Jan 01
Over at Tammy’s Recipes today, we are asking a kitchen question. What a fun idea! I am in need of suggestions for keeping my black appliances clean. I have a black sink and stove top that are helpless in keeping clean. They show every bit of dirt, but especially water stains. Is there no options? I believe they are made out of porcelain, if that helps anything. My stove top also accumulates a hard black substance around the gas burners that is crusted in and I can’t scrub off for the life of me. I have tried a scratchy and many different cleaning products, but to no avail. Any thoughts for keeping it shining?
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I don’t have black appliances, however I hear that microfiber cloths is supposed to work great on black appliances. Just google Microfiber cloths and I’m sure many websites will pop up where you can order some from
I too have a black stove and I have found spraying it with a mix of a few drops of white vinegar w/water makes it sparkle. I keep a spray bottle w/vinegar and water on my sink and use it for everything!
I use Windex on my stove w/then wiping w/a paper towel, after wiping it down w/a soapy rag. I don’t like streaks or water marks. And this works like a charm! I know have stainless steel appliances, but I use to have black appliances.
Hi Lindsay,
My Mom has a flat, glass-top stovetop…if this is what you have…the stovetop we got came with a special scraper blade, because the black burned-on stuff will only come off with a blade in my experience. They ought to sell that type of thing at Home Depot or some such store. The blade scrapes the burned food off but not the glass.
Good luck!
I have all black appliances and they have the shiny finish not the matte finish. There are a couple tips I have…the first, don’t use abrasive cloths including paper towels. They can actually put small clear coat scratches. These scratches, I’m finding, are inevitable, but the harder dish cloth fabrics and such make it worse. Second, once a month or so, I take a black tinted car polish and polish them (you can get this stuff anywhere including hardware stores. I think I got my last bottle at walmart). This helps repel the dirt and makes them look like new. In between waxing, I just use a soft damp cloth to wipe them down and another soft cloth to get rid of streakiness. Hope that helps!!
I don’t know if this will help you or not as the situations are a little different… My stove doesn’t get black on it, but it does get a brownish “stain” like something that I can never wash off. I’d have to guess it’s from liquid spilling from a pan and cooking on (my stove top is white with gas ranges).
Anyway, I had given up on ever seeing it beautiful again until the day I accidentally left a stick of butter on the stove to “soften”. Forgot it was there and preheated my oven… before I knew it there was liquid butter (that’s soft right?) all over my stove top. I was not a happy camper as I imagined this would not be easy to clean up.
Turns out a stack of papertowels later that it cleaned up rather easily… and took all the cooked on stuff with it! That was unexpected. It’s a long story… but if my problem resembles yours, perhaps melted butter would help.
Babychaser, I believe her stove is black (came that way) by choice. Not because something was left on there.
Nevermind…maybe Lindsay can remove my post! I re-read her post and she mentions a hard black build-up.
Have you tried making a paste of Comet and a little water and allowing it to sit on the hard stuff?
Lindsay,
Just read this post…a little late I know! Anyway, my grandmother got a flat top stove before I did and she showed me that you can remove the cooked on “crud” by using a razor blade. I usually use a paste of baking soda and diluted castile soap with the razor as extra protecting from scratching. Just be careful to keep the razor flat to the surface to avoid scratching it. I only do this about once a month, unless I make a huge mess that I can’t scrub off. Hope this helps!
Lately, I’ve been using windex, water, and a dry rag to clean my black kitchen cooktop, sink, and refrigerator….seems to be the only thing that works!
That’s what we use too! Works like a charm!
I agree with Siemens. The only thing to keep black kitchen appliances, sinks, refrigerators is windex, water, and a dry rag.
Hi, I, too, have black appliances that I just love and have used many products, but none compare to club soda (I add a few drops of tea tree oil) and it is the best glass cleaner (eyeglasses too), appliance cleaner, mirrors, tv screens, computer monitors (of course spray onto cloth not electronics) and chrome. I also use microfiber cloths and I cannot be more thrilled!
Blessings
Deena
We have black appliances (Not my choosing-came with the house we purchased) and (I identify with each story I’ve read here) we have such a hard time maintaining the black appliances water stain free and dust free no matter how often we clean them. Thank you so much for posting your cleaning tips. The windex and (or) water-vinegar mix will be the first I will try. Can’t wait to see the appliances nice and shiny again. I’ll keep you posted about the results~
For our glass-top/ceramic stove I do the following:
Sprinkle the stovetop with baking soda, spray with a little water or vinegar/water mix, let sit for a minute or two, then scrub with a vegetable scrubber. The baking soda is a mild abrasive and, when mixed with the vegetable scrubber, can take the worst burnt on stuff off. The baking soda is key – vegetable scrubbers alone don’t seem to work.
However, if you are talking about a shiny finish that easily scratches, which I doubt since you mentioned using scrubbies, I would use a razor blade to get it off, much like you would for something (i.e. paint) stuck on glass.
As for the sink, a little spray of vinegar/water mix (50% each) and a microfibre cloth go a long way. So does that baking soda and vegetable scrubber method for tougher spots.
I clean my soild cooktop with the magic eraser sponges. It works great and is so easy!
Its really easy to leave black appliances streak free and clean! All you have to do is get some windex ( has to be name brand though, it really does work the best) and dry paper towls..treat it like its a mirror and it will be super clean, germ free, and streak free!