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Melted Plastic on Stove Grate
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"Kris" wrote
You can try heating it to soften and get most off. For the rest of it, take
it outside and burn it off with a propane torch. It may stink and smoke, but
the cast iron won't be harmed. Some plastics can be dissolved in a
solvent, but if it is a typical kitchen use plastic, it will not dissolve.
"Kris" wrote
You can try heating it to soften and get most off. For the rest of it, take
it outside and burn it off with a propane torch. It may stink and smoke, but
the cast iron won't be harmed. Some plastics can be dissolved in a
solvent, but if it is a typical kitchen use plastic, it will not dissolve.
"Kris" wrote in message
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Just guessing here, but I would try heating it up and then wiping it off
with paper towels. This is what I did when my room mate put a package of
Styrofoam cups up against my toaster oven. I didn't see it there when I
turned the oven on. But I smelled it!
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Just guessing here, but I would try heating it up and then wiping it off
with paper towels. This is what I did when my room mate put a package of
Styrofoam cups up against my toaster oven. I didn't see it there when I
turned the oven on. But I smelled it!
ROTTWEILERMOM
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Kris wrote:
turn on the exhaust fan. Turn on the burner. When it stops smoking, let
it cool and knock off the black bits with a hammer.
Isaac
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Kris wrote:
turn on the exhaust fan. Turn on the burner. When it stops smoking, let
it cool and knock off the black bits with a hammer.
Isaac
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Gas stove? Outside vented hood? Get a pair of vise-grips (if you don't
know what they are, ask at any hardware store--you want the 7 inch or
larger), turn the hood up high, turn the big burner up high, grab the
grate with the vise-grips, run the affected areas through the flame
until clean. Any common plastics that melt will burn off, but they'll
also smoke and smell awful and may produce some slightly toxic fumes.
If you have a self-cleaning oven throw it in the oven and run the
cleaning cycle. If the plastic is thick put something under the grate
to catch any drips.
If you have a bird don't do either of these--birds are insanely
sensitive to overheated plastic, instead take the grate outside and burn
the plastic off with a gas grille if you have one, or take it as an
excuse to get a propane torch (same place you got the vise-grips, also
can use it for creme brulee).
You can help the process along by scraping the plastic once it's hot--
use something cheap that you can throw away or you may end up having to
clean the scraper as well.
Gas stove? Outside vented hood? Get a pair of vise-grips (if you don't
know what they are, ask at any hardware store--you want the 7 inch or
larger), turn the hood up high, turn the big burner up high, grab the
grate with the vise-grips, run the affected areas through the flame
until clean. Any common plastics that melt will burn off, but they'll
also smoke and smell awful and may produce some slightly toxic fumes.
If you have a self-cleaning oven throw it in the oven and run the
cleaning cycle. If the plastic is thick put something under the grate
to catch any drips.
If you have a bird don't do either of these--birds are insanely
sensitive to overheated plastic, instead take the grate outside and burn
the plastic off with a gas grille if you have one, or take it as an
excuse to get a propane torch (same place you got the vise-grips, also
can use it for creme brulee).
You can help the process along by scraping the plastic once it's hot--
use something cheap that you can throw away or you may end up having to
clean the scraper as well.
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Kris wrote:
Inside the house or outside?
Can you burn it off?
--
Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
Holy Order of the Sacred Sisters of St. Pectina of Jella
"Always in a jam, never in a stew; sometimes in a pickle."
Pepparkakor particulars posted 11-29-2010;
http://web.me.com/barbschaller
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Kris wrote:
Inside the house or outside?
Can you burn it off?
--
Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
Holy Order of the Sacred Sisters of St. Pectina of Jella
"Always in a jam, never in a stew; sometimes in a pickle."
Pepparkakor particulars posted 11-29-2010;
http://web.me.com/barbschaller