Antique Stove owners...How much rust can be removed?
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Comments (8)My electric stove with the larger burner will sink into the stove due to the lengthy high heat applied while the heavy pot is set on it. The metal support struts that hold up the burner will bend and sag. After a while teh whole burner is as level as the chrome trim ring, which is not good. Outside the chrome ring I have hard brown stains that won't come off unless I use a mild abrasive like Bar Keepers cleaner. If its hard grease, I spray the no fume oven cleaner spray on the white enamal surface and that seems to soften the burned on stuff. Stoves are always hard to clean. My mom removed the greasy knobs one time and soaked them in something that removed all the paint markings that are normally embedded into the knobs lettering. Once thats gone, you cant easily see what the knob reading is. I do use those foil 'burner bibs' but they still allow stuff to get through. Under the canning burner, that aluminium foil simply melts away, exposing the chrome drip bowls, which tend to rust eventually. Chrome plating today is very poorly done....See MoreDoes this stove have an antique value?
Comments (5)Stoves like that one were found in living rooms of farm houses in southern Illinois and other states in the 1930s. Those were continued in use up through 1950 and their use reduced with the advnet of electrical witing arriving in rural homes. Yours would be considered an 'upscale' heating stove, since cheaper stoves were more plain and made from sheet metal. I'm betting your stove is cast iron and may be rated for either wood or coal. If cast iron, it will rust if left out in the weather after its finish is breached, and the rust will likely be the red oxide of iron. In my opinion, it deserves better....See MoreCan't remove toilet bowl stain buildup
Comments (50)What my mom had to do was drain all the water out of the toilet and hand scrub the sides with an abrasive sponge with Comet and in some very difficult places she used a pumice stone. Turn off the water at the base of toilet and then flush until the water does not refill the bowl. She has very hard water and at the water level, there was a mineral line formed around it. It was such a job to get off but both she and dad worked on it for quite awhile!...See MoreAntique Stove owners...How much rust can be removed?
Comments (1)EDIT...was supposed to be in kitchen, sorry!...See Morenavi_jen
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