Clean This Greasy Spot Above Your Oven With A Powerful Vinegar Solution

A range hood is a very important feature in the kitchen, helping to capture and remove cooking grease and unpleasant odors, which goes a long way towards improving air quality and reducing grime. If you have poor ventilation in your kitchen, a range hood can help solve the problem and will keep the air as fresh as possible. Despite this, range hoods tend to get very dirty if your kitchen sees a lot of use. The range hood's filter, in particular, can collect tons of dirt and grime as time goes on. While some people use range hood filters that are disposable and can easily be replaced, many others are reusable. 

If your range hood has a reusable filter, you'll need to put some serious, targeted effort into cleaning it, as part of cleaning your kitchen range hood. Fortunately, it doesn't take much to do so. That is, provided you know how to clean it properly. In fact, a few simple ingredients is all you need to make the range hood filter look as good as new. Even better, two of the required ingredients are likely already in your kitchen pantry: Vinegar and baking soda.

Before cleaning this greasy spot in your kitchen, remove the filter from the range hood. You'll typically be able to do this by using a latch to pop or slide the filter out. However, you may want to take a look at your manual if you need some additional guidance or it isn't immediately clear how to do it. To clean the filter, start by boiling water in a large container such as a pot or pan. Then, add three tablespoons of vinegar. Next, add a quarter cup of baking soda, adding just a little bit at a time. You can adjust these quantities as needed, depending on how grimy the filter is. Stir the container to ensure the ingredients mix well. Then, simply place the range hood filter inside and let it continue to boil. 

If the filter doesn't fit, you may need to clean just one side at a time instead. Otherwise, fully submerge the filter and let it sit for at least 10 minutes, again depending on how dirty it is. Finally, remove the filter before rinsing it thoroughly with hot water and drying it with a clean cloth or paper towel. At this point, the filter should be fully dry, as well as much cleaner, and ready to go back into your range hood. Be sure to follow these steps again every so often to make your range hood last as long as possible.