The Cleaning an extractor hood is usually very tedious and sticky. Here we have a few tips on how to handle this unpleasant task well anyway:Mix
Cleaning the range hood
liquid dish soap with dishwasher powder and use it to clean the dirty extractor hood.Filter
The becomes super clean if you put it in a highly concentrated mixture of warm water and dish soap and let it soak for a longer time. If there are still residues visible, remove them with a simple dish brush. If the filter is too heavily soiled, it should be cleaned with an alkaline kitchen cleaner. Rinse the filter with hot water and dry it off. Now the clean filter can be reinserted.For recirculating extractor hoods, the metal filter and the activated carbon filter in the extractor should be cleaned or replaced regularly. This filter is responsible for eliminating odors. If this is not done, the extractor hood will no longer work effectively.
Posted on: 06.02.2012
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