Another dirty little secret is being revealed today. How many times do you share with others what the inside of your oven looks like? I am going to tell our readers that I purposely let my oven glass get this dirty for the sake of this post.
Yep. That’s my story. And I’m sticking with it. {{wink wink}}
There are quite a few pins out there with instructions on how to clean your oven glass. They make it look and sound so easy. Right? Right.
The easiest one that I found used two ingredients. Baking Soda and water. Two ingredients to clean my glass? I was all over that and set out to test this pin.
And now…(embarrassed sigh)….the picture of my oven glass:
Taking my baking soda, the instructions said to add enough water to the baking to make a slightly runny paste and then smear it on your glass. Like this:
After leaving this on for 20-30 minutes, the instructions say that this will all easily wipe off. Um… NOT. I still had quite a bit of gunk left on my glass.
But not to worry! The instructions also said that if there were any spots left over that they will easily scrub off with a pad.
Um….NOT.
I had to put a ton of elbow grease into it; elbow grease only seen by the likes of Rosie the Riveter
After putting some muscle into it, my oven glass did end up much better than in the beginning but took much more work than just “easily wiping off”.
So even though I got a fairly clean glass oven door from this, I would have to report that This Pin Flopped because it was so dang hard to clean!
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Good to know! i was so excited and hopeful my rusty-old looking glass would look sparkling. Good ole oven cleaner would probably produce better results? Darn. And I purposely let my glass go bad just so I could use this recipe {wink, wink}. Thanks for trying it out and giving us the scoop! I should probably delete this pin from my pinboard. Shhhh, don’t tell.
A pumice stone works great to clean ovens & oven glass doors!!
Janice, what a great idea! Next time I have a spill over and need to clean my glass, I am definitely going to try that! Thanks for the heads up! Deb
Jeni – haha You crack me up! Yes, I would definitely fall back upon the regular ole oven cleaner, unless you want biceps the size of Mt. Vesuvius!
I tried that “recipe” too! Total flop! Good ole Brillo did the job! (Sorry! I should have warned you before you had to “let” your oven get so dirty!) (Wink wink!) 🙂
This is making me feel way better that I’m not the only one. I walk by mine every day (I have a double-oven, so I look double-sloppy) and think that I need to clean them, but the last time I did, they were a mess again in…oh…about a DAY. Blah. The temperature is so high that it’s not like anything is living in there, and we’re not eating off of the oven surfaces, so I’m saying “oh well!” Thanks for the posts, love reading them.
Dorene, I’m glad to know that I’m not the only one! But really? You let your oven glass get that dirty too? ( wink wink!)
Hi Ali! You are definitely NOT the only one fer sure! And I’m with you, I say that none of our food is touching anything, so we’re good. Thanks for stopping by! Sure appreciate your kind words. Deb
Oh no! I was hoping it would have worked because I was just reaching for my baking soda as I was reading your post! My oven door glass must be twins with yours…but you know the saying! “A dirty oven door is the sign of a GREAT cook”…okay, so I just made that up! I’ll have to try this anyway, with the help of my hubby because I don’t have muscles like Rosie! Thanks for the ‘Pin-Test’…okay I just made that one up too! lol!
You’ve been featured! Thanks so much for sharing with me.
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When I clean my stove,oven and kitchen sink I always try and remember that in the kitchen there is grease build up almost every where,So a long time ago I done a test with Baking and a few drops of dish liquid,and make in to a paste,when applying to what surface that your cleaning use warm water and a sponge smear all over the surface let set a few minutes(5 or 10) the wash off with warm cloth. The dish soap helps cut the grease and the banking soda help sanitize and acts as a soft scrub.I always use this as well in my washroom for getting out that washroom smell I use lemon scent dish liquid and it works great.
Tammy, You are SO right. I think some dish soap is exactly what this needed. I will definitely try this next time. Thanks for the tip!
your welcome ..it works and stuff stuff a little elbow grease goes a long way
The recipe I saw had vinegar with it. Vinegar and baking soda-my go to cleaner. even for pencils and pens on the walls.
Patty, I have since seen that recipe also and it’s on my list to retry. Thanks for the heads up! Deb
I have a self cleaning oven which may make a difference..the glass never looks good however..I read somewhere to use a wad of tin foil with the baking soda and a few drips of water..it works great for me..and I do let it get pretty bad before I do a great cleaning on it. The self cleaning process does not work on the glass…..
Pam,
I have heard of using tin foil to clean your glass oven door, but I was worried it would scratch the glass. Great to hear that it worked so well for you!
Thanks for commenting, Tracy – The Middle Child
Speaking of those types of cleaning tips, another that I tried that didn’t work was the microwave one. It said to put vinegar and water in a pyrex measuring cup (or bowl or whatever you want) and some orange or lemon peels. Let it microwave for 10 mins and your microwave would be magically clean. The only thing it did was stink up my kitchen so it smelled like vinegar all day. 🙁 I’ve come to realize that sometimes you just need to scrub to get things clean.
Monica,
I hate when the answer is some good old fashioned elbow grease! Thanks for stopping by and commenting. Tracy – The Middle Child
For my microwave I always just take my 2 cup pyrex measuring cup and fill with water and put it in for 3 minutes and then let it set and steam for about 15 minutes and then just wipe down…I do take the glass turntable out and wash with dawn soap in the sink…..works great for me…..
Pam,
Thanks for the idea, I haven’t tried this one yet. My microwave could use a cleaning right now! Have a great week, Tracy
I also tried this method……ended up using a utility knife/scraper and that cleaned it up pretty well. Next time I’ll try scraping and then cleaning with baking soda.
Hi Debbie! Yeah, I hate it when the answer is some good ole elbow grease! Deb – The Oldest Sister
I used to clean my glass topped stove with colgate toothpaste. Just smear it on at let it sit for a while and wipe off . Just like the glass cleaner you get from the appliance store, but use the white stuff, I hope that works for you!
Yolanda, thanks for the great tip! Deb