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**Chris** · 08-04-2005, 12:16

Hi all ... this week I acquired (for free!) a fully-working electric range cooker. It looks very nice in our kitchen and I'm looking forward to experimenting with the sort of complicated dishes you can only do with two ovens, four hob plates and a griddle

There's only one, very wee snag ... all four of the hob plates show evidence of corrosion. One of them is significantly pitted. The range is no more than 8 years old (judging by the (c) date in the instructions) but has clearly been very well used and not so well loved.

I have done some googling on the subject of repairing hob corrosion and all I have found is pages dealing with Agas and Rayburns (and even these don't answer my question at all, despite promising to in their introductions - frustrating!)

The best I can understand is that you can apparently use a fine grade emery cloth to smooth a hob plate (on an Aga, at any rate), before cleaning and oiling with a proprietory bottle of whatever.

Does anybody here have any experience of cleaning rust off an electric cooker hob plate?

Thanks in advance ....

08-04-2005, 12:16	#1
Chris Trollsplatter Cable Forum Team Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: North of Watford Services: Humane elimination of all common Internet pests Posts: 38,596	Restoring corroded hob plates Hi all ... this week I acquired (for free!) a fully-working electric range cooker. It looks very nice in our kitchen and I'm looking forward to experimenting with the sort of complicated dishes you can only do with two ovens, four hob plates and a griddle There's only one, very wee snag ... all four of the hob plates show evidence of corrosion. One of them is significantly pitted. The range is no more than 8 years old (judging by the (c) date in the instructions) but has clearly been very well used and not so well loved. I have done some googling on the subject of repairing hob corrosion and all I have found is pages dealing with Agas and Rayburns (and even these don't answer my question at all, despite promising to in their introductions - frustrating!) The best I can understand is that you can apparently use a fine grade emery cloth to smooth a hob plate (on an Aga, at any rate), before cleaning and oiling with a proprietory bottle of whatever. Does anybody here have any experience of cleaning rust off an electric cooker hob plate? Thanks in advance ....