Hood aluminum filter: cleaning, operation, service life ...

Hello everybody!

After 2 months of operation of the hood with two aluminum filters from grease vapors, an urgent problem arose to get recommendations and advice from you regarding the maintenance of these filters in a condition worthy of operation.

The concern is that after this period of time my filters, which have already been soaked several times in household degreasing agents and washed in the dishwasher, still have foul properties - outwardly, to the touch, they stick to fingers, and such a tendency, in theory, will be only get worse - the pores of the filter will narrow, the air flow will decrease ...

I don’t remember the link (it seems somewhere on the forum), where the respondent argued that the aluminum filter is a disposable consumable material that is acceptable to clean almost impossible, since it is almost impossible to remove dried fat eaten into the aluminum mesh ...

Tell me, plz, members of the forum, how do you deal with this problem? How long does such a filter really serve for you?

There is such a problem. Only these are not fat vapors, but the products of gas combustion. There is nothing of the kind on the hoods that stand above the electric stove. They are always clean. If it were regular fat, there would be no problems. Any powder would dissolve it. And here chemistry is more serious. For 5 years I have completely clogged. The first time I tried to clean after 3 years. Only clogged the filter pores on about 50% of the surface. And now that's all. You need to buy new ones. 750 RUR thing. Or for the sake of interest, look for chemistry that dissolves this sticky muck. A chemistry textbook should help. First, you need to decide what is formed as a result of the combustion of methane.

[I tried to clean for the first time after 3 years]

For 5 years I have completely clogged. I tried to clean for the first time after 3 years... Only clogged the filter pores on about 50% of the surface. And now that's all. You need to buy new ones. 750 RUR thing.

DonkeyHot, I'm sorry, but after three years it was already possible not to clean it.

If you collect dirt, soot and grease on the mesh for three years, then no chemistry will help you here.

The hood has been working for me for more than 6 years on a gas stove and with regular cleaning of the grid (2-3 times a month) it will look pretty decent.

[DonkeyHot]

DonkeyHot
The hood has been working for me for more than 6 years on a gas stove and with regular cleaning of the grid (2-3 times a month) it will look pretty decent.

2-3 times a month - it seems to me too much ... IMHO, once a month - that's it. Toko than, for sure and without much effort?

Is the hood for us, or are we for the hood?

[Kapet,]

2-3 times a month - it seems to me too much ... IMHO, once a month - that's it. Toko than, for sure and without much effort?

Is the hood for us, or are we for the hood?

Plaque also collects on the lower parts of the hood itself (and on the upper ones, only less)
then you need to wipe it regularly. Well, if you really wash, then that's it.

This is not difficult: I soak it overnight in detergent, and then wash it. Previously, it was passed with a brush, again with detergent, and then under a strong, strong stream of water from the shower. All dirt from the inner nets was washed out with a jet of water.

Now I'm washing it in the dishwasher (new apartment on the top floor and insufficient water pressure)

Kapet, the hood is for us, but we have to take care of it.

Well, the electric stove also has enough nasty filters: I used to clean the same fat and steam with shumanite, and now with a steam cleaner! Great to clean!

Maybe 3 years is too much. I just didn't bother with it until the problem began to strain.But

After 2 months of operation of the hood ... the filters have already been soaked several times in household degreasing agents and washed in the dishwasher

Isn't this "we are for the hood"? That is, if once a month, then I would have to tinker and take off 60 times! Yes, they were lost. Now I will order 4pcs in the SC. and I will forget forever.

There is such a problem. Only these are not fat vapors, but the products of gas combustion. There is nothing of the kind on the hoods that stand above the electric stove. They are always clean. If it were regular fat, there would be no problems. Any powder would dissolve it. And here chemistry is more serious.

I have an electric stove, cleaning the hood is a disaster, because only the most brutal chemistry helps, and even then not all.

I confirm the words of Aunt Bєsi - the steam cleaner cleans with a bang ... and besides, it also cleans the high-pressure apparatus perfectly ... I wash the car and the filter with it ...

I have an electric stove, cleaning the hood is a disaster, because only the most brutal chemistry helps, and even then not all.

You're in luck anyway. What is left of the burnt gas is not cleaned by anything that can be touched without a chemical protective suit.

We have been using a cooker hood for 4 years now. And all 4 years I was tortured with washing these very multi-layer aluminum filters :-( Here it was said that you can buy new ones in the service. But don't tell the site? Or is it just personally possible in the service with legs? We do not have a CATA service center in our city :-(

We have been using a cooker hood for 4 years now. And all 4 years I was tortured with washing these very multi-layer aluminum filters :-( Here it was said that you can buy new ones in the service. But don't tell the site? Or is it just personally possible in the service with legs? We do not have a CATA service center in our city :-(

If you fill out your profile, then perhaps they will help you. We've lost all our crystal balls here ...

[tell me where you ordered. on which site thanks

And I can easily clean these filters with "Amwey" oven gel. I applied the gel, 30 minutes. waited and washed it off under running water. No hassle and filters of any contamination as new.

tortured but washed. I wanted to buy because I crushed when I rubbed and went trashina.

I will say from my personal experience - these aluminum filters can be washed well with a high-pressure washer, for example Karher, there are such filters on any car wash and without any chemicals and mechanical damage.

[Vasilissa]

And me too, like Vasilissa, I wash the aluminum filter with an amway for ovens. I apply the product with a brush, I hold it for a short time, while I wash off something else, and then I walk a little with an Amvey metal sponge and everything is clean. By the way, I don't wash my filter often, so it's always sooo greasy.
By the way, the hood and filter are 15 years old.

I want to share a quick and cheap way to clean an aluminum filter from a hood. I suffered for a long time and, by trial and error, experimented the old grandfather's way of washing clothes.
Prepare the solution:
Bring 10 liters of water to a boil and turn off +
5 tbsp. l. washing powder for hand wash +
3 tbsp. l. vegetable oil
Place the grates in a hot solution for 30 minutes. Rinse with water (shower). We admire the clean gratings.

Another way to clean your metal filter:
Pour boiling water into a bowl. Pour baking soda and put filters there. Keep until the water cools, and then rub gently with a sponge.
You need to rub carefully so as not to wrinkle the filters.

And one more way to wash in PMM. It washes very well without problems. Even though every day

And nothing happened to the aluminum grilles?
Everywhere they write that aluminum cannot be washed in a dishwasher, that the upper protective layer is washed off, the surface becomes gray, the shine disappears. And most importantly, aluminum begins to smear and leave gray spots on everything it touches.
I did not dare to wash in PMM, I washed it with my hands.First, I smeared everything with liquid for washing dishes, and then rubbed it with laundry soap 10-15 times. Soaped a sponge with soap and rubbed. I will rinse, and again, until I laundered.
I washed all the sticky fat, the gratings shine like new. But, of course, I had to work hard.
On some hoods, stainless steel grates are placed, not aluminum. These are exactly what you can wash in PMM. I'm out of luck, I have aluminum

[k @ wka]

k @ wka, nothing has happened. I checked it out on purpose. Clean hands and filters too

Literally a month ago, I decided to clean the filters completely, until then once a month in the dishwasher, then while it was hot with an iron mesh, in 3 years the air almost stopped passing, there were five more layers of fine aluminum mesh between the external aluminum grilles, which adhered with fat in one layer. She forced her husband to unscrew the grates, tore off one inner mesh, washed, assembled works great. Before that, they washed it with automobile chemicals and then with Karcher and with an oven detergent until they disassembled it, they could not wash it in any way.

My son told me how he cleans the filters: he puts filters in an old baking sheet, pours granules of any means for cleaning sewer pipes (Mr. Muscle, Mole, etc.), pours boiling water and after 20-30 minutes all the dirt flies off. Next week I will also clean like this.

[izumka]

izumka, this procedure will gradually kill aluminum:

Everywhere they write that aluminum cannot be washed in a dishwasher, that the upper protective layer is washed off, the surface becomes gray, the shine disappears. And most importantly, aluminum begins to smear and leave gray spots on everything it touches.

It cannot be that such nonsense is written everywhere.) Aluminum products, on the contrary, become bright light under the influence of washing alkalis, almost white. Gloss yes, it can disappear. An excellent illustration is the aluminum steamer from the pressure cooker. After the dishwasher, he remains the same white. But you need to understand that any aluminum under the influence of alkalis (soda, dishwasher, cleaning gels for stoves and ovens, Shumanit, etc.) gradually loses itself.

But when all sorts of crap are mixed into aluminum, then yes, then the products turn gray. Silumin will definitely darken. The aluminum will be washed out of it, and the impurities will remain.

The hoods usually have a front layer made of aluminum and does not spoil its appearance, and the inner filling made of lattices invisible to the eye is already a cheap alloy. And he can already lose sight and gray, but only from the outside it is not visible.

Here my filters are only a few years old, they are washed in the dishwasher.



Now they are much older, they also look a little older, but in general they are comparable.

Well, why is it nonsense? Read the instructions for pmm. In mine it is written, I quote: aluminum and silver dishes can change color or fade when washed in the car.
I have only a month, I’m just learning, so I’m carefully studying the instructions and recommendations of the "experienced" on the forums. One girl wrote that she had washed the meat grinder in the PMM and now cannot use it, because it has become smeared with a gray color. The meat grinder was also made of aluminum alloy.
We cannot know what the manufacturer added to this aluminum, what rubbish. So I am wary of such moments. From someone else's experience.
I also remembered. I use a cleaner for grills and other things heavily contaminated with grease, antirig, like shumanite, only local spill. So it also says what not to use for cleaning aluminum.

In general, hood manufacturers write that filters can be washed in dishwashers. But I myself have never washed, I will not speak.

Oh, I took a picture of my filters after many years of garbage in the dishwasher. Above, the dark half is an aluminum alloy, from which the main cleaning cartridge is assembled, the "seamy" side. Light - the second part "face". Not so long ago, I missed the moment when it was worth washing, the filter was thoroughly obscured and it is visible in some places that it was not very washed out right away.But that's okay, just next time I will put to wash a little earlier than necessary.))

Some helpful tips for cleaning your filters:
1. Do not use different Moles !!!
I tried one of them. In half an hour, a through hole formed in the filter !!! I got distracted and put it in a tight bag in the bathroom. I go in, and there is something stirring!
Alkali corrodes aluminum. Above is a good video about this.
2. All soda and citric acids are dead poultices! At best, you will clean the outside of the filter. And there are 5-6 layers. You won't get inside with any brushes.
Look at the result. Everything should be transparent.
3. In car washes, high pressure will not help, even with the foam there. Checked.
4. No dishwasher, have not tried it.
5. The tool Grease remover for plates helped. Really corrodes the fat inside. True, then I still use a steam generator to soften and expel thickened drops of fat from the inner nets with it.
6. And just yesterday a good air conditioner cleaner came. I shared this problem with him. So he cleaned the filters for me as a bonus with the help of a special secret chemistry with which he cleans the air condos. Then he washed it with a pressure washer in the bathroom.