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What's the best way to remove old baked-on grease from stainless steel?
This well-loved exhaust hood has grills that can be removed and soaked, but also plenty of surfaces that can't. See also glass lenses over the LEDs.
What can I use to soak things in a basin, and what can I use to soak horizontal surfaces that won't simply drip away?
@royal@theres.life have you tried barkeepers’ friend? My first go-to for things like this, make a paste and let it sit for a bit, scrub off with something stiff/tough, 0000 steel wool works but it loads up quickly.
@spaceraser I'm not familiar with it. Tell me more?
@royal@theres.life if you’re local to the US, it should be easy to find at the megamart. Here’s a picture. It’s composed of a mild abrasive, a surfactant, and Oxalic acid, which does most of the heavy lifting. Use with gloves, don’t breathe in the loose powder. It’s not very very toxic but it’s unpleasant and might murder your cuticles if you’re not careful with it.
@royal@theres.life last time I had a job similar to yours, I made a paste with a small nylon brush and just enough water to hold it together and daubed it on, left it for a couple hours. The oxalic isn’t strong enough to damage the metal in that amount of time, so you could leave it for longer if you needed, though I think several one hour treatments would be more effective than one several hour treatment.