Hi,

Not exactly DIY....

I have at last found a valid use for a steam cleaner..... They make a
remarkably good quick job of defrosting fridges and freezers.

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Regards,
Harry (M1BYT) (L)
http://www.ukradioamateur.org

Harry Bloomfield wrote:
Hi,

Not exactly DIY....

I have at last found a valid use for a steam cleaner..... They make a
remarkably good quick job of defrosting fridges and freezers.

I prefer just to use a large fan, and ambient heat.
Set the fan blowing in, and leave it.
No danger of overheating anything.

"Ian Stirling" wrote in message
...
Harry Bloomfield wrote:
Hi,

Not exactly DIY....

I have at last found a valid use for a steam cleaner..... They make a
remarkably good quick job of defrosting fridges and freezers.

I prefer just to use a large fan, and ambient heat.
Set the fan blowing in, and leave it.
No danger of overheating anything.

You can't overheat a fridge or freezer with a steam cleaner. It's an
excellent use for the device - along with many others :-)

I wouldn't be without mine.

Thinks - wonder if it would work on my oven's glass door ... some plum juice
splashed and burnt on last night in an hour or too of distraction!

Mary

On Mon, 15 Mar 2004 23:44:00 GMT, Harry Bloomfield
wrote:

Hi,

Not exactly DIY....

I have at last found a valid use for a steam cleaner..... They make a
remarkably good quick job of defrosting fridges and freezers.

--

Bizarre.

I have frost free refrigeration appliances and use the steam cleaner
for cleaning and in conjunction with an iron. Works great.



..andy

To email, substitute .nospam with .gl

Andy Hall expressed precisely :
Bizarre.

I have frost free refrigeration appliances and use the steam cleaner
for cleaning and in conjunction with an iron. Works great.

The big freezer is some 30 years old and the fridge/freezer about 15
years old. The latter is being replaced this week, hence the need to
defrost it. I have tried lots of ways to try to melt the ice quickly,
fan heaters blowing in through the open door, pans of boiling water
etc.. The steam cleaner was by far the most effective, cutting through
the ice like butter.

It was so effective I decided to have a go at defrosting the big
freezer as well.

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--

Regards,
Harry (M1BYT) (L)
http://www.ukradioamateur.org

Andy Hall wrote
Harry Bloomfield wrote:


I have at last found a valid use for a steam cleaner..... They make a
remarkably good quick job of defrosting fridges and freezers.

Bizarre.

I have frost free refrigeration appliances and use the steam cleaner
for cleaning and in conjunction with an iron. Works great.

They are a useless indulgence. I can't forsee a use for one so I won't
be adding one to my gadget hoard.

Now a small engineering lathe on the other hand ... :-)

Cheers,

Paul.

On 25 Mar 2004 18:50:06 -0800, (Zymurgy)
wrote:

I have frost free refrigeration appliances and use the steam cleaner
for cleaning and in conjunction with an iron. Works great.

They are a useless indulgence. I can't forsee a use for one so I won't
be adding one to my gadget hoard.

I've no idea how anyone manages to get by without an iron!

PoP

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"Zymurgy" wrote in message
m...
Andy Hall wrote
Harry Bloomfield wrote:


I have at last found a valid use for a steam cleaner..... They make a
remarkably good quick job of defrosting fridges and freezers.

Bizarre.

I have frost free refrigeration appliances and use the steam cleaner
for cleaning and in conjunction with an iron. Works great.

They are a useless indulgence.

That depends on your needs.

I can't forsee a use for one so I won't
be adding one to my gadget hoard.

That shows your lack of imagination :-)

Now a small engineering lathe on the other hand ... :-)

You haven't already got one? What are you doing on this ng?

Mary

Cheers,

Paul.

In message , Zymurgy
writes
Andy Hall wrote
Harry Bloomfield wrote:


I have at last found a valid use for a steam cleaner..... They make a
remarkably good quick job of defrosting fridges and freezers.

Bizarre.

I have frost free refrigeration appliances and use the steam cleaner
for cleaning and in conjunction with an iron. Works great.

They are a useless indulgence. I can't forsee a use for one so I won't
be adding one to my gadget hoard.

Now a small engineering lathe on the other hand ... :-)

I think you just missed a good offer from machine mart

A lathe with a mill attachment for £600 +

a good deal in my estimation

--
geoff

"geoff" wrote in message
...
In message , Zymurgy
writes
Andy Hall wrote
Harry Bloomfield wrote:


I have at last found a valid use for a steam cleaner..... They make a
remarkably good quick job of defrosting fridges and freezers.

Bizarre.

I have frost free refrigeration appliances and use the steam cleaner
for cleaning and in conjunction with an iron. Works great.

They are a useless indulgence. I can't forsee a use for one so I won't
be adding one to my gadget hoard.

Now a small engineering lathe on the other hand ... :-)

I think you just missed a good offer from machine mart

A lathe with a mill attachment for £600 +

Spouse paid about £800 for his from Chester so yes, a good deal indeed.

Mary

a good deal in my estimation

--
geoff

On Mon, 15 Mar 2004 23:44:00 GMT, Harry Bloomfield
wrote:

Hi,

Not exactly DIY....

I have at last found a valid use for a steam cleaner..... They make a
remarkably good quick job of defrosting fridges and freezers.

....and cleaning! I use my Earlex on the stove.

MM

In article ,
Mike Mitchell wrote:

...and cleaning! I use my Earlex on the stove.

What about (caked-on) soap residues on the walls
of a shower cubicle? I'd really like to find an
easier solution to that.

--
Tony Williams.

I use my Earlex for cleaning tiles and grout in the shower cubicle.
You can buy a small brush attachment just for that.


"Tony Williams" wrote in message
...
In article ,
Mike Mitchell wrote:

...and cleaning! I use my Earlex on the stove.

What about (caked-on) soap residues on the walls
of a shower cubicle? I'd really like to find an
easier solution to that.

--
Tony Williams.

I've got an expensive Polti, cleans just about anything including: mould on
upv windows and doors, the crud from the back of radiators, cookers,carpets
and soft furnishings, bathroom and toilet, car engine, and I have been using
it to defrost my two freezers for the last 3 years with no ill effects.

Mouse

"Phil Jones" wrote in message
...
I use my Earlex for cleaning tiles and grout in the shower cubicle.
You can buy a small brush attachment just for that.


"Tony Williams" wrote in message
...
In article ,
Mike Mitchell wrote:

...and cleaning! I use my Earlex on the stove.

What about (caked-on) soap residues on the walls
of a shower cubicle? I'd really like to find an
easier solution to that.

--
Tony Williams.

"Tony Williams" wrote in message
...
In article ,
Mike Mitchell wrote:

...and cleaning! I use my Earlex on the stove.

What about (caked-on) soap residues on the walls
of a shower cubicle? I'd really like to find an
easier solution to that.

How do you get that?

Mary

--
Tony Williams.

In article ,
Mary Fisher wrote:

"Tony Williams" wrote
What about (caked-on) soap residues on the walls
of a shower cubicle? I'd really like to find an
easier solution to that.

How do you get that?

It's a Man-Thing.

Absolute and total bone idleness, allowing the soap
residue to build up until it starts to grow things.

--
Tony Williams.

"Tony Williams" wrote in message
...
In article ,
Mary Fisher wrote:

"Tony Williams" wrote
What about (caked-on) soap residues on the walls
of a shower cubicle? I'd really like to find an
easier solution to that.

How do you get that?

It's a Man-Thing.

Absolute and total bone idleness, allowing the soap
residue to build up until it starts to grow things.

I wondered why I didn't get that.

Then I remembered that we don't have a shower cubicle.

I must get out more ...

Mary

--
Tony Williams.

Mike Mitchell wrote:
On Mon, 15 Mar 2004 23:44:00 GMT, Harry Bloomfield
wrote:

Hi,

Not exactly DIY....

I have at last found a valid use for a steam cleaner..... They make a
remarkably good quick job of defrosting fridges and freezers.

...and cleaning! I use my Earlex on the stove.


How good is it for that? The TV ads for the JML[1] steam cleaner imply
that it will remove baked on crud, like you get on a barbeque or oven
shelves.

Parish

[1] I wouldn't buy a JML one, unless someone here recommends then; I
tried their edging roller once - useless with a capital 'U' (although
that appeared to be down to the poor quality of the rollers rather than
the principle).

MM

In article ,
Parish wrote:

How good is it for that? The TV ads for the JML[1] steam cleaner imply
that it will remove baked on crud, like you get on a barbeque or oven
shelves.

Funnily enough, I had planned to ask on here about that after seeing the
add.

We have a rather disgusting cooker hood - is a cheapo hand held steam cleaner
likely to be any use at all for this? And for cleaning the over maybe (could
be a bit radical that suggestion I admit :-))

Darren

No, even my top of the range cleaner will not shift dried cooking oil, have
been advised that evostic remover will shift it but haven't had a chance to
try it as yet.It will shift burnt on fat though
mouse

"dmc" wrote in message ...
In article ,
Parish wrote:

How good is it for that? The TV ads for the JML[1] steam cleaner imply
that it will remove baked on crud, like you get on a barbeque or oven
shelves.

Funnily enough, I had planned to ask on here about that after seeing the
add.

We have a rather disgusting cooker hood - is a cheapo hand held steam
cleaner
likely to be any use at all for this? And for cleaning the over maybe
(could
be a bit radical that suggestion I admit :-))

Darren

"mouse" mouse @nospam .net wrote in message
...
No, even my top of the range cleaner will not shift dried cooking oil,
have
been advised that evostic remover will shift it but haven't had a chance
to
try it as yet.It will shift burnt on fat though

Right, thanks. I'll do it after dinner tonight.

I love using the steam cleaner (a Karcher, a son insisted that I needed one
and for once he was right) - and I'm not houseproud. It's just so efficient
at doing everything I've asked it to that it's like a toy!

Mary

mouse

"dmc" wrote in message
...
In article ,
Parish wrote:

How good is it for that? The TV ads for the JML[1] steam cleaner imply
that it will remove baked on crud, like you get on a barbeque or oven
shelves.

Funnily enough, I had planned to ask on here about that after seeing the
add.

We have a rather disgusting cooker hood - is a cheapo hand held steam
cleaner
likely to be any use at all for this? And for cleaning the over maybe
(could
be a bit radical that suggestion I admit :-))

Darren

Parish wrote in -
berlin.de:



How good is it for that? The TV ads for the JML[1] steam cleaner imply
that it will remove baked on crud, like you get on a barbeque or oven
shelves.

Parish

Rubbish - the only thing my steam cleaner's good for is fridgr and freezer
defrosting; to be fair it's brilliant at that, but rubbish at stoves.

Best so far for the stove:-

Fairy Power Spray

mike r

On Tue, 16 Mar 2004 19:46:42 +0000 (UTC), mike ring
wrote:

Parish wrote in -
berlin.de:



How good is it for that? The TV ads for the JML[1] steam cleaner imply
that it will remove baked on crud, like you get on a barbeque or oven
shelves.

Parish

Rubbish - the only thing my steam cleaner's good for is fridgr and freezer
defrosting; to be fair it's brilliant at that, but rubbish at stoves.

Best so far for the stove:-

Fairy Power Spray

What's all this about steam not being a boon for cleaning stoves?!!
It's brilliant! You just go over the greasy bits (yeah, I know I'm
supposed to clunk-clean after every trip) with the jet nozzle, leave
for ten minutes to soften and then attack with Flash liquid or the new
Cif equivalent. Fairy Power Spray is as weak as horse-****. I'm
convinced these manufacturers have a large tank from which they just
fill lots of differently shaped and coloured bottles and sprays, so
that we end up buying half a dozen with basically the same fluid in.
We love buying cleaning stuff, don't we! Big business, methinks.

MM

"Mike Mitchell" wrote in message
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On Tue, 16 Mar 2004 19:46:42 +0000 (UTC), mike ring
wrote:

Parish wrote in -
berlin.de:



How good is it for that? The TV ads for the JML[1] steam cleaner imply
that it will remove baked on crud, like you get on a barbeque or oven
shelves.

Parish

Rubbish - the only thing my steam cleaner's good for is fridgr and
freezer
defrosting; to be fair it's brilliant at that, but rubbish at stoves.

Best so far for the stove:-

Fairy Power Spray

What's all this about steam not being a boon for cleaning stoves?!!
It's brilliant! You just go over the greasy bits (yeah, I know I'm
supposed to clunk-clean after every trip) with the jet nozzle, leave
for ten minutes to soften and then attack with Flash liquid or the new
Cif

Why did they change the name? What was wrong with Jif? It meant something
....

equivalent. Fairy Power Spray is as weak as horse-****.

Actually, horse **** is powerful stuff.

I'm
convinced these manufacturers have a large tank from which they just
fill lots of differently shaped and coloured bottles and sprays, so
that we end up buying half a dozen with basically the same fluid in.
We love buying cleaning stuff, don't we! Big business, methinks.

I don't. I like the steam cleaner.

And horse ****.

Mary

MM

Mike Mitchell wrote
mike ring wrote:
Parish wrote


The TV ads for the JML[1] steam cleaner imply that it will remove baked
on crud,

Rubbish - the only thing my steam cleaner's good for is fridgr and freezer
defrosting; to be fair it's brilliant at that, but rubbish at stoves.

Best so far for the stove:-

Fairy Power Spray

Fairy Power Spray is as weak as horse-****.

"Flash spray with bleach" is your friend here. Espaecially in a blokes house ... ;-)

Cheers,

Paul.

On Mon, 15 Mar 2004 23:44:00 GMT, Harry Bloomfield
wrote:

Hi,

Not exactly DIY....

I have at last found a valid use for a steam cleaner..... They make a
remarkably good quick job of defrosting fridges and freezers.

--

Yes...I always had my doubts about these steam things until I borrowed
a steam walllpaper stripper. It was so good I bought one . It's great
for getting stains out of the carpet too. By detaching the flat
plastic tray thing from the end of the pipe there are loads of extra
uses, even without buying the proper accesories. I wouldn't recommend
cleaning your face with it though.

norm

On Wed, 17 Mar 2004 22:42:43 +0000, norm wrote:

On Mon, 15 Mar 2004 23:44:00 GMT, Harry Bloomfield
wrote:

Hi,

Not exactly DIY....

I have at last found a valid use for a steam cleaner..... They make a
remarkably good quick job of defrosting fridges and freezers.

--

Yes...I always had my doubts about these steam things until I borrowed
a steam walllpaper stripper. It was so good I bought one . It's great
for getting stains out of the carpet too. By detaching the flat
plastic tray thing from the end of the pipe there are loads of extra
uses, even without buying the proper accesories. I wouldn't recommend
cleaning your face with it though.

No, it does get awfully hot. I have scalded my fingers on several
occasions. After a while it doesn't hurt so much...

MM

Mike Mitchell wrote in
:


No, it does get awfully hot. I have scalded my fingers on several
occasions. After a while it doesn't hurt so much...

MM

I get that with my steam cooker, which I love.

I'm used to putting in and taking out while it's working, - it's ok if
you're quick.

But if you've got the bowl in there for rice or similar, the exhaust is
concentrated and directed round the sides od the bowl.

It really doesn't pay even to stir the contents without great caution and
Acriflavin..


mike r