Grease around Stove (Impossible to Remove)

[Meat Plow]

Yep.

Lye.

[Norminn]

What is on the walls .. paint, tile, paper? If the surface is very smoothe, a razor-blade scraper can get the heavy stuff. Mineral spirits can cut grease. Fantastic and a green scrubber for the rest. If either of these take the paint with the grease, the grease has dried and been on the wall too long. Might want to think about tile or Formica just to keep it easier to clean.

[Matt]

I've removed polymerized vegetable oil with ethyl alcohol, which is to say roughly, "Yup".

[thehick]

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i have easy-off oven cleaner to try still. probably this coming week i'll get to it. i'll check the kitchen section at home depot to see what wall coverings i can use. maybe i can just get a couple of pieces of formica and attach them covering everything. and making future cleaning simple. thanks for that idea. ...thehick

[Meat Plow]

Plus you can make mixed drinks with it while you clean :)

[jmagerl]

No one has suggested a steam cleaner yet. A bit on the expensive side for a solution.....

[Norminn]

Oven cleaner is a poor choice, even for ovens :o) If you have a hard, flat surface, the razor scraper will get built-up hard grease. Fantastic has always worked very well on kitchen grease for me, but shouldn't be used on glass. If there is no vent hood, installing one would help immensely.

[NickySantoro]

I've had good luck with Zep Purple from HD, 50/50 with water.

[thehick]

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Ok. Easy-Off did the trick. Some parts came off RIGHT AWAY! Some just got better. So a little scraping with a putty knife and some more Easy-Off should do it.

Thanks to all for the suggestions. Some stuff is difficult to source here in Canada (like Greased Lightning). ...thehick

[Just Joshin]

Yeah, that stuff is tough. Tough on the skin too. ;)

tom @