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White Haze on Cast Iron Stove Grates?I have a Wolf gas stove/oven. I have always cleaned the cast iron grates by spraying with oven cleaner, leaving them to soak for an hour or more, then rinsing off. All the grease and anything stuck on, rinsed right off. However, all a sudden I'm noticing a white haze on them in spots. It's highly noticeable.

 

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Cleaning a George Foreman Grill?I have a problem cleaning my George Foreman grill. Sometimes I cook steak with marinade or burgers with cheese and it gets caked on and it is very hard to get clean even with the provided scraper. It actually gets burnt on grease and I can't get it off and I don't want to throw it in garbage.

 

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Removing Odor in Dryer?How can I get an odor out of the clothes dryer?

 

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Cleaning Mildew Out of Electric Percolator?I have a stainless steel electric percolator. My life has been hectic for the last 3 months with illness in my family. Apparently I made coffee one day and forgot to clean my pot and now it is mildewed. Can anyone tell me how to clean it using natural organic stuff or is it ruined now?

 

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Cleaning Burners on Gas Stove?I have a gas stove; underneath the grates is a round aluminum piece and it is getting burnt brown grease on it. How can I get this off of it? I can't seem to take it apart from the stove.

 

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Cleaning an Electric Stove Top?My wife had a spill on the electric cook top stove. She cleaned that out fine. But some of the spill actually spilled over the sides and got underneath the cook top and it started to stink. Is there any way to get access and clean underneath the cooktop?

 

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Cleaning Smoke/Burn Marks Off Outside of Oven?The oven was on 250 degrees Celsius and 2 donuts were burnt beyond recognition. Smoke came out of the oven and the heat and smoke combined have blackened the white exterior of the oven. How do I get the affected outside handles and frame back to white? The glass doors cleaned up with soap and water.

 

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Getting Rid of Burnt Smell in Microwave?I was home alone and decided to make a microwave mac and cheese and it burnt and it smells bad. I tried microwaving lemon slices and vinger and it didn't work. What should I do? I need something quick, please help me.

 

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Cleaning a Freezer?How do I clean a freezer box to store frozen food, after it being empty for two years?

 

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Cleaning Between Glass on Oven Doors?Aside from totally taking the door apart, how can one clean in between the door's double glass?

 

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Cleaning a Smelly Freezer?With the different ideas for ridding the freezer of rotten food odors none of them answer the question, should you have the freezer running or not. Both the pure vanilla idea as well as the charcoal sound like really good ideas. So should the freezer be running when trying theses ideas?

 

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Cleaning a Smelly Freezer?I just a few minutes ago purchased a used freezer. It was nasty. This freezer truly smells like something was dead in it! I have cleaned it with straight bleach, then Clorox Clean Up and just rinsed with vinegar. What can I do to get rid of this smell?

 

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Cleaning a Top Load Washing Machine?I am wondering if anyone knows of a substitute for the laundry washer cleaner, Affree? I have a top loading, water-saver Maytag. It recommends Affree in the booklet and has a setting on the washer. Affree is $8.00 for a rather small size bottle.

 

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Cleaning Melted Plastic Off Stovetop?How do you clean a stove that has had a plastic bag melted on it?

 

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Black Mark on White Refrigerator?There was a black mark on the white refrigerator in my rented apartment. I tried cleaning it and now it has spread. I have no clue what it is. I've tried almost every possible solution that I've read. I don't want to end up paying for something that I haven't damaged, but was only trying to clean.

 

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Cleaning a Smelly Freezer?I am currently a freshman in college and my roommate put ice cream in our freezer about five months ago. While we were on break, the ice cream somehow melted in our freezer. The melted ice cream has now frozen to the freezer and no one can open the freezer without it smelling terribly!

 

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Cleaning a Stovetop?I have built up grease on my stovetop that is impossible to remove. Any ideas?

 

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Cleaning a Gas Burner?How do I best clean residue of cooked food on gas burner base to bring back "new" look?

 

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Cleaning a Coffeepot Warming Plate?How do I clean a warming plate on a coffeepot?

 

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Removing a Black Mark on Glass Stove Top?My black marks seem to be under the glass. The surface is slick. I got that with a scraper, Dawn, and the cooktop cleaning liquid they sold me. This happened shortly after buying it.

 

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Cleaning a Glass Top Stove?Does anyone know how to get my blue towel marks off my stove top? I had a boil over of pasta and grabbed the first thing in sight.

 

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Cleaning Your Oven?What's the best thing you can use to clean an oven?

 

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Removing Smoke Residue from Stainless Steel?We recently had a house fire and my stainless steel back splash and vent-a-hood have a dull, film on them. The cleaning people used industrial cleaner and stainless steel cleaner and it's still dull with no shine. I have recleaned both myself to no avail.

 

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Cleaning Smoke Residue Off Inside of Microwave?I was baking potatoes and the Saran Wrap caught fire. I had an actual fire in my microwave. Needless to say after removing the charred potatoes and putting out the fire the walls and top were black. I was able to get the sides fairly clean, but the top is still black.

 

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Removing Water Marks from a Washer?I have a gray enamel top-loader washer. There are white water marks around the rim of the tub. I do not use bleach, so I'm not sure what caused the stains. Any suggestions on how to remove them?

 

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Cleaning a Drip Pan?I would like to get all the black burnt on crud off my drip pans. I have tried ammonia and bleach but not together. I tried soaking the pans, but nothing is working. Any advice would help me please. I also live in an apartment complex, too.

 

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Cleaning Oven Racks?What is the best way to clean oven racks?

 

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Removing Heat Stains on White Enamel Stove?Unfortunately my oven vents are located direcly under the backsplash of my glass top stove, and the white enamel is beginning to discolour badly. The glass top cleaner does nothing, but I fear perhaps making it worse by trying other things.

 

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Cleaning Yellow Stains Off Wall Oven?How do I get yellow stains off a wall oven? Some seem to be white plastic.

 

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Removing the Fabric Softener Dispenser?How do I remove the fabric softener dispenser to clean it? I'm afraid I may not get it back in correctly?

 

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Removing Permanent Marker from Dryer?How do I remove marker from a dryer drum?

 

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Melted Plastic Stuck to Dryer Vent?Some plastic is stuck to the stainless steel vent inside the dryer. What can I use to remove the plastic?

 

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Cleaning a Stinky Fridge?I had my fridge off last Wednesday before bed time planning to turn it on the next morning before leaving for work. Unfortunately, I missed out and got back home only in time for bed, and had totally forgotten.

 

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Cleaning Plastic Off Burners on Electric Stove?I have an electric stove top burner with melted plastic on it. The plate is solid and not easily removed. I would like a solution that does not require burner removal.

 

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Cleaning a Burnt On Grease Off a Stove?I have a black enamel fast stove. The two front burners have charred grease and when I clean what will come off around the burners it has left dry dull areas. How can I remove all the charred buildup and make the stove top shiny like the rest of it?

 

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Cleaning the Outside of Aluminum Pressure Cooker?How do I clean the outside of an aluminum pressure cooker? The inside is clean, but the outside part has become reddish. How do I clean that?

 

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Cleaning a Slow Cooker?My slow cooker consists of two pieces. The outside pot is metal and the insert is ceramic. The metal pot has 2 holes in the bottom. The burnt on stain is inside the metal pot and water cannot be put in it. How do I get rid of the stain?

 

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Cleaning a Gas Oven?What commercial cleaner is best?

 

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Cleaning an Oven?The clock and timer on my oven are not functioning any longer, thus the self cleaning function does not work. Any ideas on how to clean this oven?

 

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Sponge Melted Onto Stove Burner?So my daughter tried to clean off drippings from a hot burner with a scrubbie sponge and the sponge melted right onto the burner. Will any of the solutions offered here be best to try?

 

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Cleaning Gas Stove Burners?How do I clean burners on a gas stove?

 

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Cleaning a Gas Stove?How do I clean my stove? I can lift up the top, but what can I use to clean it with it where food spills when cooking?

 

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Cleaning Water Out of a Broken Freezer?I've already disposed of the rotten meat from broken freezer, there is about 4" of bloody water standing in bottom of freezer. I'm going to dispose of the freezer, but how do I dispose of the bloody water first? The smell is unbearable!

 

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Cleaning a Gas Oven?Is it safe to leave ammonia in a gas oven after it has warmed? Will it not blow up? To clean it, I want to use ammonia but have safety fears!

 

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Removing Ink Stains from Dryer?I have gotten ball point ink on my dryer as I left a pen in my jeans. It went through the wash. Do you have a solution for getting the horrible stain off?

 

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Removing Rust from Refrigerator Door?How do I remove rust off the outside of a fridge door?

 

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Cleaning a Burned Iron?I was ironing my uniform, when I adjusted the heat capacity of the iron. I set it on level 2, but the clothes had no reaction to its heat so I adjusted it again to level 4 and unfortunately it burned a part of the uniform. My concern is not the burned uniform, but the mess it got to the surface of the iron. It looks like plastic got burned into it, but it was actually cloth.

 

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Removing Dye From the Dryer?A new pair of teal blue jeans were washed then put in my new dryer. The inside of the washer is stainless, but the dryer is white. It is now teal blue, does anyone know how to get it off?

 

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Burn Stains On Electric Stove?How do I remove yellowish discolored burn stains from an electric stove that are around the drip pan?

 

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Cleaning a Coffee Pot?My coffee pot is thick with coffee residue. What can I use around my house to clean my coffee maker?

 

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Cleaning a Coffee Maker?My coffee pot is thick with coffee reisude. What can I use around my house to clean my coffee maker?

 

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Removing Odor from Microwave?My microwave smells like old milk, but it's only 6 weeks old and I clean it every day.

 

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Burnt Teakettle Left Mark on Glass Top Stove?How can I get the burnt bottom of the tea kettle off my glass top stove?

 

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Cleaning Fabric Softener Dispenser?My washer has a fabric softener dispenser that does not come off. How do I clean it?

 

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Cleaning Taco Sauce Stain on Plastic Shelf?I had taco sauce stain the plastic on a refrigerator door. Its a big stain. Any solutions for this?

 

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Removing Burnt Brown Sugar from Microwave?Attempting to 'soften' brown sugar, I used the microwave. The plastic bag container burst and left a hardened pool of burnt sugar? What can I do? Anything?

 

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Easiest Way to Clean Electric Oven?I am looking for ways to clean an electric oven; a fast cleaning way for a lazy grandmother.

 

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Cleaning a Yellowish Microwave Interior?I've burnt a potato in the microwave oven, and the inside walls has become yellow. How can I remove this? It looks like it's got oil spilled all over it, but it is clean, only yellowish now, looks old and my wife has gone mad!

 

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Cleaning Refrigerator Vegetable Bin?My vegetable bin has some gunk between the front white part and the clear plastic part of the bin that I cannot get to. I am afraid of trying to take the front part off for fear of breaking it.

 

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Fabric Softener Stain on Top of Washing Machine?How can I remove a fabric softener stain off the top of my washing machine? It is not build up, it is an actual stain.

 

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Cleaning a Stove Top?I have got a black, thick grease ring around my stove burners, as if it's charred. Any suggestions for how to remove it?

 

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Cleaning Stove Grates with Ammonia?I saw an article about this at one point, but lost it, and can't remember where to locate the information. This is for grates that are covered with grease and food all burned on. The article said that all you'd have to do after using this mixture, is to rinse or wipe off while rinsing ...

 

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Microwaveable Beanbag Burned in Microwave?I heated up a microwaveable bean bag (the kind you put around your neck, or on your feet), for too long and it burnt to black char. The microwave was filled with smoke. Is the burnt beanbag toxic? And will I be able to cook food in it again safely?

 

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Cleaning Gas Stove Burners?Do you take the gas burners off to clean them? If so how?

 

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Cleaning Gas Burner Grates?We recently purchased a home that had been rental property. The gas burner grates are filthy with burned on food. I have tried the combo of Dawn dish soap with white vinegar and baking soda; bought a so-called restaurant product used for difficult cleanup jobs called "Greased Lightening".

 

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Cleaning a Fabric Softener Dispenser?I have a washer and dryer I just purchased from a good friend. They're both very clean and don't have a lot of use. But the washer has a removable fabric softener "bowl" that fits in the middle of the agitator.

 

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Roasting Bag Left Mark on Stainless Steel Microwave?Help please. Can anyone let me know how to get a mark from a roasting bag off my stainless steel microwave oven?

 

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Stains on Refrigerator Doors?I have a Kenmore side-by-side refrigerator 15 years old. A couple of years ago I moved the fridge to the garage when we got a new one for the kitchen.

 

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Cleaning an Affinity Front Load Washer Filter?Is there a piece of cloth in the actual filter or is it just mesh on the holes?

 

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Clothes Smell Musty?I have changed deodorants a couple of times thinking the musty smell was my body. Lo and behold! I bet anything it's the buildup from my LG front loader washer. Any suggestions?

 

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Removing Odors for Washer and Dryer?I moved into a long term rental in September with a state of the art HE washer and dryer. The previous owner loved using extremely scented detergents, scent boosters, etc.

 

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Cleaning a Clothes Iron?I accidentally ironed the sticky side of some fabric interfacing with my iron. It melted to the iron and left a mess. I have cleaned with salt, vinegar, steel wool, and Barkeepers Friend. Each of these removed the spot, the bottom was shiny and smooth.

 

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Cleaning a Smooth Top Stove?How do I clean an electric smooth top stove top?

 

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Cleaning a Stainless Steel Gas range?What is the best way to clean around burners on a stainless gas range?

 

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Removing Melted Plastic on Electric Stovetop?How do I remove melted plastic from electric stovetop?

 

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Removing Soap Scum from Washer Door?What cleaner can I use to remove soap scum from around the seal and the window of my front load washer?

 

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Cleaning an Oven?I found some black, burned spots on the bottom of my oven. They were sticky. How can I remove them? I think that it was because of the juice that came out from a chicken when I broiled it.

 

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Removing Turps Smell from Freezer?A jar with turps fell off a shelf and seems to have seeped into the freezer. We are struggling despite several cleanngs to eradicate the smell and it seems to be seeping into new food. Any suggestions please?

 

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Removing Permanent Marker from Inside Dryer?My friends left a permanent marker in my dryer and I didn't notice until the dryer stopped. How can I get the permanent marker out of my dryer?

 

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Removing Rotten Meat Smell from Freezer?Meat was left in the freezer with no hydro for 3 weeks. There are maggots everywhere and it smells. How do I get rid of the horrid smell?

 

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White Residue on Stovetop?There is a white residue on the elements in the stove top of my gas range. Is this something that can be cleaned or does the stove need to be replaced?

 

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Cleaning Drip Pans?How do I clean the drip pans when they don't come out?

 

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Cleaning and Freshening a Refrigerator?What do I use to to clean and freshen your refrigerator? I have tried everything and it does not work.

 

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Cleaning Stove Drip Pans?I am looking for an easy way to clean stove top drip pans.

 

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Cleaning Inside of Glass on Oven Door?Do you know the best and quickest way to clean an oven glass door on the inside?

 

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Cleaning the Oven With Ammonia?How to use ammonia for oven cleaning?

 

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Removing Rotten Meat Odor from RV Freezer?The power was accidently turned off to the RV refrigerator. There was just canned pop in the frig, but there were frozen hamburgers in the freezer. Horrible, horrible!

 

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Gas Stove Takes Forever to Cook?I have a gas stove that takes forever to cook everything. I have one burner that seems to work better. I have to switch everything around to the one burner that gets the hottest to finish cooking each dish.

 

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Cleaning a Dishwasher?I have tried baking soda, vinegar, lemon juice, etc. to clean my dishwashing machine like the store bought cleaners on the store shelves do, and nothing has worked. Any suggestions?

 

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Smelly Washing Machine?I cannot get rid of the smelly odor coming from my washing machine.

 

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Burnt Food Left Yellow Stain in Microwave?My son cooked noodles in the microwave, but didn't add water so on cooking they caught fire and have left a burnt yellow looking colour to the inside.

 

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Removing Burnt Popcorn Smell and Stains from Microwave?I read that you can use acetone free nail polish remover to get rid of the yellow stain. Since my nail polish remover has acetone in it...

 

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Getting Shrimp Smell Out of Freezer?I cleaned the freezer with soda solution and rinsed it good. I then put crumpled newspaper and two cake pans of fresh, dry coffee grounds in the freezer. I need to know if I leave lid (chest type freezer) open or close it for two days? Thanks for any advice!

 

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White Deposits in Dishwasher?I have a Bosch dishwasher in my home. I found chalky/white deposits inside. How to clean that residue on the stainless steel interior?

 

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Flask is Not Keeping My Coffee Hot After Cleaning?Can anybody help me? I cleaned my two flasks at the weekend with Milton. They are now not keeping my coffee hot, why?

 

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Plastic Melted on Smooth Top Stove?A plastic freezer bag somehow got on a very hot burner of the smooth top stove and melted and burned. I tore away as much as I could, but still have lumps and streaks of the plastic on the top. I'm afraid to try to scrape it off lest I scratch the top.

 

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Pilot is Not Lighting Front Burner?The pilot light is not lighting a front burner on my Jenn Air gas stove top. I am using a lighter at the moment. Where is the pilot light located on my stove top and how do I clean it? Thanks.

 

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Cleaning My Jenn Air Stove?How do I clean my Jenn Air stove? My burners are a solid piece. You pull out the whole piece with 2 burners in it.The top is gas and the bottom is electric. The gas top is a mess.

 

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Removing a Stain on Black Stove?How do I remove a grayish steam line on the back part of my black stove. It appears a pot with a top was too close and it continued to go against it until it stained. Please help its ugly.

 

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Washing Machine Care and Maintenance?My new washing machine maintenance advises not to use cold water and to clean the machine once every month. If I do use cold water will that shorten the life of my machine?

 

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Cleaning a Microwave After a Fire?The inside on the top of my microwave is black. Can anyone tell me how to get it clean? I had a bag catch fire in it while trying to warm up burgers.

 

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