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Faithmead
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Aga Cleaner !I just wonder if anyone has a recipe for a gumk cleaner for our range? I've tried scrubbing it with a brillo pad which is just removing what paint there is still on it!!! It just seems to get 'stuff' baked on  and after about a year I look at it and think YUK. Someone suggested Bicarb.....but haven't tried it yet. Anyone got a tried and tested recipe please?
Many thanks all.
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Midland Spinner
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It's not paint it's enamel, which means it will be damaged by acids. So avoid anything with citric acid or vinegar in it.
Bicarb works on enamel pans, but scours the surface slightly & leaves them slightly rough which means they are more prone to collecting grime next time.
Too late to say this, but the best thing is probably to wipe up spills as soon as they occur and never let them get baked on.
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alison
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The best stuff I used, when the aga was turned off, comes from Lakeland Ltd. it is here
It is a non toxic gel, and I have not yet found an easier way of cleaning the cooker or the aga.
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Nick
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Whatever you put in your washing machine.
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sean
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Dirty clothes?
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Nick
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If a pair of dirty pants don't clean it, nothing will.
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Faithmead
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The best stuff I used, when the aga was turned off, comes from Lakeland Ltd. it is here
It is a non toxic gel, and I have not yet found an easier way of cleaning the cooker or the aga. |
Ahha - thanks Alison, I'll give that a go. The range is at least 25 years old although there isn't 25 years worth of grime on it  , so its a seen better days, but would be good to just be able to make it look a little bit better
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12Bore
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I believe that Chez has the best cleaner on this forum...
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Katieowl
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We used to turn ours off and use paint stripper on it Mandy, it had been re-enamelled properly, so it was OK...works a treat. Big guns 
Other than that I am a big fan of Fairy 10X power spray....which is not cheap, but one of the people we were cleaning a couple of years ago had it in her arsenal for the holiday lets, and it's bloody marvellous. Used with one of those scrubbie metal pads, it's keeping on top of the rayburn here, and the glass on the oven door and the woodburner too!
Kate
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henchard
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I've not tried it (no longer have an Aga) but (when turned off) I was told WD40 worked quite well
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Nell Merionwen
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one of the people we were cleaning a couple of years ago |
Faithmead
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We used to turn ours off and use paint stripper on it Mandy, it had been re-enamelled properly, so it was OK...works a treat. Big guns
Other than that I am a big fan of Fairy 10X power spray....which is not cheap, but one of the people we were cleaning a couple of years ago had it in her arsenal for the holiday lets, and it's bloody marvellous. Used with one of those scrubbie metal pads, it's keeping on top of the rayburn here, and the glass on the oven door and the woodburner too!
Kate |
you clean people with aga cleaner? :O I supppose we all need a hobby!
I think I was missing the word 'for' LOL!!! 
We don't clean people we clean up after them!
Kate
Katieowl
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We used to turn ours off and use paint stripper on it Mandy, it had been re-enamelled properly, so it was OK...works a treat. Big guns
Other than that I am a big fan of Fairy 10X power spray....which is not cheap, but one of the people we were cleaning a couple of years ago had it in her arsenal for the holiday lets, and it's bloody marvellous. Used with one of those scrubbie metal pads, it's keeping on top of the rayburn here, and the glass on the oven door and the woodburner too!
Kate |
Thanks Katie and all. I'll have to try a few of these methods when the thing is switched off in the summer. Its not food as the worst places are the lids 
, very odd. Actually WD40 is a worthy agent to try too, so will give that a go aswell.
As for the stuff you put in your washing machine 
I thought you meant Fairy Non-Bio !!!!!! I was wondering how that would work
Fairy 10X is a kitchen cleaner...Wilkinsons sell it. It's in a green spray bottle, and it's bloody marvellous. Anyone who knows how cheap I am will know I wouldn't buy a brand cleaner unless its was the business 
Kate
little blue duck
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The best stuff I used, when the aga was turned off, comes from Lakeland Ltd. it is here
It is a non toxic gel, and I have not yet found an easier way of cleaning the cooker or the aga. |
As a "newbie" to Rayburns, I've read this with interest ...
Just wanted to point out, it says on the Lakeland link, under the price "not to be used on agas"
alison
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I think they must have added that note, since I last bought any.
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