do you have black kitchen appliances? a cleaning question!

12 years ago

Here's a link to a kichen over on the kitchen forum. It's not mine, but it does show an oven that has a black front, like mine does (I believe it was builder-installed when the townhouse was built, in the mid-'80s).

What do you use to clean the black oven front without leaving streaks? Even glass cleaner seems to leave streaks.

Here is a link that might be useful: kitchen forum pic

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maire_cate
12 years ago
Many commercial glass cleaners add a coloring agent or perfume to their product which I think increases the chances of streaks. Someone on this forum works at a framing shop and she recommended Sprayway. I can buy it at my supermarket.

I used to use a glass cleaning solution that I made from a Consumer Reports article.

for a quart bottle you'll need:
1/2 cup (4 oz.) rubbing alcohol
2 tablespoons sudsy ammonia
1/2 teaspoon hand dishwashing liquid
4 cups (1 quart) water

However now that I have granite counters I just use the cleaning solution I use on them. They both work equally well. I don't have streaks on my black glass voen or microwave.

1 quart spray bottle
1/4 cup isopropyl rubbing alcohol
1 teaspoon hand dishwashing detergent
add water to fill the bottle.

Here is a link that might be useful: Sprayway
oldgardener_2009
12 years ago
I use plain rubbing alcohol.
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