Cleaning radiators

[anniemo60]

Hi,
I am new to this, so am hoping someone can help me. I am having problems cleaning dust from inside my radiators. They are only 3 years old so not too bad.
However....I have seen some similar rads in other homes which have never been cleaned.
They look very dirty & quite disgusting!😡 I don't want mine to end up looking the same.

Is it possible to take the sides and top grill off of these rads? They seem to be held by a plastic disc either side at the top. If not does anyone have advice on how to clean them please?

Many thanks anniemo60

 

[Puddle]

you should able to remove side panels first,then top panel
you will find the side panels also slide off the plastic valve surrounds
or if you are worried about removing grills,buy a can of compressed air and clean out by spraying grills

 

[Sparkey77]

Hi Annie after much struggling to get the sides and top off my radiator, even following the makers instructions, I gave up.
So I though how can I clean the cobwebs and dust out? I put the crevice tool on the hose of my vacuum cleaner and tried to blow the dust down from the top with a hairdryer.
Then I had a lightbulb moment, the bottom of the radiator is completely open, so by putting the crevice tool close to the fins it sucked the dust out, job done

 

[WaterTight]

one can only hope annie has long since moved on to problems and pastures anew.