how to clean the hob

zippychick

ive merged this with our thread on cleaning the hob

Zip

pamsdish

Fairy Power Spray ,I use it as an oven cleaner it`s brilliant

mjannetta

Try using a spray bottle with white vinegsr mixed with water on the slightly wa
rm hob

rosie383

I have been reading through this thread but still haven't seen a post that will help me. We got a second hand cooker last night, the only one we could find in our town.
The grill and oven are pretty clean and I suspect have rarely been used. The hob however is a different story.

It is a gas hob and thankfully it is black or it would look even worse than it does! The racks that the pots sit on have a layer of crusty black stuff. Not greasy, more as if it is years of baked on stuff. There is also a lot of cooked on stuff around a couple of the gas rings.

I have tried Astonish on a scrubber. No joy.

I sprayed with some oven cleaner stuff and left it on overnight. Not the really fumey strong stuff. Hasn't had any impact.

After leaving the spray overnight I have scrubbed this morning with a brillo pad. Tiny effect.

Ended up scraping at it with a butter knife which is working but only a tiny bit at a time so it would take days to clear it all.

I shelled out £4 for a box of Oven Pride last night without reading the box as I was in a hurry. I'm going to return it as I haven't even opened it as the instructions say it is not to be used on any part of the hob. Grrrr. Oven is clean so it is no use to me.

So help please. The man who sold us the cooker last night very helpfully told my DH that you can get some strong chemical stuff to clean it with so now I am expected to know what it is. So far I haven't found anything that says it is suitable for a hob.

ljonski

Ended up scraping at it with a butter knife which is working but only a tiny bit at a time so it would take days to clear it all.

How about a wall paper scraper?

rosie383

Thank you. I think that will help but I really need something to soften the baked on stuff that is on there to make it easier to scrape off.

Has anyone gone against the advice on the box and used any of the strong oven cleaners on the hob? I would love to put the hob rack things in a bag with the strong chemical stuff but don't know what would happen to them. Not too worried about making them dull or whatever, as anything would be an improvement!

ljonski

https://www.wundercleans.com/how-to-clean-burnt-stains-from-a-gas-hob/

rosie383

Thank you ljonski. Better than harsh chemicals. I need to go and find white vinegar now and more bicarb as I have used them all up.