Have moved house and need help with ceramic hob and dust and curtains

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Hi all

Have just moved house and inherited a ceramic hob surface with gas jets - most odd. Was going to use e cloths to clean it by the dh - a fastidious and pernickerty chap keen to protect his investment - reckons that will scratch the ceramic surface. Anyone know the answer? Also am drowning in dust mostly caused by all cardboard box ripping. The boxes go tomorrow but wondered what would be best way to clean v large bedroom curtains (velvety material) - a good hoover or dry clean?

Your expert opinions please

Thanks

I don't know whether e cloths would scratch a ceramic hob I'm afraid. We had a ceramic hob in our old house and I used to clean it with a specialist cleaner and an ordinary j cloth.

As for the curtains - you must absolutely not dry clean them. Take them down and hoover them on the floor. Its a pita, but there it is.

Hoover the curtains, definitely! Then maybe a dry clean if desperate. I'd hoover with a brush attachment and then get them outside to air.......might have to wait til April for that bit though

I'm not an expert in ceramic hobs. My mum used cream cleaner on hers without a scratch but I'm not sure this is the norm!!!

And as for the dust.........fresh hoover bag, power up full, brush attachment and hoover everything. Telly, table tops, books, husband.

ooh you are so good. Will def do the hoover thing and keep hoping for a ceramics hob expert...We had a ceramic hob in early 80's and remember special cleaner and j cloths but it got knackered anyways...

Is the hob a glass one as I used to use wire wool and a cream cleaner and really gently scrubbed. Always came out like new.

Astonish Paste for ceramic hob.

For the curtains, gather together 3 friends or family members (as well as you). Go outside into a big open space and each take a corner of a curtain and all shake like mad. Turn the other way up and repeat. Then iron on the lining side, spraying some lavender water on the lining. Then rehang.

I like the "get your pals over to shake curtains". I take it wine is in there somewhere too......?