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. |
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What's the heaviest duty kitchen grease cleaner?
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? Hot water and washing soda (not baking soda) and a plastic scrubby is next. Then full strength sudsy ammonia. Next is non-lye (amine) spray oven cleaner. The strongest is lye or caustic oven cleaner (same thing.) These may not be good for the enamel paint. -Bob |
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What's the heaviest duty kitchen grease cleaner?
On 2011-01-04, 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? Wow! 409 is the monster of degreasers, IMO. If the grease is so old and dried, etc, move up to Easy Off oven cleaner. Make sure there is no exposed alum, as EO will etch it away. For ss and enameled surfaces, it will do the trick. If not, buy new hood or call in a sandblaster! nb |
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On Jan 5, 11:38*am, notbob wrote:
On 2011-01-04, 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? Wow! *409 is the monster of degreasers, IMO. *If the grease is so old and dried, etc, move up to Easy Off oven cleaner. *Make sure there is no exposed alum, as EO will etch it away. *For ss and enameled surfaces, it will do the trick. *If not, buy new hood or call in a sandblaster! * nb * I luse Greased Lightning. HB |
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Mean Green
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On Wed, 5 Jan 2011 12:18:16 -0800 (PST), Higgs Boson
wrote: On Jan 5, 11:38Â*am, notbob wrote: On 2011-01-04, 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? Wow! Â*409 is the monster of degreasers, IMO. Â*If the grease is so old and dried, etc, move up to Easy Off oven cleaner. Â*Make sure there is no exposed alum, as EO will etch it away. Â*For ss and enameled surfaces, it will do the trick. Â*If not, buy new hood or call in a sandblaster! Â* nb Â* I luse Greased Lightning. Never tackled a range hood, but first thing that came to mind was Goop or Go-Jo, which I use to clean my hands of all sorts or automotive grease. But maybe it won't work on dried vegatable/meat oils. --Vic |
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What's the heaviest duty kitchen grease cleaner?
"bob" wrote in message b.com... 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? Get yourself a steam cleaner, they replace an infinity of elbow grease and chemicals. I recommend getting the biggest water tank possible, saves time waiting for the unit to cool down so you can refill it and then heat up the water again. |
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Higgs Boson wrote in
: On Jan 5, 11:38*am, notbob wrote: On 2011-01-04, bob wrote: I'm trying to clean the grease off the range hood. Even using a "pro 40 9 degreaser" (main ingredient is 2-butoxyethanol), the dried and sticky g rease still isn't coming off easily. Is there an even heavier duty grease cleaner? Wow! *409 is the monster of degreasers, IMO. *If the grease is so old and dried, etc, move up to Easy Off oven cleaner. *Make sure there is no exposed alum, as EO will etch it away. *For ss and enameled surfaces, it will do the trick. *If not, buy new hood or call in a sandblaster! * nb * I luse Greased Lightning. HB I never thought you to be a luser. |
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On 1/5/2011 2:33 PM, David Nebenzahl wrote:
On 1/5/2011 5:15 AM spake thus: On 1/4/2011 11:54 PM, David Nebenzahl wrote: On 1/4/2011 4:49 PM spake thus: 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.... Well, that's why [insert name of deity here] made toothbrushes, to have old ones around for getting gunk out of corners. If it were me, I'd really rather not be scraping the metal surface of my range hood with a razor blade. (It's true that they're great on glass, as you say, so they're good for getting hardened gunk off oven doors, etc.) Steel wool with m.s. also works well...gotta balance the potential damage against how badly the stuff is caked on. |
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LART!
-- Christopher A. Young Learn more about Jesus www.lds.org .. "Red Green" wrote in message ... I luse Greased Lightning. HB I never thought you to be a luser. |
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On 1/5/2011 3:50 PM, Vic Smith wrote:
On Wed, 5 Jan 2011 12:18:16 -0800 (PST), Higgs Boson wrote: On Jan 5, 11:38 am, wrote: On 2011-01-04, 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? Wow! 409 is the monster of degreasers, IMO. If the grease is so old and dried, etc, move up to Easy Off oven cleaner. Make sure there is no exposed alum, as EO will etch it away. For ss and enameled surfaces, it will do the trick. If not, buy new hood or call in a sandblaster! nb I luse Greased Lightning. Never tackled a range hood, but first thing that came to mind was Goop or Go-Jo, which I use to clean my hands of all sorts or automotive grease. But maybe it won't work on dried vegatable/meat oils. --Vic Dried oil is basically varnish...think linseed/oil paint. |
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On Tuesday, January 4, 2011 at 3:11:23 PM UTC-7, Pete C. wrote:
Jon Danniken wrote: 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? Ammonia water, detergent, and alcohol work pretty well, at least when I mix them up myself. You could always try simple green, which works pretty well also. Beyond that, lye or mineral spirits. Jon The "purple" industrial degreaser (Zep found at Depot, among others) is very heavy duty and works very well. I strongly recommend wearing nitrile gloves when using it unless you like to dissolve your hands. It took the heavy grease buildup off a Hobart commercial mixer in seconds flat when other cleaners wouldn't even touch it. Does "purple" Zep work on walls (near the range) without damaging the paint? |
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On Tuesday, January 4, 2011 at 3:11:23 PM UTC-7, Pete C. wrote: Jon Danniken wrote: 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? Ammonia water, detergent, and alcohol work pretty well, at least when I mix them up myself. You could always try simple green, which works pretty well also. Beyond that, lye or mineral spirits. Jon The "purple" industrial degreaser (Zep found at Depot, among others) is very heavy duty and works very well. I strongly recommend wearing nitrile gloves when using it unless you like to dissolve your hands. It took the heavy grease buildup off a Hobart commercial mixer in seconds flat when other cleaners wouldn't even touch it. Does "purple" Zep work on walls (near the range) without damaging the paint? Greased lightning, mean green, dawn, Castrol Super Clean. Greg |
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Get a product called Goo Gone Kitchen Degreaser . It is a clinging foam and has no harsh ingredients. You need a bit of elbow grease too but it is a very good product. If you got interested, check out the reviews on it and other kitchen degreasers here https://productadvisor.com/best-kitchen-degreaser/ . I recently had to clean a kitchen up that had not been cleaned for years (not mine) and this product was all I needed.
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Oven monster is the strongest stuff I have ever found and I have tried a lot of them. Just make sure you wear gloves and have adequate ventilation.
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