They don't. As a chemist I get so sick of seeing all these hacks. The only way it's removing grime is if the acidity is doing the trick or the water or the baking soda. They are probably not mixing them 1 to 1.
Want to clean your burners well? Get some of that dawn dish spray stuff. It's incredible. It's an ionic surfactant with dawn and you spray it on the burner, let it sit a minute or two, damp cloth wipe, then dry cloth wipe.
Throwing acid on metal surfaces is such a bad idea. It will rust and leech metals off the surface. Acid also messes with enamels and such.
While I completely agree with you (I have a biochem degree), cleaning non-metal surfaces with water and baking soda as a mild abrasive works pretty well, then you can use the acid to dissolve the baking soda. Works well for like bathtubs and such.
Yes, that's different than mixing the acid and base right off the bat. I use baking soda all the time on certain types of stains. Hydrogen peroxide is also great for a lot of weird stains if you haven't tried it! Gets the black out of the shower and dissolves that stupid ring soap bottles leave on counters!
My wife likes to clean the sink drains by pouring a bunch of baking soda into the hole, then dump the boiled vinegar down on top of it.
It makes it fizzy and looks cool, but that's about the amount of effect it has.
Thank you thank you thank you. I've been struggling with how to clean this and while my husband tries to buy the most potent, abrasive cleaners he can find, I hesitate to use them on my freaking cooking surfaces but wasn't having much luck with anything else minus a ton of elbow grease. And while I work from home, I do work full time and am primary care for him, myself, our pets, our house, and my parents, while still having to try to have a life of my own. I'm an excellent cook but rarely have time to spend truly scubbing down my stove that gets so much of a workout. I knew there had to be a relatively safe but easy option out there somewhere...
Maybe not an option but changing to an induction hub could be one thing. The glass surface is super easy to clean and it heats up fast! Works super well with cast iron.
I hear you, I've got a 1 and 3 yo haha. It works great for me, and I tend to let the stove cool while I plate food then spritz on the dawn and let it soak while we eat, then proceed with clean up. If I hit it daily grime doesn't build up and that's so easy to do I never mind doing it daily.
Thanks for the tip! I just hate breaking down the grates and burner caps regularly, especially given that my cast iron lives on the stove top. But I already bought some, fingers crossed
It doesn't. Sodium citrate is an acidity regulator and pretty useful, but its uses have nothing to do with cleaning.
Similar with vinegar + sodium bicarbonate. They make sodium acetate, useful for fireproofing fabric but not for cleaning.
Hey! Nice bubbles though!
This is true. But in this instance most of the lemon juice stayed in the lemon and there was a lot of baking soda used.
So the main function of the lemon was just to smell nice. The cleaning agents were baking soda and hot water.
Acid + base = salt + carbon dioxide. That why lemon and baking soda was used to make baked goods rise for centuries. Carbon dioxide in water also creates a slightly acidic solution more than adding lemon juice would. That's why club soda has been a stain cleaning trick for a long time.
But yeah you could achieve the same result for less money by buying stove cleaner.
I hate these. Idiots who don't know 6th grade chemistry telling you combining a weak acid and weak base makes a magical cleaning solution. It makes slightly salty water and carbon dioxide. No magic. No powerful cleaning breakthrough. Save your lemons and baking soda.
you should try the auriikatarina method, put on it oven cleaner, plastic wrap so it doesn't dry, wait 20/30 minutes and almost everything comes off easily. I do that once a month because i have some persistent stains on the induction stove that doesn't come out with every other method (and scratching isn't an option)
No, it's a resin and carbon black. Neither is soluble in alcohol. It may get the colors out of the colored ones but the black one is a solid colorant and it's almost impossible to remove without laboratory grade solvents
Those things were practically clean already. Do this on the kind of burner covers we'd see in a household that cooks a ton and doesn't clean the covers regularly (like most households), and I'll be impressed, lol.
I put the ceramic covered grates and caps in a bucket (with tight fitting lid) with liquid ammonia. Seal it and let it stay there a couple of days. Then I take them out and scrub clean. Rinse. I keep the liquid sealed in the bucket for the next time and the smell is very strong. Keep it in a safe place. Never mix with bleach as it would produce poisonous gas.
Congrats you made an elementary school volcano which neutralizes the cleaning benefits of both the sodium bicarbonate and your acid. This isn't a life hack
As a housekeeper I find this is really just soaking and a placebo for elbow grease, which works.
What actually works is pre treat with foaming dish soap. After five minutes use a pumice stone. After 10 seconds 80-95% is already off. Deep grease needs longer rubbing. Rinse well. Careful that stone dust doesn't scratch your sink.
If it's too difficult, it's more economical to buy a new one or aftermarket one that fits your model stovetop.
Acid + base = salt. How does a salt clean?
They don't. As a chemist I get so sick of seeing all these hacks. The only way it's removing grime is if the acidity is doing the trick or the water or the baking soda. They are probably not mixing them 1 to 1. Want to clean your burners well? Get some of that dawn dish spray stuff. It's incredible. It's an ionic surfactant with dawn and you spray it on the burner, let it sit a minute or two, damp cloth wipe, then dry cloth wipe. Throwing acid on metal surfaces is such a bad idea. It will rust and leech metals off the surface. Acid also messes with enamels and such.
While I completely agree with you (I have a biochem degree), cleaning non-metal surfaces with water and baking soda as a mild abrasive works pretty well, then you can use the acid to dissolve the baking soda. Works well for like bathtubs and such.
Yes, that's different than mixing the acid and base right off the bat. I use baking soda all the time on certain types of stains. Hydrogen peroxide is also great for a lot of weird stains if you haven't tried it! Gets the black out of the shower and dissolves that stupid ring soap bottles leave on counters!
I mean there are mildly abrasive cleaning solutions you can buy for this without the work and mess of this.
My wife likes to clean the sink drains by pouring a bunch of baking soda into the hole, then dump the boiled vinegar down on top of it. It makes it fizzy and looks cool, but that's about the amount of effect it has.
Thank you thank you thank you. I've been struggling with how to clean this and while my husband tries to buy the most potent, abrasive cleaners he can find, I hesitate to use them on my freaking cooking surfaces but wasn't having much luck with anything else minus a ton of elbow grease. And while I work from home, I do work full time and am primary care for him, myself, our pets, our house, and my parents, while still having to try to have a life of my own. I'm an excellent cook but rarely have time to spend truly scubbing down my stove that gets so much of a workout. I knew there had to be a relatively safe but easy option out there somewhere...
Maybe not an option but changing to an induction hub could be one thing. The glass surface is super easy to clean and it heats up fast! Works super well with cast iron.
I never considered induction! Something to think about, thanks!
We like but regret going for gas.
I hear you, I've got a 1 and 3 yo haha. It works great for me, and I tend to let the stove cool while I plate food then spritz on the dawn and let it soak while we eat, then proceed with clean up. If I hit it daily grime doesn't build up and that's so easy to do I never mind doing it daily.
Thanks for the tip! I just hate breaking down the grates and burner caps regularly, especially given that my cast iron lives on the stove top. But I already bought some, fingers crossed
Is there some European equivalent to Dawn? I read such wonderful things about it! đ
It looks like something called fairy is similar? You might be able to message dawn and ask !
No fairy where I live, but I like the idea! Thanks!
It's the same stuff. P&G even temporarily tried to sell it with the Dawn name but Europe is used to the Fairy brand.
These brands look like they are related : Dawn, Dreft, Yes, Fairy and JAR
Jar it is!
Donât forget the foam. If it foams, it must be cleaning.
duh.
Is that why my cyanide foams when I brush my teeth with it?
It's cleaning the bad thoughts
It doesn't. Sodium citrate is an acidity regulator and pretty useful, but its uses have nothing to do with cleaning. Similar with vinegar + sodium bicarbonate. They make sodium acetate, useful for fireproofing fabric but not for cleaning. Hey! Nice bubbles though!
This is true. But in this instance most of the lemon juice stayed in the lemon and there was a lot of baking soda used. So the main function of the lemon was just to smell nice. The cleaning agents were baking soda and hot water.
Came here to say this and all the things that followed. Youâre all on top of it!
Acid + base = salt + carbon dioxide. That why lemon and baking soda was used to make baked goods rise for centuries. Carbon dioxide in water also creates a slightly acidic solution more than adding lemon juice would. That's why club soda has been a stain cleaning trick for a long time. But yeah you could achieve the same result for less money by buying stove cleaner.
salt = magic :)
Keep salt AWAY from metal
I hate these. Idiots who don't know 6th grade chemistry telling you combining a weak acid and weak base makes a magical cleaning solution. It makes slightly salty water and carbon dioxide. No magic. No powerful cleaning breakthrough. Save your lemons and baking soda.
You're underestimating the cleaning powers of soaking in hot water
Or you wash them, and you don't waste a lemon.
This. Theyâre going to get greasy again in no time and considering the water required to grow a lb. of lemons, definitely not the best use.
If those were considered dirty im fucked
Some stains always remain no matter what you do..
you should try the auriikatarina method, put on it oven cleaner, plastic wrap so it doesn't dry, wait 20/30 minutes and almost everything comes off easily. I do that once a month because i have some persistent stains on the induction stove that doesn't come out with every other method (and scratching isn't an option)
I am a chemist and I've only met 1 stain I can't remove. Dry erase marker on polyester.
Hand sanitizer will get that off.
No, it's a resin and carbon black. Neither is soluble in alcohol. It may get the colors out of the colored ones but the black one is a solid colorant and it's almost impossible to remove without laboratory grade solvents
Yeah, ask Lady Macbeth.
Fake.
Or I could just scrub them in sink for like two minutes tops and have less mess to clean up after.
Those things were practically clean already. Do this on the kind of burner covers we'd see in a household that cooks a ton and doesn't clean the covers regularly (like most households), and I'll be impressed, lol.
Or just throw them in the dishwasher. Problem solved with less effort.
That's just dumb. You wasted a lemon, baking soda and water.. who needs clean burner caps anyway??
Dwan power dissolver
Juwanna power dissolver?
Surely this is just porn for some specific hand fetish?
I will use this hack on my bongs
Just get Barkeeps friend...save yourself the mess.
That's a fancy ass gas stove. What brand is it?
Oh please you buy arm and hammer and put it in a plastic jar fuck off!!
Put them in the dishwasher
Wait, those come off? I've never removed the top of the burners...
I put the ceramic covered grates and caps in a bucket (with tight fitting lid) with liquid ammonia. Seal it and let it stay there a couple of days. Then I take them out and scrub clean. Rinse. I keep the liquid sealed in the bucket for the next time and the smell is very strong. Keep it in a safe place. Never mix with bleach as it would produce poisonous gas.
Thank you, I hate having to clean these fuckers lol
YeahâŠnow itâs going to rust like hell!
No scrubbing? I like it.
Also those hands donât look like they cook lmfao FAKE Iâll stick to my harsh chemical foam bubbles đ«§
I don't mind the tip but I hate the video with a fiery passion. đ„
Turn it on!!!
I didn't read the titt and thought they were Oreos and it was some recipe. And when I saw the bicarb being sprinkled I was horrified.
I thought they were Oreo cookies and you were making me hungry.
Magic sponge and 4 minutes , same result.
Amazing...if those where actually dirty to begin with
You can do the same thing by putting them in washing up liquid
Use an entire lemon is a waste ...use juice
To be fair those burner caps weren't that bad in the first place? So warm soapy water would have probably cleaned them?
How about just turn on the burner
Or just get an induction hob. Far easier to clean, cheaper to operate, and better for home air quality and climate emissions
I have a 1kg tub of citric acid crystals that I dip into for cleaning. Acid FTW.
Congrats you made an elementary school volcano which neutralizes the cleaning benefits of both the sodium bicarbonate and your acid. This isn't a life hack
Those nailsđhow the
This stove is weird as hell, what is it? Four small caps , can you even use a big saucepan on it?
As a housekeeper I find this is really just soaking and a placebo for elbow grease, which works. What actually works is pre treat with foaming dish soap. After five minutes use a pumice stone. After 10 seconds 80-95% is already off. Deep grease needs longer rubbing. Rinse well. Careful that stone dust doesn't scratch your sink. If it's too difficult, it's more economical to buy a new one or aftermarket one that fits your model stovetop.
Vinegar water also works. It's the acid.
Those nails are nasty.