Can these grates be salvaged?
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My daughter is buying a home with a viking stove and the grates look horrible, can they be salvaged?
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Sure, scour with steel wool or use naval jelly to remove the rust. Scrub really thoroughly again. Season like a cast iron pan in the oven.
MuranoBlue
on Mar 21, 2015
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You could try also soaking them in vinegar overnight?
Mary
on Mar 21, 2015
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Soak overnight covered in vinegar works great!
Elaine Czarnecki
on Mar 22, 2015
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Soak them in the sink overnight and scrub the gunk off in the morning. If it is rust vinegar soak will take it off.
Jacolyn McKenzie
on Mar 22, 2015
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place in a plastic freezer bag spray liberally with amonia or oven cleaner leave overnight outside wash in morning good luck
Mary A Galbraith
on Mar 22, 2015
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Mary G. is absolutely right. This is hands down the easiest method to remove whatever baked on gunk has adhered to the burners. If it can come off, it WILL come off with virtually no scrubbing involved. Just ammonia. That's it. The trick is putting each burner inside it's own resealable bag with a good dose of ammonia. Don't even worry about keeping them "wet" inside the bags. The fumes will encapsulate the gunk and given time (overnight at least), will make nearly all removable gunk slide off with very little scrubbing effort. This works on barbeque grates as well. No need to scour with steel wool, etc. But remember, LEAVE THE BAGS OUTSIDE. Those fumes are potent and can even permeate resealable freezer bags just a bit.
David Perona
on Mar 22, 2015
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If you want them really black; after cleaning. Buy high temperature black paint; found at fire stove shops;then give them a few coats. These old stoves are so much better then the new ones; they seem to bake more evenly and the bread taste so much better. Each year; take the tops off and the bottom of the oven off and put some liquid soap on the pipes and check for leaks; don't forget to wipe the soap off after checking. We never had a leak; always check and keep clean. Enjoy these wonderful stoves.
Sammokka
on Mar 22, 2015
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Put them in a Large strong zip lock bad with a cup of amonia and let them sit for 24 hours. Open them outside because the amonia is strong and wash with dawn detergent and a sponge, they'll look absolutely brand new!!!
JustAmy55
on Mar 22, 2015
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I have pinned this. Also said, you can put in the hot sun for hours. No sun here, where I live right now, still winter
Debbie Kuhar
on Mar 23, 2015
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While the ammonia trick works great at softening some of that gunk for easy removal, I found when we recently purchased our home with a gunky stove that a hand held steamer worked amazingly well. Chemical free! Just be careful, that steam gets hot!
Nathenia
on Mar 23, 2015
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I have the Shark Lift-Away steam cleaner. I used it on the entire stove, oven and grates. I had orginally wanted to just put the stovetop grates in the oven and put it on self-cleaning mode, but the grates are glossy coated and the extremely high heat would have cracked and/or ruined them, so I used the steam cleaner and it did the trick. Hope that helps!
Nathenia
on Mar 23, 2015
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If you have a self-cleaning oven, you can put them on the racks in the oven the next time you clean it. I have done this before and also with BBQ grill racks and they turn out beautifully. A quick dip in sudsy water to remove the ash and they look brand new with no effort at all.
Irene
on Oct 08, 2016
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