How do I clean the gas stove handles?

Cooker is the very first assistant in cooking. Whether it is gas, induction or electric, this household equipment is operated by us every day. In the process of exploitation of a popular household appliance many housewives are wondering how to clean the handles of the gas stove, because it is to them that we touch to control the power of the hob. In fact, removing the contamination from these regulators is not as easy as it seems at first. The usual detergent does not dissolve fat, and the sponge becomes dirty and sticky when applied, but does not remove dirt from the handles. And what do we do, how to wash the handles off the gas stove? Right now we'll figure it out.

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The first thing that our hands touch, if we want to turn on the cooker, its pens. At the same time, we do not particularly care about the cleanliness of hands, we turn on or turn off the appliance at any time we need. Very often, the switches get fat, dust, water and other contaminants, which when dried, form an unpleasant plaque of dirt.

If you notice a strong contamination of the regulators, before you clean the handles at the gas stove at home, you need to find out whether they are removable or not, and then start washing them. You can determine this by pulling the handle head toward you:

• If it is easily removed, then - the elements are removable.
• In case when the regulator stayed in place with the applied efforts, you faced a monolithic construction.

Important! To avoid electric shock, before cleaning the electric cooker, it must be disconnected from the mains.

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Cleaning the removable handles:

1. If your handles are removed on your electric or gas stove, you do not need much work to clean them from dirt. Remove all switches from the plate and take them to the bathroom. Put the water in the pelvis hot, and put all the objects that you removed from the plate.
2. To obtain the desired effect, you will need a variety of detergents. You can use washing powder, laundry soap, dishwashing detergent or special composition for removing fat. In hardware stores you can buy a huge amount of various household chemicals, which is designed to clean greasy soiling. All these funds will be quite effective, but before you clean the handle from the plate from the fat, dip them into the solution for 10-15 minutes.
3. After some time, remove the switches from the pelvis, rinse off with mud under a stream of warm water. If dirt has fallen into hard-to-reach places or to small elements, then to remove it you can use an old toothbrush.
4. Rinse the switches in clean water, dry, then they will be ready to be installed in their usual place.

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Wash of non-detachable handles

When wondering how to clean the handles of a gas cooker, if they are not removed, it is necessary to understand that it will be sufficient to surface them, since we can not get inside the monolithic construction. It is worth noting that mud is also very difficult to penetrate there.

If the regulators are very heavily contaminated, first a mass wash is necessary, and then a spot wash:

• Handle the handles with a detergent for the stove, which usually removes the fat deposits on the stove.
• Incubate for 10 minutes, and remove the major layers of contamination.
• The next step is the dotted handle processing. With the help of a toothpick, gently pull the dirt out of the crevices and grooves. With a soft cloth, preferably soaked in a detergent, wipe the handles.

Important! For additional disinfection it will be just fine if the selected cleaning agent contains chlorine.

• Cotton swabs can be carefully cleaned difficult places.
• After all cleaning procedures, clean the front panel and gas stove handles with a clean rag and plain water.

Your plate is now ready for use again.

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How to clean the handle of a gas stove from fat folk remedies?

Today, a large number of gels, solutions, powders and other cleaning agents are sold in household chemistry stores with which you can effectively remove grease and dirt from any surfaces. The price of these miracle funds is high enough, but full guarantee that the chemical composition will help to wash the handles, no. Before you spend a lot of money, try the folk remedies that can cope with the pollution is not worse than the detergents purchased in stores.

Vinegar

You can use vinegar to clean the removable handle of an electric or gas stove. This acid is most likely found in almost every kitchen, besides, it can not only remove strong contaminants, but also remove an unpleasant odor, and further disinfect surfaces.

To obtain the desired effect, follow the following cleaning instructions:

1. Remove the handles and place them in any enameled pan.
2. Pour 1 liter of water and 250-300 ml of vinegar into the container.
3. The resulting solution bring to a boil, leave in this state for 10 - 15 minutes.
4. Drain the liquid, cool the handles, rinse them in warm clean water, while removing the debris from the toothbrush.
5. After drying the regulators will look like new ones.

Important! Acetic acid can be replaced with lemon juice.

Ammonium alcohol

It turns out that amniotic anise drops, which can be purchased in almost all pharmacies, are not only an excellent cough remedy, but they also will well help remove strong impurities from the handles of kitchen stoves and other household appliances.

Important! If you do not have such drops near your hand, you can use pure ammonia, diluted in water in a one to one ratio.

To achieve the desired cleansing effect, follow the following recommendations:

1. Wash the bristle or sponge in the medicinal composition.
2. With gentle, even movements, clean all handles.

Important! With not very strong dirt, you can use cotton pads or chopsticks, which need to be moistened with their anisovo-ammonia solution, and with it, remove from the contaminated sites an unpleasant plaque and fat.

Lemon juice

When choosing a method how to clean the handles on a gas stove, pay attention to freshly squeezed lemon juice, which dissolves virtually any dirt. To achieve the desired result, it should be used according to the following instruction:

• Squeeze the juice of one lemon.
• Prepare an unnecessary toothbrush.
• Brush the lemon juice into the lemon juice and thoroughly clean the surface of the plate regulators at the contamination sites.

Important! If the surface of the switch is very many small, non-washable, fatty points, then the brush after treatment with lemon juice should be lowered into baking soda and gently rub the problem area.

• To completely clean the handle, alternately dab the brush into the lemon juice and water, thoroughly wipe the contaminated surfaces. The resulting reaction helps dissolve dirt.

Important! To wash off the sticky lemon juice and the leftovers of soda, at the very end of the handle wash with a clean sponge and water.

Soap dispenser

A saturated soap solution made from household soap will also help to clean the handles on the stove from greasy and sticky dirty stains.

On a small grater, grind 50 grams of laundry soap, mix it with 100 ml of boiling water, wait until the soap swells and dissolves.

Important! If you have removable regulators on your stove, they should be soaked in soapy water for the night, and after about 8-10 hours thoroughly wipe with a sponge, rinse abundantly in clean water. Fixed handles are cleaned with the hard side of the kitchen sponge, soaked in soapy water.

After cleaning, the pens are wiped with a damp, clean cloth and allowed to dry completely.

Wet Wipes

Sometimes, to clean not heavily soiled handles, it is sufficient to wipe them with wet wipes. Many moist wipes that effectively remove contaminants include castor oil and citric acid. This is a gentle cleansing method for both the gas stove handles and your hands.

Use the wipes according to the following instructions:

1. Wrap a wet wipe on your finger.
2. Thoroughly clean the contaminated surface.
3. Change the cloths as they become soiled.
4. After cleaning, wipe dry with a clean cloth.

Important! To clean the handles of the gas cooker, you need to choose only one of the cleaning methods, rather than combining them. This is especially true for folk methods, because the chemical reaction can be unpredictable.

Try to wipe the stove handles after each cooking, then they will not accumulate dirt, and your household appliance will always be in perfect order and cleanliness.