The Best Grease and Grime Cleaner to Clean your Oven Range Hood to a Sparkling Shine – in 10 minutes Flat! You already have it at home too – so its FREE!
Remember on Monday when I was discussing the ‘January Cure’ and the fun new organizing and cleaning challenge I’m taking this month with Apartment Therapy?
When I was in the kitchen cleaning I noticed that my oven range hood was super dirty!
I used my easy fast cleaning method and I’m passing it on to you today!
I’ve wiped down our range hood many times before with a soapy cloth but when I started looking at it this week I noticed this….
..and this…
..and this! Gross!
Because I’m always trying to find ways to clean the easy and fast way I thought I’d share with you how I got my oven range hood sparkling clean in 10 minutes flat!
The secret cleaning ingredient is this:
Nail polish remover… otherwise known as acetone!!
I just put the nail polish remover on some cotton pads and wiped! First I tested a small spot on my oven hood to make sure the finish wasn’t harmed, be sure you do that first!!
I couldn’t believe all the dirt, grease and grime that came off!
(For safety make sure you have the oven TURNED OFF when you clean the range hood!)
The acetone in the nail polish remover is a solvent that dissolves organic substances like grease and grime and it’s inexpensive! It only took a small amount to do the entire range hood!
I was shocked at just how dirty the oven range hood was!
…in just 10 minutes I was done!
..and now my oven hood is sparkling clean! Look at how clean and shiny the stainless steel looks now!
Here’s a before and after: Grim to Shine!
Heather Luckhurst is the publisher and owner of the Design and Lifestyle website 
countrymeadowsdesigns says
January 9, 2014 at 10:48 pmHave you tried Simple Green? It is the best de-greaser I have found and works anywhere, including laundry grime. They also have cleaners and polishes for stone, like granites, etc. I am never without it.
Tammy @ A Walk in the Countryside says
January 13, 2014 at 5:26 pmGood to know! Thanks for sharing, I plan on trying this!
Heather SettingforFour says
January 13, 2014 at 6:16 pmLess time cleaning is my goal Tammy!!
Gael says
August 2, 2014 at 9:36 pmI saw this pin, grabbed my nail polish remover, and cleaned my ….. range top. As in Not hood. I was a little concerned about the surface of my range, but it was already blog tested, right? lol! It seemed to work, and there was no damage to my flat top range. Then I came to your blog, saw my error, had a laugh at my reading incomprehension, and of course had to document it by commenting! Next I think I’ll try it on my range HOOD.
heather says
August 4, 2014 at 8:43 amLOL – I’m so glad it worked on your range top too!! It’ll make your range hood sparkle!
Nuria wade says
February 2, 2015 at 9:34 pmI LIKED. THANK you for your time.
Cathy says
January 24, 2016 at 12:36 amI use my all purpose spray of 50/50 water and vinegar, dash of washing up detergent and eucalyptus oil. This is great for cutting through grease and is cheaper than nail polish remover.
heather says
February 1, 2016 at 6:29 pmThanks for your tip Cathy!
Starr says
February 21, 2017 at 8:52 amWho knew! I can’t wait to try it!
Elizabeth Anne says
February 21, 2017 at 7:45 pmHeather, I will try this idea on my range hood. Thanks for the tip.
Connie says
February 21, 2017 at 7:45 pmOMG! Can’t wait to try it, never would have thought it possible
. Thanks
Rebecca says
February 22, 2017 at 9:49 pmOh my gosh! Thank you!! I definitely will give this a try. We don’t have a range hood but have a microwave above the stove. I keep the microwave wiped down and really clean all the time but the underside of it is a problem area for sure.
heather says
February 23, 2017 at 11:25 amYou’re welcome Rebecca!!
Suzanne says
February 24, 2017 at 4:33 pmI want to try this. Thanks for the tip!
Eva says
February 10, 2018 at 2:18 amIt work great easy
heather says
February 18, 2018 at 11:04 amFabulous! I’m so great to hear that this cleaning trick worked for you too! Isn’t it amazing?!