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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January 1st, 2008 at 3:13 pm
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
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January 1st, 2008 at 3:32 pm
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!
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January 1st, 2008 at 5:10 pm
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.
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January 2nd, 2008 at 9:44 am
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!
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January 2nd, 2008 at 4:09 pm
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!!
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January 4th, 2008 at 8:46 pm
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.
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January 5th, 2008 at 1:53 am
Babychaser, I believe her stove is black (came that way) by choice. Not because something was left on there.
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Tia replied on January 5th, 2008:
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?
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May 13th, 2008 at 12:44 pm
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!
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August 5th, 2008 at 5:33 pm
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!
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October 17th, 2008 at 4:22 pm
I agree with Siemens. The only thing to keep black kitchen appliances, sinks, refrigerators is windex, water, and a dry rag.
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