Method for cleaning a surface of a steel product, in which a fluid jet is directed from a nozzle, which is located in a position which is associated with an edge of the surface to be cleaned, onto the surface to be cleaned, wherein, during the cleaning operation, there is produced a relative movement between the nozzle and the steel product and wherein the fluid jet is orientated transversely relative to the direction of the relative movement of the steel product and nozzle, - wherein from another nozzle which is located in a position which is associated with the edge of the surface to be cleaned, which edge is opposite the edge of the steel product associated with the first nozzle, another fluid jet, which is orientated transversely relative to the direction of the relative movement between the nozzles (6,7) and the steel product, with respect to the first fluid jet is directed onto the surface to be cleaned without any overlap, - wherein the respective striking region (AB1,AB2) in which the fluid jets (S1, S2) strike the surface to be cleaned is spaced apart from the edge (11,12) which is associated with the nozzle (6,7) which produces the fluid jet (S1, S2), respectively and - wherein when viewed in the flow direction (SR1, SR2) of the respective fluid jet (S1, S2), the striking region (AB1, AB2) of the fluid jets (S1, S2) begins between the centre line of the surface to be cleaned of the steel product and the edge (11,12) of the steel product, which (11,12) edge is associated with the nozzle (6,7) which produces the respective fluid jet (S1, S2) characterised in that the spacing between the beginning of the striking region (AB1, AB2) of the respective fluid jet (S1, S2) and the edge (11,12) with which the nozzle (6,7) producing the respective fluid jet (S1, S2) is associated, is adjusted, in accordance with the width of the steel product and with the width over which the fluid jets (S1, S2) which are produced by the nozzles (6,7) associated with the opposing edges (11,12) of the steel product overlap when viewed in the direction of the relative movement, according to the following formula: KR ≥ 0.5 x B - KA. - wherein from another nozzle which is located in a position which is associated with the edge of the surface to be cleaned, which edge is opposite the edge of the steel product associated with the first nozzle, another fluid jet, which is orientated transversely relative to the direction of the relative movement between the nozzles (6,7) and the steel product, with respect to the first fluid jet is directed onto the surface to be cleaned without any overlap, - wherein the respective striking region (AB1,AB2) in which the fluid jets (S1, S2) strike the surface to be cleaned is spaced apart from the edge (11,12) which is associated with the nozzle (6,7) which produces the fluid jet (S1, S2), respectively and - wherein when viewed in the flow direction (SR1, SR2) of the respective fluid jet (S1, S2), the striking region (AB1, AB2) of the fluid jets (S1, S2) begins between the centre line of the surface to be cleaned of the steel product and the edge (11,12) of the steel product, which (11,12) edge is associated with the nozzle (6,7) which produces the respective fluid jet (S1, S2)