Cooker cleaning service

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Vespula

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2,989 posts

178 months

Friday 1st January 2010
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How much should I expect to pay? Cooker, separate grill/cooker2, gas hob and hood.

CatherineJ

9,586 posts

245 months

Friday 1st January 2010
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We had a flyer that came through the letterbox the other day and I think it said £40 for the oven.

miniman

25,185 posts

264 months

Friday 1st January 2010
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We paid £60 for a slightly smaller cooker at our own place, same guy quoted us £75 for our current cooker which is 1.5 oven range with ceramic hob. He basically dismantles it, puts the parts in a "vat" of "stuff" in the back of his van, and it comes out like new. Well worth the money IMHO.

Simpo Two

85,862 posts

267 months

Friday 1st January 2010
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miniman said:
He basically dismantles it, puts the parts in a "vat" of "stuff" in the back of his van, and it comes out like new. Well worth the money IMHO.
Yep. And the chap I used gave me a tenner off on the day. Excellent.

Roop

6,012 posts

286 months

Friday 1st January 2010
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Save yourself a load of cash and buy some Oven Pride. Works a charm - oven, trays and racks come up like new with zero effort. Just used some last week on our oven.

Simpo Two

85,862 posts

267 months

Friday 1st January 2010
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Roop at work:


Vespula

Original Poster:

2,989 posts

178 months

Friday 1st January 2010
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Thanks for the replies. Any recommended companies? Near Swindon?

CatherineJ

9,586 posts

245 months

Friday 1st January 2010
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Vespula said:
Thanks for the replies. Any recommended companies? Near Swindon?
Enlan at Basepoint Business Centre do it. I know the guys there and they seam pretty decent.

Wacky Racer

38,318 posts

249 months

Friday 1st January 2010
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Did ours last week with Mr Muscle...

Top and bottom oven, Spray on, leave 30 mins , no hard scrubbing, came up like new........

Cost £2.99

jim_1976

330 posts

224 months

Saturday 2nd January 2010
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If you'not a manky b4stard, and clean your oven regularly, I don't see the need to get the professionals in!!

CatherineJ

9,586 posts

245 months

Saturday 2nd January 2010
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Just thinking about this. Would they be able to do a decent job on the gas hob? No matter how often I clean it the burners in particular never come up looking like new.

Roop

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286 months

Saturday 2nd January 2010
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Paddy_N_Murphy said:
Roop said:
Save yourself a load of cash and buy some Oven Pride. Works a charm - oven, trays and racks come up like new with zero effort. Just used some last week on our oven.
Sorry got to disagree.
Call in the experts and the Oven comes up like brand new. They have the right chems etc.

I have used Oven-U and Cookaburra.
Both good an have dipped bits of my Barbeque for me at the same time.
About £40-50 IIRC.
Eh...? Have you tried Oven Pride...? I'd a high-concentration Sodium Hydroxide gel. When I said zero effort, I mean it - You tip all your racks, pans etc into a giant ziploc, pour in the gel and seal the bag, rub the bag so the gel goes over everything, leave it 4-5 hours, open bag and rinse - not a speck of any burned of crap on anything.

It's nothing like Mr Muscle Oven Cleaner or that spray on rubbish, Oven Pride actually works.

If you don't like nasty chemicals, Astonish works very well, but is an abrasive, so needs a bit of elbow grease.

Roop

6,012 posts

286 months

Saturday 2nd January 2010
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Simpo Two said:
Roop at work:

LOL. More like this :


bga

8,134 posts

253 months

Saturday 2nd January 2010
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Roop said:
It's nothing like Mr Muscle Oven Cleaner or that spray on rubbish, Oven Pride actually works.
I agree, it's very good stuff. Before I moved out of my last place, I drew the short straw and got the oven to clean. I used 2 lots - one for grilles, the other for removable panels. It came up virtually as good as new.

Roop

6,012 posts

286 months

Saturday 2nd January 2010
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bga said:
Roop said:
It's nothing like Mr Muscle Oven Cleaner or that spray on rubbish, Oven Pride actually works.
I agree, it's very good stuff. Before I moved out of my last place, I drew the short straw and got the oven to clean. I used 2 lots - one for grilles, the other for removable panels. It came up virtually as good as new.
Yeah, it's brilliant stuff. Just don't get it on your skin...!

An alternative is to buy some high molar sodium hydroxide (aka caustic soda) solution in a plastic vat and dip your ovenware in it overnight. Clearly you can't do this with your actual oven though - Oven pride does the business there as it's a gel it sticks on and doesn't run everywhere.

CatherineJ

9,586 posts

245 months

Saturday 2nd January 2010
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Roop said:
bga said:
Roop said:
It's nothing like Mr Muscle Oven Cleaner or that spray on rubbish, Oven Pride actually works.
I agree, it's very good stuff. Before I moved out of my last place, I drew the short straw and got the oven to clean. I used 2 lots - one for grilles, the other for removable panels. It came up virtually as good as new.
Yeah, it's brilliant stuff. Just don't get it on your skin...!

An alternative is to buy some high molar sodium hydroxide (aka caustic soda) solution in a plastic vat and dip your ovenware in it overnight. Clearly you can't do this with your actual oven though - Oven pride does the business there as it's a gel it sticks on and doesn't run everywhere.
What about my gas hob Roop?

Kudos

2,672 posts

176 months

Saturday 2nd January 2010
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Bizarrely, since reading this all I can smell is burnt oven

Roop

6,012 posts

286 months

Saturday 2nd January 2010
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CatherineJ said:
Roop said:
bga said:
Roop said:
It's nothing like Mr Muscle Oven Cleaner or that spray on rubbish, Oven Pride actually works.
I agree, it's very good stuff. Before I moved out of my last place, I drew the short straw and got the oven to clean. I used 2 lots - one for grilles, the other for removable panels. It came up virtually as good as new.
Yeah, it's brilliant stuff. Just don't get it on your skin...!

An alternative is to buy some high molar sodium hydroxide (aka caustic soda) solution in a plastic vat and dip your ovenware in it overnight. Clearly you can't do this with your actual oven though - Oven pride does the business there as it's a gel it sticks on and doesn't run everywhere.
What about my gas hob Roop?
Dunno. You have to be careful with the materials you use it on. It'll corrode aluminium like hell and I wouldn't want to use it on anything porous. If you have one of those hobs that dismantles and can go in the dishwasher it's probably fine to use Oven Pride but best check first.

£40 for an oven clean is quite cheap, it is 3x + the price here...

CatherineJ

9,586 posts

245 months

Saturday 2nd January 2010
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Roop said:
CatherineJ said:
Roop said:
bga said:
Roop said:
It's nothing like Mr Muscle Oven Cleaner or that spray on rubbish, Oven Pride actually works.
I agree, it's very good stuff. Before I moved out of my last place, I drew the short straw and got the oven to clean. I used 2 lots - one for grilles, the other for removable panels. It came up virtually as good as new.
Yeah, it's brilliant stuff. Just don't get it on your skin...!

An alternative is to buy some high molar sodium hydroxide (aka caustic soda) solution in a plastic vat and dip your ovenware in it overnight. Clearly you can't do this with your actual oven though - Oven pride does the business there as it's a gel it sticks on and doesn't run everywhere.
What about my gas hob Roop?
Dunno. You have to be careful with the materials you use it on. It'll corrode aluminium like hell and I wouldn't want to use it on anything porous. If you have one of those hobs that dismantles and can go in the dishwasher it's probably fine to use Oven Pride but best check first.

£40 for an oven clean is quite cheap, it is 3x + the price here...
That's because you live in a posh place.

Simpo Two

85,862 posts

267 months

Saturday 2nd January 2010
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Gas hob - bin - car - shop - induction hob smile