Say goodbye to burnt-on food and grease with this stove cleaning hack.
If you keep on top of your cleaning tasks and wipe down your hob after every use, you’ve probably never had to deal with stubborn grime. But most of us can admit that we don’t clean our stoves as often as we should, which leaves us with a mammoth task when we eventually get around to it.
The stove seems to be a magnet for grime, and even if you don’t spill or splash anything when you cook, food and other debris always find a way to become welded to the stovetop – particularly around each ring.
But if your stove looks like a warzone and is in desperate need of a good scrub, worry not. It might seem like an impossible task to get it sparkling again, but cleaning fans have an easy solution.
All you need is one common skincare item that you might already have in your bathroom cabinet.
In a post on Reddit, one person asked for advice on getting their hob clean, as they stated: “I’ve tried to elbow grease it but with my chronic illness I just can’t get it off without hurting my body. What cleaners can I try to use to clean it? (I think it’s burnt food? I don’t know it was like this when I moved in).”
And before long, cleaning fans were offering their suggestions. One person hailed a common skincare item as the “holy grail” for removing stubborn stove marks – a pumice stone.
They declared: “I use a pumice stone, just make sure to keep the area wet while using the pumice stone to avoid scratches.”
Pumice is a volcanic rock that forms when lava quickly cools during an eruption. The abrasive stone is most commonly used to exfoliate tough skin, primarily on the feet.
You can also use a pumice stone to prevent ingrown hairs by gently exfoliating the area to remove dead skin and free the hair. It can even be used to help treat warts when combined with a chemical exfoliant like salicylic acid, as the acid will help to soften the skin cells and the stone can be used to thin the wart.
And, according to cleaning fans, it’s great for cleaning your stove too. Just make sure you don’t use the same stone to exfoliate your skin and clean your kitchen.
The original poster thought using a pumice stone sounded “really smart” and said they would try it out, before asking the cleaning fan if they use any specific products with the stone. To which they replied: “No, I just use a small amount of dish soap.”
