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So as I'm a dirty scummer and we use our oven a lot the inner pane of glass is pretty dirty. It's a semi opaque brown film and super tough, I assume it's effectively welded on nebulised oil and such like. So far in an attempt to clean it I've tried the following....
- Stanley blade in a scraper. This doesn't seem to be able to get under the welded on oil
- Baking Soda. Read that this was good as a mild abrasive paste. Didn't work even after lots of scrubbing
- Partially disolved dishwasher tablet. Similar to the baking soda but with added chemicals. Again lots of scrubbing and it didn't work
- IPA (not the beer). Tried spraying some IPA on and then using the stanley blade scraper. Made a bit of difference but not much.
Next step is to pop the glass in the diswhaser on the hot cycle and see if that helps remove all the crud.
Failing that working does anyone have any recommendations for how the clean it, do the specific oven cleaners work? I promise that I'll clean it more regularly in the future and not let it get into a bad state again.
Was going to day, surely a specific oven cleaning foam is what you want, spray it on, leave for a bit, wipe it off?
😀 if it anything like our oven ,one spray of foam cleaner isn't going to do much... not unless it's a new oven. I scrubbed/soaked ours for several hours using HG oven glass cleaner, bi-carb, lemon juice & got there eventually, and was very satisfied with the results... BUT... TBH I'd pay a man to do it next time, as it took ages & was soon misty again... Ours is a cheap oven, I'm now scared to pay someone, only for the whole thing to fail the next day (it's trigger broom, having had several elements, a fan, new controller..)
After you’ve scraped off the thick deposits use a paste of washing up liquid, Barkeeper’s Friend, and a little water with a Scrub Daddy. Rub it in, leave it a while, rub it off, repeat until glass is nice and clean, then use water or glass cleaner for a final shine.
Don’t use any caustic cleaner, wire wool, or strongly abrasive cleaners or pads as they can damage the surface.
Stanley blade works. But you have to get under it. So the initial bit is hard work but then you can remove ribbons in a shaving action withe the blade firly against the glass.
The scraper holders can be junk though. The square blades with an aluminium spine that fit in retractable tools are better.
Recently did ours with Mr Muscle foam cleaner stuff and it did a decent job, shifted most of it. Certainly worth a go for a couple of quid.
Don't think dishwasher will touch it.
get to the supermarket and get some proper oven cleaner. your just messing about untill then.
I can confirm that the dishwasher did SFA. I'll grab some oven cleaner from the supermarket over the weekend.
Thanks all.
Google 'stainless scrubber' - available everywhere these days and that plus any random oven cleaner did an amazing job for me in a similar situation. Use them for everything now, incredibly effective and yet kind to the surface underneath.
Stanley blade worked well for me, once you've got the big stuff off then oven cleaner can do the final bits. Once it's clean, you can give it a quick once over with a Stanley blade every so often to keep it looking reasonable
Depends how minging and crusty it's got, I guess!
Hammer and chisel might be required 😆
Wet newspaper.
Trust me, try it. (You've got nothing to lose if it doesn't work.)
Second vote for the Barkeeper's Friend. Keeps ours looking spotless.
I've always used a Stanley blade in a scraper. Warm the oven up a bit first to soften the crap. Use a slightly sideways action at first to slice I to the crud and once you've got a bit off, the rest usually peels away fairly easily.
Mr muscle foam or warm water and a Brillo pad works on mine. I go gently/no heavy scrubbing with the Brillo pad as I am scared to scratch the glass, but haven’t yet.
rub cif in with scrunched up tin foil
Stanley blade sounds terrifying!
have you tried mixing bicarbonate of soda (60p), with regular washing up liquid?
adding salt may scrape the glass.
Your call.
I use Cif /own brand cream cleaner, so far worked very well.
Ashes from the fire/stove/bbq work amazingly well: sharp enough to break down the grime but don’t touch the glass
just use a cloth damp enough to pick a few up when dabbed into a pile of the ash
also try leaving half a lemon in a tray of water in the oven for half an hour or so on the very minimum setting before you start to loosen/hydrate everything
So exciting update, a £4 can of Mr Muscle oven cleaning spray has done the job.
When I worked at Center Parcs doing lodge maintenance I was often asked by the house keepers to remove the oven glass for them to clean. I ended up cleaning them myself as it was quicker than taking the glass out then having to go back later in the day to put it back together again after they had cleaned it. I got pretty quick at cleaning them. Basically to start I used a four inch paint scraper (on Amazon it’s called a 10.16cm Amazon basics scraper).The scraper took off the majority of the baked on film. Then to get it really clean I used a Brillo pad and some Cif/Jif cream cleaner. The whole process including taking the glass out only took a few minutes.
I used industrial thinners.
Obviously you need to clean that off afterwards- Hot soapy water
Put a tea towel over the inside of the glass, soaked it in thinners, placed cling film over that(to prevent evaporation) and left it for 30mins.
Using the stanley glass scraper 0-28-590 all the accumulated gunk just peeled off with no effort.
Thinners are cheap and No1 for dissolving grease
The astonish oven cleaner is... Astonishing.
Orange paste in a tub with sponge. Not harsh on skin. Lasts years.