(electric stove top btw) wet paper towels work best for me, but obviously can be expensive overtime. my mom used to use wet sponges but again does that just make them need to be replaced more often? and then for drying, do people just use a normal towel? then what, do we hang that somewhere that we know as only the surface drying towel and not to dry any dishes on the dirty towel?? i’m new to having my own place and just trying to figure out what will work best for me and my budget without accumulating a lot of mess!! any advice helpful
What do you guys use to clean/wipe down your stoves after each use?
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Vinegar, just a touch, and hot soapy water, Dawn, use a soft scrub brush, and wipe down until dry with a cotton towel.
I do it once a week.
You’ll get a lot more uses out of a sponge than a paper towel each time you scrub it down. Dish rags/cloths are still a thing too?
I use white flour sack towels. They’re cheap, you can get a lot of them and I separate the ones I use for surface cleaning from the ones I use for other tasks. Not that they’re hard to mix up, the cleaning ones are very obvious from a quick glance.
I use a damp clean cloth and if it’s greasy I add some dawn powerwash
When I’m doing the dishes, I wipe the stovetop down with the soapy dishrag, and dry with the dishtowel. Why the dishtowel? I just cleaned the stovetop, and I figure it’s now about the same as drying a dish. Don’t overthink it 🙂
I use microfiber clothes for that and most of my other cleaning also.
I use almost exclusively simple green cleaner which I buy by the gallon and mix up in a spray bottle.
Works great is cheap and non toxic
Soap, water, scrub brush then Swedish cloth for wipe up.
After I clean w soap etc. Window cleaner
Wipe down with a dishcloth. Rinse it out with hot water. Toss in the laundry when it gets dirty.
I wipe the stovetop and counters with a damp soapy dishcloth after using it to wash dishes, before letting the water out of the sink. I usually wash dishes twice a day. If I’m cooking and need to wipe up, I have the dishcloth handy and can wet it a little if necessary.
I use a clean dishcloth every day. The used one is hung up overnight to dry on the oven door handle. Once it’s dry it goes in the basket with the dirty laundry. The dishcloths are small, lightweight cotton cloths and really don’t take up any room in the laundry. I don’t find any need to dry the counters or stovetop after wiping them. They’re just damp and I’m wiping them last thing before leaving the kitchen.
I only use paper towel for things that I don’t want to use washcloths for because of sanitary reasons. Drying meat for cooking. Pet messes. Sick messes. Grease. Everything else gets a washcloth or a towel.
A wet sponge regularly. Dish soap on a dish rag, razor blade, and plastic scrubby thing all make appearances as needed too.
Windex (or other similar spray cleaner) and a sponge for daily upkeep. It cuts right through the grease. I can’t imagine using paper towels (wasteful) or a rag (gross, just more crap to add to the laundry).
We have a bunch of kitchen towels from ikea. They stay in the drawer with pot holders. We keep a bottle of vinegar in a sprayer and use a new towel every day for counter and stove.
Water, with or without soap, is fine. Every once in a while, you’ll need a degreaser, a window glass cleaner without ammonia. The best thing I got is a silicone sheet the size of the cooktop, I keep it covered when not cooking, it keeps the glass from being chipped or scratched, we use it as a work surface because there is a microwave above.
I use paper towels for cheesy messes I don’t want in my dishcloth or scrub brush.
24×24 cotton sack towels, torn in half, so 12×24 cotton, NOT terry.
Hot water, bleach, BKF, wring it out, that will clean anything in your kitchen.
Wring it clean, hang it on the oven handle to dry, so it won’t go sour.
When I had a glass cookktop, I used a single-edge razor to shave off deposits occasionally, but everyday would be a green scrubber and BKF/Comet. Yes it scratches a little if you bear down on a bad spot. That’s what the razor is for.
Hand sanitizer gel, and paper towel
I’ve still got a ton of hand sanitizer gel
I have a hand towel that becomes the “wipe down’ towel every afternoon.
I use dish soap to clean it. Mine is a glass too so I’ll use Barkeeper’s Friend powder to clean up any baked on residue.
I use washcloths when I cook and a plastic scrub brush and a damp washcloth when my bf cooks. He splatters a lot more oil than I do.
I don’t fully dry the stove. I’ll rubs dry washcloth on it but it’s just water and my kitchen is hot so it will evaporate on its own
I use vinegar + water in a spray bottle and wipe it with a rag that I wiped all the other kitchen counters with. If the counters are particularly messy, I throw it in the hamper. If not, I hang it over the top of the spray bottle for the next time.