How to Clean the Grease and Grime off of your Stove Filter

About this time last year my husband and I purchased and moved into our first home! While it was great to finally be home owners after almost 2 years of searching, the challenges of fixing up and cleaning a previously owned home were upon us oh too soon. One of the pettier cleaning jobs that was really getting under my skin was the filter for the stove hood. It was just plain GROSS!

I tried pretty much everything in the book to get this thing clean! I scrubbed it with bleach, let it soak in bleach, scrubbed it with CLR, let it soak in CLR but it still stood grimy and gross! NOTHING was working to get this thing clean! So while exploring my then, newly discovered Pinterest account I came across a DIY on how to clean these stove filters! I was skeptical to say the least. This looked WAY TOO SIMPLE to actually work when I had already tried all the tricks of the trade I could think of. But I figured it was worth a shot before I headed to the Home Improvement store to buy a new one. So I gave it a shot and what do you know!

Here's what I did:

Supplies:

• 1/2 Cup of Baking Soda
• Pot of Boiling Water
• Spoon

Bring your pot of water to an active boil

Scoop out ONE SPOONFUL AT A TIME of the baking soda!

The water will start to instantly fizz up when the baking soda is added so it needs to be added slowly to avoid this:

Then dip your filter in carefully.

My whole filter didn't fit in my pot so what I did was dipped each end in,

then poured the pots contents on the middle section (front and back) in the sink. My results (Drum-roll please!!!!!!!.....)

I was amazed!

And this is the story of how Pinterest and I became the best of friends! Hope this helps you all! Let me know if it works for you.

Sources:
http://www.onegoodthingbyjillee.com/2012/02/how-to-clean-that-greasy-stove-hood.html