My Artusi canopy has never kept up. Why?

Frequently the ducting rather than the hood. These are usually fitted during renovations, replacing a smaller hood, and the duct run often stays as it was, so a wide canopy is restricted at the duct rather than the fan. The diagnostic is whether it was ever satisfactory: one that used to cope has a cleaning problem, one that never did has a ducting problem.

How do I clean stainless baffle filters?

Soak them flat for an hour in hot water with a non-caustic degreaser, then brush along the channels between the plates rather than across them. Baffles separate grease by making the air change direction, so the channels are where the deposit sits, and brushing across them pushes it sideways rather than out.

How do I avoid marking a stainless canopy?

Work along the brushed grain rather than across it, with a soft cloth and warm soapy water first. On a wide canopy at eye level, swirl marks from cleaning across the grain are visible from across the room and are much harder to remove than the mark you were chasing. Dry it afterwards, since Sydney water leaves mineral spots.

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How to Clean an Artusi Rangehood

These go into renovations rather than original fit-outs, which usually means a wider canopy than the kitchen previously had and a duct that has not changed.

3 min read · Written by Oven Valets, cleaning rangehoods across Sydney and greater NSW for 15+ years

Soak the baffle filters flat in hot water with a non-caustic degreaser. On a renovation install, check whether the duct run was upgraded with the hood, because a wide canopy fitted to a duct sized for a smaller one is restricted at the duct rather than the fan.

Artusi hoods are mostly canopies with stainless baffle filters, distributed by Eurolinx and fitted predominantly during kitchen renovations rather than in original builds.

Renovation installs and the duct behind them

Because these go in during a renovation, they frequently replace a smaller hood, and the duct run behind them frequently does not get replaced at the same time.

A wide canopy asked to move air through a duct sized for a 600mm hood is restricted at the duct, and no amount of filter maintenance changes that. The useful diagnostic is whether the hood was ever satisfactory: one that used to cope and no longer does has a cleaning problem, while one that never coped from the day it was installed has a ducting problem, and those are different trades.

It is worth establishing before paying anyone to clean it, because a duct-limited hood produces a disappointing result no matter how well the filters come up.

Baffle filters, and why they suit a canopy

Artusi canopies generally carry stainless baffles rather than aluminium mesh: overlapping angled plates that force the air to change direction so grease runs down into a trap.

Baffles hold their extraction rate far better than mesh as they load, which matters on a wide canopy, and they survive far more cleaning cycles. Soak them flat for an hour in hot water with a non-caustic degreaser and brush along the channels rather than across them. Our rangehood cleaning guide covers the impeller housing behind them, which is where the smell and the noise come from.

Stainless, along the grain

The canopy is stainless and is worked along the brushed grain, never across it. On a wide canopy at eye level, swirl marks are visible from across the room in a way they are not on a small appliance.

What actually goes wrong

A duct never upgraded when the canopy was.

Swirl marks from cleaning across the grain.

Baffles brushed across the channels rather than along them.

Should you do it yourself?

Do it yourself for the filters and the canopy.

Get someone in for the impeller housing, or to establish whether a hood that has never kept up is dirty or duct-limited. The Artusi cooktop and Artusi oven are usually the same age.

Artusi rangehood questions

My Artusi canopy has never kept up. Why?: Frequently the ducting rather than the hood. These are usually fitted during renovations, replacing a smaller hood, and the duct run often stays as it was, so a wide canopy is restricted at the duct rather than the fan. The diagnostic is whether it was ever satisfactory: one that used to cope has a cleaning problem, one that never did has a ducting problem.
How do I clean stainless baffle filters?: Soak them flat for an hour in hot water with a non-caustic degreaser, then brush along the channels between the plates rather than across them. Baffles separate grease by making the air change direction, so the channels are where the deposit sits, and brushing across them pushes it sideways rather than out.
How do I avoid marking a stainless canopy?: Work along the brushed grain rather than across it, with a soft cloth and warm soapy water first. On a wide canopy at eye level, swirl marks from cleaning across the grain are visible from across the room and are much harder to remove than the mark you were chasing. Dry it afterwards, since Sydney water leaves mineral spots.

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