DIY & Crafts

Save money and have fun doing things yourself

  • Home
  • Repurpose
  • Crafts
    • Cricut
    • Kids
    • Paper
    • Winter
  • Holidays
    • Valentine’s Day
    • Easter
    • Halloween
    • Christmas
  • Fashion
    • Sewing
    • Beauty
    • Hairstyles
  • Gifts
    • Baby Shower
    • Father’s Day
    • Mother’s Day
  • Homemade
  • Home
    • Furniture Makeovers
    • Lifehacks
    • Decorating
    • Organization
    • Parenting
    • Gardening
    • Health
  • Food
    • Recipes
  • Knitting & Crocheting

Fed Up With Your Grimy Stove? Here’s an Easy Way to Deep Clean the Grates

March 28, 2015 By Elisabeth Kruger 6 Comments

Fed Up With Your Grimy Stove? Here’s an Easy Way to Deep Clean the Grates..When it comes to cleaning your stove—and more specifically, your stove grates—the very best tactic is to get cleaning immediately after use. That’s in a perfect world, of course, but in reality, we all lead pretty hectic lives. After a busy day at work, followed by grocery shopping and cooking, it’s understandable that the last thing on our “Want to Do” list is cleaning. I’d much rather get comfy on the couch with a glass of wine and enjoy my favorite series.

So what happens when you leave it a bit too long? All that food and grease really gets stuck on there, and with each time that you use the stove after that, it just burns and gets even more impossible to remove. When all the elbow-grease and cleaner in the world just doesn’t seem to help, use this handy trick instead to save yourself some frustration, time and cursing at an inanimate object.

All you need to do is place your stove grate in a large Ziploc bag, put some ammonia in a spray bottle, and spray the grate generously. Seal the bag and move it around a bit so that the ammonia really gets everywhere. Then you simply place it upside-down and forget about it until the next morning. When you take it out the next day, you’ll be surprised to see how little effort you need to put in to scrub that black stuff off; a few wipes here and there and your grate will be looking good as new.

Similar Project:  DIY Trick for Quickly and Easily Removing Household Mold

Take Note: When ammonia comes into contact with oxygen it turns into a gas that can be very harmful when inhaled; keep yourself safe by wearing rubber gloves and doing the spraying outside or in a properly ventilated area. And make sure that Ziploc bag is sealed properly so that the gas doesn’t escape.

Tutorial by DIY Super Mom Youtuber.

2.0K shares

Subscribe to Blog via Email

Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

Join 11,998 other subscribers

Comments

  1. La Neita says

    July 21, 2015 at 4:25 pm

    The problem here is that some grates are double the size and not split for each burner, but go over two of the burners. What do you suggest to put the large grates in, since they won’t fit into the zip lock bag?

    Reply
    • Sabrina says

      October 12, 2015 at 2:42 am

      What about a vacuum seal bag. They come in multiple sizes.

      Reply
    • Lorraine says

      October 28, 2015 at 2:25 am

      The instructions included with my new stove say to put the oversize grates into a large plastic garbage bag, put the cleaner into the bag and shake it all around the grates, close the bag tightly, and leave overnight. (To seal it well, you can use duct tape.) Use scissors the next day to open the bag.

      Reply
    • Heather says

      October 29, 2015 at 11:26 pm

      ZipLock is now making plastic bags of various size to store pillows & blankets & the smaller type are reasonably priced and could be washed/rinsed & stored until the next time your grates need cleaning again!

      Reply
  2. sylvana Meli says

    October 13, 2015 at 12:15 am

    I use the fume- less oven cleaner to remove encrusted dirt.
    I use it especially for all my aluminium shelves and dishes as
    they don’t go into the dishwasher and it works perfectly.

    Reply
  3. GRISELDA GARCIA says

    December 26, 2015 at 5:30 pm

    HI GUYS I WOULD APPRECIATE IF YOU CAN ADVICE ME WITH TIPS FOR A VERY CLEAN BATHROOM..FLOORS AND KITCHEN…WE BOUGHT A HOUSE AND WE TRYING TO KEEP IT SO NEAT AS WE CAN…ESPECIALLY BECAUSE WE HAVE PETS
    3 DOGS 3 CATS…LOVE YOUR ADVICES ❤️❤️❤️?

    Reply

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

Search

Subscribe to Blog via Email

Recent Projects

Easy DIY Old Blue Jeans Coaster Tutorial

Easy Woven Denim Placemat Tutorial

DIY Upcycled Denim Sandals Tutorial

Easy Denim Rag Wreath Using Upcycled Jeans

Pages

  • About Us
  • Be Featured
  • Contact Us
  • Email and Push Notification Subscriber Settings.
  • Privacy Policy
DIYnCrafts.com is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to amazon.com, amazon.co.uk, amazon.ca and amazon.com.au.

Copyright © 2022 DIY and Craft Projects and Collections

2.0K shares
  • 283