Kitchen Exhaust Fan Filter Cleaning 

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I have a much faster way to clean your filters. Fill your sink up with very very very hot water. I boil my kettle and use the hot water from there. To that add a quarter of a cup of Borax. Let it sit there for about 15-30 minutes. After soaking for the suggested time, put on a pair of thick rubber gloves and drain the sink. Rinse your filters under warm water, they should be sparkling clean. If you like or need, you can do a second application. I guarantee this will have your filters looking like they are brand new. Best part is there’s no elbow grease involved. Give it a try, you’ll be glad you did.

I just wanted to mention, if you take your filter, put it in your cookie sheet, then spray it with heavy duty oven cleaner, leave for 15 minutes, give it a scrub with the toothbrush, it will all come off without etching the filter. Also, you can do the same method and use Simple Green or Pine Sol, leave it in it over night and all the grease will be separated from the filter by morning. Also, just a tip, scrub the filter a bit before you rinse with water, this loosens up everything and more will come off. Simple Green all purpose cleaner and Pine Sol also work for stripping paint off plastics without ruining the plastic underneath. I use these cleaners to strip paint from plastic model kits that have been painted by a child and the result is a fresh, out of the box model kit. Cheers

I just bought a house and noticed drips on the stove top. The screen filters were (are) pretty bad. This is one of the better videos I found on RU-vid. You just saved me $25 for replacements. Thank you.

I was an apartment repair man. Sometimes it is impossible to find a replacement range hood filter that fits if the range hood is very old. Custom ones can be made to fit but that's expensive. Just put the filter in a broiler pan outside and flood it with ammonia. A few hours later rinse it out and it will look almost new.

A great no nonsense video.... no annoying music or shouting

Straightforward presentation without gimmickry. Just what the doctor ordered. You are a great presenter with a nice chilled approach. 35 thumbs up to 1 thumb down is one of the best thumb tallies out there. Thanks for a great video Justin. Try another one sometime.

THANKZ FOR TAKING YOUR TIME SHOWING HOW TO CLEAN STOVE FILTERS. SO HARD TO FIND THE RIGHT SIZE STOVE FILTERS. THIS CAN SAVE YOU ALOT OF MONEY TOO.

WOW!!! I'm going to try this. Thank you for owning you've never cleaned that for a decade. I thought I was the only one. I hate when a video says here's how to clean years kitchen grease. N their stuff was hardly dirtly. Thanks again for telling your truth!!👍👍

I was glad to find these directions as we had never cleaned our 9 year-old range hood filters..I used a pan and dishwasher detergent and it took more than 1 application//rinsing, etc., but I now have clean filters. What a difference! Thank you Justin.

I used that Palmolive on my cast iron grate and it removed the caked on grease! You are my hero!!!

We just cleaned the filters in our range hood following Justin McCurry's directions and the filters look brand new!

I put mine in the dish washer. Works like a charm!

IT WORKS! I covered front and back, waited 30 minutes, ran HOT water over them and they were very clean. I did see a TINY BIT of residue deep inside, so I ran HOT water in the sink, added the Palmolive and let it soak about 15 minutes! Done! They looked brand new! Thanks for sharing this method!

Thank you so much for sharing this! This work unbelievably well! This has been my go to way to clean my exhaust fan filters and it's so satisfying when all the burnt grease just comes off so easily. The same method works well for other things as well, like oven racks and such. I have been using your method for years, but today while being amazed how easily dirt comes off my oven racks, I remembered I should thank you. So thank you, thank you, thank you!

Bro!!! Why did I not ever do this before??? I have cleaned those with all sorts of things for days on end and never got the results I got in 10 minutes with this method!! You are a god.

Just tried it. Works fantastically well. I saturated just one side and let it soak for a couple hours while I ran some errands. You could see the difference even before rinsing. I laid it in the sink and blasted it good with hot water from the sink sprayer. It got almost every single bit. Looks about 99% new. And no suds or soap mess to deal with at all. Thank you very much.

*Works amazingly **Fastly.Cool** . I love all the features and the double expansion. For once a fan is almost as tall as my window. Updated but not overly fancy.*

Great information about this product. I'm glad to have found this video. One thought, the drains might accumulate the grease and for those that have septic systems, this amount of grease might that up too, so it might be best to do it outside on the lawn or somewhere similar.

Spray both sides with 409 or any heavy duty de-greaser let it sit for half hour. Drop in a pot of boiling water the grease will slide off.

I threw mines in the trash the odor would not leave! Now I know I can use this video to keep my new one clean. Awesome video!

Put the filter in the dishwasher and run it at the strongest cycle. Comes out super clean.

It worked! Thank you. Now I have a clean replacement filter whenever the new one gets dirty again. Simple dishwashing detergent really breaks down the grease.

Those filters are exactly the same as some in some military equipment and we just put them in a dishwasher on a hot cycle and they cleaned up perfectly every time.

I put mine in the dishwasher about once every 6 months. Works great, the machine does the work for me.

It actually Worked. 👍👍👍 Cleaning exhaust filters is a task I really hate and the result is never satisfactory. But with your video it was so easy and hassle free. Best part is that I didn't got sore arm muscles. I didn't use the palmolive dishwasher detergent but used Cascade. That also worked. Thank u so so much .😊😊 All the best for ur future projects. 👍

I was so frustrated, as you said, I tried oven cleaner, liquid soap, boiling water, nothing worked, you nailed it, thank God I saw your video, and of course thank you.

Now, those of you folks that have a G.E. SpaceSaver Under-the-Counter Microwave oven - above that filter is a plastic grille. From the outside, the grille sits just above the door. It has two clips that press-fit into slots. There are only 2 screws holding it. Screw those out and the grille should pop right out with little coaxing. Cleaning this grille in situ is a bear. You must to remove it and set it in a basin where you can scrub it. Justin's method also works for that. I added a another step - CAREFUL - I use boiling water for each rinse after I worked the grilles over 3x with a stiff-bristle plastic hand brush and dish soap, like he did. I never had success before, but this came out nice. I considered setting them out overnight in an ammonia bag, but I didn't know how ammonia would affect the plastic grille, so I opted for this method because dish soap is safe.

Wow... Thank you for the tip, I need to clean my exhaust filter now. Didn’t know how too, I almost bought a new one but couldn’t find the right size.

I have my own cleaning business And I clean these things all the time they’re very easy to clean. All you need is very hot water and 2 tablespoons of Oxsee clean you soak it for about a minute or 2 agitated a little bit in the sink and it comes out just as clean as the video. Clean smart not hard.

Fantastic presentation. I really like this method and cheap to do it. Can you also make one more presentation on gow to clean oven trays and oven. Many tanks and Gos bless.

Thank you for your video. You are concise and well spoken. This method worked out great on our exhaust fan filter. We had the powder dishwasher cleanser, so we made a paste out of it & that worked out well too. It only took two tries.

I done the same method outside in the garden used boot tray to soak it in dishwasher detergent. It worked perfectly well with out worry of clogging drains

I bet your exhaust fan is happier and quite a bit more quiet!!!! I like filling up the home depot orange buckets with hot water ammonia dawn dish detergent. Then let the filters sit in the solution for a couple of hours. I'm in no hurry. Nice job.

I soak my kitchen filters in Lestoil for a few mins and the grease just melts off. Not the most well known household cleaners but one of the best.

Another thing to try is spray on oven cleaner(lye soap). However it may be hard on the aluminum. The dishwasher detergent method may be the best, it looks great in this video. It's great seeing people reuse stuff instead of throwing away. This filter is aluminum metal, made to be cleaned and reused over and over again.

Lye and warm water worked like a charm for me. No scrubbing required. And it only needed a 2-minute soak... even for a filter that hadn’t been cleaned in 12 years.

Laundry detergent works well especially if you add in some stain remover powder and leave to soak. I usually leave it overnight and the next day everything rinses off. No muscles necessary. Works on pans and oven dishes etc too.

Thank You for sharing the information to clean the filters. My exhaust fan manufacturer is no longer in business and can't buy filters no where because of the odd size and I had to have them made and it was very expensive.So I definitely will be trying your helpful information.

No need to waste time on scrubing the filter.. Just take it outside and wash it with pressure washer... I'm doing it for years and works every time.

I tried cleaning mine after not cleaning it in 8 years and I broke it. it came out of the sides since they are so delicate. 8$ bought me a pack of 2! :) I'll stick to changing them out

This was the easiest and quickest of all...thank you

Thank you I’ve tried cleaning it before and it’s hard to get clean > but I’m gonna try this ASAP . Great presentation

Awesome video , wish I would have seen this week ago before I cleaned mine . Totally going to do this next time around !

Very good, neat and nice educative presentation. I appreciate it.

OMG...the before and after weighing of the filter killed me! My mom used to soak hers in ammonia.

wow - can't wait until I give it a try. The greases are so thick we can't even see other side. Thanks mate

I finally got around to trying your cleaning hack today and I can say I am 💯 happy. Mine looks brand new. It was so easy for me , I didn’t scrub, wet applied set and rinsed. Thanks

Wow!!! I'm so glad stumbled across this video.

I appreciate this video for sure. Dawn dishwashing detergent would have decreased the grease dissolved time in my opinion. T'he blue hue is the best too. Love the stuff.

The simplest method I found on my fed . Thanks .

I just put the filter in the lower rack of the dishwasher and start it with the Pots & Pans cycle with regular dishwasher tablet. Works great and easy !

Oh wow-thank you! My landlord will love me when I move out!

When facing my dirty range hood filters I did a quick search on RU-vid tutorials. I found very little useful information - myths, half-truths, false facts and even intentionally misleading information. The method shown in this video is one of the better ones. Here's my contribution as a chemical engineer: The residue in the filters consists of vaporised oils and fats plus a number of their break-down products. The smelly, sticky goo is made up of a mix of dozens of chemicals, most of which are hydrophobe (= repelled by or not soluble in water). Solution 1: an industrial hydrocarbon based solvent (= degreaser). This is a very harsh method (vapors, flammability, may damage plastic components, not environmentally friendly) Solution 2: Caustic Soda (NaOH) + Fat = Soap! As soap happily dissolves in water this should get rid of the fatty components (Caution: NaOH is a dangerous chemical - protect your hands andd eyes, always add the chemical in small fractions to lots of cold water. NaOH is readily available as drain cleaner) Solution 3: surfactants (make oil, fat and water "mix") and enzymes (break down fats and other organics into smaller molecules). A very powerful product is laundry powder (with or without enzymes), it is optimised to get dirt out of a fine mesh. You can also get biological drain cleaners containing enzymes (quite expensive but environmentally friendly). With enzymes, only use warm water for best results. Solution 4: fancy cleaning products (there are dozens of more or less specialised products on the market which are often overly expensive and not necessarily guaranteed to do the job). Note: with all of the above, higher temperatures (chemical reactions will speed up exponentially), longer soaking times plus a little elbow grease will help the process. Procedure: I prefer Solution 3 - use an adequately sized rectangular bucket, dissolve laundry powder in warm water (you may need 2 or more measuring cups depending on the grease load!), submerge the filters and swash them round for a while. The water will turn brown instantly and the filters begin to shine. Leave them in the solution for at least 30 minutes. Swash around again, brush around the edges if necessary then discard the solution. Rinse at least 3 times or until the water becomes clear. Dry before putting back into range hood. For extremely dirty filters you may have to repeat the procedure or just clean the filters at a shorter interval in the future. If you range hood has an hour counter, 30 to 50 operating hours is a reasonable number. My simplified list is by no means exhaustive but I hope I have dispelled some myths - Happy Cleaning!

I have great success with ZEP commercial, all purpose cleaner & degreaser. I use it on many other places that has grease on it. This can be purchased at most any place that sells cleaners like Home Depot. I just spray it on, leave it for a few minutes and I rinse it off with hot water using the kitchen sprayer. I seldom have to use it a second time.

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years ago my husband took our dirty above stove filters like your outside and sprayed them with Engine Degreaser and let them sit for an hour then took garden hose to spray them clean then I wash them with soap and water WOW they were brite Clean NEW after that I would put in dishwasher once a week and they were 40+ years old and still looked like new!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! can of engine degreaser cost $3.50 spray wait an hour rinse wash with dish soap rinse done took about 1 and 1/2 hour time and $3.50 simple and cheap!!!!!

Wonder if that detergent messed up the aluminum on the edges? Also, a brush made to clean dentures is the greatest tool for scrubbing small things. MIL had a couple of hospital ones in her belongings and the angle and stiffness makes it a great cleaning tool.

Wow cool! Crazy story. I have dishwashing soap, but no dish washer (except me). I kept this DW soap in garage for years. Thought of getting rid of the DW soap (again 2 days ago), but didn't. Glad I came across this video because I need to clean stuff like this. Goes to show, Everything happens for a reason, signs, timing, etc, no coincidences. Plus am frugal...Thanks for sharing Info!

I definitely needed to watch this. Thank you so much. 🌹

Thank you very much hope your valuable information we have tried all different types of detergent and none of them work I will give this brand of detergent a try.

You video is one of the best to watch and it's worth it better thn other clons

Nice job on those filters. 👍 Now see how clean you can get that sheet pan. 😝

Glad , I finally googled how to clean an exhaust fan filter.

my second time watching this..how to clean my exhaust filter.thank youfor helping mefigure outa great way to clean things that many ignor.

Oh my Gosh!!! Thank you very much for your Video Presentation, this is very Helpful information, Much Appreciated! 😊

Before the cleaning with the detergent: pour boiling water over it (outside if you can). It loosens the grease and the following cleaning doesn't require as much detergent.

Dawn dish soap works a lot better on grease & you'll use less, but thanks for the video, bleach is good to use for those hard to clean filters. Let it soak for a while & rinse very thoroughly

Thanks for the tip. Now time to buy a new pan.

I just cleaned mine before finding this video. I used simple green and dawn dish soap outside with a parts cleaning brush. Rinsed with a spray nozzle and Boom, no more grease.

Ufff ..was thinking in using paint thinner ... I am encouraged to do mine now like you demo here. Thank you Justin.

If you have access to a covered area outside then using essentially the same procedure, but substitute the detergent with neat ammonia solution and brushed into the mesh will also produce amazing results. Make sure area is well ventilated as he ammonia fumes can be overwhelming. NB: be sure to wear rubber gloves!

I feel so much better about how dirty my is.Thank you.

WOW- I just finished cleaning my filters (over 20 years I'm embarrassed to say) I tried Goo-Gone and Kitchen DeGreaser. They did nothing . Then got my Palmolive liquid soap and bingo!!! But I thought I'd check RU-vid out to see if there was even something better. Couldn't believe I went through the same process as you :))) and decided liquid detergent is the best. Now do you have anything for grout? Thanks again.

That's amazing. Thank you for sharing.

I just put mine in the dish washer about every 3 months. It comes out really clean with no scrubbing.

u should rinse it outside , all that grease will clog your pipes and leave a bad smell of oil, grease and whatever else was on the

I’m impressed, great job. Plus it was easy.

Oh , Thanks for this video , Now I know what detergent to used. A big thanks

Awesome. It works perfectly. Thank you Justin for sharing.

I have 2filters in my range hood that I want to clean so thank you for the tip of using the Palmolive dish soap cause I've been buying expensive cleaner so this is definitely worth trying.

The only thing you need to do is put the filter in the dishwasher add dishwashing soap and turn on the machine, comes out like new so easy.

Great instructions! Worked wonders on my filter...thanks much.

Just wondering why anyone would wait 12 long years before cleaning the filters???? It doesn't take much to clean them every month. And you can just toss them into the dishwasher if you don't want to clean them by hand.

Wet the item put the dishwasher soap on it let it sit but before you rinse it off scrub it first once you rinse it the cleaning agent is gone so scrub it before you rinse it you'll get better results

So why didnt other dish work??

I was thinking on halfway filling that rectangular tray with water with detergent, put that filter, put it on top of the stove, and let it boil. I think the hot temp would facilitate the old dirty grease removal.

Peeps who tried it please let us know if it worked. This guy has links to these products so I'm skeptical. Don't hate me! 😁

Even quicker cleaning is with Dawn Powerwash. Lay the filter in the sink, give each side a good spray. Let it sit for a minute or two, then a quick scrub with an old toothbrush on each side & rinse. Looks brand new in under five minutes.

I just did 2 filters at a house I inherited, all I did was dip them in boiling water, & the were clean as a whistle. No scrubbing or anything. Then I dumped the water outside.

I “thought” I had tried everything. I was wrong I will definitely try this!

Wow 12 years of grease! Although I haven't done mine in 6 months & It's half as bad, probably because I'm a smoker & I'm sure the smoke would also escape through the fan too. Obviously I'm searching for better methods so I can clean it 2day remembering how long I had to scrub them b4.

those filters are made of metal, i just put them between the dishes in my dishwasher machine. I just add 1 extra cube of detergent and i put the machine on the hottest setting. Works perfectly and you can use the same method for periodical cleaning.

Does it have to be THAT brand or will any dishwasher det work???

The grease, oil and other chemicals won't accumulate if the range hood is diligently wiped with dishwashing soap after cooking. It's easier that way to maintain the cleanliness than cleaning all the gunk and goop coz the worst dirt is the one underneath the metal mesh which is the pad. The grease is so hard to come off. Maybe you'll have a better luck than I did. 😊

I put mine in the dishwasher with rest of dishes. it comes out like new.

Go to auto store buy gunk or engine grease remover ,spray it on the caked up filter (outside ventilated area ) then garden hose it. No scrubbing No grease getting into the drainage and later clogging problem.Simple.

Can you put this in the dishwasher

You can also put hot water in the sink and add Borax. It cleans very good

My dishwasher does this for me. Once a month and they come out like new. 👍🇦🇺