Getting an oven PROPERLY clean...

[DoubleSix]

Our range needs some tlc.

Nothing Ive tried seems to shift some of the grime. This hob burner for example:





Anyone know of a sure-fire way to remove this crud? Special chems required??

[dazwalsh]

Would leaving it in coca cola overnight shift it perhaps?

I have similar looking hob bits so interrsted in what gets suggested.

[Shaw Tarse]

Dish washer?
Or petrol?

[spikeyhead]

http://www.ovenpride.com/

[Too Late]

what about those over cleaning kits??

[SHutchinson]

Vapour blasting!

[Simpo Two]

It needs caustic (proper oven cleaner) not acid (coca cola, vinegar etc which is for limescale)

[Simon Brooks]

spikeyhead said:

http://www.ovenpride.com/

http://www.wilko.com/kitchen-cleaning-products/oven-pride-complete-oven-cleaner-500ml/invt/0218572

used this on a property that students had been using !! came up a treat with a little bit of elbow grease, word of warning it will make the cast ali bits go a darker colour as the acid reacts with it slightly (no damage done) however the actual oven/glass/enamel/wire shelves etc looked like new

[33q]

Just try soaking all the removable bits in a bath of biological wash powder. Use warm water not hot otherwise the enzymes will not function.

We use one of those plastic under bed boxes from Wilkos as the bath.

[fatboy b]

Don't even bother with anything you can buy from a retailer. We've used https://www.ovenu.co.uk/ and they've been great. We have pyrolytic ovens now and an induction hob, so no longer need their services.

[fido]

I use Dettol Kitchen Power (or something like that - sounds like a far right cleaning product) for the oven - it seems to work on everything.

[DoubleSix]

Thanks all.

I've used the pros before and they are good but for over £100 to get a range clean i'm trying to diy it this time...

Might try the bio-powder suggestion and report back. Problem is all the nooks and crannies you can't easily scrub.

[Smartboy]

Oven Pride works well. Leave it in the bag for 24 - 48 hours.
I've also had good results with Mr Muscle Oven cleaner, but spray it on and pop it in a bag for 24 - 48 hours too - just to stop it drying out.

Quick wipe-over with a sponge under some running water and it'll be clean (but might slightly discolour the silver-colour).

[emicen]

Oven Pride is the business.

I will shamefully admit I didnt clean the over in my entire 7.5 years in my flat.

Soaking the wire shelves and their brackets in Oven Pride brought them up good as new after trying all sorts of spray on cleaners and scourers.

[Simpo Two]

Simon Brooks said:

http://www.wilko.com/kitchen-cleaning-products/ove...

used this on a property that students had been using !! came up a treat with a little bit of elbow grease, word of warning it will make the cast ali bits go a darker colour as the acid reacts with it slightly (no damage done) however the actual oven/glass/enamel/wire shelves etc looked like new

It's not acid, it's alkali (sodium hydroxide) - exactly the opposite. IE 'caustic' (see above).

[oldnbold]

Simpo Two said:

It's not acid, it's alkali (sodium hydroxide) - exactly the opposite. IE 'caustic' (see above).

Way back in the day when we used to live in military married quarters and a horrible little man in white gloves used to come and inspect when you marched out, we used to use caustic soda. Took the cooker to bits, put all the bits in the bath, filled with a fairly concentrated solution and left for a day or two.

We got wise after doing that a couple of times and purchased our own cooker. We had to take the service one out on march in, wrap it in plastic and store it and then reinstate it when we marched out. How we used to laugh!

[DoubleSix]

^ funny story right there

Having done some reading i've ordered the OvenPride stuff as suggested.

[Troubleatmill]

DoubleSix said:

^ funny story right there

Having done some reading i've ordered the OvenPride stuff as suggested.

Whatever is in Ovenpride - it is nasty stuff

I'm seriously considering replacing Oven for Pyrolytic.

[craig1912]

Every 18. months we get someone in to do it. Something like this:
https://www.ovenclean.com/services/

The oven and hob look like new, much better than I could ever get it.

[northwest monkey]

A steam cleaner (or a wallpaper stripper with the plate removed) will sort that along with one of those wire wool with soap in things. I've cleaned far worse at some of my rentals!