Keeping your old Aga clean is important – least of all because they last for generations. A dirty aged Aga is unhygienic and potentially hazardous as food stains can cause food to taste unpleasant and even cause the oven to smoke and burst into flames.
The handful of helpful tips from the Star Domestic Cleaners oven cleaning team below will help you outline how to keep your Aga clean and hygienic. It will require a bit of time, a few specialised items and a bit of elbow grease!
Tips for Regular Cleaning of Your Old & Loyal Aga
A handy tip for regular maintenance is to wipe up the spills after each cooking session using a wet, soapy cloth, especially for acidic food items like orange juice which can cause bad stains if left to solidify and effectively baked on to your cooker’s surface.
- Once the spillage is mopped, buff the enamel or lid surface with a dry towel or cloth. This way you can bring back the oven’s natural shine.
- Make sure to also wipe the surface on a regular basis, for dust can seriously affect your health and could also accumulate a hard to scrub layer over your cooker.
- If regular domestic cleaning is not your cup of tea, you could resort to our professional deep one-off service, or even an air purifier to tackle dust for you and even monitor the levels of airborne particles in your home.
Even with this regular cleaning, it is recommended that roughly once a year depending on usage you or a professional company such as Star Domestic Cleaners in London to perform a deep clean of your Aga to remove more stubborn burnt on stains.
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How to Deep Clean your Aged Range Cooker
If you clean your old Aga range cooker yourself, it will take a few hours and some effort, but we are the sure the results will be worthwhile to avoid the various hazards dirty ovens pose and even reduce your energy bills in the long term.
You will need the following items to clean your cooker, which you can purchase separately or as part of a specialist Aga cleaning kit.
Find the care instructions for your exact AGA model before choosing tools or products. AGA advises against abrasive pads, caustic cleaners, oven cleaners and metal scrapers on enamel. Read AGA’s cooker care instructions.
These are the recommended components for cleaning your Aga range cooker:
- Use the model-approved enamel cleaner and soft cloths specified in the user guide. Keep cleaning products away from surfaces for which they are not approved.
Enamel can be damaged by abrasive treatment. Do not scrape it harder to remove a persistent mark; ask AGA or a suitable specialist for advice.
Hot or Cold?…
We would recommend cleaning the oven cold, but a hot clean can be done as a less intensive clean.
Follow the user guide’s shutdown and cooling procedure. Do not improvise cooling with pans of cold water or dismantle components to speed the process.
Cooling and reheating times vary by model. Plan meals around the manufacturer’s instructions rather than a promised same-day return to cooking.
If your unit is incredibly dirty, there will be hard-to-scrape areas such as in between your or under your hotplates rings. Proper motivation and steady persistence will surely prove to work but in case you give up on details, just do your best and move forward. Worst-case scenario, consider new cooker to aide your cooking excellence, click here. It is usually Aga cleaners older than 20 years that will give you a hard time with cleaning.
Cold Cooker? You’re Ready to Start
Once the cooker cools of, you should:
- Follow the user guide for the exact model and surface. Clean accessible approved enamel gently with the recommended product and cloth, then remove residue as instructed. Do not lever off rings, remove doors or use blades and wire wool unless the manufacturer explicitly authorises the procedure for that component. Stop if a part is damaged or unfamiliar and arrange specialist advice.
These cleaning tips are used by the Blake & Bull Aga cleaning team for over ten years, helping to restore Aga and Rayburn ovens to their former glory, so pull your sleeves and get down to business.
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