If the extractor hood is no longer working properly, you can use a household remedy to clean it quickly and easily.
That's how it's done.
Kassel – It makes the air in the kitchen clean and fresh: the extractor hood sucks up the vapors that are produced when cooking.
As a result, not only does the smell spread significantly less, but water vapor and fat are drawn out of the air.
But with long or intensive use, components from the vapors are deposited in the extractor hood.
The result: the hood can no longer work properly in the long term or even has to be replaced.
But you don't have to let it get that far, because the extractor hood can be easily cleaned at home.
You don't even need chemicals or vigorous scrubbing.
Instead, a simple household remedy that is part of the standard kitchen equipment for many people helps: baking powder.
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The extractor hood filter can be easily cleaned with baking soda.
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Cleaning the extractor hood: Baking soda loosens dirt and grease
As the name suggests, many people know baking powder as a leavening agent.
As such, it works through the sodium bicarbonate it contains.
Carbon dioxide is produced when it reacts with water and heat, as
budgetjournal.net reports.
This not only ensures fluffy cakes and muffins, but can also be used in a variety of ways around the house.
The baking soda contained in baking powder is a real miracle cure in the household, especially for cleaning fat.
In order to use it to clean the extractor hood,
Ökotest
recommends using it as follows:
First, the extractor hood filters must be detached from the bracket.
The filters are then placed in the sink and sprinkled with a packet of baking soda.
The sink is then filled with hot water until the filters are covered.
The water should ideally be boiling hot.
The filters now remain in the sink for half an hour, during which time the fat dissolves.
Finally, the filters are rinsed with clear water and reinstalled in the holder.
Cleaning with the home remedy works so well because the fat-dissolving reaction of the baking soda is enhanced by the heat.
This is how the filter of the extractor hood can be cleaned easily and without much effort.
It's not just the extractor hood that gets clean again with baking soda
When the extractor hood is clean and fully working again, other kitchen items can also be cleaned with the baking soda.
An example is the stove, because a ceramic hob can also be cleaned with baking soda.
This home remedy can even unclog a clogged drain.
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