how to remove burnt plactic from my electric hob??

stephan1e_2

hi i have just had a minor fire start (i have no idea how) and now my hob has all burnt plastic on top of it any suggestions on how to clean it would be gratefully received many thanks

savingmummy

What kind of plastic was it?

Let the plastic cool and harden. Then simply peel it off.
Any residue should just come off with normal cleaner but extra elbow grease.

stephan1e_2

it was freezer bags, carrier bags and cookie wrappers
what cleaner do you recommened?

McKneff

Would heating it up and making it claggy and scraping if of work.

Careful_with_that_Axe

Oh dear. I left my phone handset on the top of the hob once and managed to melt it. I got as much of the hard plastic snapped off and then heated it to claggy stage and scraped off residue and then got set with a scourer and elbow grease. It came up quick well in the end.
If you are going to heat it to get it off, do open all windows as the fumes it gives off are awful.
Good luck.

Callie22

I use Hob-brite on my hob. I have no idea what the previous owner of the house was cooking on there but it was covered in plastic, grease and heaven only knows what. I picked off what I could and then used Hob-brite on the rest, and it's slowly bringing the worst off. I think too that you can buy special 'non-scratch' scrapers.

Savvy_Sue

We had a little accident at work yesterday: we have a cooker which isn't often used, it has those round solid electric rings on top. So sometimes things get left on top because we need a prep space for assembling food bags.

The oven was needed, so someone switched it on without realising there was a plastic storage box on top. Which melted.

Fortunately we 'caught' it before we had a real fire on our hands, but we are left with some plastic residue on the electric rings.

So, how do we make sure we've got it ALL off, safely, without risking a lot of toxic smoke and smells next time we use the rings? Or, indeed, the oven?

bluebag

If its's the old type spiral rings, these are not massively expensive to replace. Takes about 10 mins for any electrician and the spare rings are about a tenner each.

donny-gal

One of the razor blade scraper thingies you get with some ceramic tops will do the job, getting as much as you can off, then maybe warming the ring to soften any left and scrape again. DG

Savvy_Sue

Thanks. They are solid rings, but probably not too hard to replace at a pinch. We have got most of it off, with a blunt knife so far, and the gentle warming is probably the next thing to do!

bluebag

Just a mad thought, but would brown paper and a warm iron like you do for candle wax work ? maybe get a little more off in a gentle way.