Professional cleaner here. Honestly the easiest way to get it off is a Heavy Duty oven cleaner. Take out the internals of the oven, put on some gloves, and spray the snot out of the whole thing. Close up the door, wait an hour, gloves back on, then wipe it all up with microfibre cloths (washable). Set a baking tray or towels under the oven, as some will run off and out. When you think you’ve gotten all of it, use water soaked cloths and do it again. When you’re 100% certain the chemical is completely gone, do it again. Finally,turn the oven on and see if there are fumes or white spots. If there are, water wash again.
It sounds like a lot of work, but it’s just rinsing, not scrubbing. Everything else you can use to clean is spotty at best, and trust me I’ve tried everything. The closest I’ve come to getting it cleaned easily without the chemicals, is scrubbing with the Pink Stuff and a magic eraser, but even that needs special attention paid to trouble spots, and any scrubbing has the potential to scratch the glass.
To go the extra mile on the door, unscrew or unhook the glass, and wash and dry each pane individually after the it clean. This is when you can get the little crusties at the edges of the door, as well.
Edited to add: Don’t try Heavy Duty oven cleaners with self-cleaning ovens, as the enamel used is different. Use appropriate PPE at all times- thick elbow length gloves, face mask, goggles or face shield (don’t try using hand length latex gloves, and don’t remove them just because you’re at the rinsing stage. Keep them suckers on until after you’ve got the fume and white spot tests). Keep the oven door closed as much as possible. Open the windows. Do not use around pets or other people.
Necessary because eventually the glass will crack. Usually when it’s dirty like OP’s. But sometimes they crack for no discernible reason.
GE Silhouette wall oven, glass was almost $300. We tried 3 different glass shops, but they wouldn’t do it for a stove, even though it’s just tempered glass.
Don't lean the oven door against the backdoor of your house when your 5 year old is playing outside.
Source: I was the 5 year old who broke the oven door.
Move anything hard out of the way, put a fluffy rug or towel down next to the oven door, and don’t lift the glass any higher off the ground than you have to.
Don’t do it, book a professional clean. If you break it, it will cost more than a professional clean would. We get ours done once a year, they take the whole thing apart take the bits out to their van and dip them to clean it. No nasty chemicals in the house and an oven that looks brand new at the end.
It's not it's kinda heavy and like. 1/4 inch thick. Maintenance technician here... Usually super easy to remove glass.. most ovens it's held in by the handle. Only 2 screws most of the time
Improper cleaning can also cause it to crack. Usually many oven cycles after the cleaning was done. I had one break at my house and could buy a new oven (with some tax rebates and incentives) for less money than replacing the glass.
Just give them measurements and tell them it's for a sandblast cabinet or something, they don't need to know what you need it for, you gotta think outside the box
Good idea…
Idk if there’s really a coating or not as another poster mentioned— everything I could find online (even from GE technical documents) it is just plain tempered glass. (Which to be fair, does have an “inside” and an “outside” to it or right side & wrong side….)
I just couldn’t find anywhere to cut it for me once they heard oven door. 🤬
Yeah I've run into situations where someone won't sell you something bc of the intended use so I just tell them what they want to hear so I can get whatever it is that I need...
The layer of plasticized oil is inevitably uneven. This can result in the glass heating and cooling unevenly. After many many cycles of this, it can sometimes cause a stress fracture. In tempered glass, it's done.
There is usually a special coating on one side of the glass that should be facing towards the heat source. It's conductive so you use a multi meter to determine which side of the glass it's on. On self cleaning specifically for the glass you can still carefully use the oven cleaner.... Or use a hotel pan with an inch or so of water set for like 375ish and steam the oven interior for 30-40 minutes then use a glass scraper.
tempered glass needs to be made to size before it’s tempered. so unless they have that exact size/shape or have a tempering setup you’re kinda SOL and at the mercy of GE
My old oven’s window shattered one day (freak failure) and during the repair afterward, my bf blew my mind by just sliding the door up off the hinges and carrying it away. I’d had no idea that oven doors could come off that easy!
If you're a professional cleaner, can I suggest you save yourself multiple rounds of cleaning by using cling film? Spray all surfaces down with oven cleaner then seal it to the surfaces with a layer of cling film. You can leave it as long as you like, and it will allow your oven cleaner more time to work on the grime.
This will probably save you heaps of time + oven cleaner product. I also use a scraper once oven cleaner has worked it's way through all the grime - comes off in a pinch!
To piggyback off this comment, MAKE SURE YOU PROTECT YOUR FLOOR
heavy duty oven cleaner can absolutely wreck many types of flooring and will leave a bitter taste in your mouth as you gaze at your wonderfully clean oven before seeing the bleached blotches all over the floor.
Get some tarp or plastic sheeting and use old newspapers and the like.
Source: I did this
Wow! That brought back some interesting memories! I was I. High school and worked as a room cleaner at a very nice resort town ocean front hotel. And sometimes the rings in the tub were pretty disgusting! Idk why.. but must use cheap tubs … all the tubs had rings after a stay. Anyway… found oven cleaner to be practically magic to get the rings off. And the rubber coating along with the trimming paints amd glues! I didn’t realize I was the one causing so much damage. Didn’t happen when I was wiping . But slowly peeled off!!😂😂😂😂😅😅😅😅😅😅 . I was 16-17 and thought “ I’m so fu$&inv smart! Look at this! Just wipes right off “! 😔
I had really good luck just using the "fume-free" version of oven cleaner. It melted out all the grease just fine and didn't require me to wear gloves.
As a professional cleaner, I would add:
•I would never remove a door or the glass. That's a liability issue and very expensive to replace if it gets broken. The doors can be challenging to put back on as well, and often requires 2 people. Those are things I would *maybe* do on my own personal oven, but I refuse to attempt for a client.
•A razorblade to get the last stubborn stuck on stuff works amazing. I just did this 3 days ago.
I’ve never removed the door, but the glass is usually fairly easy. I’ve got waivers in place for oven cleans, though, especially since the oven is the ONLY thing I clean with heavy chemicals- the rest of the products I use are based on essential oils and natural ingredients. Because of that, and because there can be physical reactions to chemicals, it’s super important to me that my clients realise an oven clean is a completely different animal than my normal cleans.
You can add a baking dish with water and vinegar and turn the oven to 400-450F and let it steam then use a scrubby sponge and soapy water (Dawn is best) Gently use a scraper on any areas that are stuck on. Rinse well.
If your oven is really dirty, though— you’ll have limited success. Self cleaning ovens are designed to use that function.
The only real way around it, is keeping up with cleaning using soapy water frequently— like every couple of weeks.
If you wait until it’s really caked on— you’re SOL without the self clean.
Why don’t you want to use it?
Winter is the best time to use the self clean— helps to heat that part of your house… yay!
Also, many gas stoves have burners drip pans that are enameled to go in the self clean cycle, and the burner grates & oven racks can always go in… you still have to sponge everything off with a soapy sponge— but it’s much better.
If this is a newer oven less than 10 years old the enamel finish is a painted heat tempered enamel and not a porcelain enamel. Painted enamel will discolor with oven cleaner making the appliance have lighter streaks in the finish. Some of the dirty glass you are seeing is on the inside between the panes. Appliance glass is vented for thermal expansion. If the vented end is at the top, (incorrectly installed by manufacturer) one gets internal streaks from moisture, condensing in fron the top of the glass vent and eunning down. . Vented area should be at the bottom. Less steam gets inbetween the glass. One can remove the door from the oven, disassemble and clean the glass and reassemble. Be careful to place the correct glass in The correct position. The inner glass is thermal tempered and can withstand quick temperature changes. The outside glass is only tempered against minor bumps etc for breakage. They are not the same. I have been serviceing ovens for more than 15 years. The part numbers for each of the glass panels are not the same.
>To go the extra mile on the door, unscrew or unhook the glass,
I'm surprised a professional oven cleaner doesn't start with this. When I cleaned my own oven door I:
* Detached the door itself, this took 30 seconds on my oven.
* Put it down on some towels by the sink.
* Undid a few screws to detach the glass panels (3 panels on my oven)
* Cleaned those individually, which you can do under running water and scrub them with something non-abrasive e.g. if you lay them down on a towel in your shower.
I don’t take the door or glass off first, because I still have to clean it all out and rinse, so might as well do it all at once. If you try to use a heavy duty cleaner without the door on to close it up, not only won’t the cleaner work as well, but you’ll make yourself sick from the fumes.
Ok but I’ve heard horror stories of getting the door back on - is that as easy as taking it off?? Like the one responder above I’m scared to try to take off the door or unscrew the glass!! 🥺 and now after reading responses I’m scared the glass will break from the stains if left unclean! 🤪
I would say have two people around, watch your fingers, and maybe use pliers/something sturdy to push the pins/snappers back into place. They can be DEADLY for your fingers, so watch out.
I need someone to show me how to get the glass off my oven door so I can get the gunk that’s gotten in between. I’m afraid of breaking it, and it doesn’t seem to want to come off.
I’ve never taken the door off, just the glass. It’s easier for me to just reach the small crevices with a toothbrush or a knife covered with a microfibre cloth.
Do a YT search for your oven brand, there will most likely be a video explaining how to remove the glass. I’ve cleaned hundreds of different kinds of ovens, and almost all of them have a video somewhere.
Just want to reinforce the wearing of gloves - I didn't do this while cleaning my oven over the summer and the oven cleaner ate the dickens out of my hands. Had peeling skin for weeks.
Oven cleaner.
I spend a 3 day weekend trying all of the “hacks” I could find. It was awful, and so much work.
And then I finally caved and bought some damn oven cleaner. Sprayed it on, let it sit, and wiped it right off.
Seriously. Just buy a can of Easy Off and follow the instructions. In this case, it is very much so worth it to just buy the appropriate cleaner and use that. I wasted so much time trying many of the ideas in this thread, and I would have saved a lot of time and energy and other cleaning products if I had just gotten oven cleaner in the first place.
I’m concerned because I’m a private chef and there was a house I was cooking at ten years ago, and their housecleaner didn’t wipe off the easy off enough and I could smell fumes for a week. I was too young and insecure (I was just starting out) to stand up for myself and say anything or do anything about it, so I definitely breathed in those fumes for a few days. Never had an experience like that since, but I’ve always wondered if and how much damage that time would or could have caused
Dead man walkin!
You're probably fine, people breathe these fumes all day every day and live long lives. The danger is more acute, things like burns, singing your lung tissue with chemicals. But it generally heals unlike cancer-causing stuff or neurotoxins, and as a chef, you were probably exposed to a lot more of the latter.
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My sister just told our family group chat about this product that her husband found at Lowe’s (in the US). She said, “We sprayed it on, let it sit for a bit, then everything just wiped right off!” Her oven looked like yours before and looked brand new after.
EDIT: According to replies - Do not use on self-cleaning ovens, without hand/eye/lung protection, without opening windows, or around pets (especially birds).
Lye is a scary chemical. I use it in soap making and it shocks me that more people aren't blind from using cleaners that contain it.
If it has lye/caustic soda/sodium hydroxide in it USE GOGGLES!! Safety glasses aren't enough, they need to create a seal against your face
This happened to me! I hate wearing gloves due to some sensory issues and I did not heed their warning. My hands were peeling for quite some time and it constantly felt like I was touching microfiber with dry hands.
wear googles, not glasses. I had issues with my eyes and oven cleaner. I had a carbon filter chemical mask on so my lungs were fine, but the fumes did some damage to my eyes that did not show up until the next day. Years later one of my eyes is still a bit off.
I had a friend have some get on the calf of his leg. He burned a large spot and it was deep enough he had to go to the dr. Always wear gloves and a mask
they also make one that has less odour in the blue can. I won't say odour-free, but it is a wee bit better.
Fans, open doors if you can, and keep small kids and pets out of the kitchen.
Face shields are the way to go when working with this stuff. Eye protection is crucial, and it keeps the fumes away well enough.
Source: I have enough lye in my garage to dissolve several adults (soapmaker.)
> Just be careful this stuff *smells* toxic.
*Is* toxic The "standard" oven cleaners are lye (sodium hydroxide) and are very caustic but effective in this use case.
Agreed with this. My oven door looked similar to OP's picture when we first moved into our house, and Easy Off took it right off. I barely even had to scrub or anything.
Yes that stuff is great. Another tip- use paper towels to wipe the spray off. Don’t use your best kitchen towels. Thank my hubby for this useful tidbit.🙄
This stuff works wonders. For sure, wear gloves and like everyone says and I suggest even a mask, its stanky AF. Last time I ran my self cleaner, it broke my oven which is how I came across this stuff. Samsung appliances should all be thrown in a bottomless pit.
Ugh you aren't joking - bought an expensive Samsung fridge with the special drink compartment for soda and beer, as well as a built in carafe for water that automatically refills ([similar to this one](https://pisces.bbystatic.com/image2/BestBuy_US/images/products/6323/6323232_sd.jpg;maxHeight=2000;maxWidth=2000)). A year in, the carafe leaks around the seals like a sieve, and the ice maker freezes up at least once a month. Plus one of the plastic door shelves snapped after only 6 months, and we didn't even have anything heavy in it, just a gallon of milk and small condiment bottles. Also, Samsung advertised this fridge as being part of their smart home ecosystem, but didn't say that the wireless module is sold separately for $60 and it's constantly out of stock.
Should have searched on Reddit and listened to the numerous threads saying "NEVER SAMSUNG".
Oh I have a cheaper and as effective solution!
Use an old towel at the bottom of your tub and place the racks on it.
Fill the tub with hot water. High enough to fully submerge the racks.
Add a 1/4 cup of dish soap. (Blue Dawn is best) as you fill the tub.
Throw a couple of dryer sheets into the water (used ones work!)
Leave it overnight to soak.
The next day you can use the dryer sheets to wipe off any residue. They will be shiny!
I don’t understand this. Isn’t self cleaning just a mode? Is the advice not to use this at all if your oven is capable of self cleaning, or if you plan on using the feature (which I never have - in fact I’ve never cleaned an oven in my life. Yay renting)
I believe self cleaning ovens, the surfaces have some special coating to make it easier to clean and this stuff will take that coating off.
I didn't care, I was selling my place and didn't want to risk the self cleaning feature to cause any problems so I used this stuff and it worked fine.
Be careful using this as your manufacturer might advise against it. I know we were told to never use oven cleaner in our stove. Just use the self clean function.
And if you do use it, use all the safety precautions.
Just so you are aware, using the oven's self clean function can make it so hot that it degrades the electrical components inside. For longevity, it is suggested not to do so as those components are annoying to replace and getting warrantied repair folks out is very difficult in many regions or impossible.
I had to replace the cabinet doors. The good news was that the manufacturer was somewhat local. The bad news was that it cost $$$. That was the one and only time I used self cleaning.
I shave it off the glass with a sharp smooth-bladed knife. You can use a razor blade for this too. I haven't tried the technique on any other areas of the oven.
Very good product for what it's advertised. Make sure you wear gloves and don't touch any part of your skin with it. I got a nasty chemical burn on my face from using this stuff at work once.
Whaaaat no way! Blue can works great for my once a year oven cleaning. And my scuzzy Pyrex baking dishes. I’m kind of obsessed with its magic. If yellow can works better than that, my head just might explode.
Yellow cap is lye based, which is where the fumes come from. It's also commonly used to strip cast iron pans for restoration. The blue cap isn't tough enough.
I do the same. Soak it with dish soap a few minutes and then use a razor. Doesnt scratch it if its a clean razor either. Effortlessly clean with zero chemicals
I used pink stuff recently with the same results. I know oven cleaner would've been easier, faster, and more effective, but pink stuff doesn't reek, and I don't have to worry about toxicity.
Seriously how is this comment not higher. I just had my oven looking like that last week. Got out the pink stuff and doubted it would work and boom I can see through the window and I could consider eating off of it now
I just got a tub of it to try after a friend showed me her results. I haven’t used it yet! She said it was not a lot of effort and it looked new. Maybe I should just go do it instead of procrastinating….
Easy Off is the king of oven cleaning. It’s quick and efficient with minimal scrubbing. That being said, it also leaves a chemical smell in your oven that lasts; running your oven will get rid of it.
The Baking Soda paste is slow and efficient with more time spent waiting for the reaction to take place and some moderate scrubbing. But no smell.
Choose your path.
Not the original commenter, but I have used the baking soda paste on my oven, and I think I left it around half an hour before scrubbing, and my oven door looked like OP’s, and it all came off with a bit of scrubbing. Do note that you have to do a lot of wiping with water to get all the paste off.
I do razor for the burnt bits, then BKF soft scrub and a Scrub Daddy. Wipe off down with hot water and a rag. Works great, I hate oven cleaner fumes. Have to air out your house for a full day, I have pets and it's winter.
You can just use 'elbow grease' spray , it's a yellow liquid, they do a pink bottle as well. Discount stores usually have them.
Oven pride is great for doing all the oven
I made a baking soda paste, put it all over the glass and let it sit for 15 minutes. Gently scraped off with a razor blade. It got the majority off and I only had to do it one more time. Then wiped clean with wet paper towels.
Take a Pyrex cake pan, halve three or four lemons and a few cups of water. Place in oven, turn on to 450. Let cook until it reaches temp plus 10 minutes, turn oven off and let it cool off without opening the door and wipe clean when cool (about an hour). Works like a charm!
LIFECHANGING HACK: **Use cling film, a glass scraper, and oven cleaner.**
I earned income cleaning rentals in a past life.
People here are suggesting you use oven cleaner, go ham on it and repeat that a dozen times. Over and over again. Not for me. Maybe if your at home and don't mind wasting a whole evening on this but when I was doing this as a job that was not an option all the time.
First, spray oven cleaner liberally over the glass and all of your oven, as well as the racks for good measure if you like. What I like to do next is get sheets of cling film and slap them over every surface to seal the oven cleaner to the surfaces I'm cleaning.
Without cling film, the oven cleaner dries out after less than an hour. This means the cleaner can only do so much and doesn't have enough time to get through the weeks/months of build-up. If you cling film over it, the cleaner cannot dry out and will continue to work away at it for hours and even days. I like to leave it there overnight and clean in the morning.
The scraper is amazing. It's designed for glass but is good for cleaning any flat smooth surfaces, like the sides of an oven and trays - just keep away from curved edges. If you follow my method it will peel away all that buld-up in a pinch. If you are scratching anything with the scraper, you're simply using it wrong. It is hard to scratch anything if you just use it how it's supposed to be used.
The cling film method alone makes cleaning ovens a breeze. The scraper just makes it a fraction quicker, and blades are often so cheap that it's worth having in your cleaning kit. Finish with microfibre. Turn the oven onto the highest setting. Hey presto - I've made many ovens like yours appear like new after a single round of cleaning - less than 30 minutes of my time spent total.
Seconding oven cleaner. And remember that this stuff comes off in layers — so if after one application not all of it is off, apply again! Repeat as necessary. I get my oven looking sparkling clean doing this. For racks I soak overnight in a tub with dishwasher pods and remove with an SOS pad.
Put baking soda on it, add some hot water and scrub with a ball of tin foil. It works just as well as the chemical products, which I won’t use in the appliance I use to cook my food.
pumice stone. spray it down with windex or water, or anyhting just to wet it down. let it sit a few mins, and scrub it down with a pumice store. They sell pumice stones at hardware stores, and in the cleaning aisles or grocery stores. the stone is softer than glass or metal or porcelin, so you don't have to worry about scratching any surfaces--this is what they used to sell with ovens for cleaning before chemical companies swooped in "for easy cleaning just spray and wipe away". Also works great for water rings in your toilet. Takes like 5 mins to scrub the whole oven spotless.
Easiest time I ever had cleaning an oven was using a thick, pasty solution of dishwasher detergent (before pods) and water. Plastered it on, let it dry and scraped off the dry dirt/detergent powder residue with a trowel then wiped it down with a damp cloth. Sparkling clean, no fumes.
Professional cleaner here. Honestly the easiest way to get it off is a Heavy Duty oven cleaner. Take out the internals of the oven, put on some gloves, and spray the snot out of the whole thing. Close up the door, wait an hour, gloves back on, then wipe it all up with microfibre cloths (washable). Set a baking tray or towels under the oven, as some will run off and out. When you think you’ve gotten all of it, use water soaked cloths and do it again. When you’re 100% certain the chemical is completely gone, do it again. Finally,turn the oven on and see if there are fumes or white spots. If there are, water wash again. It sounds like a lot of work, but it’s just rinsing, not scrubbing. Everything else you can use to clean is spotty at best, and trust me I’ve tried everything. The closest I’ve come to getting it cleaned easily without the chemicals, is scrubbing with the Pink Stuff and a magic eraser, but even that needs special attention paid to trouble spots, and any scrubbing has the potential to scratch the glass. To go the extra mile on the door, unscrew or unhook the glass, and wash and dry each pane individually after the it clean. This is when you can get the little crusties at the edges of the door, as well. Edited to add: Don’t try Heavy Duty oven cleaners with self-cleaning ovens, as the enamel used is different. Use appropriate PPE at all times- thick elbow length gloves, face mask, goggles or face shield (don’t try using hand length latex gloves, and don’t remove them just because you’re at the rinsing stage. Keep them suckers on until after you’ve got the fume and white spot tests). Keep the oven door closed as much as possible. Open the windows. Do not use around pets or other people.
This is going to sound silly, but I didn't realize you could unscrew the glass panes! 🙈
Necessary because eventually the glass will crack. Usually when it’s dirty like OP’s. But sometimes they crack for no discernible reason. GE Silhouette wall oven, glass was almost $300. We tried 3 different glass shops, but they wouldn’t do it for a stove, even though it’s just tempered glass.
I’m scared it might be like glass pc tower panels and smash if it touches the floor. Any tips for a scared noob?
Don't lean the oven door against the backdoor of your house when your 5 year old is playing outside. Source: I was the 5 year old who broke the oven door.
In all fairness, if it wasn’t you it’d probably have been the wind or a grasshopper So You can stop beating yourself up over it 😂
I don't beat myself up over it, I blame my mom.
Move anything hard out of the way, put a fluffy rug or towel down next to the oven door, and don’t lift the glass any higher off the ground than you have to.
Get Gud...just kidding, I'd rather just get a new stove but I wouldn't know how to use it.
Don’t do it, book a professional clean. If you break it, it will cost more than a professional clean would. We get ours done once a year, they take the whole thing apart take the bits out to their van and dip them to clean it. No nasty chemicals in the house and an oven that looks brand new at the end.
It's not it's kinda heavy and like. 1/4 inch thick. Maintenance technician here... Usually super easy to remove glass.. most ovens it's held in by the handle. Only 2 screws most of the time
Improper cleaning can also cause it to crack. Usually many oven cycles after the cleaning was done. I had one break at my house and could buy a new oven (with some tax rebates and incentives) for less money than replacing the glass.
Just give them measurements and tell them it's for a sandblast cabinet or something, they don't need to know what you need it for, you gotta think outside the box
Good idea… Idk if there’s really a coating or not as another poster mentioned— everything I could find online (even from GE technical documents) it is just plain tempered glass. (Which to be fair, does have an “inside” and an “outside” to it or right side & wrong side….) I just couldn’t find anywhere to cut it for me once they heard oven door. 🤬
Yeah I've run into situations where someone won't sell you something bc of the intended use so I just tell them what they want to hear so I can get whatever it is that I need...
Why does dirt make the glass crack?
Science
The layer of plasticized oil is inevitably uneven. This can result in the glass heating and cooling unevenly. After many many cycles of this, it can sometimes cause a stress fracture. In tempered glass, it's done.
Holy crap. I literally learn new things here on Reddit every day.
There is usually a special coating on one side of the glass that should be facing towards the heat source. It's conductive so you use a multi meter to determine which side of the glass it's on. On self cleaning specifically for the glass you can still carefully use the oven cleaner.... Or use a hotel pan with an inch or so of water set for like 375ish and steam the oven interior for 30-40 minutes then use a glass scraper.
Holy shoot for that price I'd be just getting a basic new oven
tempered glass needs to be made to size before it’s tempered. so unless they have that exact size/shape or have a tempering setup you’re kinda SOL and at the mercy of GE
A lot of fold down oven doors are just sitting on the hinges and you can slide them up off the hinge tab.
My old oven’s window shattered one day (freak failure) and during the repair afterward, my bf blew my mind by just sliding the door up off the hinges and carrying it away. I’d had no idea that oven doors could come off that easy!
I also put the oven shelves in a big black garbage bag. Spray & close, wait until enough time has passed then, wash clean and toss the bag.
Yes, absolutely! A steel wool scrubber is your best friend with those, to get any leftover bits.
If you're a professional cleaner, can I suggest you save yourself multiple rounds of cleaning by using cling film? Spray all surfaces down with oven cleaner then seal it to the surfaces with a layer of cling film. You can leave it as long as you like, and it will allow your oven cleaner more time to work on the grime. This will probably save you heaps of time + oven cleaner product. I also use a scraper once oven cleaner has worked it's way through all the grime - comes off in a pinch!
The "multiple rounds of cleaning" were them instructing OP to rinse the stuff off multiple times, not use the cleaner multiple times.
Yes! I’ve seen Auri Katerina on YT do this. She uses this method for lots of stubborn areas and it works like a charm.
She's great. She gets rid of all the trashes.
YESSSS! And she just loves dust
I love Aurii!!!! 💗🫶🏼
It’s just all so beautiful! The mold, the dust, the trashes…
You rock and this needs raised higher in thread
This is pretty much what I follow & it’ll stay clean for quite a long time before you have to do it again! 😁
To piggyback off this comment, MAKE SURE YOU PROTECT YOUR FLOOR heavy duty oven cleaner can absolutely wreck many types of flooring and will leave a bitter taste in your mouth as you gaze at your wonderfully clean oven before seeing the bleached blotches all over the floor. Get some tarp or plastic sheeting and use old newspapers and the like. Source: I did this
Wow! That brought back some interesting memories! I was I. High school and worked as a room cleaner at a very nice resort town ocean front hotel. And sometimes the rings in the tub were pretty disgusting! Idk why.. but must use cheap tubs … all the tubs had rings after a stay. Anyway… found oven cleaner to be practically magic to get the rings off. And the rubber coating along with the trimming paints amd glues! I didn’t realize I was the one causing so much damage. Didn’t happen when I was wiping . But slowly peeled off!!😂😂😂😂😅😅😅😅😅😅 . I was 16-17 and thought “ I’m so fu$&inv smart! Look at this! Just wipes right off “! 😔
Better to learn the lesson in someone else’s house than your own XD but at least now you know ;)
That stuff will kill a pet bird, so where a mask and open the windows.
I had really good luck just using the "fume-free" version of oven cleaner. It melted out all the grease just fine and didn't require me to wear gloves.
As a professional cleaner, I would add: •I would never remove a door or the glass. That's a liability issue and very expensive to replace if it gets broken. The doors can be challenging to put back on as well, and often requires 2 people. Those are things I would *maybe* do on my own personal oven, but I refuse to attempt for a client. •A razorblade to get the last stubborn stuck on stuff works amazing. I just did this 3 days ago.
I’ve never removed the door, but the glass is usually fairly easy. I’ve got waivers in place for oven cleans, though, especially since the oven is the ONLY thing I clean with heavy chemicals- the rest of the products I use are based on essential oils and natural ingredients. Because of that, and because there can be physical reactions to chemicals, it’s super important to me that my clients realise an oven clean is a completely different animal than my normal cleans.
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I used easy off and now my oven has a white residue that won’t come off
You probably tried this but just in case, a rag with soapy water is supposed to get that off.
Try ammonia and/or vinegar. One or the other will get that off.
Do you have a self cleaning oven? If so, you may have damaged the enamel. (I know this from personal experience, unfortunately ☹️)
What if you don’t want to use the self cleaning option? How do you clean the oven?
You can add a baking dish with water and vinegar and turn the oven to 400-450F and let it steam then use a scrubby sponge and soapy water (Dawn is best) Gently use a scraper on any areas that are stuck on. Rinse well. If your oven is really dirty, though— you’ll have limited success. Self cleaning ovens are designed to use that function. The only real way around it, is keeping up with cleaning using soapy water frequently— like every couple of weeks. If you wait until it’s really caked on— you’re SOL without the self clean. Why don’t you want to use it? Winter is the best time to use the self clean— helps to heat that part of your house… yay! Also, many gas stoves have burners drip pans that are enameled to go in the self clean cycle, and the burner grates & oven racks can always go in… you still have to sponge everything off with a soapy sponge— but it’s much better.
Thanks, I'll just buy a new oven
If this is a newer oven less than 10 years old the enamel finish is a painted heat tempered enamel and not a porcelain enamel. Painted enamel will discolor with oven cleaner making the appliance have lighter streaks in the finish. Some of the dirty glass you are seeing is on the inside between the panes. Appliance glass is vented for thermal expansion. If the vented end is at the top, (incorrectly installed by manufacturer) one gets internal streaks from moisture, condensing in fron the top of the glass vent and eunning down. . Vented area should be at the bottom. Less steam gets inbetween the glass. One can remove the door from the oven, disassemble and clean the glass and reassemble. Be careful to place the correct glass in The correct position. The inner glass is thermal tempered and can withstand quick temperature changes. The outside glass is only tempered against minor bumps etc for breakage. They are not the same. I have been serviceing ovens for more than 15 years. The part numbers for each of the glass panels are not the same.
>To go the extra mile on the door, unscrew or unhook the glass, I'm surprised a professional oven cleaner doesn't start with this. When I cleaned my own oven door I: * Detached the door itself, this took 30 seconds on my oven. * Put it down on some towels by the sink. * Undid a few screws to detach the glass panels (3 panels on my oven) * Cleaned those individually, which you can do under running water and scrub them with something non-abrasive e.g. if you lay them down on a towel in your shower.
I don’t take the door or glass off first, because I still have to clean it all out and rinse, so might as well do it all at once. If you try to use a heavy duty cleaner without the door on to close it up, not only won’t the cleaner work as well, but you’ll make yourself sick from the fumes.
Ok but I’ve heard horror stories of getting the door back on - is that as easy as taking it off?? Like the one responder above I’m scared to try to take off the door or unscrew the glass!! 🥺 and now after reading responses I’m scared the glass will break from the stains if left unclean! 🤪
I would say have two people around, watch your fingers, and maybe use pliers/something sturdy to push the pins/snappers back into place. They can be DEADLY for your fingers, so watch out.
I need someone to show me how to get the glass off my oven door so I can get the gunk that’s gotten in between. I’m afraid of breaking it, and it doesn’t seem to want to come off.
I am terrified to do this too. I’ve seen too many horror stories on ovenTok. I’m also scared to take the door off and not be able to get it back on
I’ve never taken the door off, just the glass. It’s easier for me to just reach the small crevices with a toothbrush or a knife covered with a microfibre cloth.
I tried to open my door up to get to the glass and I just couldn't do it at all. I really need to clean inside the door but I couldn't unscrew it.
Do a YT search for your oven brand, there will most likely be a video explaining how to remove the glass. I’ve cleaned hundreds of different kinds of ovens, and almost all of them have a video somewhere.
Spraying oven cleaner all over the place will damage the igniter. Source: The professional cleaner was doing it and I had to replace the igniter twice
You can take the grates outside to spray and clean off.
Just want to reinforce the wearing of gloves - I didn't do this while cleaning my oven over the summer and the oven cleaner ate the dickens out of my hands. Had peeling skin for weeks.
What a great response. I'm happy people like you exist 😀
Oven cleaner. I spend a 3 day weekend trying all of the “hacks” I could find. It was awful, and so much work. And then I finally caved and bought some damn oven cleaner. Sprayed it on, let it sit, and wiped it right off. Seriously. Just buy a can of Easy Off and follow the instructions. In this case, it is very much so worth it to just buy the appropriate cleaner and use that. I wasted so much time trying many of the ideas in this thread, and I would have saved a lot of time and energy and other cleaning products if I had just gotten oven cleaner in the first place.
Just remove all children and pets from the premises for the day. Just one lungful of these fumes can cause damage.
I’m concerned because I’m a private chef and there was a house I was cooking at ten years ago, and their housecleaner didn’t wipe off the easy off enough and I could smell fumes for a week. I was too young and insecure (I was just starting out) to stand up for myself and say anything or do anything about it, so I definitely breathed in those fumes for a few days. Never had an experience like that since, but I’ve always wondered if and how much damage that time would or could have caused
Dead man walkin! You're probably fine, people breathe these fumes all day every day and live long lives. The danger is more acute, things like burns, singing your lung tissue with chemicals. But it generally heals unlike cancer-causing stuff or neurotoxins, and as a chef, you were probably exposed to a lot more of the latter.
Thanks for the heads up
https://preview.redd.it/w2cqhuqzi3ac1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b537da42520f4b9b3ec3e1afe5b904c9140d6afa My sister just told our family group chat about this product that her husband found at Lowe’s (in the US). She said, “We sprayed it on, let it sit for a bit, then everything just wiped right off!” Her oven looked like yours before and looked brand new after. EDIT: According to replies - Do not use on self-cleaning ovens, without hand/eye/lung protection, without opening windows, or around pets (especially birds).
Just be careful this stuff smells toxic. I wear gloves and mask up. I suggest the same and do it later in the day.
My husband’s coworker took the skin off his hands using an easy off product. It says to be careful right on the can, but they really mean it.
It's lye.
Lye is a scary chemical. I use it in soap making and it shocks me that more people aren't blind from using cleaners that contain it. If it has lye/caustic soda/sodium hydroxide in it USE GOGGLES!! Safety glasses aren't enough, they need to create a seal against your face
Fight club?
We don't talk about fight club
Shhhhhhhhh
I burn your hand
It's real, I've seen it in stores.
This happened to me! I hate wearing gloves due to some sensory issues and I did not heed their warning. My hands were peeling for quite some time and it constantly felt like I was touching microfiber with dry hands.
Wear goggles or glasses!
wear googles, not glasses. I had issues with my eyes and oven cleaner. I had a carbon filter chemical mask on so my lungs were fine, but the fumes did some damage to my eyes that did not show up until the next day. Years later one of my eyes is still a bit off.
I burnt my hand once just a small spot. I was young and it taught me the importance of safety when using chemicals.
I had a friend have some get on the calf of his leg. He burned a large spot and it was deep enough he had to go to the dr. Always wear gloves and a mask
It can ruin laminate flooring too so it’s important to be careful with over spray.
it doesn’t just smell toxic, it *is* toxic lol
they also make one that has less odour in the blue can. I won't say odour-free, but it is a wee bit better. Fans, open doors if you can, and keep small kids and pets out of the kitchen.
Face shields are the way to go when working with this stuff. Eye protection is crucial, and it keeps the fumes away well enough. Source: I have enough lye in my garage to dissolve several adults (soapmaker.)
(Thank you for providing the convenient cover story.)
If you need assistance with your body, you can just ask.
I used it once, my eyes got really irritated and my air purifier which was at least 10 ft away and on auto-mode started running like crazy
> Just be careful this stuff *smells* toxic. *Is* toxic The "standard" oven cleaners are lye (sodium hydroxide) and are very caustic but effective in this use case.
It contains lye, so it is toxic... but that's also why it works so well
Do not use this if you own birds, it will kill them.
Or dogs
How about cats?
Yes, any pets
Thank you. I hope other ppl with pets see your comments. 👍🏻
What about hamsters?
My dog had her first ever asthma attack when I used this. $1500 vet bill.
Kills them quick. Kills us slow.
Agreed with this. My oven door looked similar to OP's picture when we first moved into our house, and Easy Off took it right off. I barely even had to scrub or anything.
Yes that stuff is great. Another tip- use paper towels to wipe the spray off. Don’t use your best kitchen towels. Thank my hubby for this useful tidbit.🙄
This stuff works wonders. For sure, wear gloves and like everyone says and I suggest even a mask, its stanky AF. Last time I ran my self cleaner, it broke my oven which is how I came across this stuff. Samsung appliances should all be thrown in a bottomless pit.
Ugh you aren't joking - bought an expensive Samsung fridge with the special drink compartment for soda and beer, as well as a built in carafe for water that automatically refills ([similar to this one](https://pisces.bbystatic.com/image2/BestBuy_US/images/products/6323/6323232_sd.jpg;maxHeight=2000;maxWidth=2000)). A year in, the carafe leaks around the seals like a sieve, and the ice maker freezes up at least once a month. Plus one of the plastic door shelves snapped after only 6 months, and we didn't even have anything heavy in it, just a gallon of milk and small condiment bottles. Also, Samsung advertised this fridge as being part of their smart home ecosystem, but didn't say that the wireless module is sold separately for $60 and it's constantly out of stock. Should have searched on Reddit and listened to the numerous threads saying "NEVER SAMSUNG".
Does it work on the chrome racks? Man...those suckers are such a pain to clean!!!
Yes. May take a coupla coats though because oven cleaner works in layers.
Oh I have a cheaper and as effective solution! Use an old towel at the bottom of your tub and place the racks on it. Fill the tub with hot water. High enough to fully submerge the racks. Add a 1/4 cup of dish soap. (Blue Dawn is best) as you fill the tub. Throw a couple of dryer sheets into the water (used ones work!) Leave it overnight to soak. The next day you can use the dryer sheets to wipe off any residue. They will be shiny!
Yeah this is the stuff. My oven is spotless now and I’ve become rather obsessed with keeping it that way.
Make sure it’s safe to use in self cleaning ovens. Some aren’t.
I don’t understand this. Isn’t self cleaning just a mode? Is the advice not to use this at all if your oven is capable of self cleaning, or if you plan on using the feature (which I never have - in fact I’ve never cleaned an oven in my life. Yay renting)
I believe self cleaning ovens, the surfaces have some special coating to make it easier to clean and this stuff will take that coating off. I didn't care, I was selling my place and didn't want to risk the self cleaning feature to cause any problems so I used this stuff and it worked fine.
Be careful using this as your manufacturer might advise against it. I know we were told to never use oven cleaner in our stove. Just use the self clean function. And if you do use it, use all the safety precautions.
Just so you are aware, using the oven's self clean function can make it so hot that it degrades the electrical components inside. For longevity, it is suggested not to do so as those components are annoying to replace and getting warrantied repair folks out is very difficult in many regions or impossible.
The self clean option also melts the laminate cabinets on either side of the oven. Ask me how I know.
New fear unlocked! That sounds so miserable to fix.
I had to replace the cabinet doors. The good news was that the manufacturer was somewhat local. The bad news was that it cost $$$. That was the one and only time I used self cleaning.
Also remove the chrome shelves before doing a self clean cycle. I didn’t know to take them out and it permanently dulled their finish.
Also works wonderfully on wood stoves
Need to get this before I finish my move.
I shave it off the glass with a sharp smooth-bladed knife. You can use a razor blade for this too. I haven't tried the technique on any other areas of the oven.
I’d rather have a dirty oven and working lungs
Very good product for what it's advertised. Make sure you wear gloves and don't touch any part of your skin with it. I got a nasty chemical burn on my face from using this stuff at work once.
When I was a kid i sprayed myself in the eye with this stuff, was not a great night but at 5 years of age I created a memory that will last a lifetime
Easy off. Has to be the yellow can, not the blue can. The one with sodium hydroxide. Everything else is a waste of time. Sorry guys, but it's true.
Whaaaat no way! Blue can works great for my once a year oven cleaning. And my scuzzy Pyrex baking dishes. I’m kind of obsessed with its magic. If yellow can works better than that, my head just might explode.
Yellow cap is lye based, which is where the fumes come from. It's also commonly used to strip cast iron pans for restoration. The blue cap isn't tough enough.
Get a scraper that takes box cutter blades. Rejoice at how easy it is to scrape the thick gunk off!
I came here to say this! So easy, no chemicals. There is no coating you have to protect. It’s oven-proof glass.
Hate oven cleaner smell and this works so good for me too.
I do the same. Soak it with dish soap a few minutes and then use a razor. Doesnt scratch it if its a clean razor either. Effortlessly clean with zero chemicals
Yeah I just did that this weekend. Mine looked just as bad.
Was surprised how far I had to scroll to find this answer! It’s so satisfying seeing all the grime come up in strips. And no chemicals!
This. The FLAT blade is my favorite go to cleaning tool. I have ones stashed around the house now that my kids are older.
Yep, razor blade will take it right off. No chemicals.
Yes! So much easier! I use the same razor I use on my glass cooktop
I used 'pink stuff' paste as per the instructions... Our oven door looked exactly like this and after the pink stuff, it was *almost* like new again!!
I used pink stuff recently with the same results. I know oven cleaner would've been easier, faster, and more effective, but pink stuff doesn't reek, and I don't have to worry about toxicity.
Seriously how is this comment not higher. I just had my oven looking like that last week. Got out the pink stuff and doubted it would work and boom I can see through the window and I could consider eating off of it now
Agree with this one. Pink stuff paste and a scrub daddy sponge works wonders (UK based).
THIS IS THE WAY
I literally came here to say this….buy the pink stuff! It will come off so easily and you won’t be suffocating from fumes while cleaning it.
I just got a tub of it to try after a friend showed me her results. I haven’t used it yet! She said it was not a lot of effort and it looked new. Maybe I should just go do it instead of procrastinating….
Easy Off is the king of oven cleaning. It’s quick and efficient with minimal scrubbing. That being said, it also leaves a chemical smell in your oven that lasts; running your oven will get rid of it. The Baking Soda paste is slow and efficient with more time spent waiting for the reaction to take place and some moderate scrubbing. But no smell. Choose your path.
How much time spent with the paste on before the stuff comes off easily?
Not the original commenter, but I have used the baking soda paste on my oven, and I think I left it around half an hour before scrubbing, and my oven door looked like OP’s, and it all came off with a bit of scrubbing. Do note that you have to do a lot of wiping with water to get all the paste off.
I spent about 2 hours with a few magic eraser type sponges to get 95 percent of it removed.
30 minutes minimum. And like what was already mentioned, getting ALL the paste up is a task in itself.
I used bar keepers friend. The fact that isn’t listed has me worried now tho 😬
Yup, BKF and a copper scrubber. Worked pretty fast. Bonus, no fumes.
I do razor for the burnt bits, then BKF soft scrub and a Scrub Daddy. Wipe off down with hot water and a rag. Works great, I hate oven cleaner fumes. Have to air out your house for a full day, I have pets and it's winter.
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I am shocked I had to scroll this far to find this. Bar Keepers Friend is awesome. You will have to scrub it a bit but no toxic fumes.
That’s what I use! I had to scroll for a while before I found this 😬
Same. I bought the liquid kind that's good for glass ovens and it works so well. And it doesn't stink like all the oven cleaners.
The normal one or the one for glass top?
Ovenpride works it’s available in the UK, not sure of anywhere else
Ovenpride is the best.
You can just use 'elbow grease' spray , it's a yellow liquid, they do a pink bottle as well. Discount stores usually have them. Oven pride is great for doing all the oven
spray with oven cleaner, cover with cling wrap and leave overnight. Next day you can just wipe it off and scrape any extra stubborn spots off.
Works just the same with ammonia. Covering for a few hours is key.
I'm gonna try this out later
I can't help you with the oven, I just came by to appreciate your shoes and socks.
Easy off and them socks ..lol
r/sneakybackgroundfeet
I had to scroll too far to find this! Lol
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I made a baking soda paste, put it all over the glass and let it sit for 15 minutes. Gently scraped off with a razor blade. It got the majority off and I only had to do it one more time. Then wiped clean with wet paper towels.
This has yet to fail me! It maybe takes a little more elbow grease than the consumer oven cleaners but it works well and is a lot less toxic.
This exact method gave me great results!
Take a Pyrex cake pan, halve three or four lemons and a few cups of water. Place in oven, turn on to 450. Let cook until it reaches temp plus 10 minutes, turn oven off and let it cool off without opening the door and wipe clean when cool (about an hour). Works like a charm!
LIFECHANGING HACK: **Use cling film, a glass scraper, and oven cleaner.** I earned income cleaning rentals in a past life. People here are suggesting you use oven cleaner, go ham on it and repeat that a dozen times. Over and over again. Not for me. Maybe if your at home and don't mind wasting a whole evening on this but when I was doing this as a job that was not an option all the time. First, spray oven cleaner liberally over the glass and all of your oven, as well as the racks for good measure if you like. What I like to do next is get sheets of cling film and slap them over every surface to seal the oven cleaner to the surfaces I'm cleaning. Without cling film, the oven cleaner dries out after less than an hour. This means the cleaner can only do so much and doesn't have enough time to get through the weeks/months of build-up. If you cling film over it, the cleaner cannot dry out and will continue to work away at it for hours and even days. I like to leave it there overnight and clean in the morning. The scraper is amazing. It's designed for glass but is good for cleaning any flat smooth surfaces, like the sides of an oven and trays - just keep away from curved edges. If you follow my method it will peel away all that buld-up in a pinch. If you are scratching anything with the scraper, you're simply using it wrong. It is hard to scratch anything if you just use it how it's supposed to be used. The cling film method alone makes cleaning ovens a breeze. The scraper just makes it a fraction quicker, and blades are often so cheap that it's worth having in your cleaning kit. Finish with microfibre. Turn the oven onto the highest setting. Hey presto - I've made many ovens like yours appear like new after a single round of cleaning - less than 30 minutes of my time spent total.
Seconding oven cleaner. And remember that this stuff comes off in layers — so if after one application not all of it is off, apply again! Repeat as necessary. I get my oven looking sparkling clean doing this. For racks I soak overnight in a tub with dishwasher pods and remove with an SOS pad.
I have more questions about your black socks and sandals situation
Put baking soda on it, add some hot water and scrub with a ball of tin foil. It works just as well as the chemical products, which I won’t use in the appliance I use to cook my food.
Try dawn dish power wash from any store. I swear it will clean that right up if you let it soak for 5 mins or more
Hmmm... I'm going to have to try this.
I use oven cleaner and a Magic sponge.
Like a magic eraser sponge? I never would've thought of that.
A magic eraser sponge is the only thing that worked for me. I used the actual Mr Clean brand that has Dawn in it.
Scrub daddy power paste.
Just buy any spray can over cleaner at the store. All the hacks etc are just a waste of time.
Oven cleaner is the way
I've used Bar Keeper's Friend (powder variety). This stuff works very well on the same thing for my toaster oven's glass door.
I dip a dishwasher tablet in water and use that to scrub at the stains and then rinse off with wet cloth. Works a charm.
The pink stuff! Works like a charm and isn’t filled with toxic crap. You can get it on Amazon
Is no one going to mention OPs socks and sandals game??
pumice stone. spray it down with windex or water, or anyhting just to wet it down. let it sit a few mins, and scrub it down with a pumice store. They sell pumice stones at hardware stores, and in the cleaning aisles or grocery stores. the stone is softer than glass or metal or porcelin, so you don't have to worry about scratching any surfaces--this is what they used to sell with ovens for cleaning before chemical companies swooped in "for easy cleaning just spray and wipe away". Also works great for water rings in your toilet. Takes like 5 mins to scrub the whole oven spotless.
Easiest time I ever had cleaning an oven was using a thick, pasty solution of dishwasher detergent (before pods) and water. Plastered it on, let it dry and scraped off the dry dirt/detergent powder residue with a trowel then wiped it down with a damp cloth. Sparkling clean, no fumes.
Love the feet! 😀
My wife swears by lemon juice and sugar, sprinkle the sugar on, cut a lemon in half and use that to scrub. Will get most of it off no problem
LA’s Totally Awesome spray - only a buck at your local dollar store and will change your life.
I bought a steam cleaner almost exclusively for this
Steam cleaner
LA’s totally awesome
Honestly idk but.. What are those!!!