kate1
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Reged: 18/08/2008
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Loc: Leicestershire
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Don't have many household tips but this is brill!
Soak oven shelves in bath overnight in about three cups of any washing powder.
Then you will still need to use a Brillo pad but the dirt glides off, even in corners.
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PLASMO
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Reged: 13/03/2008
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Kate 1,
Any ideas for cleaning ovens are okay with me, it is a job that OH does for me, and he soaks everything overnight in Borrasic Powder, it seems to work but it takes a lot of elbow grease!! If your suggestion works it sounds much easier.
Plasmo x
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Shoelover
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Reged: 28/02/2008
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Loc: Essex
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Even easier is a product called Oven Pride. Its in a big orange box in the cleaning section of the supermarket.
Its basically a gel like liquid, & some big plastic bags. You put the oven shelves in the bag, add some of the liquid & seal the bag. Leave them overnight and then just wash in hot soapy water.
You can also use it inside the oven - just spread the stuff on with a sponge, leave overnight & wash off.
You do need to wear big rubber gloves. It takes all the gunk and burnt on stuff from the oven, leaving it looking like brand new - heaven knows what it does to your skin if you don't wear gloves!
If you inherit a REALLY bad oven (like I did once in a house I bought) have it professionally cleaned.
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Sella_Vee
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I always soak my oven shelves in biological powder. Works like a dream. I used to use Mr Muscle on the oven, effective but very toxic and I had to have all the doors and windows open. Now I use my steam cleaner, and I have to say I am pleased with the results. I still use a Brillo pad for the tricky bits but otherwise it's just steam.
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Loo
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Reged: 09/01/2008
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What's a steam cleaner Sella_Vee? I'm not very well up on cleaning of any sort.
Loo
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Sella_Vee
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Lol Loo  . I'm hardly the Queen of Clean myself, but I'm very good on the theory. You can buy hand held ones but my steam cleaner is like a cylinder vacuum cleaner but instead of sucking up dust it shoots out steam. You can put various attachments on to do floors, windows, upholstery etc. It "melts" the grease and burnt on bits in the oven and then I scoop them up with a cloth, and it's brilliant on floors because the floor dries in no time. If you look on amazon you can see pictures of the type of thing I mean.
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CheshireCat
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Loc: Cheshire
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Get someone else to do it!
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eden
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Reged: 21/08/2008
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I am ashamed to say my fan oven is in need of a good clean, has anyone used a company to come to the house to clean thier oven. If so was it successful, and any recommendations?
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MangeTout
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Loc: Oxfordshire
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Yes, I have used these companies more than once and they make your oven look like new again!
I have a rental property and always get the oven cleaned professionally between lets so the new tenant inherits a spanking clean oven. Costs about £50+ and takes a couple of hours but honestly, the oven looks like new again.
I think there are a few companies that do this now, usually franchised, Cookerburra is one, and Ovenclean do them too.
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gilley
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Reged: 13/07/2008
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Loc: Southampton
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I always use a cleaning company (yes I am lazy but life is to short)
They bring up your oven like new and don't make a mess or leave a headachy chemical smell.
I think most companies are the same - all franchised: "ovenman", "ovenrenew" etc.
Costs about £50 max for everything - oven, shelves, extractor, new light bulb, new seal.....
Well worth the money.
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eden
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Reged: 21/08/2008
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Thanks MangeTout and gilley for your replies, I'll do a search for one in my area.
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jill49
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Reged: 06/07/2008
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Loc: near Chipping Norton, Oxon
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I agree with Shoelover - Oven Pride is just brilliant. It's like magic putting the shelves in the bag and then next day - hey presto! you just rinse them off and they look like new. How sad am I, getting excited about cleaning ovens!
Jill
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ps - my OH is shouting through from the lounge where he is watching the Grand Prix (recorded) that he reckons Shiny sinks is the best cleaner ever!! How domesticated is he? Bless him!!
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Sha
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Reged: 02/08/2008
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Loc: West Sussex
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Oh no! Feeling really guity now as not cleaned my oven for ages and ages. Think I will check out one of those professional companies as had wondered about them - recommendations are so handy! I don't have a cleaner or anything so I reckon one-off help is allowed.
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wispa
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Reged: 16/01/2008
Posts: 1943
Loc: Suffolk,
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Well, you could spend hours cleaning the oven, spending a fortune on cleaning products, inhaling those fumes, destroying your nails.
Or get a cleaning company in.
It's all a matter of balance. While they are cleaning your oven, you can be cleaning the bathroom - double bonus.
It's like going shopping, and instead of paying for the car parking, you put the car in for a cleaning and valet. Costs more, but you save the car parking. And the time saved valeting the car means you could spring clean your knicker drawer.
It's all matter of balance
..wispa
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Mollymandy
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Reged: 01/08/2008
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Am with Cat on this one - get someone in to clean it for you. Life's too short.
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cornish_girl
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Reged: 28/12/2007
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Just found this thread my oven is a disgrace does oven pride work on the glass door aswell?, would love a cleaner in but £50 above budget at the moment, think how many bottles of wine I would have to miss just for a cleaner...unless he looked like the diet coke man!!!!
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cupcake
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Reged: 15/02/2008
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Get husband down on knees in front of oven.
Hand him necessary cleaning utensils.
Leave him to it.
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blossom97
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Reged: 02/02/2008
Posts: 2137
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Clean?
Oven?
Do those two words go together?I thought the dirt just burnt off !!LOL!!
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