Do you always have to deal with leftovers that have burned into your stove after cooking? You can save your ceramic hob in no time with the following home remedies.
Anyone who cooks at home knows this problem: No matter how carefully you handle the pan, grease or food scraps almost always splash onto the stove and leave burnt crusts. It is particularly important to proceed with care when using a ceramic hob - because the surface can easily become scratched if you approach it too roughly or with the wrong cleaning agents.
Therefore, you should try the following natural means :
How to clean your ceramic hob with crust from soda
You will most likely have everything you need to clean your cooker in the house: you only need two tablespoons of baking soda , a dash of water and a little vinegar . Mix all the ingredients together into a paste and spread the mass over the hotplate with a rag. Add another shot of vinegar and let it sit for about five minutes.
Then wipe the plate with a scouring pad. You will find that the stubborn crusts have no chance against your cleaning mix.
However, please note : As effective as this method is, you should not use the trick too often. The mixture could attack your ceramic hob and leave unsightly marks on the surface. For the very coarse dirt that accumulates over time, this method is good. You can also choose to omit the vinegar.
Fittingly : If you follow this tip, there is no more crusty pans.
Home remedies baking soda: This is how the ceramic hob becomes sparkling clean
Baking soda not only makes your cake look good, it also cleans your baked ceramic hob. Simply mix two teaspoons of the powder with 100 milliliters of water into a paste and pour it onto the affected areas on the stove. After waiting an hour, the dirt can be easily wiped off with a dry cloth.
Dishwasher tablets let your ceramic hob shine again
Instead of baking soda, dishwasher tabs are also suitable for cleaning the hob. To do this, dissolve a tab in lukewarm water until a paste is formed . Spread this evenly over the entire ceramic hob and let it work for a quarter of an hour. Afterwards, use a wet sponge to remove the paste and dry the hotplate with a cloth.
Vaseline's insider tip: How to clean and maintain your ceramic hob
Most people know petroleum jelly to treat the skin - but the cream also works wonders on the ceramic hob. Simply put a swab of it on a cloth and rub it on the baked crusts. You will see that after a few minutes you can easily wipe them off with a cloth.
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However, petroleum jelly is not only suitable for cleaning dirt, but also for maintenance. After you have cleaned your stove with one of the tips, simply apply a little petroleum jelly on kitchen paper and spread it over the plate. After a short exposure time, polish with a soft cloth and your ceramic hob is equipped with a fine protective layer . The petroleum jelly ensures that grease and dirt are no longer so easily attached to the surface - and even if they are, they can be removed more easily.
Tip : It is best to use this tip when the ceramic hob is still a bit warm. Then the method works particularly well.
What does scouring milk bring with burnt-in fat & Co.?
Many swear by scouring milk when cleaning the ceramic hob. Stubborn stains should be particularly easy to remove - and that is also true. But just as often, the product can leave unsightly scratches on the sensitive material . Therefore, if you want to be on the safe side, you should rather resort to a gentle home remedy.
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White spots on the ceramic hob: where do they come from and how do I remove them?
Sometimes strange stains appear on the hob and you don't really know how they came about. For example, it sometimes happens that white residues form on the surface. The reason is as follows:
The white spots are usually lime , which is created by very hard water, which has evaporated on the ceramic hob. If the hob is then heated again, it will bond firmly to the surface. In addition, simply rinsing off the residues with water is not enough - special cleaners are needed.
You can buy a wide range of ceramic hob cleaners that remove the white residues very well. But if you prefer to stick to the home remedies, it is best to follow the next tip.
Home remedies: Clean your ceramic hob with citric acid
Halve a lemon and rub the cut surface over the residues and incrustations that tend to form after cooking. Allow the acid to act for at least 30 minutes, or better an hour, and then wipe the ceramic hob clean with warm water.
Heavily baked ceramic hob: This tip helps with stubborn stains
Some stains can be removed easily - others in turn require a little more effort. For example, milk or absorbed rice or potato water burns particularly strongly into a ceramic hob . The first method would be to remove the residues with a special ceramic hob scraper. Carefully scrape off the incrustations from the stove so that no scratches occur.
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But if that doesn't help either, try a damp cloth, which you can soak in detergent and put on the stain. Leave the rag on it for a night and let it work. The next day, carefully use the scraper to scrape off the incrustations and then clean the plate as usual with household remedies.
Cleaner & home remedies: How to deal with scratches in the ceramic hob
Regardless of whether you use pots or pans - a ceramic hob rarely remains intact with constant use. It's a good thing that there are special polishing pastes in specialist shops with which you can easily polish them out. Alternatively, a normal toothpaste can be used, which you put on the affected areas, rub in and then clean.
Here you can also read how to get rid of scratches in wooden furniture.
Also interesting : You don't have to throw out squeezed lemons - the peels are extremely useful and can be used again.
By Franziska Kaindl
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