Cleaning the oven - but not (very) Off Topic

[Steve Maskery]

I decided to clean the oven. Big mistake, really, just live with the - history, eh.

Anyway I bought this stuff called Oven Pride, which shows a picture of a gleaming oven. Only when you read the instruction leaflet do you realise that it's not for use on glass (why not?) which is the bit you most want to be clean and clear.

Anyway, as well as bottle of Nasty Stuff and nitrile gloves ("we supply these as a convenience, we recommend you use long gloves" - or, if you prefer, "the gloves we supply are not up to the job"), there is a very nice ZipLoc bag. It's big enough for two racks side by side (as opposed to one on top of the other) and it occurred to me that it would make quite a decent vacuum bag for smallish work. You'd need to fit your vac valve, of course, but I reckon it would be good for a few pressings.

If anyone knows of a vac pump going begging...

 

[shed9]

Most decent oven cleaners are predominantly sodium hydroxide which can attack glass, hence the reason why not to use on the door. Some fairy and 0000 steel wool will bring the glass back to normal.

Caveat on the steel wool; works for me and never had an issue but it's one of those Marmite things where people do or don't so try a scrubber first.

 

[Steve Maskery]

Thank you, Shed. I have a degree in (very old) Chemistry, but can remember very little of it. But I seem to remember we had bottles of sodium hydroxide in the lab. Glass bottles.

I'm not doubting you, there must be a reason for the warning, I just don't remember them being chemical enemies.

 

[yetloh]

My wife says go to Lakeland. Their cleaner is excellent for glass and the enamel and chrome bits. Just had a thought - surely the enamel on ovens is vitreous i.e basically glass so, as you say, why can't you use it on glass?

Jim

 

[Harbo]

I use Lakeland stuff, also one of their large plastic rectangular containers for leaving the trays etc to soak.
We also make an effort in cleaning the glass with soap and water after each use.

The worst thing to clean is our Combination Oven - although it's mainly stainless steel, it says only clean with soap and water ( no specialist cleaners) - but that doesn't work!

Rod

 

[oakfield]

I find a Stanley blade good for cleaning the glass on an oven door.

 

[misterfish]

Our oven door unclips and can be removed from the oven itself. Then you can separate the panes of glass that make up the door. The outer ones are always a simple job to wash and clean but the inner one can take a bit more work. What I have found most effective is the scraper that came with an old glass ceramic hob many moons ago. It basically holds a razor blade and this allows any baked on stuff to be easily scraped off as well as simple replacement of the blade as and when required.

For the oven shelves and runners we normally soak them in hot oxy for a while and then just use a scouring sponge thingy and the burned on stuff usually just comes off.

Misterfish

 

[Deejay]

Morning all

Like this

http://cpc.farnell.com/unbranded/81126/ ... dp/WG22258

Mr F ?

Spare blades ... http://cpc.farnell.com/unbranded/81125/ ... dp/WG22259

Cheers

Dave

 

[Steve Maskery]

If I'd realised this was going to go down the oven door direction, rather than the vac bag direction, I'd have put it on the OT forum!

I didn't know you could separate the glass.

It's all been soaking overnight, so I'll check it out just as soon as I get my eyes in. (Yes, eyes plural, my contact lens arrived yesterday, whoopee!)

 

[Phil Pascoe]

You didn't realise you could separate the glass? A case of "RTFM" maybe?

 

[Steve Maskery]

Well if I had the M I might FWR it!