Your hair dryer is more than just a styling tool.
This is a weapon of mass destruction of fat that the professionals are silent about.
Chef Gordon Ramsay once admitted on his show Kitchen Nightmares :
"If I didn't have a hair dryer, my kitchens would look like they were after the zombie apocalypse."
And he's not kidding! MIT physicist Carl Lindstrom explains:
“Heating to 70–80°C changes the structure of the fat, turning it from a viscous mass into a liquid that is easy to remove.”
But how does this work in practice? Let's take a classic example - an extractor fan. Point the hair dryer at the frozen drops of fat, holding it at a distance of 10-15 cm. After 60 seconds, the fat will start to "cry".
Wipe the surface with a cloth with a drop of dishwashing liquid — and voila! Blogger Zoya from Yekaterinburg conducted an experiment:
"In 2 minutes I cleaned the hood, which I had been scraping with a knife for years. Now my husband thinks I'm a sorceress!"
What to do with the oven rack? Wrap it in a towel, blow hot air on all sides, then lower it into a basin of soapy water.
“The fat came off on its own, without a brush!” admires Reddit forum member u/OvenMaster.
But the main hit is cleaning the tile joints. Heat the area with a hair dryer, then go over it with a toothbrush and a paste of soda and peroxide.
“My seams are whiter than after the renovation,” Anna boasts on social media.
Dangerous nuances
Never use a hair dryer on plastic surfaces! Temperatures above 90°C will deform them. A bad luck story: user @HandyMan melted the front of his microwave while trying to remove a soup stain.
For glass ceramic hobs, turn on only the cold air mode. Overheating causes microcracks.
Lifehack: Mix 50 ml of water, 30 ml of vinegar and 10 drops of lemon essential oil. Spray on the greasy stain, heat with a hairdryer, then remove with a sponge.
“This is how we washed the van after transporting vegetable oil,” shares director Andrey.
Author: Valeria Kisternaya
